翻刻
【右丁】
人扶持被下置保科民部御鉄炮小頭
被 召抱候之事
一 同二十《割書：未》年八月会津へ御所替之節御
供仕候
但寛永十四《割書：丑》年御郡代役へ被
召抱翌《割書：寅》年北花畑穴蔵ニ被差
置候湿り御用不立鉄炮薬合直いたし
由被 仰付問見之薬合直し差
上候処宜直り候ニ付有次第合直候
様ニと御目付祢津又右衛門を以被
【左丁】
仰付候親儀年罷寄候ニ付私へ
伝授仕為直差上可申由被
仰付親子ニ而亥年迄拾ヶ年悪
薬三千弐百七拾貫目余合直大窪
谷御蔵へ上納仕候然所私儀病身
に罷成御奉公難相勤候ニ付御擬作
差上申度由奉願候処願之通被
仰付父子ともニ無足ニ而拾ヶ年
合直し候処親儀極老ニ而難相
勤由申上御赦免被遊候と官記ニ
現代語訳
【右丁】
人扶持を下し置かれ、保科民部の鉄砲小頭として
召し抱えられた件
一 同二十年（1643年）未年八月、会津へ国替えの際、お
供をした
ただし寛永十四年（1637年）丑年、郡代役へ
召し抱えられ、翌年（1638年）寅年、北花畑穴蔵に配置
されたが、湿りによって鉄砲薬が役に立たなくなったので修復
するよう仰せ付けられた。問題となった薬の修復を
差し上げたところ、うまく直ったので、今後も順次修復する
ようにと御目付祢津又右衛門を通じて
【左丁】
仰せ付けられた。父が年を取ったので私に
伝授して修復を差し上げるべきであると
仰せ付けられ、親子で亥年まで十年間、悪くなった
火薬三千二百七十貫目余りを修復し、大窪
谷御蔵へ納入した。しかし私が病気になり
御奉公を続けることが困難になったので、辞職を
願い出たところ、願いの通り
仰せ付けられた。父子ともに無足で十年間
修復していたが、父が極めて高齢で勤務が困難
であると申し上げ、お赦免をいただいたと官記に
英語訳
【Right page】
He was granted a stipend of nin-fuchi (personal provisions) and was
employed as a teppo-kogashira (firearms unit leader) under Hoshina Minbu
One: In the same 20th year (1643), year of the sheep, in the 8th month, when the domain was transferred to Aizu, he
served as an attendant
However, in Kan'ei 14th year (1637), year of the ox, he was
employed in the role of gun-dai (district administrator), and in the following
year (1638), year of the tiger, he was assigned to the Kitahanabatake underground storehouse.
Due to dampness, the gunpowder became unusable, so he was
ordered to repair it. He submitted the problematic gunpowder for repair,
and when it was successfully restored, he was ordered through
the metsuke (inspector) Nezu Matauemon to continue repairing gunpowder as needed.
【Left page】
Since his father had grown old, he was
ordered to have the skills transmitted to himself
and to continue the repair work. Father and son worked for ten years until the year of the boar,
repairing over 3,270 kan-me of deteriorated
gunpowder and delivering it to the Ōkubo-
tani storage warehouse. However, he became ill
and found it difficult to continue his official service, so he
requested to resign from his position, and his request was
granted as wished. Both father and son worked for ten years
on repairs as muashi (without stipend), but when the father became extremely elderly and unable to
serve, this was reported and pardoning was granted, as recorded in the official records.