A message to Miyoshi Chokei:
To my surprise the head of Kitabatake Tomonori wasn't among the ones presented to be after the battle. This leads me to believe that he has managed to escape the battle at Anotsu. I believe if he will search for refuge anywhere, it will be among you. Thus why I am sending him this letter through you.
I was able to stop the families of your warriors from killing themselves and I am thus in possession of them. I have no wish to use women and children as bargaining bricks, so I wish to know what you want me to do with them. You are the remaining head of the Kitabatake clan and it is your duty to decide what is to be their fate. I am willing to send them to Kyoto under an armed escort or Asai Nagamasa will grant them refuge in the Shima peninsula. Other options are possible too if you wish to inform me of them.
Finally I wish to offer my condolences about your father. He was an opponent unlike any I've ever faced before and it is a shame to see him perish. My deepest regret is that you did not accept my offer of peace, because a lot of bloodshed could had been avoided.
Oda Nobunaga
