天災之部・御普請之部・屋敷之部 - 翻刻

翻刻

一御在国中之御城下出火之節ハ月番御目付早速御座所へ罷出鎮火之上引取可申御用番御家
　老中出勤有之候ハヽ御家老中退出後引取可申事
　　但御番月之同役ハ何も【茂】火元へ罷越火鎮之上其様子令吟味達書等夫々間違無之様御徒目
　　　付共へ申付為相伺右御徒目付ゟ差出候書付持参同役之内申合壱人御用番宅へ罷出相達
　　　尤御家老中御座所ニ相詰被居候内ニ候得ハ御座所へ可罷出事
　　　　八百里【筆者・浅井八百里】言天保之中頃迄ハ同役不残御用番宅へ罷出候由ニ候得共常時壱人罷出候事
　　附　御家中火事ニハ其火元ゟ覚書受取御家老中へ可申達事　大谷一右衛門　矢野伝左衛門
　　　　蜷川林左衛門出火之節等書付出之
　　一同役之内壱人火元附持参御右筆部やへ可差出事尤口書等ハ不及差出筈
　　　右ハ天保三辰正月廿四日石場辺火事之節御用人毛受伝三郎申聞候ハ以来御城下火事之節
　　　御家中町方とも以前之通火元付御目付ゟ御右筆部ヤへ差出候様申聞候ニ付近例ハ無之候得共
　　　場所へ罷出候同役共ゟ火元附御右筆部ヤ迄直ニ致持参指出筈ニ申談置候事尤類焼
　　　之多少ニより相後レ候事も可有之　依付置臨時可申談事
一享保二酉年留ニ火事之節御家老中附御使番弐人御在国之節ハ昼乗物腰掛迄罷出御家
　老中被出候節仰ゟ何方へも可参事夜中ハ下馬之腰掛迄罷出御家老中相待仰ゟ可参旨相定
　候由　　但近年御御留守年ニハ御用番之宅へ罷越候
【朱書】一酉八月廿七日小川与右衛門へ御意被遊候ハ出火之節御使番共何方へ罷出候哉と御尋ニ付御使番十人三番ニ仕御番相勤候故四人番三人番有之候其番之者御座所へ罷出旨
　申上候へハ左候ハヽ
　火事装束仕旨を為案可罷出候御使又ハ火元へ被遣儀も可有之候間其段可申聞旨被仰付候右之節御留守ニハ御家老共へ御使番両人ツヽ差添候旨申上候然
　処御用箱覚
　書見候へハ御在国ニも差添候様相見得候御使番之面々ハ御在国ニハ差添不申と覚申候翌廿八日昨日御意之儀御家老中へも相達御在国之節御使番御家老中へ
　差添候儀も相達候処御家老中も聢と御覚無之ニ付尚又伺候処自今此墨書本文之通極可申旨ニ付其段并御意之趣共御使番へ申渡之

一右御在国中御城下火事之節前々ハ月番御目付御座所へ罷出其外ハ火元へ罷越火鎮
　り御用番御家老中へ何も【茂】罷出火事之様子申達夫ゟ同役不残御座所へ罷出候処明和之
　度御座所へ御目付壱人昼夜詰被仰付地廻り野廻り共ニ御供ニも壱人ツヽ被召連仍之御座所
　当番之御目付ハ火事之節ハ御供持候故月番之御目付も御座所へ罷出御家老中退出之
　後ニ候得ハ月番御目付御用番御家老中へ罷出外御目付ハ火鎮り改書を取何も【茂】御用
　番御家老中へ罷出夫ゟ何も【茂】御座所へ罷出候　尤御家老中御座所ニ御詰之内ニ候得ハ御座所へ罷
　出ル也
一御座所当番之節若火事二付御出被遊候事有之候得ハ御供仕候夜中俄ニ為入用御目付部
　屋ニ手摺提灯有之

一御留守年御城下出火之節ハ月番御目付早速御用番御家老中御宅へ罷越候事御使番
　御徒目付御徒等何も罷越候筈風筋ニより御用番下馬御門内へ被相詰候得ハ逢被申其段被申聞旨御
　使番へ申通御家老中ニ先乗為致候事御目付ハ仰ゟ罷越候而宜候　扨下馬御門内腰掛前ニ御
　家老中被罷在候筈御目付ハ御用屋敷を後ニいたし砂利原ニ罷在候事此内ニ火元之様子組之
　者為見ニ遣候儀抔有之大体下火ニ相成候得ハ御家老中へ御引取被成候様ニと申達儀も有之候事

現代語訳

一、御在国中の御城下出火の節は、月番御目付は早速御座所へ出向き、鎮火の上で引き取ること。御用番御家老中が出勤している場合は、御家老中退出後に引き取ること。

ただし御番月の同役は皆火元へ行き、火が鎮まった上でその様子を吟味し、達書等それぞれ間違いないよう御徒目付共へ申し付けて伺いを立て、右の御徒目付から差し出された書付を持参し、同役の内で申し合わせた一人が御用番宅へ行って報告すること。もちろん御家老中が御座所に詰めておられる内であれば御座所へ行くこと。

八百里注：天保の中頃までは同役が残らず御用番宅へ行っていたとのことだが、常時一人が行くこと。

付け足し：御家中の火事には、その火元から覚書を受け取り御家老中へ報告すること。大谷一右衛門、矢野伝左衛門、蜷川林左衛門出火の節等の書付を出した。

一、同役の内一人が火元の報告書を持参し、御右筆部屋へ差し出すこと。もちろん口書等は差し出す必要はない。

これは天保三年辰正月二十四日石場辺火事の節、御用人毛受伝三郎が申し聞かせたのは、以来御城下火事の節は、御家中町方ともに以前の通り火元の報告を御目付から御右筆部屋へ差し出すよう申し聞かせたため、近例はないが、現場へ行った同役共から火元の報告を御右筆部屋まで直接持参して差し出すことにした。もちろん類焼の多少により後れることもあるだろう。臨時に相談すること。

一、享保二年酉年の記録に、火事の節御家老中付きの御使番二人は、御在国の節は昼は乗物腰掛まで行き、御家老中が出られる節は仰せによりどこへでも行くこと。夜中は下馬の腰掛まで行き御家老中を待ち、仰せにより行くよう定められたとのこと。ただし近年の御留守年には御用番の宅へ行っている。

【朱書】一、酉八月二十七日小川与右衛門へ御意をなされたのは、出火の節御使番共はどこへ行くかとお尋ねがあったため、御使番十人を三番にして御番を勤めているので四人番三人番があり、その番の者は御座所へ行く旨を申し上げたところ、それならば火事装束をして出向くよう案じるべきである。御使または火元へ遣わされることもあるだろうからその段を申し聞かせるよう仰せ付けられた。その節御留守には御家老共へ御使番両人ずつを差し添えると申し上げた。しかし御用箱覚書を見ると御在国にも差し添えるよう見えるが、御使番の面々は御在国には差し添えないと覚えている。翌二十八日、昨日の御意の件を御家老中へも報告し、御在国の節御使番を御家老中へ差し添えることも報告したところ、御家老中もはっきりと覚えがないため、なお伺ったところ、今後はこの墨書本文の通り行うよう言われたため、その段並びに御意の趣旨を御使番へ申し渡した。

一、右の御在国中御城下火事の節、前々は月番御目付が御座所へ行き、その他は火元へ行って火を鎮め、御用番御家老中へ皆行って火事の様子を報告し、それから同役が残らず御座所へ行っていたところ、明和の度に御座所へ御目付一人が昼夜詰めるよう仰せ付けられ、地回り野回りともに御供にも一人ずつ召し連れられることになった。よって御座所当番の御目付は火事の節は御供を持っているので、月番の御目付も御座所へ行き、御家老中退出の後であれば月番御目付は御用番御家老中へ行き、外の御目付は火鎮まりの改め書を取って皆御用番御家老中へ行き、それから皆御座所へ行く。もちろん御家老中が御座所にお詰めの内であれば御座所へ行くのである。

一、御座所当番の節、もし火事により御出になることがあれば御供をする。夜中急に入用のため御目付部屋に手摺提灯がある。

一、御留守年の御城下出火の節は、月番御目付は早速御用番御家老中の御宅へ行くこと。御使番、御徒目付、御徒等皆行く予定である。風筋により御用番が下馬御門内へ詰められている場合は会って申し聞かせる旨を御使番へ申し通し、御家老中に先乗りをすること。御目付は仰せにより行って良い。さて下馬御門内腰掛前に御家老中がおられるはず。御目付は御用屋敷を後にして砂利原にいること。この内に火元の様子を組の者に見に遣わすことなどがあり、大体下火になれば御家老中へお引き取りになるよう申し達することもある。

英語訳

1. During the lord's residence in the domain, when fires occur in the castle town, the monthly duty magistrate should immediately report to the lord's quarters and withdraw after the fire is extinguished. If the duty senior retainers are present, withdrawal should occur after the senior retainers' departure.

However, colleagues of the monthly duty should all go to the fire source, and after the fire is extinguished, investigate the situation and ensure that official reports are prepared without error through the foot soldiers' magistrates. Taking the documents submitted by these foot soldiers' magistrates, one person designated among the colleagues should go to the duty senior retainer's residence to report. Of course, if senior retainers are stationed at the lord's quarters, they should report there.

Yaori's note: Until the middle of the Tenpō period, all colleagues would go to the duty senior retainer's residence, but normally one person goes.

Addition: For fires within the retainer households, memoranda should be received from the fire source and reported to the senior retainers. Documents were submitted during fires at the residences of Ōtani Ichiemon, Yano Densaemon, and Ninagawa Rinzaemon.

1. One person among the colleagues should bring the fire source report to the secretaries' office. Of course, oral reports need not be submitted.

This was established on January 24th, Tenpō 3 (Year of the Dragon), during the Ishiba area fire, when Chamberlain Mouke Denzaburō conveyed that henceforth during castle town fires, both retainer and townspeople fire reports should be submitted to the secretaries' office by magistrates as before. Although there was no recent precedent, it was arranged for colleagues who went to the scene to directly bring fire reports to the secretaries' office. Naturally, there may be delays depending on the extent of fire spread, so temporary consultations should be held.

1. According to records from Kyōhō 2 (Year of the Rooster), during fires, two attendant messengers attached to senior retainers should, when the lord is in residence, go to the palanquin rest area during the day and proceed anywhere as ordered when senior retainers depart. At night, they should go to the dismount rest area, wait for senior retainers, and proceed as ordered. However, in recent years when the lord is absent, they go to the duty senior retainer's residence.

[Red ink] On August 27th of the Rooster year, the lord inquired of Ogawa Yoemon where the attendant messengers should go during fires. When informed that the ten attendant messengers serve in three shifts with four-person and three-person rotations, and that those on duty report to the lord's quarters, the lord ordered that they should prepare fire-fighting attire before reporting, as they might be sent as messengers or to the fire source. It was reported that during the lord's absence, two attendant messengers each are assigned to the senior retainers. However, examining the duty box records, it appears they are also assigned during the lord's residence, though the attendant messengers believed they were not assigned during residence. On the 28th, after reporting yesterday's directive to the senior retainers and the matter of assigning attendant messengers to senior retainers during residence, the senior retainers had no clear recollection, so upon further inquiry, they were told to follow this written directive henceforth, and this decision along with the lord's intentions were conveyed to the attendant messengers.

1. Regarding the above castle town fires during the lord's residence, previously the monthly duty magistrate would report to the lord's quarters while others went to the fire source to extinguish fires, then all would report the fire situation to the duty senior retainers before all colleagues reported to the lord's quarters. However, during the Meiwa period, one magistrate was ordered to be stationed at the lord's quarters day and night, with one person each accompanying for area patrols. Therefore, since the magistrate on duty at the lord's quarters has attendants during fires, the monthly duty magistrate also reports to the lord's quarters. After senior retainers' departure, the monthly duty magistrate goes to the duty senior retainers, while other magistrates obtain fire suppression reports and all go to the duty senior retainers, then all report to the lord's quarters. Of course, if senior retainers are stationed at the lord's quarters, they report there.

1. When on duty at the lord's quarters, if the lord should venture out due to fire, attendants should accompany. For urgent nighttime needs, hand-carried lanterns are available in the magistrates' quarters.

1. During the lord's absence, when fires occur in the castle town, the monthly duty magistrate should immediately go to the duty senior retainer's residence. Attendant messengers, foot soldier magistrates, foot soldiers, etc., should all go. Depending on wind direction, if the duty senior retainer is stationed within the Dismount Gate, they should meet and be informed, as conveyed to the attendant messengers, with advance riders sent to the senior retainers. Magistrates may go as ordered. The senior retainers should be positioned in front of the rest area within the Dismount Gate. Magistrates should leave the administrative compound and position themselves at the gravel area. During this time, unit members may be sent to observe the fire situation, and when the fire generally subsides, there may be communications advising the senior retainers to withdraw.