切支丹御退治記 49巻. [8] - 翻刻

翻刻

　に而打果し山田少兵衛手柄を越て即其座
　に而切服也
又曰城内に者玉薬も尽て勢力茂弱りし躰に
　聞江し尓味方過分之手負死人何様同士討
　もや有り津ら無実と盤諸軍入乱れ鉄砲
　数万挺十方ゟ打掛け怒連は同士打も心元無
　事也と云沙汰をな春も理り也
島原記曰落城之時有馬左衛門佐本丸に乗入
　見申され候得者早郭内に旗押立居者有
　り何者そと尋被申候得者水野日向守一番乗

　某は旗奉行に而候与申其時左金吾被申候者日州は
　何国に被居候一番は某也旗斗為入迚茂自身
　継にして一番乗与可云哉推参成事を申者哉
　与御怒り之時に彼旗奉行か強か里希連は左衛
　門佐殿之胸を捕江塀に押付た累と也其間に日向
　守殿乗込被申兎屋角に而其場鎮り堂類と也落
　城伊後已後
　大猷院様御前に於て左金吾被申上候者今
　度島原城内に於て日向守旗奉行私を手込
　に仕候か増り申候に付可仕様無御座候き彼者を

現代語訳

その場で打ち果たされ、山田少兵衛は手柄を立てて、即座にその場で切腹した。

また城内では玉薬も尽きて勢力も弱った様子と聞いているが、味方にも過分の手負いや死人があり、どうやら同士討ちもあったらしく、無実の者も盤石のごとく諸軍入り乱れ、鉄砲数万挺が十方から打ちかけられ、怒りに燃える者は同士討ちも心もとないことではないという沙汰をするのも道理である。

島原記によると、落城の時、有馬左衛門佐が本丸に乗り入れて見申されると、早くも郭内に旗を押し立てている者があった。何者かと尋ねると、水野日向守の一番乗りで、某は旗奉行であると申した。その時左金吾（有馬左衛門佐）が申されるには、「日向守はどこの国におられたのか。一番乗りは某である。旗だけを入れても、自身が継いでこそ一番乗りと言えるのではないか。推参なことを申す者よ」と御怒りになった時、その旗奉行が強情を張って言い争ったので、左衛門佐殿の胸を捕らえて塀に押し付けたということである。その間に日向守殿が乗り込まれ、とやかくでその場は鎮まったということである。

落城以後、大猷院様（徳川家光）の御前において、左金吾が申し上げられるには、「今度島原城内において、日向守の旗奉行が私を手込めにいたし候が、あまりに申し候につき、仕様がございません。その者を

英語訳

were struck down at that place, and Yamada Shōbei, having achieved military merit, immediately committed seppuku on the spot.

Also, it was heard that within the castle, ammunition was exhausted and their strength had weakened, but among our allies there were also excessive casualties and deaths, and it seems there was some fighting among allies as well. With innocent men standing firm like rocks while various armies clashed in confusion, and tens of thousands of firearms firing from all directions, it is reasonable that there should be talk that for those burning with anger, even fighting among allies is not a matter of great concern.

According to the Shimabara Chronicle, at the time of the castle's fall, when Arima Saemon-no-suke rode into the main keep and looked around, there was already someone who had planted a banner within the bailey. When he asked who it was, they replied it was Mizuno Hyūga-no-kami's first rider, and that he himself was the banner officer. At that time Sakin'go (Arima Saemon-no-suke) said, "In what province was Hyūga-no-kami stationed? The first to enter was myself. Even if only a banner is brought in, can it be called 'first rider' unless one personally follows through? What presumptuous words you speak!" When he became angry, that banner officer stubbornly argued back, so he grabbed Saemon-no-suke's chest and pressed him against the wall. During this time, Hyūga-no-kami rode in, and somehow the situation was calmed.

After the castle's fall, before Daiyūin-sama (Tokugawa Iemitsu), Sakin'go reported: "This time within Shimabara Castle, Hyūga-no-kami's banner officer manhandled me, and as he spoke too excessively, there was nothing I could do. That man...