The Kutsuki were a branch of the Sasaki family hailing from Omi Province. They served as the stewards of the Kutsuki manor in that province in the Kamakura period, and the house continued through the Warring States period and into the Edo period, when some of their members became bannermen (direct vassals of the shogun) or daimyo (provincial lords). "The archives of Kutsuki family" consist of historical documents passed down in the family through the years. The Cabinet Records Bureau purchased them from the Kutsuki in 1888. Containing more than 1,060 documents, the archives were designated an important cultural property in the first year of Heisei( 1989).
This is a document of settlement regarding the dispute on dominium between NISHINA (the daughter of Yukitsuna Sasaki) and Yoshinobu Sasaki (Kutsuki)(1306-52, brother of Takauji Ashikaga). The date is inscribed as March 17 in the 4th year of Rekio (1341). Original size: 34cm and 94cm