翻刻
ある事也其後大坂陣可＿レ起る前年秀頼公より味方に頼
思召由被仰越処太閤御取立の私に候へは畏入候利光事は
内府縁者の儀に候へは所存難＿レ斗由御請にて被召仕御家
人共多分金沢へ被＿レ返御自身番を被召上て御他界也
前田家の長く繁栄して三け国の人民安穏なるも藩祖
利家郷且は利長郷の守成の勝連ゐふ故也彼我の位
を知ると云は彼と我との勝劣を知る事也是兵法の眼目
創業守成も爰を以成也疋夫の身上に而も此位を知
時は我より勝連る者と智を争ひ藝をいたむ事は有
満しき也利長郷の手自毒を召上ら連し事一命を捨て
御家を永久尓思召連し故也《割書：此文意深｜可勘考》
一慶長五年十月十七日德川内府被賞利長卿之
戦功小松丹羽長重旧領加賀国能美郡幷に
石川郡松任四万石大聖寺山口玄蕃旧領加賀
江沼郡及利政君旧領能登国四郡賜＿レ之於
此加賀能登越中三国全領たり
一本朝通鑑に云慶長五年十月丁亥前田利長到＿二
大阪謁＿二神君＿一神君遣＿二榊原康政於其弟に＿一賞し＿二今
般の軍功を＿一加＿二賜加州之能美江沼二軍二十萬石＿一而
責＿三前田利政滞るを＿二軍旅＿一而除き＿二能登国を＿一併＿二賜利長に＿一
而帰国す初利家良＿二越中能登両国加賀二郡を＿一
而以＿二越中を＿一附＿二利長＿一以＿二能登を＿一附＿二利政＿一至＿レ此全＿二領す三
現代語訳
ある事である。その後大坂の陣が起こる前年、秀頼公より味方になってほしいとの思召しにより仰せ越されたところ、太閤の御取立てを受けた私であるので恐れ入るが、利長は内府（徳川家康）の縁者であるので所存は計り難いとの御請けで、家臣共の多くを金沢へ帰し、御自身は番を召し上げられて御他界された。
前田家が長く繁栄し、加賀・能登・越中三ヶ国の人民が安穏であるのも、藩祖利家卿および利長卿の守成の勝れたところである。彼我の位を知るということは、彼と我との勝劣を知ることである。これは兵法の眼目であり、創業も守成もここに基づく。一般人の身分においてもこの位を知る時は、我より勝れた者と智を争い、芸を競うことはない。利長卿が手ずから毒を召し上がられたことは、一命を捨てて御家を永久に思召された故である。《割書：この文意は深く、考察すべきである》
一、慶長五年十月十七日、徳川内府は利長卿の戦功を賞し、小松の丹羽長重旧領である加賀国能美郡並びに石川郡松任四万石、大聖寺の山口玄蕃旧領である加賀江沼郡、及び利政君旧領の能登国四郡をこれに賜った。ここにおいて加賀・能登・越中三国を全領することとなった。
本朝通鑑に云う、慶長五年十月丁亥、前田利長は大坂に到り神君に謁見した。神君は榊原康政をその弟に遣わし、今般の軍功を賞し、加州の能美・江沼二郡二十万石を加賜し、前田利政が軍旅に滞ることを責めて能登国を除き、利長に併せ賜って帰国させた。初め利家は越中・能登両国と加賀二郡を領し、越中を利長に附け、能登を利政に附けたが、この時に至って三国を全領することとなった。
英語訳
This is indeed the case. The year before the Siege of Osaka was to begin, when Lord Hideyori sent word requesting that they become his allies, [Toshinaga] replied that while he was grateful as one who had been elevated by the Taiko, since Toshinaga was related to the Naifu (Tokugawa Ieyasu), his intentions were difficult to determine. With this response, he sent most of his retainers back to Kanazawa, and taking personal guard duty upon himself, he passed away.
The long prosperity of the Maeda family and the peace of the people of the three provinces of Kaga, Noto, and Etchu is due to the excellent governance of the domain founder Lord Toshiie and Lord Toshinaga. To know one's position relative to others means to understand the superiority or inferiority between oneself and others. This is the essential point of military strategy, and both founding and maintaining a domain are based on this principle. Even for common people, when they understand this principle, they do not compete in wisdom or skills with those superior to themselves. Lord Toshinaga's taking of poison by his own hand was because he sacrificed his life thinking of the eternal future of his house. {{Note: The meaning of this passage is profound and should be carefully considered}}
1. On the 17th day of the 10th month of Keicho 5 (1600), Tokugawa Naifu rewarded Lord Toshinaga's military achievements by granting him the former territories of Niwa Nagashige of Komatsu - the Nomi District of Kaga Province and 40,000 koku of Mattō in Ishikawa District, the former territory of Yamaguchi Genba of Daishōji - the Enuma District of Kaga, and the former territory of Lord Toshimasa - the four districts of Noto Province. Thus, the Maeda came to hold all three provinces of Kaga, Noto, and Etchu.
The Honchō Tsūkan states: "In the 10th month of Keicho 5, on the day of Hinoto-i, Maeda Toshinaga arrived in Osaka and had an audience with the Divine Lord (Ieyasu). The Divine Lord sent Sakakibara Yasumasa to his younger brother, rewarding this campaign's military achievements by additionally granting the two districts of Nomi and Enuma in Kaga Province totaling 200,000 koku, while reproaching Maeda Toshimasa for delaying with his troops, removing Noto Province [from Toshimasa] and granting it together to Toshinaga, who then returned to his domain. Initially, Toshiie held Etchu and Noto provinces plus two districts of Kaga, assigning Etchu to Toshinaga and Noto to Toshimasa, but at this time [Toshinaga] came to hold all three provinces."