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         73. SHIBUYA SHIGEMOTO'S LETTER OF DEVISE, 1331

                        (Iriki-in docs.; also KK, II.)
THE  devisor, Shigemoto, Buddhist name Jo-Yen, the fourth lord of Iriki, had adopted as his heir
Shigekatsu, the eldet son of Okamoto Shigetomo, the cousin of Shigemoto. The devisee, Sho-zhu-
Maru, as Murao Shigemune was known in his boyhood, was Shigekatsu's son, and therefore Jo-Yen
referred to him in this document as his "young adopted child." Shigemune assumed as his family-
name the name of the place here granted.

"To devise             to Sho-zhu-Maru
  Murao, in the north part of Kiyoshiki, Iriki in, Satsuma kuni.
"The four sides are bounded:-
    east by the little creek below Kawa-toko and above Wata-se;
    south by the boundary between Adzuki-no-saki and Tsubaki-hae;
    west by the boundary between O-no-da and Tsubaki-hae;
    north by the high road up to the river Fushuku.
"The aforesaid place is within the north part [of Kiyoshiki, which is] Jo-Yen's he-
reditary holding. Now, as Sho-zhu-Maru is a young adopted child, it is devised to him
for all time. However, the three to of rice [owed] in lieu of the obligations1 to the
various quarters shall be annually rendered to the heir-generel.2 Other various charges
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are stopped. Therefore, unto future ages [Murao] shall be held and possessed(chi-gyo
ryo-sho) without interference. The letter of devise is [made] thus.
   "Gen-ko 1 y., kanoto hitsuzhi,3 9 m. 11 d. [13 Oct.1331].
                                                       Sha-mi,Jo-Yen (monogram).




  1Ku-zhi.
  2Shigekatsu, the 5th Iriki-in lord, adopted from the Okamoto family, and father of Sho-zhu-
Maru.
  3The 8th year of the sexagenary cycle.