翻刻
二六
動かされて遂に旅行の自由を許し、藩主は翁を召して講書せしむるに至つた。当時藩老 西村治右衛門
(峯庵と号す)和田肇(挑川)等の人々文武の志に厚く、以下の人々も俊才が乏しくなかつた、従つて
翁を見るの明あり。併し翁の幽閉の名は安政六年己未より慶応二年丙寅に亘る八年の長きに達し翁とし
ては甚だ不幸であり、藩地としては学田の収穫が多かつた訳である。其三年目の文久元年辛酉春始めて
江戸より妻子を迎ふることを許され、吉田城中大手長屋の一家屋に住はせられた。
三月六日妻兒自江戸至
廿歳吟壇頗得名。花前豪侠動驚人。誰思斗室幽囚裏。迎得妻兒醉作春。
《割書： 廿歳吟壇頗る名を得。花前の豪侠やゝもすれば人を驚かす。誰か思はん斗室幽囚の裏。妻兒を迎へ得て春をなす。｜ 》
息正弘、後年その拘禁より幽閉迄の状況を敍して曰く。
「戊午の大獄起るや、共に謀る者相継で獄に下る。一夕藩吏突如として至り、家君を拉し去り、吉田
城に押送し、妻兒を谷中藩邸に幽し、両地の音耗【音信】全く絶ゆ。時に弘猶幼なり出でゝ群兒と戯る、輙ち
皆罵つて曰く汝の父は賊なりと、弘独り走り帰り泣いて母に訴ふ、母嗚咽対へず。年甫て十歳母に従
つて吉田に至らんとして偕に函嶺を踰ゆ。方に春寒、山雨衣袂に滴り、躓き且仆れんとするもの屡々
なりき、母輿中より之を覗ひ歔欷す。小弟は母の懐に在り、呱々として乳を索む、余亦母に向ひ頻に
阿爺を見る何れの日にあるかを問ふ、而も其幽囚にあるを知らざるなり。吉田に至れば則ち老屋一宇
監守する者六七人、儼として檻舎の如し、家君其中央に坐し、書巻数冊を左右にして、夷然として詩
を賦すること前日に異ならず。(下略) (原漢文)
一誦して惨然たるの状目に在り。翁漸く幽閉の緩むと共に藩校時習館の学事を督せしめらる。時習館は
遠州濱松より転封せられた松平伊豆守／信復（ノブナホ）に依つて、宝暦二年に起されたる古き歴史を有し、世間稀数
の藩校として幾多の人才を出し、学事は常に振つてゐた。其附近の大手長屋に翁を住しめた藩主の意向
も蓋し推し難からず、大手長屋は今の西八町市公会堂前「時習館趾」の南側で偶々關根痴堂が謫せら
れて江戸より帰り、共に「菁々吟社」を起し我地方の文雅は大に振ひ、藩老西村、和田、松井等諸士の
如きも一時皆吟誦を事とするに至つた。
吉田城陰幽居雜吟 (折二)
風撼寒條日影沈。古松老柏碧蕭森。一窓亢座消朝暮。多汝小禽傳好音。
《割書： 風寒條を撼して日影沈み。古松老柏碧蕭森たり。一窓かう座朝暮を消し。汝小禽の好音を伝ふるを多とす。｜ 》
陶杜詩篇韓李筆。各家箋釋亦何心。眼前不見滄桑事。爭解前賢用意深。
《割書： 陶杜の詩篇韓李の筆。各家の箋釋亦何の心ぞ。眼前滄桑の事を見ずんば。いかでか前賢用意の深きを解せん。｜ 》
翁追放せられて北遊の途に上るや、予め心に警戒する所あり、努めて他人と政論を上下せず。偶々栃木
の客舎に於て、三河刈谷藩の志士松本奎堂(謙三郎)に邂逅す、奎堂は翁が一に盃酒の間に放浪し詩書
にのみ遊ぶの態度を見て、憤然として席を蹴つて去つた。而も其栃木より翁は間もなく容疑者の一人と
して江戸藩邸に拘され、吉田に送られたるも一奇である。奎堂は後に中山父子を擁して和州天の川に事
二七
現代語訳
二十六
動かされて遂に旅行の自由を許し、藩主は翁を召して講書させるに至った。当時藩老西村治右衛門（峯庵と号す）、和田肇（挑川）等の人々は文武の志に厚く、以下の人々も俊才が乏しくなかった。従って翁を見る明があった。併し翁の幽閉の名は安政六年己未より慶応二年丙寅に亘る八年の長きに達し、翁としては甚だ不幸であり、藩地としては学田の収穫が多かった訳である。その三年目の文久元年辛酉春、始めて江戸より妻子を迎えることを許され、吉田城中大手長屋の一家屋に住まわせられた。
三月六日妻児江戸自り至る
二十歳吟壇頗る名を得。花前の豪侠ややもすれば人を驚かす。誰か思わん斗室幽囚の裏、妻児を迎え得て春をなすとは。
息子正弘は、後年その拘禁より幽閉までの状況を叙して曰く。
「戊午の大獄起こるや、共に謀る者相継いで獄に下る。一夕藩吏突如として至り、家君を拉し去り、吉田城に押送し、妻児を谷中藩邸に幽し、両地の音信全く絶ゆ。時に弘なお幼なり、出でて群児と戯る、すなわち皆罵って曰く『汝の父は賊なり』と。弘独り走り帰り泣いて母に訴う、母嗚咽して答えず。年わずかに十歳、母に従って吉田に至らんとして偕に函嶺を踰ゆ。方に春寒、山雨衣袂に滴り、躓き且つ仆れんとすること屡々なりき。母輿中よりこれを覗い歔欷す。小弟は母の懐に在り、呱々として乳を索む。余もまた母に向い頻に阿爺を見るは何れの日にあるかを問う、而もその幽囚にあるを知らざるなり。吉田に至れば則ち老屋一宇、監守する者六七人、儼として檻舎の如し。家君その中央に坐し、書巻数冊を左右にして、夷然として詩を賦すること前日に異ならず。」（下略）（原漢文）
一誦して惨然たる状が目に在り。翁漸く幽閉が緩むと共に藩校時習館の学事を督させられる。時習館は遠州浜松より転封された松平伊豆守信復によって、宝暦二年に起こされた古き歴史を有し、世間稀数の藩校として幾多の人才を出し、学事は常に振っていた。その附近の大手長屋に翁を住まわせた藩主の意向も蓋し推し難からず。大手長屋は今の西八町市公会堂前「時習館址」の南側で、偶々関根痴堂が謫せられて江戸より帰り、共に「菁々吟社」を起こし、我が地方の文雅は大いに振い、藩老西村、和田、松井等諸士の如きも一時皆吟誦を事とするに至った。
吉田城陰幽居雑吟（折二）
風寒条を撼して日影沈み。古松老柏碧蕭森たり。一窓高座朝暮を消し。汝小禽の好音を伝うるを多とす。
陶杜の詩篇韓李の筆。各家の箋釈また何の心ぞ。眼前滄桑の事を見ずんば。いかでか前賢用意の深きを解せん。
翁追放されて北遊の途に上るや、予め心に警戒する所あり、努めて他人と政論を上下せず。偶々栃木の客舎において、三河刈谷藩の志士松本奎堂（謙三郎）に邂逅す。奎堂は翁が一に盃酒の間に放浪し詩書にのみ遊ぶの態度を見て、憤然として席を蹴って去った。而もその栃木より翁は間もなく容疑者の一人として江戸藩邸に拘され、吉田に送られたのも一奇である。奎堂は後に中山父子を擁して和州天の川に事
二十七
英語訳
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were moved by this, and eventually permitted him freedom of travel. The domain lord even summoned the old man to give lectures. At that time, domain elders Nishimura Jiuemon (styled Hō'an), Wada Hajime (Chōsen), and others were devoted to literary and military pursuits, and those below them were not lacking in talent either. Therefore, they had the wisdom to appreciate the old man. However, the old man's confinement lasted for the long period of eight years, from Ansei 6 (1859) to Keiō 2 (1866), which was extremely unfortunate for him personally, though it brought a rich harvest to the domain's seat of learning. In the third year of his confinement, in the spring of Bunkyū 1 (1861), he was first permitted to bring his wife and children from Edo, and they were housed in one of the residences in the Ōte nagaya within Yoshida Castle.
"March 6th - Wife and Children Arrive from Edo"
At twenty, I gained considerable fame in poetry circles. My chivalrous spirit before the blossoms would often startle people. Who would have thought that within the confines of this small room prison, I would welcome my wife and children and make it spring?
His son Masahiro later described the situation from the initial detention through confinement, saying:
"When the Great Purge of Boshin arose, those who conspired together were successively sent to prison. One evening, domain officials suddenly arrived, dragged away my father, and sent him under guard to Yoshida Castle. My wife and children were confined in the Yanaka domain residence, and communication between the two places was completely cut off. At that time, Hiro was still young. When he went out to play with other children, they would all curse him, saying, 'Your father is a traitor.' Hiro would run home alone, crying and complaining to his mother, but mother could only sob and could not answer. At barely ten years old, following mother to reach Yoshida, we crossed the Hakone mountains together. It was still spring cold, mountain rain dripped on our sleeves, and we often stumbled and nearly fell. Mother peered out from the palanquin and sighed sorrowfully. My little brother was in mother's arms, crying and seeking milk. I too frequently asked mother when we would see father, not knowing he was imprisoned. When we reached Yoshida, there was one old building with six or seven guards watching over it, stern as a prison. My father sat in the center with several volumes of books beside him, composing poetry as calmly as before, no different from previous days." (Abbreviated below) (Original in Chinese)
Reading this once brings a tragic scene before one's eyes. As the old man's confinement gradually relaxed, he was made to supervise the academic affairs of the domain school Jishūkan. Jishūkan had an ancient history, having been established in Hōreki 2 (1752) by Matsudaira Izunokami Nobunao after his transfer from Hamamatsu in Enshū province. As one of the rare domain schools in the country, it produced many talented individuals and its academic affairs always flourished. The domain lord's intention in housing the old man in the nearby Ōte nagaya was probably not difficult to fathom. The Ōte nagaya was located south of the current "Jishūkan Site" in front of the West Eighth District Municipal Assembly Hall. Coincidentally, Sekine Chidō had been exiled and returned from Edo, and together they established the "Seisei Poetry Society." The literary culture of our region greatly flourished, and even domain elders like Nishimura, Wada, and Matsui all began to devote themselves to poetry recitation.
"Miscellaneous Poems from Secluded Dwelling in the Shadow of Yoshida Castle (Second Collection)"
Wind shakes the cold branches and sunlight sinks. Ancient pines and old cypresses stand verdantly solemn. Sitting high by one window, I pass morning and evening. I am grateful that you small birds convey pleasant sounds.
The poetry of Tao and Du, the calligraphy of Han and Li. What is the purpose of various commentaries? If one does not witness the vicissitudes before one's eyes, how can one understand the profound intentions of the ancient sages?
When the old man was banished and set out on his northern journey, he had certain warnings in his heart and made efforts not to discuss politics with others. By chance, at an inn in Tochigi, he encountered Matsumoto Keidō (Kenzaburō), a loyalist from Kariya domain in Mikawa. Keidō saw the old man's attitude of wandering only in wine cups and devoting himself solely to poetry and books, became indignant, and left, kicking his seat. Yet it is curious that from that very Tochigi, the old man was soon detained at the Edo domain residence as one of the suspects and sent to Yoshida. Keidō later supported the Nakayama father and son in the incident at Amanogawa in Yamato province...
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