翻刻
同年十一月下江戸町元御預郡役所を除痘館に
取補理夫々数多之役員を被命未痘之小児
追々呼出し施術有之其後時々之都合により
所々え移転不容易御世話成しが最初之
程は怪敷異術の様に心得忌嫌ひ候者数多
有しも追々其実功を見て終に当節の人
気となれり右様相成候上は最早後世醜躰の
ミツチヤ見る事無き様に成実に難有奴術可
歓事也仍而右容貌を画き永世末々之人に
見せんとす
正月飾り藁門松之事
一往古ゟ正月の飾りは
皇国一般之事ながら向々にて少々つゝの
違ひはあるも先大概は一様也故に他之事は
不云当地之御城内外曲輪御門々々を初
大身之衆中其外地高三百石以上并諸物頭
以上之面々又有功之長サ町人等門并玄
関飾藁門松を年内廿八日ゟ元三之間立
置く規式成しが
御一新之後総而相止後世之人其気色を
現代語訳
同年十一月下、江戸町元の御預郡役所を除痘館に改め、それぞれ数多くの役員を任命し、まだ痘瘡にかかったことのない小児を次々と呼び出して施術を行った。その後、時々の都合により所々へ移転し、容易ではない御世話をなしたが、最初のころは怪しい異術のように心得て忌み嫌う者が数多くいたものの、次第にその実際の効果を見て、ついに現在では人気となった。このようになった上は、もはや後世に醜い体のミツチャ（痘瘡痕のある人）を見ることがないようになり、実に有り難い技術で喜ばしいことである。そこで、そのような容貌を絵に描いて、永世末々の人に見せようとするものである。
正月飾りの藁門松のこと
一般に往古より正月の飾りは皇国一般のことながら、それぞれの土地にて少々ずつの違いはあるものの、まず大概は同様である。故に他のことは言わず、当地の御城内外、曲輪の御門々々を初め、大身の衆中、その外地高三百石以上ならびに諸物頭以上の面々、また有功の長や町人等の門ならびに玄関に飾る藁門松を、年内二十八日より元日三日の間立て置くのが規式であったが、御一新の後、すべて止めとなり、後世の人がその様子を
英語訳
In the eleventh month of the same year, the former district administrative office in Edo-machi was converted into a vaccination clinic (jotōkan), numerous officials were appointed to various positions, and children who had not yet contracted smallpox were called in one after another for inoculation procedures. Subsequently, the clinic was relocated to various places according to circumstances, requiring considerable effort in administration. Initially, many people regarded it with suspicion as some kind of strange foreign technique and avoided it with distaste, but gradually, seeing its actual effectiveness, it eventually became popular as it is today. Now that this has come to pass, we will no longer see people with disfigured faces marked by smallpox scars (mitchya) in future generations, which is truly a grateful technique and a matter for celebration. Therefore, I intend to paint such appearances to show them to people of distant future generations.
Regarding New Year Decorations of Straw Pine Gate Ornaments
Generally, New Year decorations have been a universal practice throughout the Imperial nation since ancient times, and while there are slight differences from place to place, they are mostly similar in general. Therefore, without speaking of other matters, in our locality it was customary to erect straw pine gate ornaments (wara kadomatsu) from the 28th day of the year through the first three days of the New Year at the gates of the castle's inner and outer baileys, the gates of high-ranking retainers, those with land holdings of 300 koku or more, various unit commanders and above, as well as meritorious elders and townspeople's gates and entrances. However, after the Restoration, all of this was discontinued, and for future generations to know what this looked like...