翻刻
【右丁】
寒 桃 冬桃（カンモ丶） 丙申十一月十三日
築都氏所持
乞一枝真写
【左丁上段】
寿下條西王母桃￣ヲ考ニ
右ニ図スル者ハ冬桃ト雖別種ニテ寒
中開＿レ花実三月熟ス諸本草ニ栽
西王母桃ハ花花淡紅千葉大綸木一尺
程ニナレハ花咲コト鴨舗実ハ一ツ所ニ二
ツ宛実ノル花落ル迄葉ナシ落花
後ニ葉出六七月頃葉ノ間ニ花サク
コトアリ■一歳ニ似タリ実モ五六月ニ
熟ス花ノ時実ノ落ザル者ヲ西王母ノ
桃ト雖和漢同シカラス又別ニ冬桃
アリ花淡紅単葉実冬熟ス是
大和本草酉陽雑俎ナトニ云ル西王
母桃ナルへシ本邦ノ西王桃ハ花ノ
美ナルヲ以テ美人ノ名ヲ付ル物欤
【左丁下段】
大和本草桃ノ條下曰冬桃花単葉九十月ニ実熟ス
博玄カ冬桃ノ賦アリ酉陽雑俎ニ冬十月ニ始テ熟ス形如＿二
括蔞￣ノ＿一又名￣ト＿二西王母桃￣ト＿一云へリ日本ニテ西王母ト云桃ハ八重ニテ
大ナリ花遅ク落ツ花美シ是ハ日本ノ名ナリ中華ノ名ニ非ス
云々
和漢三才図会西王母桃一各冬桃崑崙桃仙人桃
今名￣ル＿二西王母桃￣ト＿一者￣ハ其樹葉皆与￣ト＿レ桃無＿レ異￣ル￣コト但桃￣ハ生￣メ不＿二
三年￣ナラ＿一無＿レ花此樹種＿レ子生￣メ翌年開＿レ花淡紅色千葉￣ニ而
結￣フ＿レ子云々
漢書云武帝￣ノ時一足青鳥来￣リ帝￣ノ前￣ニ止￣ル東方朔￣カ日当￣ニシト云テ
＿レ来￣リ＿二西王母隠￣ス＿レ身￣ヲ而￣ルニ王母来￣テ奉￣ル＿二桃￣ノ実二七枚￣ヲ是三千年一￣タヒ
実￣ノル上界￣ノ果（コノミ）￣ナリ隠￣レ＿二屏風￣ノ後￣ニ＿一者三￣ツ盗￣ンテ食￣フ耳（ノミ）云々
此桃冬熟以＿レ異￣ヲ＿レ常￣ニ好事者誇￣テ為￣ルカ＿二西王母￣ノ桃￣ト＿一乎
拾遺
三チトセニナリテフ桃ノコトシヨリ
花サク春ニアイニケルカナ
現代語訳
【右丁】
寒桃 冬桃（かんとう） 丙申年十一月十三日
築都氏所持
一枝を乞い真写した
【左丁上段】
寿下條の西王母桃について考えるに
右に図する者は冬桃といえども別種にて寒
中に花を開き、実は三月に熟す。諸本草に載る
西王母桃は花は淡紅色で千葉（八重咲き）、大輪で木が一尺
程になれば花が咲くこと稀である。実は一つ所に二
つずつ実る。花が落ちるまで葉がなく、落花
後に葉が出て、六七月頃葉の間に花が咲く
ことがある。■一歳に似ている。実も五六月に
熟す。花の時実の落ちざる者を西王母の
桃というが、和漢同じではない。また別に冬桃
があり、花は淡紅色で単葉、実は冬に熟す。これが
大和本草や酉陽雑俎などに言う西王
母桃なるべし。本邦の西王母桃は花の
美なるをもって美人の名を付けるものか。
【左丁下段】
大和本草桃の条下に曰く「冬桃は花が単葉で九十月に実が熟す。
博玄が冬桃の賦がある。酉陽雑俎に冬十月に始めて熟す、形は
括蔞のごとし。また西王母桃と名づく」と云っている。日本にて西王母という桃は八重にて
大なり。花遅く落つ。花美し。これは日本の名なり、中華の名に非ず。
云々
和漢三才図会「西王母桃は冬桃・崑崙桃・仙人桃ともいう。
今西王母桃と名づける者は、その樹葉皆桃と異なることなし。ただ桃は生えて
三年ならずば花なし。この樹は種子を種えて生え、翌年花を開く。淡紅色で千葉にて
実を結ぶ」云々
漢書に云う「武帝の時、一足の青鳥来たりて帝の前に止まる。東方朔が日く『西王母が身を隠して来るべし』と。
すると王母来たりて桃の実七枚を奉る。これは三千年に一度
実る上界の果なり。屏風の後に隠れた者三つ盗んで食うのみ」云々
この桃は冬に熟すことを常と異なるとして、好事者が誇って西王母の桃となすか。
拾遺
三千年に実るという桃のことより
花咲く春に逢いにけるかな
英語訳
【Right page】
Cold Peach Winter Peach (kantō) 13th day of 11th month, Hinoe-saru year
In the possession of Mr. Tsukito
Requested one branch and made a true sketch
【Left page, upper section】
Considering the Seiobo peach mentioned by Juge-jō:
What is illustrated on the right, though called winter peach, is a different variety that
blooms in the cold season, and the fruit ripens in the third month. The
Seiobo peach recorded in various materia medica has pale pink flowers with thousand petals (double blooms), large flowers, and when the tree reaches about one shaku
in height, it rarely blooms. The fruit grows in pairs at each location. There are no leaves until the flowers fall, and leaves
emerge after the flowers drop. Sometimes flowers bloom among the leaves around the sixth or seventh month.
It resembles ■ one year. The fruit also ripens in the fifth or sixth month.
Those whose fruit does not fall during flowering are called Seiobo
peaches, but Japanese and Chinese varieties are not the same. There is also a separate winter peach
with pale pink single-petal flowers and fruit that ripens in winter. This
should be the Seiobo peach mentioned in works like Yamato Honzō and Yūyō Zassu. Japan's Seiobo peach
may be named after a beautiful woman due to the beauty of its flowers.
【Left page, lower section】
Yamato Honzō states under the peach entry: "Winter peach has single-petal flowers and fruit ripens in the ninth and tenth months.
There is a winter peach composition by Hakugen. Yūyō Zassu says it first ripens in the tenth month of winter, shaped like
a snake gourd, also called Seiobo peach." The peach called Seiobo in Japan has double flowers and
is large. The flowers fall late and are beautiful. This is a Japanese name, not a Chinese name.
And so forth.
Wakan Sansai Zue: "Seiobo peach is also called winter peach, Kunlun peach, and hermit peach.
What is now called Seiobo peach has tree and leaves no different from regular peaches. However, peaches do not flower unless
they are at least three years old. This tree, when grown from seed, blooms the following year with pale pink thousand-petaled flowers and
bears fruit." And so forth.
The Book of Han states: "During Emperor Wu's time, a one-legged blue bird came and perched before the emperor. Dongfang Shuo said, 'The Queen Mother of the West should come in hiding.'
Then the Queen Mother came and presented seven peach fruits. These are celestial fruits that
ripen once every three thousand years. Three of those hidden behind the screen stole and ate them." And so forth.
Do enthusiasts proudly call this peach, which unusually ripens in winter, the Seiobo peach?
Supplementary note
From the matter of peaches said to fruit every three thousand years
We have encountered the spring when flowers bloom