英語訳
【Right page】
On March 15th of An'ei 3, Kinoe-uma year (1774), the oral testimony was completed. Ten months after initially departing from Okinoerabu Island, they safely set foot on their homeland, returned to their family homes, and the joy of being able to tell their relatives and acquaintances about the hardships and pleasures during their drift was beyond words.
Record of the nineteen people who initially set out
【Upper section】
《Retainer of Matsudaira Satsuma-no-kami, Zen sect》 Ikeyama Kizaemon, aged 65 in the year of the Horse
《Servant of Kizaemon》 Morozaemon
《Servant of Nakazaemon》 Yokichi
《Ship captain》 Chobei
《Sailor from Kaseda Komatsubara in the same domain, Zen sect》 Jinpei, aged 26
《Sailor from same place, Shingon sect》 Hikozaemon, aged 22
《Sailor (deceased)》 Genshiro
《Same as above, Zen sect》 Kyuji, aged 19
《Sailor from Akihi in the same domain, Zen sect》 Kiheiji, aged 53
《Same as above, same sect》 Shimamori, aged 30
【Lower section】
《Same, Shingon sect》 Nakahara Nakazaemon, aged 40 in the year of the Ox
Hikozaemon
《(Deceased)》 Gonemon
《Sailor from Kushiura in Matsudaira Satsuma-no-kami's domain, Zen sect》 Jizaemon, aged 26
《Sailor from Kushiura in the same domain, same sect》 Kazaemon, aged 28
Yoheiji
《Sailor from Bodomari in the same domain, Jodo sect》 Yoichizaemon, aged 26
《Sailor from same place, Jodo sect》 Moemon, aged 57
《Sailor from Nagarabu Island in Ryukyu Kingdom》 Tosemura, aged 16
【Left page】
Ninth Tale: People from Oshu drift to China and return home by taking passage on a merchant ship.
《Adopted son of Shirobeé from Kakizaki village in Tamana district, Nambu domain, Oshu, under Nambu Keijiro's jurisdiction; offshore ship captain, Zen sect》 Zenkichi, aged 48 in the year of the Dog
《Real son of the same person from the same place and domain; sailor, Nichiren sect》 Seizo, aged 26
《Real son of the same person from the same place and domain; same position, same sect》 Chuemon, aged 25
《Real son of Kichiemon from Ozawa village in the same place and domain; cook, Zen sect》 Kiemon, aged 28
《Real son of Rihachi from Kawauchi village in the same place and domain; sailor, Zen sect》 Risaburo, aged 33
《Real son of Chojiro from Seisuke-machi, Noshiro, Akita, Dewa province, under Satake Ukyo-dayū's jurisdiction; same position, Ikko sect》 Chomatsu, aged 33
《Real son of Hanbei from ⬜︎-koshi village, Yuri district, same province, under Rokugō Sado-no-kami's jurisdiction; same position, Zen sect》 Kichtaro, aged 31
《Real son of the late Ihei, residing at Matazō's place in Higashi-machi, Matsumae, Mutsu province, under Matsumae Shima-no-kami's jurisdiction; same position, Ikko sect》 Ihei, aged 53
《Real son of Shikaemon from Murahaku-machi, Kamo district, Shonai, Dewa province, under Sakai Saemon-no-jō's jurisdiction; same position, Jodo sect》 Gonkichi, aged 34
《Real son of Chojiro from the same place in the same province; same position, same sect》 Chogoro, aged 48
《Real son of Sakuzo from Otsuki village, Iwafune district, Echigo province, under Sakakibara Shikibu-dayū's temporary jurisdiction; same position, Zen sect》 Yojiro, aged 26