翻刻
深草昼夜六時之勤行難相遂可有之哉世間並ニ檀林へ新来致
年四十にも及安心之上にては深原山へ隠遁（本ノマヽ）も可然とて飯高へ被遣長く
世僧ニ罷成候然共只今存出し候ニ病身にては深草勤り申事ニ無御座候日孝
師暇事日潮師仙臺孝勝寺先〻住如満師皆〻関東担林御筋
御出世僧ニ御成被成候然共某は邪心に深草へも不参出世も不仕候へとも
宗門之大綱をも及はぬ迄も致勧学延山御院職も御召紫の
袈裟并上人号迄被下置候へは半出世仕候説法も八九十年已前本
込寺に於て一千座説法之開眼法養【羪】成就仕塔婆相立申候以後読
経学文題目修行仕臨終【修？】を相侍罷在候当年巳年七拾五才老病ニ
一両日病気少し相発り文字相忘不束成事共ニ候へ共為念御得意
漸〻相認候已上寛延第四辛未霜月十一日昼四ツ過ニ書始
夜六ツ半ニ相終候定六に清書為致進上申候様ニ可仕候へ共何様にても自
筆能候半と其侭致進上し微細は相良甚蔵方へ御頼彼仁祖父常
詠翁之御書記し被置候写本御覧被成彦六へ為相写可被成候上中へ
も申進候通会律之学生書記候四家合考は殊外詮義被致候と
相見え候併中畠上野介を白川之家来と書しは恐くは誤ニ候
一 中畠知行所并家来帳之写《割書：松倉村 須乗村 新屋敷 中村 神田村 古畑村｜松崎村 田新田村 明岡村 中ノ目村 堤村》
《割書：中畑村 三城村 成田村 久来久村 笠石村｜矢吹村 大輪久村 踏瀬村 太田川 小田川 聢と相覚不申候》
一 侍帳は大半不忘致候三城目中畠等之百姓には大勢中畠へ家来
筋有之候以上中畠三城目へ引退し已後四万石余之分限ニ有之候由也
家老家名抔は致失念候侍は須賀川相楽孫左衛門殿家来雇【ニ付？】同心
を存し治左衛門殿相楽を被相名乗只今迄相楽名字也三城目にて
現代語訳
深草で昼夜六時の勤行を遂げることは難しいであろうかと、世間並びに檀林へ新参し、年四十にも及んで安心の上では深原山へ隠遁するのも然るべきということで飯高へ遣わされ、長く世僧に罷り成った。しかしただ今思い出すに、病身では深草での勤めを申すことはございません。日孝師が暇になったこと、日潮師は仙台孝勝寺の先住如満師、皆々関東檀林の御筋の御出世僧におなりになった。しかし私は邪心もなく深草へも参らず出世もしなかったが、宗門の大綱を及ばぬまでも勧学し、身延山の御院職にも御召しがあり、紫の袈裟並びに上人号まで下し置かれたので半出世した。説法も八九十年以前、本込寺において一千座説法の開眼法要を成就し、塔婆を相立て申した。以後読経・学文・題目修行をし、臨終を相待ち罷り在る。
当年己年七十五歳、老病に一両日病気が少し発り、文字を相忘れ不束なことどもであるが、念のため御得意にようやく相認めた。以上。
寛延第四辛未霜月十一日昼四つ過ぎに書き始め、夜六つ半に相終わった。定めて清書をして進上申すようにすべきであるが、何様にても自筆が良いであろうと、そのまま進上し、微細は相良甚蔵方へ御頼み申す。彼の仁の祖父常詠翁の御書記を置かれた写本を御覧になって、彦六へ相写しなさるべきである。上中へも申し進める通り、会律の学生が書記した四家合考は殊の外詮議をなさったと相見える。併せて中畠上野介を白河の家来と書いたのは恐らくは誤りである。
一、中畠知行所並びに家来帳の写し（松倉村・須乗村・新屋敷・中村・神田村・古畑村・松崎村・田新田村・明岡村・中ノ目村・堤村・中畑村・三城村・成田村・久来久村・笠石村・矢吹村・大輪久村・踏瀬村・太田川・小田川、確と相覚え申さず）
一、侍帳は大半忘れ致した。三城目・中畠等の百姓には大勢中畠へ家来筋があった。以上、中畠が三城目へ引退した已後、四万石余の分限にあったという。家老・家名などは失念した。侍は須賀川相楽孫左衛門殿家来に雇われ、同心を存じ、治左衛門殿が相楽を名乗られ、只今まで相楽の名字である。三城目にて
英語訳
Whether it would be difficult to carry out the six daily services at Fukakusa, day and night - I entered the secular world and the seminary as was customary, and when I reached forty years of age, it was deemed appropriate that I might retreat to Mount Fukahara once I had found peace of mind, so I was sent to Iitaka and remained a secular monk for a long time. However, now that I recall, with my frail health I cannot speak of serving at Fukakusa. Master Nichikō took leave, and Master Nichichō became the previous abbot Nyoman of Kōshō-ji in Sendai - all became distinguished monks of the Kantō seminary lineage. However, I harbored no evil intentions, neither went to Fukakusa nor sought advancement, but I studied the great principles of our sect to the extent I was able, and when summoned to the temple administrator position at Mount Minobu, I was granted even a purple robe and the title of jōnin (high priest), so I achieved a kind of half-advancement. As for preaching, eighty or ninety years ago I completed the eye-opening ceremony for a thousand sermons at Honkomi-ji temple and erected memorial tablets. Since then I have continued with sutra recitation, scriptural study, and daimoku practice, waiting for my final moment.
This year, the year of the boar, at seventy-five years of age, in my old age and illness, I have been slightly unwell for a day or two, forgetting characters and being quite inadequate, but I have managed to write this down for your consideration as a precaution.
I began writing on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of Kan'en 4, year of the metal sheep, past the fourth hour of the day, and finished at half past the sixth hour of the night. I should properly make a clean copy to present, but thinking that my own handwriting would be better in any case, I present it as is. For details, please consult Sagara Jinzō. Please examine the manuscript copy of the writings left by his grandfather, the old man Jōei, and have it copied for Hikuroku. As I have also submitted to Uenaka, the "Four Houses Comparative Study" written by a student of canon law appears to have been very thoroughly investigated. However, describing Nakahata Kōzuke-no-suke as a retainer of Shirakawa is probably an error.
1. Copy of Nakahata's fief records and retainer registry (Matsukura village, Sunori village, Shin-yashiki, Nakamura, Kanda village, Furuhata village, Matsuzaki village, Denshin-den village, Akioka village, Nakanome village, Tsutsumi village, Nakahata village, Sanjō village, Narita village, Kukuraku village, Kasaishi village, Yabuki village, Ōwaraku village, Fumise village, Ōtagawa, Odagawa - I do not recall clearly)
1. I have forgotten most of the samurai registry. Among the farmers of Sanjō-me and Nakahata, many had connections as retainers to Nakahata. After Nakahata retired to Sanjō-me, he supposedly had holdings worth over forty thousand koku. I have forgotten the names of chief retainers and family names. As for samurai, one was employed as a retainer by Lord Sagara Magosaemon of Sukagawa, and knowing his loyalty, Lord Jizaemon took the name Sagara, which remains the family name to this day. At Sanjō-me...