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It has been reported that you achieved victory at the battle of Kokubuyama in Yoshū.[1] Excellent. Please consult with each [other]. Your continued military service will make me most pleased. Please speak [of this] to Owari no kami.[2] Respectfully.
29th day. 11th month Yoshioki (monogram)
To: Murakami Kunai taifu[3]
[1] Iyo province. Currently Imaharu city, Ehime prefecture.
[2] Sue Okifusa, a powerful retainer of Yoshioki whose base was in the eastern regions of the Ōuchi territories, and closer to the Murakami. Okifusa had the honorary title of Governor of Owari Province.
[3] Murakami Takakatsu
去九日於与州
国分山合戦被
得勝利之由候尤可
然候各被相談
弥御忠節可為
祝着候猶尾張守
可申候恐々謹言
十一月廿九日 義興(花押)
村上宮内大輔☐