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    93. WILLS OF SHIBUYA SHIGEMOTO, 1346, AND ORDER OF
                                   SANCTION, 1351

Cf. Nos. 13, 17, 24, 42, 46B, and 87. The genealogical relations of the persons concerned were as
follows:-

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       Shigekatsu's mother was So-Nyo, of the Taki family (see No. 89); his adopted mother, i. e. ,
       Shigemoto's wife, Ge-shin, was daughter of Shigemoto's uncle, Muneshige.


   By a careful study of all related documents it will be seen that Shigekatsu gathered in his hands,
through his adopted father and mother, a large part of the original domains of the Iriki-in divided
at the first three successions.  To this he united a share of the Okamoto and the Taki domains
through his mother by birth, So-Nyo. (See No. 97. )



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           (Iriki-in docs. ; also KK, II; SK, XVI; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo , VI, x, 222. )
"To devise domains
    To Hei-zhi Goro Shigekatsu:
one place: one house, [being] Sei-ta nyu-do's west house, in Shibuya sho, Sagami
  kuni; also five cho of wooded land, in Fuji-gokoro; the boundaries on the four
  sides are stated in the original document(hon-sho-mon);
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one place: Kami-yama mura, Shimo-mori, In Kawae go, Mimasaka kuni;
one place: Jo-Yen's holdings in the two mura,-Nagao, Sawara kori, and Kashiwa-
  bara, in Hii go, Chikuzen kuni;
one place: the hata land in Naga-buchi sho, Chikuzen kuni;
one place: three-fifths of Kiyoshiki go, north part, in Iriki in, Satsuma kuni.
    "The aforesaid places are Jo-Yen's hereditary domains. Therefore, they are,
together with the orders [of the sho-gun] and [the documents of] successive trans-
missions, devised for all time to Shigekatsu. As for the established obligations(ku-zhi), 
they shall be discharged according to precedents. Therefore, the letter of devise is
[written] thus.
  "Jo-wa 2 y. 11 m. 26 d. [28 December 1346].      Shami Jo-Yen, (monogram). "



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                                          (Ibid.)
    "A copy. "
"To devise domains
    To Hei-zhi Goro Shigekatsu:
one place: Zo-shi go, in Yoshida sho, Sagami kuni; also the homestead, ta, hata, and
  wooded land, at Fuji-gokoro, of the same;
one place: the ta, hata, and houses, at Orui, Kotsuke kuni;
one place: the ta, hata, homestead, hills, plains, and wild plains, at Asuwo [?], in
  Kawae sho, Mimasaka kuni;
one place: the homestead, ta, hata, hills, plain, and wied plain, at Ichiino, and the
  homestead, ta, hata, hills, plains, and wild plains, at Oneta [?], Satsuma kuni.
    "The aforesaid places were the late father Zho-Yen's hereditary domains. [They
were], after the death of his heir-general Cho-toku-Maru, held by Jo-Yen in ac-
cordance with Zho-Yen's testament. Since, however, the younger brother Zhiro-
saburo nyu-do Jo-Ju1 unexpectedly seized them, [the matter] was brought to the
court [at Kamakura], during the late [sho-gun's] rule, through the hands of Uma no
kami dono of the Kwan-to. As Jo-Ju died on 5 m. 6 d. , of a late year, Ko-ei 3 y. , [16
June 1344], Jo-Yen has held [the said places] in accordance with Zho-Yen's testa- 
ment. Therefore, Shigekatsu shall possess them according to Jo-Yen's letter of devise
of Sho-kei 2 y. intercalary 2 m. 15 d. [31 March 1333]2 and this letter. As for the
various obligations(ku-zhi), they shall be performed according to precedents. The
testaments of the successive generations should not be violated in the slightest degree.
Therefore, the letter of devise is [written] thus.
  "Jo-wa 2 y. 11 m. 26 d. [28 December 1346].    Shami Jo-Yen, monogram. "



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         (Iriki-in docs. ; also KK, II; SK, XVII; Dai Ni-hon shi-ryo , VI, xv, 154. )
"Ordered to Shibuya Hei-zhi Goro Shigekatsu
      That he shall forthwith hold the ji-to shiki of the lower mura, Kawae go, Mima-
   saka kuni; of one-half3 Kiyoshiki go, Iriki in, Satsuma kuni; and of the ta, hata,
   and homestead at Lower Nagao, Chikuzen kuni.
"The aforesaid [domains Shigekatsu] shall hold in accordance with the letters of
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devise by the deceased mother,4 the nun Gen-Shin, dated Ko-ei 3 y. 3 m. 16 d. [29
April 1344], and by the deceased father4 Shigemoto ho-shi, Buddhist name Jo-Yen,
dated Jo-wa 2 y. 11 m. 26 d. [28 December 1346]. Ordered thus.
  "Kwan-o 2 y. 7 m. 30 d. [22 August 1351].
"Minamoto no Ason, (Tadafuyu's5 monogram). "




  1Buddhist name of Sukeshige, younger brother of Iriki-in Shigemoto.
  2This has not been preserved.                     3The original says, two and a half fifths.
  4The adopted mother and father.                   5About Ashikaga Tadafuyu, see No. 98.