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.

29^th day. 11^th 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☐