久米具志川間切規模帳 / Kume Gushikawa Village Kimochō

The formal document sent from Shuri Ōfu to Gushikawa Village in Kume. Shuri Ōfu sent this notification with strict comment, “Kume Island has been experienced a serious economically exhausted condition over these years which weakens their ability to pay the tributes as before. The ordinances are listed to establish the obligation on improvement of the village habituations, and by interrogation of their daily customs.” It was sent with a Kimochō (proclamation of administrative guidelines) and Reichō (an addendum to Kimochō). It has 88 Chō (a unit of fukuro-toji folded sheet; fukuro-toji is a widely adopted Japanese format of bookbinding in 14th century). It consists of “Shoji kimo no koto,” “Shotoki shimekata no koto,” “Ryōsōjitō narabini zaiban shokufu no koto,” “Yakujin sadame narabini shokufu no koto,” “Shujū sadame narabini norimamasadame no koto,” and “Tomasu toriatsukai shimekata no koto.”