翻刻
府＿一即達＿二 上聞に＿一是の三人及晩被＿レ召＿二御前に＿一仰曰筑前守利
光三箇国可＿レ被＿レ進之由被＿二仰出＿一未利光若輩各後見
可＿レ有之由被＿二仰出＿一頼被＿二思召＿一之由御懇意三人之輩
流し＿二感涙を＿一退出各獻＿二加賀絹五十疋宛を＿一又肥前守為＿二
遺物と＿一不動正宗の脇刺備前三郎の刀奉＿レ獻＿レ之本多上野
介披露又烈祖成績に云此年七月十三日前田利光之
臣前田対馬守永原左衛門尉奥村摂津守本多安房
守政重等抵＿二駿府に＿一獻す＿二利長の遺留物名刀二握を＿一因て請＿下利長
致仕釆邑十六万石在＿二能登＿一願くは賜はんと＿中利光＿上神祖召＿二 四人＿一如＿二其
所＿一請使＿二利光領＿一之給る＿一 三万石於利光之妻に《割書：神祖之｜孫女》諭
曰利光年少汝等冝盡＿レ忠輔導せよ四人感而退く
按に武徳大成記亦同し蓋利長卿養老領能登国
十六万石は越中国新川郡之誤聞ならん乎
一有沢武貞の古兵談朱書に云利長卿養老領廿二万
石之處慶長十六年六万石分被＿レ返＿二金沢に＿一成＿二 十六万石と＿一
其後又十万石分被＿レ返＿二金沢に＿一成＿二 六万石と＿一然處同十九
年春又五万石分被＿レ返逝去之頃僅に養老料一万
石程也と云傳云々
一平次按るに右傳説恐くは誤聞以＿二左之親書等＿一可＿レ知
就私相煩候儀云々就夫私如此の長々處相煩申体に
御座候間隠居分に召遣御普請役をも仕候程之者共少々
筑前守かゝへ遣金沢江引越せ申候私儀は当分手前人遣
現代語訳
府に到着し、すぐに上聞に達した。この三人は夕方に御前に召され、仰せられるには「筑前守利光に三ヶ国を進呈する旨仰せ出された。まだ利光は若輩であるので、各々が後見をするようにとの仰せ出された。頼みに思し召されている」との御懇意のお言葉に、三人は感涙を流して退出し、各々加賀絹五十疋ずつを献上した。また肥前守の遺物として、不動正宗の脇差と備前三郎の刀を奉献した。本多上野介が披露した。
また『烈祖成績』には「この年七月十三日、前田利光の臣である前田対馬守・永原左衛門尉・奥村摂津守・本多安房守政重等が駿府に到着し、利長の遺留品である名刀二振りを献上した。そのため利長の隠居領である能登の十六万石を利光に賜りたいと請うた。神祖は四人を召して、その請いの通り、利光に領有させ、三万石を利光の妻（神祖の孫女）に給与し、諭して言うには『利光は年少であるので、汝等は忠を尽くして輔導せよ』と。四人は感激して退いた」とある。
按ずるに『武徳大成記』も同様である。おそらく利長卿の養老領である能登国十六万石は、越中国新川郡の誤聞であろうか。
有沢武貞の『古兵談』朱書には「利長卿の養老領二十二万石のところ、慶長十六年に六万石分が金沢に返却され十六万石となり、その後また十万石分が金沢に返却され六万石となった。然るに同十九年春にまた五万石分が返却され、逝去の頃にはわずかに養老料一万石程であった」と云い伝えられているとある。
平次が按ずるに、右の伝説はおそらく誤聞であろう。左の親書等によって知ることができる。「私が相煩っている儀について、それで私がこのように長々と煩わしく申し上げている体でございますが、隠居分に召し使う御普請役なども仕る程度の者共を少々、筑前守に抱えさせ金沢江引き越させ申候。私は当分手前の人遣い
英語訳
They arrived at the capital and immediately reported to the shogun. These three men were summoned before him in the evening, and he declared: "It has been ordered that the three provinces be granted to Chikuzen-no-kami Toshimitsu. Since Toshimitsu is still young, each of you shall serve as his guardian, as has been commanded. You are relied upon for this." Moved by these kind words, the three men shed tears of gratitude, withdrew, and each presented fifty rolls of Kaga silk. They also offered as relics of Hizen-no-kami a Fudo Masamune wakizashi and a Bizen Saburo sword. Honda Kozuke-no-suke made the presentation.
The "Ressentei Seiseki" also states: "On the 13th day of the 7th month of this year, Maeda Toshimitsu's retainers - Maeda Tsushima-no-kami, Nagahara Saemon-no-jo, Okumura Settsu-no-kami, and Honda Awa-no-kami Masamune - arrived in Sunpu and presented two famous swords that were Toshiie's relics. Therefore, they requested that Toshimitsu be granted Toshiie's retirement domain of 160,000 koku in Noto. The Divine Ancestor summoned the four men and, as requested, allowed Toshimitsu to rule the domain, granted 30,000 koku to Toshimitsu's wife (the Divine Ancestor's granddaughter), and admonished them, saying: 'Since Toshimitsu is young, you must all be loyal and guide him well.' The four men were moved and withdrew."
Upon examination, the "Butoku Taisei-ki" records the same. Perhaps the 160,000 koku in Noto Province as Toshiie's retirement domain was actually a misheard reference to Niikawa District in Etchu Province.
Arisawa Takesada's "Kohei-dan" notes in red ink state: "Of Lord Toshiie's retirement domain of 220,000 koku, 60,000 koku were returned to Kanazawa in Keicho 16, making it 160,000 koku. Later, another 100,000 koku were returned to Kanazawa, making it 60,000 koku. However, in the spring of Keicho 19, another 50,000 koku were returned, so at the time of his death, only about 10,000 koku remained as retirement stipend."
Heiji notes that the above account is probably based on false rumors, as can be understood from the following personal letters: "Regarding the matter that troubles me... Since I have been troubling you with such lengthy matters, I have had Chikuzen-no-kami take charge of a few men capable of serving as construction supervisors for the retirement domain and had them move to Kanazawa. As for myself, I am currently managing my own personnel..."