By TAKAYUKI SEINO/ Staff Writer
January 12, 2024 at 07:00 JST
The fifth line on the right page in the “Shincho Koki” chronicle refers to the “besieged battle at Tottori Castle on Oct. 25,” while the first row on the left page reads “more than half of the people were intoxicated by food and died abruptly,” according to the Tottori Prefectural Museum’s accounts. (Provided by the Okayama University Libraries)
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