Letter (Migyosho) by Scribe to Ashikaga Motouji
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作者足利基氏（右筆）
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制作年 AD14
- Title
- アシカガモトウジ（ユウヒツ）ミギョウショ
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- Century Akao Collection
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- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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- AW-CEN-002217-0000
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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Ashikaga Motouji (1340-67) was the fourth son of Ashikaga Takauji (1305-58) and was a military general during the Nanbokucho Period, or Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In September 1349, Ashikaga Takauji removed his younger brother Tadayoshi (1306-52) from military administration and appointed his first son Yoshiakira (1330-67), who had been called to Kyoto from Kamakura, to take Tadayoshi’s office. He then decided Motouji, only 10 at the time, should be the head of the Kamakura warriors, thus assuming the office vacated by Yoshiakira. As a result, Motouji became the first Kubo, or governor-general of Kamakura. In battles to put down enemy forces of the southern court, Motouji fought alongside his father and then worked hard to strengthen the rule by the Muromachi military government in the eastern region of Kanto. The epidemic of 1367, however, claimed the life of this governor-general at the young age of 28. Motouji wrote this letter to congratulate his vassal Satake Yajiro (details not known) who was among the first to arrive at Motouji’s inauguration fete (known as “Han-Hajime”), held under Takauji’s supervision, on the 5th of January 1351. The Satake family were local lords in Hitachi (today’s Ibaraki). After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate (military government), the Satake family, especially under Sadayoshi and Yoshiatsu (father and son), worked closely with Shogun Ashikaga Takauji. By winning many battles across Japan, the Satake family received a fief and the governorship of Hitachi. On the third day of the inauguration ceremony, Yajiro was the first among the Satake family to rush to Motouji’s celebration, whereupon the master praised his vassal’s loyal deed and had him promise continued loyalty. As was the traditional practice in those days, the main text was written by a scribe, and only the signature at the end was handwritten by Motouji. The letter was written when Motouji was 12 years old.
於常州離一族中最前馳参御方之条尤神妙也弥可抽忠節之状如件観応二年正月八日（花押）佐竹弥次郎殿
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