翻刻
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腰ニ差綺羅々敷相見へ而大橋波戸場浜辺之見物人
如雲霞珎敷事なれは近国より聞伝見物ニ来るとそ
扨酉ノ刻時分小倉大波戸ニ／相図（のろし）ノ火上り幷ニ大篝を焼キ
此火を見て長浜大裏長門地には成島南風泊り竹之子島
六連島相島《割書：豊前｜領》長門地浜辺島々浦々二追島萩領ニ
至迄篝火を山にも陸にも焼続く筑前領には中原
名古屋崎若松小田崎小石崎脇田脇浦岩屋柏原
山鹿芦屋波津浦鐘崎江口神添勝浦渡り村津屋
崎福■【間ヵ】新宮幸田奈多浜弘ノ浦志賀ノ島其外右之
間之村々浦々ニ至迄御無足頭壱人宛罷越才判ス
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大篝火壱町弐町程置て焼続ケ其間には間（マ）篝（カヽリ）を焼
或は人夫に松明を壱人ニ弐挺宛もたせあちこちと行
違 焼（タク）右之浦ニ篝奉行為下知焼ス殊ニ其夜月蝕ニ而
宵之間は闇かりし故に地方之篝おびたゝ敷見ゆる
扨酉ノ下刻頃ニ大橋下ニ勢揃ス三領之兵船漕出ス
夥敷船数入乱相島《割書：豊前｜領》近くニ成一領〳〵の船共以使船
相揃扨唐船拾壱艘漂泊ス福州■【南ヵ】京北京船也
内壱艘は六連島之内ニ泊船し残り拾艘相島ならびに
泊船ス小倉長府萩之物頭ゟ喜多村弥次兵衛久野
善右衛門方へ以使船最早唐船も近く相見へ申候間段々に
現代語訳
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腰に差して綺羅びやかに見え、大橋波戸場浜辺の見物人は雲霞のごとく、珍しいことなので近国より聞き伝えて見物に来るのである。
さて酉の刻（午後6時）時分、小倉大波戸に相図の狼煙の火が上がり、並びに大篝火を焚いた。この火を見て長浜・大里・長門地には成島・南風泊・竹の子島・六連島・相島《割書：豊前領》、長門地の浜辺・島々・浦々に追島・萩領に至るまで篝火を山にも陸にも焚き続けた。筑前領には中原・名古屋崎・若松・小田崎・小石崎・脇田・脇浦・岩屋・柏原・山鹿・芦屋・波津浦・鐘崎・江口・神添・勝浦・渡り・村津・屋崎・福間・新宮・幸田・奈多浜・弘の浦・志賀の島、その外右の間の村々浦々に至るまで、御無足頭一人ずつが赴いて指揮した。
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大篝火を一町二町程置いて焚き続け、その間には間篝を焚き、或いは人夫に松明を一人に二挺ずつ持たせて、あちこちと行き違いつつ焚いた。右の浦に篝奉行として指揮を執らせて焚かせた。殊にその夜は月食で宵の間は闇だったので、地方の篝火がおびただしく見えた。
さて酉の下刻（午後7時）頃に大橋下に勢揃いし、三領の兵船が漕ぎ出した。夥しい船数が入り乱れて相島《割書：豊前領》近くになり、一領ごとの船共が使船を以て揃った。さて唐船十一艘が漂泊している。福州・南京・北京船である。内一艘は六連島の内に泊船し、残り十艘は相島並びに泊船した。小倉・長府・萩の物頭より喜多村弥次兵衛・久野善右衛門方へ使船を以て、「最早唐船も近く相見え申し候間、段々に
英語訳
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with [war fans] at their waists, appearing magnificently decorated. The spectators at Ōhashi harbor and the beach were like clouds and mist—since this was such a rare event, people came from neighboring provinces having heard about it to watch.
Now, around the hour of the Rooster (6 PM), signal fires rose from Kokura's Ōhato, and large beacon fires were lit. Seeing these fires, from Nagahama, Ōsato, and Nagato province at Narushima, Minamikaze-tomari, Takenoko Island, Mutsure Island, Ai Island 《marginal note: Buzen domain》, to the beaches, islands, and harbors of Nagato province, extending to Oshima and Hagi domain, beacon fires continued burning on mountains and land alike. In Chikuzen domain, at Nakahara, Nagoya Point, Wakamatsu, Oda Point, Koishi Point, Wakita, Waki Bay, Iwaya, Kashiwabara, Yamaga, Ashiya, Hatsu Bay, Kanezaki, Eguchi, Kamizoe, Katsuura, Watari, Muratsu, Yazaki, Fukuma, Shingū, Kōda, Nata Beach, Hiro Bay, Shiga Island, and all the villages and harbors in between, one ashigaru captain each was dispatched to take command.
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Large beacon fires were lit continuously at intervals of one or two chō, with interval beacons burning between them. Alternatively, porters were made to carry two torches each, moving back and forth and lighting them here and there. Beacon magistrates were appointed to command the lighting at these harbors. Particularly that night, there was a lunar eclipse and it was dark during the early evening, so the regional beacon fires appeared extremely numerous.
Now, around the late hour of the Rooster (7 PM), forces assembled below Ōhashi, and the warships of the three domains rowed out. Numerous ships sailed in formation, approaching near Ai Island 《marginal note: Buzen domain》, with the ships of each domain coordinating through messenger boats. The eleven Chinese ships were anchored there—ships from Fuzhou, Nanjing, and Beijing. One of them was anchored within Mutsure Island, and the remaining ten were anchored alongside Ai Island. From the commanders of Kokura, Chōfu, and Hagi to Kitamura Yajibē and Kuno Zen'emon via messenger boats: "The Chinese ships can now be seen nearby, so gradually