Image: Ashikaga Yoshimasa letter

Description: Letter from Ashikaga Yoshimasa to Shimazu Tadamasa. Part of the Shimazu-ke Monjo (島津家文書), a large scale collection of documents of the Shimazu clan covering among others politics, diplomacy, social economy and inheritance. The total number of documents is 15,133. The collected items have been nominated as National Treasure of Japan in the category ancient documents.
Title: Ashikaga Yoshimasa letter
Credit: Kyushu National Museum
Author: Ashikaga Yoshimasa
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