翻刻
語（ギヨ）モ改カタル所ハ先祖（センソ）ヨリ日本人ノコトクイヒナ
シ居（イ）ル事トゾ思ハル故（ユヱ）ニ礼義（レイギ）文（フン）華ノイマダ開（ヒラ）ケ
ザルハ尤（モツトモ）ノ事ナリ南部ノ辺鄙（ヘンヒ）ニハイロハヲダニ
シラズシテ盲暦（メクラゴヨミ）トイフモノアリトゾ余カ通行（ツウカウ）ヲ
シ街道（カイドウ）ニハアラネドモ聞シマクヲシルス又 《見せ消ち：船｜般（ハン）》若心（ニヤシン）
経（キヤウ）ナトヲモメクラ暦ノ法ニテ誦（ジユ）スルト云其 図（ヅ）左
ノコトシ
右ノコトシナリ然レトモ彼地ノ方言アルユヱ絵ニテ
ハ甚合点シ難キ事多シ注解アリ
現代語訳
語も改めて語る所は先祖より日本人のごとく言いなして居ることと思われる故に、礼義文華のいまだ開けざるは尤もの事なり。南部の辺鄙にはいろはをだに知らずして盲暦というものありとぞ。余が通行を、街道にはあらねども聞し儘を記す。また般若心経なども盲暦の法にて誦すると云う。その図左のごとし。
右のごとしなり。然れども彼地の方言あるゆえ絵にては甚だ合点し難き事多し。注解あり。
英語訳
...and reformed their language, so that places that now speak have been saying they are Japanese since their ancestors' time, or so it seems. Therefore, it is quite natural that ritual propriety and refined culture have not yet developed. In the remote regions of Nanbu, there are those who do not even know the iroha syllabary and practice something called "blind calendar reading." I record what I heard during my travels, though not on the main highways. They also say that texts like the Heart Sutra are recited using the blind calendar method. The diagram is as follows on the left.
It is as shown on the right. However, because there are local dialects in that region, much of what is depicted in pictures is quite difficult to comprehend. There are annotations provided.