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Kantō migyōsho (Order from Kamakura)
[To] Kumagai Hikoshirō Naouji
We are dispatching military forces in order to chastise and the Kusunoki Masashige. Last year we dispatched forces, but nevertheless, we now need to depart again.
You shall display exemplary service, and lead forth your collaterals and relatives. It is commanded thus.
Shōkei 1 [1332], twelfth month, 9th day Uma no gon no kami (monogram) [Hōjō Shigetoki]
Governor of Sagami province (monogram)
Kumagai Hikoshirō dono
関東御教書
熊谷彦四郎直氏
大塔宮幷楠木兵衛尉正
成事為誅伐所差遣軍勢
也去年雖発向重可進発云々
殊以神妙引率庶子親類可抽
軍忠之状依仰執達如件
正慶元年十二月九日 右馬権頭 (花押)
相模守 (花押)
熊谷彦四郎殿
Prince Moriyoshi (1308–1335), the son of Emperor Go-Daigo
Aide of the Watch (Royall Tyler’s translation)