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*''Date: [[1559]]''
*''Japanese'': 小田原衆所領役帳 ''(Odawara shuu shoryou yakuchou)''
The ''Odawara-shû shoryô yakuchô'' is a [[1559]] register of the retainers of the [[Go-Hojo clan|Go-Hôjô clan]]. It is, perhaps, the only surviving document of its kind, making it a very valuable resource for historians investigating the relationship between ''[[Sengoku period|Sengoku]] [[daimyo|daimyô]]'' and their retainers.
Roughly five hundred retainers are listed in the document, along with the location and ''[[kandaka]]'' value of their holdings, military strength, and ''yakudaka'' (a measure or ranking of military obligation to their lord). The actual number of men a given retainer was obliged to contribute, however, is not listed in the ''yakuchô''.
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==References==
*Michael Birt, "Samurai in Passage: The Transformation of the Sixteenth-Century Kanto," ''Journal of Japanese Studies'' 11:2 (1985), 374.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]