翻刻
【右丁】
鍬始有テ早速出来テ四月六日将軍義昭公二条城ニ移
給フ 本国寺合戦ニ勲功ノ褒章ト乄荒木主計助村重
賜＿二摂津￣ノ国￣ヲ＿一摂津守ニ被＿レ成明智十兵衛加恩三千貫拝
領シ一族明智弥平次光春同次右衛門光忠同十郎左衛門
光近三人被＿二召出＿一 二条城成テ移徒ノ後将軍家警衛
ノ為ニ木下藤吉郎ヲ京都ニ被置五月十三日信長ハ
帰国ナリ
元亀元年二月中旬信長ヘ対面ノ為ニ徳川三河守《割書：御諱｜》
遠州浜松ヨリ始テ岐阜ヘ御越ナサレ御兄弟ノ好ミナル故ニ
信長大悦不＿レ斜此序ニ京都将軍ヘ御見参可＿レ有トテ
三月上旬上洛有テ義昭公ヘ御見参其後被御入ケルハ
越前朝倉左衛門督義景分国ヘ御動座有テ三好誅罰ノ
【左丁】
事御頼アリシ時加賀国一揆蜂起ノ由ニ託乄御上洛ノ御供モセズ
濃州前大守斉藤右兵衛大夫龍興ヲ扶助シ置去春三好
ガ徒党京都ヘ攻寄ル時龍興先陣ノ大将ト乄相向フ事モ彼
朝倉ガ所為ナリ次佐々木ガ余党浅井下野守父子信長ガ
下知ニ不＿レ随モ義景ヲ後￣ロ楯ニ頼ム故ナレバ可＿二攻亡＿一トテ越前進
発ノ評議有ルガ中ニモ明智十兵衛ハ先年越前居住ノ者
ナレハ案内ヲ申ヘキト命セラル明智申ハ[先]北国道ハ東近江路
西近江路若狭路三筋江州東路ニハ佐々木カ残党横山長
浜山木小谷所々ニ横タハル西路ニハ和爾木戸田中新庄ニ
敵アル間若狭路ヨリ越前ノ敦賀ヘ御働可＿レ然若州大飯
郡高浜ノ逸見駿河守最前ヨリ味方ヘ降参同国小浜
ノ武田義統ハ敵ニテモ頃死去乄養子右京亮義 頼（ヨリ）ハ暗
現代語訳
【右丁】
鍬始めがあって早速出来上がり、四月六日に将軍義昭公が二条城に移られた。本国寺合戦における勲功の褒賞として、荒木主計助村重は摂津国を賜り摂津守に任じられた。明智十兵衛は加恩三千貫を拝領し、一族の明智弥平次光春・同次右衛門光忠・同十郎左衛門光近の三人が召し出された。二条城が完成して移り住んだ後、将軍家警衛のために木下藤吉郎を京都に置かれ、五月十三日に信長は帰国した。
元亀元年二月中旬、信長へ対面のために徳川三河守（諱）が遠州浜松より初めて岐阜へお越しになられた。御兄弟の好みである故に、信長は大いに悦び、斜めならず喜んだ。この序に京都の将軍へもご対面があるべきとて、三月上旬に上洛して義昭公へご対面した。その後御入りになったのは、越前の朝倉左衛門督義景の分国へ御動座があって、三好誅罰の
【左丁】
事を御頼みあった時、加賀国の一揆蜂起の由に託して、御上洛の御供もせず、濃州前大守・斎藤右兵衛大夫龍興を扶助し置き、去る春に三好の徒党が京都へ攻め寄せた時も、龍興を先陣の大将として相向かったことも、彼の朝倉の所為なり。次に佐々木の余党・浅井下野守父子が信長の下知に随わないのも、義景を後ろ楯に頼む故であれば、攻め滅ぼすべしとて、越前進発の評議があった中にも、明智十兵衛は先年越前に居住した者であれば、案内を申すべきと命じられた。明智の申すには、〔まず〕北国道は東近江路・西近江路・若狭路の三筋あり。江州東路には佐々木の残党が横山・長浜・山木・小谷などの所々に横たわる。西路には和爾・木戸・田中・新庄に敵がある間、若狭路より越前の敦賀へ御働きになるのがよろしかるべし。若州大飯郡高浜の逸見駿河守は最前より味方へ降参し、同国小浜の武田義統は敵にてもこの頃死去して、養子の右京亮義頼は暗
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
The ground-breaking ceremony (*kuwahajime*) was held, and the construction was quickly completed. On the sixth day of the fourth month, Shogun Yoshiaki moved into Nijō Castle. As rewards for distinguished service at the Battle of Honkokuji, Araki Kazue-no-suke Murashige was granted the province of Settsu and appointed Settsu-no-kami. Akechi Jūbei received an additional stipend (*kaon*) of three thousand *kan*, and three members of his clan—Akechi Yahei-ji Mitsuharu, Jirōemon Mitsutada, and Jūrōzaemon Mitsuchika—were summoned into service. After the completion of Nijō Castle and the move into it, Kinoshita Tōkichirō was stationed in Kyoto to guard the shogunal house, and on the thirteenth day of the fifth month, Nobunaga returned to his home province.
In the middle of the second month of Genki 1 (1570), Tokugawa Mikawa-no-kami (personal name omitted) traveled for the first time from Hamamatsu in Tōtōmi to Gifu for an audience with Nobunaga. As the two were as close as brothers, Nobunaga rejoiced greatly and enormously. Taking this opportunity, it was decided that he should also pay his respects to the shogun in Kyoto, and in the early third month he went up to the capital and had an audience with Lord Yoshiaki. The matter thereafter concerned moving against the domain of Asakura Saemon-no-kami Yoshikage of Echizen, to request—
**[Left folio]**
—his assistance in chastising the Miyoshi. However, [Yoshikage] had used the pretext of an *ikki* uprising in Kaga Province to avoid accompanying the shogun on his journey to the capital, had sheltered and supported Saitō Uhyōe-no-tayū Tatsuoki, the former governor of Mino, and when the Miyoshi faction attacked the capital the previous spring, had even sent Tatsuoki forward as the commander of the vanguard. All of this was Asakura's doing. Furthermore, the remnants of the Sasaki clan and Azai Shimōtsuke-no-kami and his son, who would not follow Nobunaga's orders, relied on Yoshikage as their backing—and for these reasons, it was decided that he must be attacked and destroyed. In the deliberations over advancing into Echizen, Akechi Jūbei was ordered to provide guidance, as he had resided in Echizen in earlier years. Mitsuhide reported as follows: "[First,] the northern provinces road has three routes: the eastern Ōmi road, the western Ōmi road, and the Wakasa road. On the eastern Ōmi route through Ōshū, remnants of the Sasaki clan are spread across various places—Yokoyama, Nagahama, Yamaki, and Odani. On the western road there are enemies at Wani, Kido, Tanaka, and Shinshiro. Therefore, it would be most advisable to advance through the Wakasa route to Tsuruga in Echizen. In Wakasa Province, Ichimi Suruga-no-kami of Takahama in Ōi District has already surrendered to our side, and Takeda Yoshimune of Obama in the same province, who had been an enemy, has recently died, and his adopted son, Ukyō-no-suke Yoshiyori, is dim-witted—"