漂流人善助聞書 - 翻刻

翻刻

【右丁】
　私壱人ニ相成候而ハ別而御奉行衆ゟ大切ニ被成下揚
　屋〆り晝夜共御免ニ相成折々御役人衆御廻り願敷
　品有之候ハヽ願出候様御申聞与力衆も月々一度
　ツヽ御廻り様体等御尋被下髪月代幷寺社江参
　詣等幾度ニ而も相願候様被　仰聞大切ニ御いたわり
　被成下候儀ニ御座候右ニ付御願を以度々長崎表
　寺社江参詣仕候
　右天保十四年卯十二月三日長崎表江入津仕即日
　揚屋入被　仰付翌辰十二月廿七日迄同所ニ罷在
【左丁】
　同日此表より御趣之御役人衆江御引渡相濟旅宿へ下り
　同廿九人同所出立當弘化二年巳正月廿三日岩本江着仕候
　此日数凡四百十日程ニ相成申候
　　　　　巳二月
　　　　　　追書
一寅二月廿日頃外舩江乗移候処私初水主共十三人之手
　之平を舩頭体之者相改私共沖舩頭故荒働不致候
　ニ付水主共とハ違ひ手之平柔く水主共ハ荒働き致し候
　ニ付手之平堅様子見届候哉水主共江者舩中ニ而働せ

現代語訳

【右丁】
私一人になってからは、特に御奉行衆から大切にしていただき、揚屋の締めも昼夜共にお許しになり、時折御役人衆が見回りに来て、望む品があれば願い出るようにとお申し聞かせになりました。与力衆も月々一度ずつ見回りに来て様子等をお尋ね下さり、髪の月代並びに寺社への参詣等、何度でも願い出るようにと仰せ聞かされ、大切にお気遣い下さることでございました。このことにより、お願いを以て度々長崎表の寺社へ参詣いたしました。

右の通り、天保十四年卯年十二月三日に長崎表へ入津し、即日揚屋入りを仰せ付けられ、翌辰年十二月二十七日まで同所におりました。

【左丁】
同日、この表（長崎）より御趣意の御役人衆へお引き渡しが済み、旅宿へ下り、同二十九日に同所を出立し、当弘化二年巳年正月二十三日に岩本へ着きました。この日数はおよそ四百十日程になりました。

　　　　　巳年二月
　　　　　　追書

一、寅年二月二十日頃、外国船に乗り移った際、私をはじめ水主共十三人の手のひらを船頭のような者が調べました。私共は沖船頭であり荒働きをしないので、水主共とは違って手のひらが柔らかく、水主共は荒働きをするので手のひらが堅い様子を見届けたのでしょうか。水主共には船中で働かせ

英語訳

【Right Page】
After I became the only one remaining, the magistrates treated me with particular care. The detention house was left unlocked both day and night, and officials would make occasional rounds, telling me to make requests if there was anything I needed. The yoriki (officials) also made monthly rounds to inquire about my condition, and I was told I could request hair shaving and visits to temples and shrines as often as I wished. I was treated with great consideration. Because of this, I frequently visited temples and shrines in Nagasaki through formal requests.

As described above, I arrived at the port of Nagasaki on the third day of the twelfth month of Tenpō 14, Year of the Rabbit, was immediately ordered into the detention house, and remained there until the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the following Year of the Dragon.

【Left Page】
On the same day, I was handed over from this place (Nagasaki) to the officials in charge, went down to a travel inn, departed from there on the twenty-ninth, and arrived at Iwamoto on the twenty-third day of the first month of the current Kōka 2, Year of the Snake. This period totaled approximately four hundred and ten days.

　　　　　Second month of the Year of the Snake
　　　　　　Additional notes

First, around the twentieth day of the second month of the Year of the Tiger, when we were transferred to a foreign ship, someone like a ship's captain examined the palms of myself and the thirteen sailors. Since we were offshore captains who did not do rough work, unlike the sailors, our palms were soft, while the sailors who did rough work had hard palms—perhaps he was confirming this difference. The sailors were made to work aboard the ship.