翻刻
【右丁】
搦手ノ大将ニハ三好左京大夫義継松永弾正久秀岩成主税助
慶行是モ五千騎ヲ引卒シ河内ノ若江ヲ出八幡山崎ヨリ向ノ
明神ノ辺ニ陣取追手ハ正月五日ノ早旦ニ将軍ノ御 坐（マス）六条
本国寺ノ館ヘ押寄スル 是ヨリ本国寺合戦也
公方方ニハ[一手ハ]細川右馬頭晴賢伊勢下総守上野佐渡守ヲ
頭トシ軍将ニハ明智十兵衛光秀二階堂駿河守飯河山城
守等千五百騎ニテ固ム一手ハ仁木伊賀守義正能勢丹波
守飯川肥後守軍奉行ニハ津田左馬允敏久同左近内藤備
中守千二百騎ニテ陣ス一手ハ大館治部大輔晴忠三淵大
和守牧嶋孫六郎曽我兵庫助軍ノ駆引ニハ野村越中守
高勝山縣源内宇野弥七郎千二百騎ニテ扣ヘタリ《割書：云｜ 々》
寄手ノ先陣薬師寺九郎左衛門[城際二町ハカリ]攻来ルヲ明智十兵衛其辺
【左丁】
ノ櫓ニ上リ鉄砲ヲ取テ薬師寺カ胸板ヲ打抜馬ヨリ落ル此手ノ
者トモ色ヲ失フ所ヲ奥村平六左衛門村越孫六等四辻表ノ門
ヲ開駆出敵兵多討取三好党崩立時ニ構ノ中ヨリモ野村
越中守山縣源内宇野弥七赤座七郎右衛門以下討テ出テ
岩成弥助市田 要（カナメ）之助奈良左近ヲ討取城方ニモ若州ノ勇
士山 縣（ガタ）源内宇野弥七郎無＿二比類＿一働乄討死ス
本国寺合戦寄手敗北ノ後丹羽五郎左衛門明智十兵衛
木下藤吉郎三人ニ信長命セラレテ二条通大宮辻ノ地ヲ
見立城ヲ築カル縄張モ三士ノ相談中ニモ明智十兵衛ハ
先年武者修行ノ時豊後国ノ住士 角隈（ツノグマ）越前入道石宗
ト云者鎮西無双ノ軍法城取ノ名人ニテ彼秘訣無＿二残所＿一
相伝セシ故光秀縄張ノ棟梁ナリ永禄十二年二月廿七日
現代語訳
【右丁】
搦手の大将には三好左京大夫義継・松永弾正久秀・岩成主税助慶行、これも五千騎を引き率いて河内の若江を出て、八幡・山崎より向の明神の辺りに陣取った。追手は正月五日の早朝に、将軍の御座す六条本国寺の館へ押し寄せた。これより本国寺合戦なり。
公方方には、〔一手は〕細川右馬頭晴賢・伊勢下総守・上野佐渡守を頭として、軍将には明智十兵衛光秀・二階堂駿河守・飯河山城守等、千五百騎にて固む。一手は仁木伊賀守義正・能勢丹波守・飯川肥後守、軍奉行には津田左馬允敏久・同左近・内藤備中守、千二百騎にて陣す。一手は大館治部大輔晴忠・三淵大和守・牧嶋孫六郎・曽我兵庫助、軍の駆引には野村越中守高勝・山縣源内・宇野弥七郎、千二百騎にて控えたり。云々。
寄手の先陣、薬師寺九郎左衛門が〔城際二町ばかりで〕攻め来るを、明智十兵衛はその辺
【左丁】
の櫓に上り鉄砲を取って薬師寺の胸板を打ち抜き、馬より落とした。この手の者どもが色を失ったところを、奥村平六左衛門・村越孫六等が四辻表の門を開いて駆け出て、敵兵を多く討ち取り、三好党は崩れ立った。時に構えの中よりも野村越中守・山縣源内・宇野弥七・赤座七郎右衛門以下が討って出て、岩成弥助・市田要之助・奈良左近を討ち取った。城方にも若州の勇士、山縣源内・宇野弥七郎は比類なく働いて討ち死にした。
本国寺合戦で寄手が敗北した後、丹羽五郎左衛門・明智十兵衛・木下藤吉郎の三人に信長が命じられて、二条通大宮辻の地を見立て、城を築かれた。縄張りも三士の相談の中にも、明智十兵衛は先年、武者修行の時、豊後国の住士・角隈越前入道石宗という者が、鎮西無双の軍法・城取りの名人にて、彼の秘訣を残すところなく相伝せしゆえ、光秀が縄張りの棟梁なり。永禄十二年二月二十七日
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
The commanders of the flanking force (*karamete*) were Miyoshi Sakyō-no-tayū Yoshitsugu, Matsunaga Danjō Hisahide, and Iwanari Chikara-no-suke Yukiyuki. They too led five thousand mounted men out from Wakae in Kawachi, and took up positions around Yawata, Yamazaki, and the area of Mukai-no-Myōjin. The main attacking force (*ote*) advanced on the early morning of the fifth day of the first month against the shogunal residence at Honkokuji in Rokujō. This marks the beginning of the Battle of Honkokuji.
On the side of the *kubō* (shogun Yoshiaki): [One unit] was headed by Hosokawa Uma-no-kami Haruyoshi, Ise Shimōsa-no-kami, and Ueno Sado-no-kami, with Akechi Jūbei Mitsuhide, Nikaidō Suruga-no-kami, and Iikawa Yamashiro-no-kami as military commanders, holding the position with 1,500 mounted men. A second unit under Niki Iga-no-kami Yoshimasa, Nose Tamba-no-kami, and Iikawa Higo-no-kami, with Tsuda Samanosuke Toshihisa, Tsuda Sakon, and Naitō Bitchū-no-kami as military magistrates (*gun-bugyō*), was stationed with 1,200 mounted men. A third unit under Ōdate Jibu-no-tayū Harutada, Mitsuchi Yamato-no-kami, Makishima Magokurō, and Soga Hyōgo-no-suke, with Nomura Etchū-no-kami Takakatsu, Yamagata Gennai, and Uno Yashichirō handling tactical maneuvers, held ready with 1,200 mounted men. And so on.
As the vanguard of the attacking force, Yakushiji Kurōzaemon, advancing to within about two *chō* of the castle walls, was met by Akechi Jūbei, who climbed a nearby—
**[Left folio]**
—watchtower, took up a firearm, and shot Yakushiji through the breastplate, sending him tumbling from his horse. As his men stood aghast, Okumura Rokuzaemon and Murakoshi Magokurō and others opened the gate at the Yotsuji front and charged out, cutting down many enemy soldiers, and the Miyoshi forces fell into rout. At the same time, Nomura Etchū-no-kami, Yamagata Gennai, Uno Yashichi, Akaza Shichirōemon, and others sallied forth from within the enclosure and slew Iwanari Yasuke, Ichida Kaname-no-suke, and Nara Sakon. On the defending side as well, the brave warriors from Wakasa Province—Yamagata Gennai and Uno Yashichirō—fought with peerless valor before falling in battle.
After the defeat of the attacking force at the Battle of Honkokuji, Nobunaga ordered Niwa Gorōzaemon, Akechi Jūbei, and Kinoshita Tōkichirō to survey a site at the intersection of Nijō-dōri and Ōmiya, where a castle was to be built. As for the laying out of the castle plan (*nawabari*), while all three consulted together, Akechi Jūbei had, in years prior during his warrior-errantry (*musha shugyō*), received the complete transmission of the secret teachings of one Tsunokuma Echizen-nyūdō Sekison, a resident warrior of Bungo Province who was the foremost expert in military strategy and castle construction (*shiro-dori*) in all of Kyushu. For this reason, Mitsuhide served as the master planner of the castle layout. The twenty-seventh day of the second month of Eiroku 12 (1569).