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Testamentary Record

譲状
Testamentary Record (譲状)
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Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
1269
Creator
Fujiwara Tameie (藤原為家、前大納言為家、右衛門督為家、藤原為氏署判)
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-57806

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This document attests that the poet Fujiwara no Tameie would give his son Tamesuke a family estate which he had previously given to his other legitimate son, Tameuji.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Testamentary Record（譲状）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-57806. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/testamentary-record/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Calligraphy
  • Material: Ink on paper
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Category: Calligraphy:Category:Historical records
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 品質形状: 紙本墨書
  • 種別: 書跡:分類:古文書
  • 作者: 藤原為家筆、藤原為氏署判
  • 法量: 本紙 縦30.7 横44.8

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