翻刻
カリシニ九代目相撲入道宗鑑不德ニシテ奢侈
ヲ専ニシ政事邪マナリシカハ元弘建武ノ乱ヲ
コリ相続テ五十年鯨波地ヲウコカス義満ニ至
テ暫ク平治ストイヘトモナヲタマカナラス又
明徳ニ山名陸奥守ノ乱アツテ京中大ニサハキ
内野ノ辺ニ討死ス其後河州南朝ノ味方ヨリく
起テ騒動ヤムコトナシ又上杉細川ノ乱アリ後赤
松満祐将軍義教ヲ弑ス義政世ヲ治メテ應仁文
明ノ大乱ヲコリ應仁ヨリ永禄マテ一日モ合戦
ヤムコトナシ此前後信玄信長景勝北條浅井毛利
吉川嶋津尼子等ノ面々相互ニ衡ヲアラソウ信
長ハ光秀カタメニ弑セラレ光秀マタ秀吉ノタ
メニ殺サレ幾程ナク慶長ノ乱アリ元和ノ比ヨ
リ天下泰平ノ世トナリ有難クモ万民無為ノ化
ニホコル保元ヨリ慶長マテ五百有餘年誰人カ
数学ヲタシミ楽ンヤ古ヘヨリ近世ハ上手ナル
ヘキコトナリ弓ノコトハ知ラサレトモ聞伝ル一二ヲ
イヘハ古ヘ射タル弓ノ流ヲ古流ト云押手勝手
ヨクツリ合己レヲ正シテ発ツヨク射ル者ハ勝
手ノ時ノ曲ル所ニ茶捥ニ水ヲ盛テ是ヲコホサ
現代語訳
（前頁よりの続き）…九代目の相模入道宗鑑（北条高時）が不徳にして奢侈を専らにし、政事がよこしまであったため、元弘・建武の乱が起こり、引き続き五十年の間、戦乱の喊声が地を揺るがした。足利義満に至って、しばらく平治したとはいえども、なお穏やかならず、また明徳には山名陸奥守（山名氏清）の乱があって京中大いに騒ぎ、内野の辺りにて討死した。その後、河州（河内国）の南朝方の味方からたびたび起こって騒動はやむことなく、また上杉・細川の乱があり、後に赤松満祐が将軍義教を弑した。義政が世を治めて応仁・文明の大乱が起こり、応仁より永禄まで一日も合戦のやむことがなかった。この前後、信玄・信長・景勝・北条・浅井・毛利・吉川・島津・尼子等の面々が互いに覇権を争い、信長は光秀のために弑され、光秀もまた秀吉のために殺され、程なく慶長の乱（関ヶ原の戦い）があり、元和の頃より天下泰平の世となり、ありがたくも万民が無為の御化にほこっている。保元より慶長まで五百有余年、誰人が数学を楽しみ嗜んだであろうか（いや、誰も嗜むことができなかったであろう）。古より近世はより上手であるべきことである。
弓のことは詳しく知らないけれども、聞き伝えた一、二のことを言えば、古えに射た弓の流れを古流と言い、押手・勝手よくつり合い、己を正して発つ——よく射る者は、勝手（右手）の時の曲がる所に、茶椀に水を盛ってこれをこぼさ（ず…次頁へ続く）
英語訳
(Continued from previous page) ...The ninth-generation Sagami Nyūdō Sōkan (Hōjō Takatoki) was lacking in virtue, devoted himself to extravagance, and his governance was corrupt; thus the Genkō and Kenmu Disturbances arose, and for fifty successive years the clamor of battle shook the very earth. By the time of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, peace was temporarily restored, yet still it was far from tranquil; in the Meitoku era there was the rebellion of Yamana Mutsu-no-kami (Yamana Ujikiyo), causing great turmoil in the capital, and he was slain in battle near Uchino. Thereafter, the partisans of the Southern Court in Kawachi Province repeatedly rose up, and disturbances never ceased. Then there came the Uesugi and Hosokawa upheavals, and afterward Akamatsu Mitsusuke assassinated Shogun Yoshinori. Under Yoshimasa's rule, the great Ōnin-Bunmei War broke out, and from the Ōnin era to the Eiroku era, not a single day passed without battle. Around this time and before, the various lords—Shingen, Nobunaga, Kagekatsu, Hōjō, Asai, Mōri, Kikkawa, Shimazu, Amako, and others—competed against one another for supremacy. Nobunaga was assassinated by Mitsuhide; Mitsuhide in turn was killed by Hideyoshi; not long after, the Keichō Disturbance (the Battle of Sekigahara) occurred; and from around the Genna era, the realm became an age of great peace, and gratefully, all people take pride in the benevolent rule of non-interference. From the Hōgen (Disturbance) to the Keichō era spans more than five hundred years—who among the people could have devoted themselves to enjoying mathematics? (Surely no one could have.) It stands to reason that the present age ought to be more accomplished than antiquity.
Although I am not well acquainted with the subject of archery, if I were to mention one or two things I have heard passed down: the tradition of archery practiced in ancient times is called the "old school" (korvū); with the bow hand (oshite) and the releasing hand (katte) well balanced, and composing oneself properly before releasing—a skilled archer, at the point where the releasing hand (katte) bends, would place a tea bowl filled with water and not spill it... (continued on next page)