Document 12: Shōkan’s letter (shojō)

省観書状

 

大和国檜牧庄土貢

事、当寺造営之程、

為彼料足進置也、

守先例可令所務候

給候、恐々敬白、

　　七月五日　　省観（花押）

東福寺方丈

Shōkan's letter (Shōkan shojō)1

Concerning the land tax of Hinomaki no shō in Yamato Province.

Please cover expenses for the construction of your temple. Proceed according to precedent and administer the land. Proceed according to precedent and administer the land.

Respectfully,

On the Fifth day of the Seventh month, Shōkan (Monogram)

[To:] The Abbot of Tōfukuji

1. This document belongs to the Tōfukuji collection. A reference to this record appears in Nanbokuchō ibun Kantō hen doc. # 1722. That record reveals that this document was issued in 1339 (Ryakuō 2) and that Shōkan was the novice name of Kira Sadayoshi (d. 1343).