翻刻
細長（ホソナガ）くして少ひらたし。是等（コレラ）は皆 素人（シロト）も常
に撒（ヒル）る所なり。彼（カノ）放屁男（ヘヒリヲトコ）のごとく。奇（キ）々妙々に
至（イタ）りては。放（ヒラ）ざる音（ヲト）なく。備（ソナハ）らさる形なし。抑（ソモ〳〵）いか
なる故ぞと聞ば。彼（カレ）ヶ母常に芋（イモ）を好けるが。或夜（アルヨ）
の夢（ユメ）に。火吹竹（ヒフキタケ）を呑（ノム）と見て懐胎（クハイタイ）し。鳳屁（ホウヒ）元（クハン）
年へのえ鼬鼠（イタチ）の歳。今を春辺と梅匂ふ
頃 誕生（タンジヤウ）せしが。成人（セイジン）に随（シタガ）ひて。段々功を屁
ひり男。今江戸中の大 評判（ヒヤウバン）。屁は身を助（タスケ）
るとは是ならん歟讃岐の行脚無一坊
神田の寓居に筆を採る
現代語訳
細長くして少し平たし。これらは皆素人も常に放る所なり。かの放屁男のごとく、奇々妙々に至りては、放らざる音なく、備わらざる形なし。そもそもいかなる故ぞと聞けば、彼が母常に芋を好んでいたが、ある夜の夢に火吹竹を呑むと見て懐胎し、鳳屁元年へのえ鼬鼠の歳、今を春辺と梅匂う頃誕生せしが、成人に従いて段々功を屁
ひり男。今江戸中の大評判。屁は身を助けるとはこれならん歟。讃岐の行脚無一坊、神田の寓居に筆を採る。
英語訳
They are thin and long, and slightly flat. These are all types that ordinary people commonly produce. Like the famous farting man, when it comes to the wondrous and marvelous, there is no sound he cannot produce, no form he cannot create. When asked how this came to be, his mother always favored sweet potatoes, and one night she dreamed of swallowing a fire-blowing bamboo tube and conceived. He was born in the Year of the Weasel of the Hōhi era, around spring when plum blossoms were fragrant, and as he grew to adulthood, he gradually perfected his skills in farting.
The farting man is now the great sensation of all Edo. "Flatulence helps one make a living" - this must be what is meant. The wandering monk Muichibō from Sanuki takes up his brush at his temporary residence in Kanda.