翻刻
【右丁】
両使ニ許諾申上ラル両使越前ニ帰此旨ヲ言上ス義昭
御感有テ永禄十一年七月十八日一乗谷ヲ御出駕
義景ヨリ路次ノ警固ト乄前波藤右衛門景定五百
騎ニテ御供シ敦賀ニ御着アリ是ヨリ朝倉中務大輔
景恒三百余騎前波ニ加ハリ北近江小谷￣ノ庄ニ到リ浅井
備前守長政迎奉テ小谷￣ノ城ヘ入奉ル処ニ信長ヨリ
案内者ト乄不破河内守村井民部少輔ヲ差越サレ
朝倉家ノ両使ハ小谷ヨリ帰ル浅井モ関ガ原マテ送
申サル同廿五日濃州岐阜ノ旅館ニ御着信長拝謁
有テ江州 箕作（ミツクリ）ノ承禎ヲ始ト乄手遣ノ軍議《振り仮名：アリ。公方ノ｜八月八日岐阜ヲ｜十日ニ佐和山ニ》
三使ニ信長副テ[使ヲ以]承禎ヲ諫レドモ承引ナシ明ル十八日帰
路ニ赴給処ニ佐々木ガ家来野村越中守高勝ト云モノ
【左丁】
箕作入道（抜関斎事也）ニ憤アルニ依テ忽出奔乄信長ニ馳参ル又江州
日野ニ居住ノ蒲生忠三郎氏郷モ信長ニ属ス帰路ノ
後殿（シンガリ）ハ明智十兵衛光秀ニ命セラル路次ヨリ佐々内蔵助
成（シゲ）正福富平左衛門貞次ヲ使ト乄浅井下野守祐政息
備前守長政カ小谷城ヘ遣ハシ今度公方義昭公逆徒退治
ト乄御上洛アル間信長縁者ノ好ミナレハ御味方ニ参ルヘキ由申
サレケレバ返答分明ナラザル故福富腹立乄北近江ヨリ帰ル
永禄十二年《振り仮名：九月｜正月｜〃〃 》《振り仮名：下旬｜｜〃〃 》義昭在京ノ不意ヲ窺ハントテ
三好山城入道笑【咲】岩同下野入道釣閑斎同日向守長保
追手ノ大将トシ薬師寺九郎左衛門貞春ヲ先陣トシ
斉藤右兵衛大夫龍興ヲ二陣トシ其勢五千余騎堺
ノ津ヲ立テ大坂平 潟（カタ）ヲ経テ此彼放火シ都へ責上ル
現代語訳
【右丁】
両使に許諾を申し上げられた。両使は越前に帰り、この旨を言上した。義昭は御感あって、永禄十一年（1568）七月十八日に一乗谷を御出駕された。義景より路次の警固として、前波藤右衛門景定が五百騎にて御供し、敦賀に御着きになった。ここより朝倉中務大輔景恒が三百余騎で前波に加わり、北近江の小谷庄に至ると、浅井備前守長政が（義昭を）お迎え申し上げて、小谷城へお入れ申し上げた。ところが信長より案内者として、不破河内守・村井民部少輔を差し越され、朝倉家の両使は小谷より帰った。浅井も関ヶ原まで送り申された。同二十五日、濃州岐阜の旅館に御着きになり、信長が拝謁して、江州箕作の（六角）承禎をはじめとして、手遣い（軍事行動）の軍議があった。〔公方の〕三使に信長が副えて〔使をもって〕承禎を諌めたが、承引（承諾）なし。明くる十八日、帰路に赴かれるところ、佐々木の家来・野村越中守高勝という者が、
【左丁】
箕作入道（抜関斎のことなり）に憤りがあるによって、たちまち出奔して信長に馳せ参じた。また江州日野に居住の蒲生忠三郎氏郷も信長に属した。帰路の殿（しんがり）は明智十兵衛光秀に命じられた。路次より佐々内蔵助成正・福富平左衛門貞次を使として、浅井下野守祐政の息・備前守長政の小谷城へ遣わし、「今度、公方義昭公が逆徒退治のため御上洛あるに際し、信長と縁者のよしみであるから、御味方に参るべき由」と申されたが、返答が分明ならざるゆえ、福富は腹を立てて北近江より帰った。
永禄十二年（1569）〔九月下旬〕、義昭が在京の不意を窺おうとして、三好山城入道笑岩・同下野入道釣閑斎・同日向守長保を追手の大将とし、薬師寺九郎左衛門貞春を先陣とし、斎藤右兵衛大夫龍興を二陣として、その勢五千余騎が堺の津を立って、大坂平潟を経てあちこちに放火し、都へ攻め上った。
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
Nobunaga gave his consent to the two envoys, who then returned to Echizen and reported the matter. Yoshiaki was greatly moved, and on the eighteenth day of the seventh month of Eiroku 11 (1568), he departed from Ichijōdani. As an escort along the route, Yoshikage dispatched Maeba Tōemon Kagesada with five hundred mounted men to accompany him, and they arrived at Tsuruga. From there, Asakura Nakatsukasa-no-tayū Kagenori joined Maeba with over three hundred mounted men, and upon reaching Odani-no-shō in northern Ōmi, Asai Bizen-no-kami Nagamasa received Yoshiaki and installed him in Odani Castle. Meanwhile, Nobunaga sent Fuwa Kawachi-no-kami and Murai Mimbu-no-shō as his guides, and the two Asakura envoys returned from Odani. Asai also escorted them as far as Sekigahara. On the twenty-fifth of the same month, they arrived at lodgings in Gifu in Mino Province, where Nobunaga had an audience, and a council of war was held regarding the military measures to be taken against Shōtei (Rokkaku Shōtei) of Mitsukuri in Ōmi and others. Nobunaga attached his own envoys to the three envoys sent by the *kubō* to admonish Shōtei, but he refused to comply. On the eighteenth of the following month, as Yoshiaki was about to set out on the return journey, a retainer of the Sasaki clan named Nomura Etchū-no-kami Takakatsu—
**[Left folio]**
—who bore a grudge against the Mitsukuri lay monk (known as Bukkanshi), suddenly defected and rushed to join Nobunaga. Furthermore, Gamō Chūzaburō Ujisato, who resided at Hino in Ōmi, also submitted to Nobunaga. Command of the rearguard on the return march was entrusted to Akechi Jūbei Mitsuhide. From along the route, Sasa Kurannosuke Narimasa and Fukutomi Heizaemon Sadatsugu were dispatched as envoys to Odani Castle of Asai Shimotsuke-no-kami Sukemasa's son, Bizen-no-kami Nagamasa, bearing the message: "Since the *kubō* Yoshiaki is now marching to the capital to subjugate the rebels, and as Nobunaga and the Asai are connected by kinship, you are urged to join our side." However, as no clear reply was forthcoming, Fukutomi returned from northern Ōmi in anger.
In the ninth month (lower decade) of Eiroku 12 (1569), seeking to catch Yoshiaki off guard while he was in the capital, Miyoshi Yamashiro-nyūdō Shōgan, Miyoshi Shimotsuke-nyūdō Chūkansai, and Miyoshi Hyūga-no-kami Nagayasu were appointed as commanders of the main force, Yakushiji Kurōzaemon Sadaharu as the vanguard, and Saitō Uhyōe-no-tayū Tatsuoki as the second unit. Their combined force of over five thousand mounted men departed from the port of Sakai, passed through Ōsaka-Hirakata, setting fires here and there as they advanced on the capital.