翻刻
【右丁】
濃州ヨリ来ル明智ハ智謀才芸アレトモ気質高慢ニシテ
譜代ノ長臣ヲモアナドリ傍輩ノ上座ヲ仕ル如＿レ此ノ族ハ後々ハ
主君ヲ褊シ必恨ヲ含ミ野心アルモノニテ候由金吾教景入道
ハ被＿レ申キトソ宣ヒケル是ヨリ近習ヲ除カレ同列ニ加恩ノ時
モ其沙汰ナカリケリ又其比美濃国主斉藤龍興尾州信長ニ
討負流浪シ拝星【蝿帽子歟】峠ヲ越大野郡ニ蟄居乄朝倉家ヲ頼マル
龍興ハ明智ノ家敵ナレハ同国ニ居テ無益ト思フ折節信長
ヨリ招カル明智元来信長ノ舅山城守義龍ノ臣ニ乄光秀ガ
叔父宗宿入道ハ義龍ノ為ニ忠死ヲ遂シ故此恩ヲ報ヒントテ
招カルトナリ依之 永禄九年十月九日越前ヨリ濃州岐阜ヘ
参ル《割書：云｜ 々》故郷ナルトテ濃州 安八（アンハツ）郡ニ四千二百貫ノ闕所ノ
【左丁】
アルヲ十兵衛ニ被＿レ 下光秀年三十九歳トゾ
【欄外上部朱書】
義昭浪遊
永禄八年五月十九日松永弾正主君三好義継ニ謀叛ヲ勧メ
将軍ノ御所ヲ囲ミ義輝公三十歳ニテ弑セラレ給フ
[御舎弟]義昭公鹿苑院周暠ヲモ害シ一乗院覚慶ヲ失ハントテ
奈良ヘ討手ヲ遣ハス覚慶春日山ニ遁レ入伊賀国ヲ経テ
江州甲賀ニ御出佐々木修理大夫義秀ノ家ノ子和田和泉
守秀盛カ館ニ入其後矢嶋ノ郷ヘ移リ御還俗有テ
義昭トソ申ケル佐々木義秀ノ母ハ義晴公ノ息女テ【ニ】テ
義昭公ノ姉（アネ）ナレハ疎略アルマジケレトモ箕作左《見せ消ち：衛門｜京》大夫#1入道
承禎子息右衛門尉義 弼（スケ）万事執権スル故箕作父子ハ三好ト
縁者タルニ依テ義昭ヲ不＿レ敬却テ誅セントスル沙汰アリテ
現代語訳
【右丁】
（鞍谷殿いわく、）濃州（美濃）より来た明智は、智謀・才芸はあるものの、気質が高慢であって、譜代の重臣をも侮り、同輩の上座に着くような振る舞いをする。このような者は、後々は主君をないがしろにし、必ずや恨みを抱いて野心を持つものだ、と金吾教景入道（朝倉教景）が申されたとのことを（鞍谷殿は）おっしゃった。これより（光秀は義景の）近習から外され、同列の者が加増・恩賞を受けるときも、その沙汰（音沙汰）がなかった。また、その頃、美濃の国主・斎藤龍興が尾州（尾張）の信長に討ち負けて流浪し、蝿帽子峠（拝星峠か）を越えて大野郡に蟄居して朝倉家を頼った。龍興は明智の家敵であるから、同国にいても無益と思っていた折も折、信長より招きがあった。明智はもともと信長の舅・山城守義龍の臣であり、光秀の叔父・宗宿入道は義龍のために忠死を遂げたため、この恩に報いようとして（信長が）招いたのだという。これにより、永禄九年（1566年）十月九日、越前より濃州岐阜へ参った、云々。故郷であるとして、濃州安八郡に四千二百貫の闕所（空き地・没収地）が
【左丁】
あるのを、（信長より）十兵衛（光秀）に与えられた。光秀、年三十九歳とのことである。
【欄外上部朱書】
義昭の流浪
永禄八年（1565年）五月十九日、松永弾正が主君・三好義継に謀叛を勧め、将軍の御所を囲み、義輝公は三十歳にして弑逆された。御舎弟の義昭公を（も害しようと）、鹿苑院周暠をも害し、一乗院覚慶を失わせんとして、奈良へ討手を遣わした。覚慶は春日山に逃れ入り、伊賀国を経て、江州（近江）甲賀へ御出になり、佐々木修理大夫義秀の家臣・和田和泉守秀盛の館に入った。その後、矢島の郷へ移られ、還俗されて義昭と申し上げることになった。佐々木義秀の母は義晴公の息女であって、義昭公の姉（あるいは姉妹）にあたるので、粗略にするはずもなかろうが、箕作左京大夫入道（承禎）の子息・右衛門尉義弼（すけ）が万事を執権（取り仕切る）するため、箕作父子は三好と縁者であることにより、義昭を敬わず、かえって誅殺せんとする沙汰があって、
英語訳
[Right folio]
(The lord of Kuratani said that) Mitsuhide, who came from Mino Province, although possessed of resourcefulness and talent, was by nature arrogant, looked down upon even the senior hereditary retainers, and presumed to take the upper seats above his peers. One such as this will, in time to come, disrespect his lord, inevitably harbor resentment, and prove to be a man of dangerous ambition—so said Kingō Norikage-nyūdō [Asakura Norikage], his lordship [Kuratani] recounted. From this point on, [Mitsuhide] was removed from attendance as a close retainer [kinshū], and when others of the same rank received rewards and stipends, no such provisions were made for him. Around that same time, Saitō Tatsuoki, the lord of Mino Province, having been defeated by Nobunaga of Owari, wandered in exile, crossed the Haebōshi Pass [possibly "Haiboshi" or "Haisei" pass], retreated into Ōno District, and sought the patronage of the Asakura house. Since Tatsuoki was the Akechi family's enemy, [Mitsuhide] thought it pointless to remain in the same province—and at just that moment, a summons arrived from Nobunaga. Mitsuhide had originally been a retainer of Yamasiro-no-kami Yoshitatsu, who was Nobunaga's father-in-law, and Mitsuhide's uncle, Sōshuku-nyūdō, had died in loyal service to Yoshitatsu; thus Nobunaga called him [to his side] in order to repay this obligation. Accordingly, on the ninth day of the tenth month of Eiroku 9 [1566], [Mitsuhide] came from Echizen to Gifu in Mino, and so forth. On the grounds that it was his homeland, a forfeited estate [kesshо̄] of 4,200 kan in Anpachi District of Mino Province
[Left folio]
was bestowed upon Jūbe [Mitsuhide]. Mitsuhide was thirty-nine years of age at this time.
[Marginal note in red ink, upper portion]
Yoshiaki's wanderings
On the nineteenth day of the fifth month of Eiroku 8 [1565], Matsunaga Danjō incited his lord Miyoshi Yoshitsugu to rebellion, surrounded the Shogun's residence, and Yoshiteru-kō was murdered at the age of thirty. In order to harm [the Shogun's] younger brother, Yoshiaki-kō—[they] also killed Rokuonji Shūkō, and sent an attack force to Nara intending to do away with Ichijōin Kōkei. Kōkei fled into Kasugayama, passed through Iga Province, and made his way to Kōka in Ōmi Province, entering the residence of Wada Izumi-no-kami Hidemori, a retainer of Sasaki Shuri-no-taifu Yoshihide. Thereafter he moved to the village of Yajima, returned to lay life [genzoku], and came to be known as Yoshiaki. The mother of Sasaki Yoshihide was a daughter of Yoshiharu-kō and was therefore the elder sister [or sibling] of Yoshiaki-kō, so one would expect no discourtesy to be shown—but since Mitsukuri Sakyō-no-daibu-nyūdō Jōtei's son, Uemon-no-jō Yoshisuke, wielded control over all affairs, and the Mitsukuri father and son were kinsmen of the Miyoshi, there arose talk of not merely failing to show respect to Yoshiaki, but of actually putting him to death.