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易として清国へ渡海の趣ニ付万次郎早速罷越し
便船頼ミ入候処承引いたし候二付万次郎「アメリカ」より
持参之金子を以小舟一艘買入れ日本近辺へ参り
候ハヽ是ニ而漕寄可申筈ニ付り手道具積入れ三人上船
無程出帆酉之方へのり翌年亥ノ正月琉球沖三
里計に到着則かの小舟を下し三人のり移り地方江
漕寄申候大坂湊之欤地図ニ而案内之事ニ候間是より
直ニのり付候心得ニ御座候初万次郎「ウワホー」出帆之節
葉便を以米利幹「フイチセル」方へ書状差遣し長く背世
話ニ相成候段礼謝申述遣し置有之手道具等ハ友
たちニ分遣し呉候様相頼ミ「フイチセル」娘へも名残之文を
差遣し申候爰ニ而も又書状一通相認メ船主「フノツモアワ」へ相
頼ミ「ウワホー」に罷在「リミセウエル」と申米利幹人ニ差遣し三人
共なんなく琉球迄到着無程故郷へ帰り可申候間寅
右衛門へ此段申聞何卒便船を以帰朝之義を勧め
呉候様相頼ミ申候「フイツモアワ」も涙を催し相別相別トケ三人共
他方へ漕寄上陸之躰を見届け戌亥之方江開帆
仕候同三日摩文仁問切と申処にて取しらべに預り段々丁寧
之扱二而薩州様御役人中も御立合有之御吟味
被仰付猶更御丁寧之御扱二而罷在候中粟森酒
一斗蚊帳一釣和製袷単物帯下帯に至る迠
下し賜り同七月上船と同處出帆同下旬薩州山
川湊へ着岸翌日鹿児島御城下へ召連御下屋敷
と申処へ被閣御士御役人平御役人御足軽等御番に
現代語訳
易のために清国へ渡海するということで、万次郎は早速出向いて便船を頼み込んだところ、承諾してくれたので、万次郎がアメリカから持参した金子で小舟一艘を買い入れ、日本近辺へ行けばこれで漕ぎ寄せることができるはずだということで、手道具を積み入れ三人が乗船した。程なく出帆し西の方へ向かい、翌年亥年の正月に琉球沖三里ほどに到着し、すぐにかの小舟を下ろし三人が乗り移って陸地へ漕ぎ寄せた。大坂港のようで地図で案内のことなので、ここから直接乗り付ける心得である。初め万次郎がホノルルを出帆する際、便宜を図って北アメリカのフィッチェル方へ書状を送り、長らく世話になった段について礼謝を申し述べ、手道具等は友達に分け与えてくれるよう相談し、フィッチェルの娘へも別れの文を差し送りした。ここでも又書状一通を認め、船主フノツモアワへ相
談し、ホノルルにいるリミセウエルというアメリカ人に差し送り、三人共無事に琉球まで到着し、程なく故郷へ帰ることができる見込みなので、寅右衛門へこの段を申し聞かせ、何とか便船で帰国することを勧めてくれるよう相談した。フイツモアワも涙を催し別れ、三人共他所へ漕ぎ寄せ上陸する体を見届けて、北西の方へ開帆した。同三日摩文仁間切というところで取り調べを受け、段々丁寧な扱いで、薩摩藩様の御役人中もお立ち合いがあり御吟味を仰せ付けられ、なお更ご丁寧な御扱いで滞在している中、粟・米・酒一斗・蚊帳一張・和製袷・単物・帯・下帯に至るまで下し賜り、同七月に乗船し同所を出帆し、同月下旬に薩摩の山川港へ着岸した。翌日鹿児島の御城下へ召し連れられ御下屋敷という処へ収容され、御士・御役人・平御役人・御足軽等が御番に
英語訳
As they were crossing to China for trade, Manjiro immediately went out and requested passage on a ship. When they agreed, Manjiro used the money he had brought from America to purchase a small boat, thinking that when they reached near Japan, they could row ashore with it. They loaded their tools and the three men boarded. They soon set sail heading west, and in the first month of the following year of the Boar, they arrived about three ri offshore of Ryukyu. They immediately lowered the small boat, and the three transferred to it and rowed toward land. It appeared to be Osaka port according to their map guidance, so they intended to land directly from here. Initially, when Manjiro departed from Honolulu, he sent a letter to Fitchell in North America as a courtesy, expressing his gratitude for the long-term care he had received, asking him to distribute his tools among friends, and also sent a farewell letter to Fitchell's daughter. Here too he wrote another letter and consulted with the ship's master Funotsumowa,
asking him to send it to an American named Limiseuel who was in Honolulu, informing him that all three had safely reached Ryukyu and would soon be able to return to their homeland, and requesting that he tell Toraemon about this and encourage him to return to Japan by convenient ship. Fitscaha also shed tears as they parted, watched the three row to shore and land elsewhere, then set sail toward the northwest. On the same third day, they were taken for investigation at a place called Mabuni Magiri and received very courteous treatment. Officials from Satsuma Domain were also present for the examination, and they were treated with even greater courtesy. During their stay, they were provided with millet, rice, one to of sake, one mosquito net, Japanese-style lined and unlined clothing, obi, and underwear. In the seventh month of the same year, they boarded a ship and departed from the same place, arriving at Yamakawa port in Satsuma in late that month. The next day they were escorted to the castle town of Kagoshima and housed at a place called the Lower Residence, where samurai, officials, regular officials, ashigaru, and others took turns standing guard.