翻刻
【右丁】
民家踴躍頂戴帰仮結芽茨暫先安置尊像
也所謂夕顔観音者以此然也俗称瓠花謂
夕顔花巻以到夕陽開花故也弾正忠者本
封高遠因事左遷居于多刧常信敬此尊像
故感応屡有弾正忠慚空終于白屋深於大
士像前祈思倐感霊夢無何得赦再還高遠
遂就此地靭寺称以令名不忘其本根也乃
【欄外朱字】純曰、之字可刪 命妙工写多刧夕顔観音尊像安之並寄附
腴田三拾石并山林以資仏供時慶長六辛《見せ消ち：年》
丑歳也後弾正忠有旨移居会津令鳥居主
【欄外朱字】純曰、男字須改子字 膳正忠春来領高遠忠春卒後嫡子男左京亮
忠則継家督而則領高遠及忠春則二代観
【欄外朱字】又曰、忠則忠剛誤、忠剛忠常之前名也、、又曰、督字可刪、則字可政而字
又曰、及字以下拾■字宜刪、《見せ消ち：任字可政仍字■字上》加《見せ消ち：寺領》当是時寺領■仍六字、為可、
【左丁】
【欄外朱字】。当是時寺領、仍
音領山林等任保科氏寄附之例而忠剛《見せ消ち：則》偶《見せ消ち：時》
時詣此寺年代深遠而堂表頗敗壊忠《見せ消ち：則》剛咨
嗟大息遂聚材鳩工而造営之咄嗟而成壮
麗厳飾照映山林夫以一花一草献仏獲福
無量況修造堂殿而荘厳之乎非唯使参礼
者方種善因自已増忝福恵又且大士常加
冥護使其永離苦厄者也邦人為無知此由者
家臣高須氏頻要予記之示道俗因染毫以塞
白云爾
天和二壬戌林鍾念一
臨済正伝第三十四世
武陵紫雲山瑞聖禅寺
現代語訳
【右丁】
民家は踊り上がって喜び、頂戴して仮の茅の芽で結んだ庵に帰り、まず尊像を安置した。いわゆる夕顔観音と呼ばれるのはこのためである。俗に瓠の花を夕顔花と称するのは、夕陽が巻くころに至って開花するからである。弾正忠は、もと高遠に封ぜられていたが、事あって左遷され多刧に居住していた。常にこの尊像を信敬していたので、感応がしばしばあった。弾正忠が讒言により白屋に終わることを深く大士の像前で祈り思っていると、たちまち霊夢を感じ、やがて赦しを得て再び高遠に還ることができた。ついにこの地に寺を建て、その名を樹林寺と称したのは、その本根を忘れないためである。そこで名工に命じて多刧の夕顔観音尊像を写させ、これを安置し、併せて肥沃な田三十石並びに山林を寄附して仏供の資とした。時は慶長六年辛丑の歳である。後に弾正忠は旨を受けて会津に移居し、鳥居主膳正忠春をして高遠を領せしめた。忠春の卒後、嫡子左京亮忠剛が家督を継いで高遠を領した。忠春・忠剛の二代にわたって観音を信仰し、山林等は保科氏の寄附の例に任せていた。忠剛が時々この寺に詣でると、年代が深く遠く、堂の外観がかなり敗壊していた。忠剛は咨嗟大息し、ついに材を聚め工を鳩めて造営した。たちまちのうちに壮麗厳飾が成り、山林を照映した。
【左丁】
そもそも一花一草を献仏しても無量の福を獲る、まして堂殿を修造して荘厳するならばなおさらである。ただ参礼者をして善因を種まかせるのみならず、自らも福恵を増し、また大士が常に冥護を加えて、その苦厄を永く離れさせるのである。国人がこの由来を知らないので、家臣高須氏がしきりに予に記すことを要請し、道俗に示そうとした。因って筆を染めて以て責めを塞ぐと云爾。
天和二年壬戌林鍾念一
臨済正伝第三十四世
武陵紫雲山瑞聖禅寺
【欄外朱字の訂正指示】
純曰く、「之」字は削るべし
純曰く、「男」字は「子」字に改むべし
又曰く、「忠則」は「忠剛」の誤り、「忠剛」は「忠常」の前名なり
又曰く、「督」字は削るべし、「則」字は「政」に、「而」字は……
又曰く、「及」字以下十字ほどは削るべし
当是の時、寺領は保科氏の寄附に仍る
英語訳
【Right page】
The family rejoiced greatly, received the image reverently, and returned to a temporary hermitage built with thatched sprouts, where they first enshrined the sacred image. This is why it came to be called the Yūgao Kannon. The bottle gourd flower is commonly called the yūgao flower because it blooms when evening approaches. Danjō-chū was originally enfeoffed at Takato, but due to certain circumstances was demoted and resided in Takō. Since he constantly believed in and revered this sacred image, there were frequent miraculous responses. When Danjō-chū deeply prayed before the image of Daishi about ending his exile due to slander, he suddenly experienced a divine dream, and before long received a pardon and was able to return to Takato again. He finally built a temple on this site and called it Jurinji so as not to forget its original roots. He then commissioned a master craftsman to copy the Yūgao Kannon sacred image from Takō, enshrined it there, and additionally donated thirty koku of fertile rice fields along with mountain forests to provide resources for Buddhist offerings. This was in the year Keichō 6, the year of the Metal Ox (1601). Later, Danjō-chū received orders to relocate to Aizu, and had Torii Shuzen-sho Tadaharu govern Takato. After Tadaharu's death, his eldest son Sakyō-no-suke Tadataka inherited the headship and governed Takato. Through the two generations of Tadaharu and Tadataka, they maintained faith in Kannon, and the mountain forests continued according to the precedent of the Hoshina family's donations. When Tadataka occasionally visited this temple, due to the passage of many years, the temple hall's exterior had considerably deteriorated. Tadataka sighed deeply and finally gathered materials and workers to reconstruct it. In no time, magnificent and solemn decorations were completed, illuminating the mountain forests.
【Left page】
Indeed, even offering a single flower or blade of grass to Buddha brings immeasurable merit, how much more so when constructing and adorning temple halls. Not only does this cause worshippers to plant seeds of good karma, but one also increases one's own blessings and merit, and moreover Daishi constantly provides invisible protection, enabling one to permanently escape from suffering and misfortune. Because the people of the domain did not know this history, the retainer Takasu repeatedly requested that I record it to show both clergy and laypeople. Therefore, I take up the brush to fulfill this responsibility.
Tenna 2, year of the Water Dog, 21st day of the 9th month
Rinzai Orthodox Transmission 34th Generation
Buryō Shiunzan Zuishō Zen Temple
【Marginal corrections in red ink】
Jun says: The character "之" should be deleted
Jun says: The character "男" should be changed to "子"
Also says: "Tadanori" is an error for "Tadataka"; "Tadataka" is the former name of "Tadatsune"
Also says: The character "督" should be deleted, "則" should be changed to "政"...
Also says: About ten characters from "及" onward should be deleted
At this time, the temple lands continued according to the Hoshina family donations