翻刻
【右側】
異国え漂流仕候陸奥国之者四人口書
私共儀異国え漂着仕候処去子九月魯西亜船ゟ送
来候付踏絵被 仰付国元出船積荷物之品并漂着
之次第彼国逗留中之始末有体可申上旨御吟味御座候」
此段私共儀十三年已前丑十一月奥州牡鹿郡石ノ巻
沖船頭平兵衛ゟ被雇松平政千代用木雑小間木
四百本并売米千 百石（イニ俵）程江戸表へ相廻候積り石巻
米沢屋平之丞船八百石積若宮丸へ積請沖船頭
平兵衛楫取同国宮城郡寒風沢浜左太夫水主
【左側】
同所銀三郎民之助同郡石浜辰蔵石巻清蔵初三郎
善六市五郎同郡小竹浜茂次平吉郎次煩石ノ巻
見巳之助私共四人都合拾六人乗組碇 せ（イニ七ヵ）頭樽綱五房
いちび綱三房苧綱弐房積込仙台御役人ゟ之
送状等船頭請取之同月廿七日石ノ巻浜出船同国
東名と申所に致汐繋同廿九日同所出船凡五十里程
沖《見せ消ち：を｜迄》走候処申酉之風吹出度々船中へ波打込追々
櫓も打越候程之荒波に罷成同十二月朔日楫を被
吹折船危く相成候に付乗組之者共 髪（イニ髻）を払神仏へ
祈誓を懸身命限り相働候得共地方一向不相見
現代語訳
【右側】
異国へ漂流した陸奥国の者四人の口書
私どもが異国へ漂着したところ、去る子年九月にロシア船から送り届けられたため、踏絵を仰せつけられ、国元出船の積荷物の品目並びに漂着の次第、彼の国滞在中の始末を有りのままに申し上げるようにとの御吟味がございました。
この件について、私どもは十三年以前の丑年十一月、奥州牡鹿郡石巻沖で船頭平兵衛から雇われ、松平政千代用の木材（雑小間木四百本）並びに売り米千百石程を江戸表へ回送する積りで、石巻の米沢屋平之丞船（八百石積の若宮丸）に積み請け、沖船頭は平兵衛、舵取りは同国宮城郡寒風沢浜の左太夫、水主は
【左側】
同所の銀三郎・民之助、同郡石浜の辰蔵、石巻の清蔵・初三郎・善六・市五郎、同郡小竹浜の茂次・平吉・郎次・煩、石巻の見巳之助、私ども四人、都合十六人が乗り組み、碇綱七房、樽綱五房、いちび綱三房、苧綱二房を積み込み、仙台御役人からの送状等を船頭が受け取り、同月二十七日に石巻浜を出船、同国東名という所で潮繋ぎをし、同二十九日に同所を出船、およそ五十里程沖まで走ったところ、西南の風が吹き出し度々船中へ波が打ち込み、追々櫓も打ち越すほどの荒波となり、同十二月朔日に舵を吹き折られ船が危険な状態になったため、乗組の者どもは髻を払い神仏へ祈誓をかけ、身命の限り働きましたが、陸地が一向に見えず
英語訳
【Right Side】
Oral testimony of four men from Mutsu Province who drifted to foreign countries
When we drifted and arrived in foreign countries, we were sent back by Russian ships in the 9th month of the previous Year of the Rat. We were ordered to perform the踏絵 (fumi-e, stepping on Christian images), and were investigated to give truthful accounts of the cargo goods from our home province's departure, the circumstances of our drifting arrival, and the details of our stay in that foreign country.
Regarding this matter, thirteen years ago in the 11th month of the Year of the Ox, we were hired by ship captain Heibei off Ishinomaki in Oshika District, Oshu Province, to transport timber for Matsudaira Masachiyo (400 pieces of miscellaneous small timber) and about 1,100 koku of rice for sale to Edo. We loaded these onto the 800-koku capacity ship Wakamiya-maru owned by Heinojo of Yonezawa-ya in Ishinomaki. The offshore captain was Heibei, the helmsman was Sadayu from Samukaze-zawa beach in Miyagi District of the same province, and the sailors were
【Left Side】
Ginzaburo and Tamino-suke from the same place, Tatsuzō from Ishihama in the same district, Seizō, Hatsusaburō, Zenroku, and Ichigoro from Ishinomaki, Shigeji, Heikichi, Rōji, and Han from Kotake-hama in the same district, Mimino-suke from Ishinomaki, and we four, totaling sixteen crew members. We loaded anchor ropes (7 bundles), barrel ropes (5 bundles), fiber ropes (3 bundles), and hemp ropes (2 bundles). The ship captain received travel documents from Sendai officials. On the 27th of the same month, we departed from Ishinomaki beach, moored for the tide at a place called Azuma-na in the same province, departed from there on the 29th, and sailed about 50 ri offshore. Then southwest winds began to blow, waves frequently crashed into the ship, and the waves became so rough that they swept over the oars. On the 1st of the 12th month, the rudder was broken by the wind and the ship became dangerous, so the crew members cut off their topknots, made vows to gods and buddhas, and worked with all their might, but no land could be seen at all.