翻刻
【右丁】
愚ナル故若州相背キ家来粟屋山縣熊谷松宮内藤等
味方ニ志深シサレトモ朝倉家ハ英林入道ヨリ五代相伝ノ
家来余多有也武威モ不＿レ拙然レハ計略ヲ廻ラサレ使者ヲ
再三被＿レ遣其上ニテ虚ヲ窺ヒ反￣リ忠ノ者ヲ得テ出馬アル
ヘキヤト申ス信長申所理リアレトモ将軍ヘ言上ノ上ハ延
引モ如何トテ若狭通リ不意ニ向ハルベキニ定マリ[諸方]警固ト乄
江州滋賀郡宇佐山ニ森三左衛門尉堅田ニ青地駿
河守勢 田（多）ニ山岡美作守 野洲（ヤスノ）郡守山ニ稲葉伊予入道
一哲同息右京進貞通ヲ置レテ卯月廿日ニ京都ヨリ
八瀬ヘカヽリ朽木越ニ若州 熊（クマ）川ニ着陣此地ニ松宮玄蕃
ト云者武田ヲ背キ織田家ヘ降参スル故坂井右近将監
重康千五百騎相添熊川ニ留置カル又京極長門守
【左丁】
高吉後藤喜三郎頼基ハ一千余騎ニテ江州今津ノ西
ニ陣ヲ張敵城ドモヲ押フ信長ハ若州熊川ヨリ道ヲカヘ
小浜ノ城ヲ余所ニナシ粟柄越（アハガラゴヱ）ニカヽリ新庄ヘ至リ熊谷内膳
ヲ召具シソレヨリ佐柿（サガキ）ノ粟屋越中守ヲ案内者ト乄敦賀
ニ出張アリ此由一乗ヘ聞ヱシカバ義景大ニ怒リ一人モ不＿レ泄￣サ
可＿二討留＿一トテ山崎長門守託美越後守河合安芸守小林
備中守魚住備後守富田下総守等ニ数千騎ヲ指副
敦賀ヘ遣ハシ金崎ノ城主朝倉中務大輔景恒ニ合力セラル
義景モ出馬有テ木目峠ニ本陣ヲ居諸方ノ口々ヘ手
賦ス信長先金崎ノ枝城手筒山ノ要害ヲ攻崩サント下知
セラレ先手ノ西ニ攻登￣ル手筒山小城ナレトモ地利全ク城主
寺田采女名ヲ得タル勇士ニテ防戦故ニ攻アグレデ見エケレバ
現代語訳
【右丁】
愚かである故に若州（若狭）に背き、家来の粟屋・山縣・熊谷・松宮・内藤らは味方に志深い。されども朝倉家は英林入道より五代相伝の家来が余多あり、武威もおろそかではない。それゆえ計略を巡らせ、使者を再三遣わし、その上で虚をうかがい、反忠の者（内応者）を得てから出馬あるべきかと申した。信長の申すところは道理があるけれども、将軍へ言上した上は延引もいかがかとて、若狭通りより不意に向かうべきと定まり、諸方の警固として、江州滋賀郡の宇佐山に森三左衛門尉、堅田に青地駿河守、勢田に山岡美作守、野洲郡守山に稲葉伊予入道一哲、同息の右京進貞通を置かれて、卯月二十日に京都より八瀬にかかり、朽木越えにて若州熊川に着陣した。この地に松宮玄蕃という者が武田を背いて織田家へ降参したため、坂井右近将監重康が千五百騎を相添えて熊川に留め置かれた。また京極長門守
【左丁】
高吉・後藤喜三郎頼基は一千余騎にて江州今津の西に陣を張り、敵城どもを押さえた。信長は若州熊川より道を変え、小浜の城を余所になして粟柄越えにかかり、新庄へ至り、熊谷内膳を召し具し、それより佐柿の粟屋越中守を案内者として敦賀に出張（しゅっちょう）あり。この由が一乗（ヶ谷）へ聞こえしかば、義景大いに怒り、「一人も漏らさず討ち留めるべし」とて、山崎長門守・託美越後守・河合安芸守・小林備中守・魚住備後守・富田下総守らに数千騎を指し副えて敦賀へ遣わし、金崎の城主・朝倉中務大輔景恒に合力させられた。義景も出馬して木目峠に本陣を置き、諸方の口々へ手賦（てくばり）した。信長はまず金崎の枝城・手筒山の要害を攻め崩さんと下知され、先手が西から攻め登った。手筒山は小城ながら地の利を全く得ており、城主・寺田采女は名を得たる勇士にて防戦したため、攻め上がれないと見えたので、
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
—being dim-witted, [Yoshiyori] has turned against Wakasa, and his retainers—Awaya, Yamagata, Kumagai, Matsumiya, Naitō, and others—are deeply inclined to join our side. However, the Asakura clan has had many hereditary retainers passed down over five generations since the monk Eirin, and their military prowess is by no means weak. It would therefore be advisable to devise stratagems, dispatch envoys repeatedly, and thereafter, watching for a moment of vulnerability and securing the cooperation of those who would defect, to then advance our forces." What Mitsuhide proposed was reasonable, but given that the matter had already been reported to the shogun, further delay would be problematic—and so it was resolved to advance through Wakasa without warning. For the security of the various directions, the following deployments were made: Mori Sanzaemon-no-jō at Usamiyama in Shiga District of Ōmi; Aochi Suruga-no-kami at Katata; Yamaoka Mimasaka-no-kami at Seta; and Inaba Iyo-nyūdō Ittetu together with his son Ukyō-no-shin Sadamichi at Moriyama in Yasu District. On the twentieth day of the fourth month, [the army] departed Kyoto via Yase, crossed over through Kutsuki, and encamped at Kumagawa in Wakasa. At this location, a man named Matsumiya Genmban defected from the Takeda and surrendered to the Oda, and so Sakai Ukon-shōgen Shigeyasu was left at Kumagawa with fifteen hundred horsemen added to him. Furthermore, Kyōgoku Nagato-no-kami
**[Left folio]**
Takayoshi and Gotō Kisaburō Yorimoto deployed with over one thousand horsemen to the west of Imazu in Ōmi Province, suppressing the enemy fortresses. Nobunaga changed his route from Kumagawa in Wakasa, bypassing Obama Castle, and took the Awagara Pass, proceeding to Shinshiro, where he was accompanied by Kumagai Naizen. From there, with Awaya Etchū-no-kami of Sakaki serving as a guide, he advanced and deployed at Tsuruga. When word of this reached Ichijōgadani, Yoshikage was greatly enraged and declared, "Not a single one shall be allowed to escape—cut them all down." He dispatched several thousand horsemen under Yamazaki Nagato-no-kami, Takumi Echigo-no-kami, Kawai Aki-no-kami, Kobayashi Bitchū-no-kami, Uozumi Bingo-no-kami, and Tomita Shimōsa-no-kami, ordering them to reinforce Asakura Nakatsukasa-no-tayū Kageharu, the commander of Kanegasaki Castle. Yoshikage himself also took to the field, establishing his main camp at Kinome Pass and deploying troops to guard every approach. Nobunaga first ordered an assault on Tezutsuyama, a branch fortress of Kanegasaki, intending to destroy this stronghold. The vanguard attacked climbing from the west. Although Tezutsuyama was a small castle, it held an excellent strategic position, and its commander, Terada Uneme, was a warrior of renowned valor who put up fierce resistance—and it appeared that the attackers could not advance—