Acknowledgements
For an informative study of these oaths and their significance, see Horikawa Yasufumi, "Oaths and Divine Punishments in Warring States Japan from the Princeton University Collection," in Buc and Conlan, eds., "Oaths in Premodern Japan and Premodern Europe," Medieval Worlds volume 19 (2023), pp. 86-118
The Saji documents are part of a private collection. Images provided by Koka City Board of Education. We appreciate receiving permission to publish these images. We are also grateful for the research, tireless efforts on transcription and translation by Horikawa Yasufumi of the Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo. This project could not have come to fruition without his hard work. Special thanks to Setsuko Noguchi who, with the help of Sasaki Takahiro, was able to secure these documents for the Princeton library. This website was developed by Ben Johnston from the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University.
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