Document 6: Shōni Yorihisa Document of Transmission

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[oshigami 押紙] Dazai Shōni Yorihisa太宰少弐頼尚

小弐頼尚奉書

 

被誅伐新田右衛門佐義貞由事、

如去月二日関東御教書者、相催一

族以下軍勢等、可馳参云々、任被仰下

旨、不日可被参上候、仍執達如件、

　　建武二年十二月廿三日　大宰少弐（花押）

　　　□（斑）島源六殿

Shōni Yorihisa Document of Transmission (Shōni Yorihisa hōsho)

Regarding the order to chastise Nitta uemon no suke Yoshisada. As per the instructions received from Kantō order (mikyōjo) on the second day of the previous month, you must gather and assemble your family and other subordinates and quickly mobilize them for combat. Follow the order and come without delay. It has so been ordered and thus conveyed.

The Thirteenth day of the Twelfth month of the Second Year of Kenmu (1335)

Dazai Shōni (Monogram)

[To:] The honorable [Madara]jima Genroku