能登国清兵衛異国江漂流之始末 - 翻刻

翻刻

【右頁＝Ｐ１６】
　舟板子様成械とも磯際に有之高より見請候牛と
　相見へ候は此船にて可有候様子に付必人来にて可有之と
　又々山の方へ十四五丁斗も尋入候所打掛小屋有之
　異体の男七人在合私どもを見付打驚海賊にても
　可有之と存候哉竹鎗取出し突懸り候に付詫言申入候
　得とも言語通し不申に付先竹鎗取揚其上にて私ども手を
　合候所彼者どもも同じく手を合申候其風体総身色黒く
　長高く髪編裸にて木綿様の物にて下帯を仕芭蕉にて
　組立候蓑一つ着仕居申候彼者ども何等の用事有之
　参り居候哉と仕形を以相尋候所魚指出し此品取参り
　候趣手真似を以申聞候に付漂流の始末手真似を以

【左頁＝Ｐ１７】
　申入候所木の根様のもの二つ三つつくね芋呉申候其
　辺に御座候木の実をちきり来り呉候得ども此間中給へ
　不申品故其由相断候所其人皮を去り給へ見せ候に付
　三人とも食申候形チ松笠の未タ開不申様の長き物にて
　外の色赤く皮を剥候得ば青き色にて熟柿のことく
　味至て甘く是迄見請不申物にて一山其木多葉は柳
　の様成物に御座候酒も呉候得ども米無御座候故砂糖黍
　にて製し候物の由味至てあしく日本の酒とは格別
　の違に御座候又持参仕候体にてだい〳〵取来呉給申候且又
　残十一人の者山中に疲伏居候間連来呉候様是又
　手真似を以申入候所私どもも参り不申ては其者ども見知

現代語訳

【右頁＝P16】
舟の板子のような道具とも磯際にあり、高い所から見かけた牛と見えたのは、この船によるもののようなので、必ず人が来ているに違いないと、再び山の方へ十四五町ほども尋ね入ったところ、掛け小屋があり、異様な男七人がいて、私どもを見つけて驚き、海賊でもあろうかと思ったのか、竹槍を取り出して突きかかってきたので、詫び言を申し入れましたが、言葉が通じないので、まず竹槍を取り上げ、その上で私どもが手を合わせたところ、彼らも同じく手を合わせました。その風体は、全身の色が黒く、背が高く、髪を編んで裸で、木綿のようなもので下帯をし、芭蕉で組み立てた蓑一つを着ていました。彼らは何かの用事があってここに来ているのかと、仕草で尋ねたところ、魚を指し出し、この品を取りに来た趣を手真似で申し聞かせたので、漂流の始末を手真似で

【左頁＝P17】
申し入れたところ、木の根のようなものを二つ三つ、つくね芋をくれました。その辺りにある木の実をちぎって来てくれましたが、この間ずっと食べていない品なので、その旨を断ったところ、その人が皮を去って食べて見せたので、三人とも食べました。形は松笠のまだ開かない様な長いもので、外の色は赤く、皮を剥けば青い色で、熟柿のように味は至って甘く、これまで見たことのないもので、一山その木が多く、葉は柳のようなものでした。酒もくれましたが、米がないため砂糖黍で製したもののようで、味は至って悪く、日本の酒とは格別の違いでした。また持参したような体で大々的に取って来てくれました。また残りの十一人の者が山中に疲れて伏している間、連れて来てくれるよう、これまた手真似で申し入れたところ、私どもも参らなければその者どもを見分け

英語訳

【Right Page = P16】
There were implements like ship planks at the water's edge, and what appeared to be cattle we had seen from the heights seemed to be from this boat, so there must surely be people here. We searched again into the mountains for about fourteen or fifteen chō, where we found a makeshift hut with seven strange men. When they spotted us, they were startled and, perhaps thinking we were pirates, took out bamboo spears and thrust them at us. We offered words of apology, but since our languages did not communicate, they first took up their bamboo spears. Then we put our hands together in prayer, whereupon they also put their hands together likewise. Their appearance was dark-skinned all over, tall in stature, with braided hair and naked except for loincloths made of cotton-like material and a single straw raincoat woven from banana fiber. When we inquired through gestures what business had brought them there, they pointed to fish and indicated through hand gestures that they had come to catch these. So we explained the circumstances of our shipwreck through hand gestures.

【Left Page = P17】
When we explained our situation, they gave us two or three things like tree roots and taro potatoes. They picked and brought us nuts from trees in the area, but since we had not eaten such things during this time, we declined. However, when one of them peeled off the skin and showed us how to eat them, all three of us ate them. They were shaped like unopened pinecones, long in form, red in outside color, but blue when peeled, and tasted extremely sweet like ripe persimmons. They were something we had never seen before, and there were many such trees on the mountain, with willow-like leaves. They also gave us liquor, but since there was no rice, it appeared to be made from sugar cane. The taste was extremely bad and quite different from Japanese sake. They also brought large quantities as if they had brought them specially. Since the remaining eleven men were lying exhausted in the mountains, we requested through hand gestures that they bring them as well, but unless we ourselves went, those people could not be identified.