翻刻
伝八光《見せ消ち：■｜春》《割書：初 松次郎｜又 孫次郎》町田直太夫光忠養子
半蔵俊次 《割書：初 伊三郎｜安永五申年九月誕生》
母 同上
妻 西郷平蔵近敏養女 《割書：文政四巳年十二月十三日病死法名｜智遠院妙理日証大姉 導師葬所同上》
実諏訪金吾光慶女
田中三郎兵衛玄宰女《割書：寛政元酉年九月六日誕生｜ 》
一 寛政四子年閏二月親願之通初而之
御目見被 仰付候事
【左丁】
一 同十二申年五月跡式御知行弐百
五拾石無御相違被下置御家老附外
様士被 仰付三番組江入 御城御番相
勤候事
一 享和元酉年三月学校和歌会之節
諸事師範手伝相勤候様被 仰付候事
一 同二戌年八月兼而和歌出精いたし
於大学《見せ消ち：■｜校》時を限百首余宛詠出致手
際も宜相聞候に付為御褒美小鷹紙
三拾枚被下置候事
現代語訳
【右丁】
伝八光（見せ消ち：■→春） （割書：初名 松次郎 ／ 又 孫次郎） 町田直太夫光忠養子
半蔵俊次 （割書：初名 伊三郎 ／ 安永五申年九月誕生）
母 同上
妻 西郷平蔵近敏養女 （割書：文政四巳年十二月十三日病死。法名、智遠院妙理日証大姉。導師・葬所は同上。）
実は諏訪金吾光慶女
田中三郎兵衛玄宰女 （割書：寛政元酉年九月六日誕生 ／ ）
一 寛政四子年閏二月、親願の通り、初めての御目見えを仰せ付けられ候事。
【左丁】
一 同十二申年五月、跡式御知行弐百五拾石、御相違これ無く下し置かれ、御家老附外様士を仰せ付けられ、三番組へ入り、御城御番を相勤め候事。
一 享和元酉年三月、学校和歌会の節、諸事師範手伝いを相勤め候様、仰せ付けられ候事。
一 同二戌年八月、兼ねて和歌に出精いたし、大学（見せ消ち：■→校）において時を限り百首余りずつ詠み出し、手際もよろしく相聞こえ候に付き、御褒美として小鷹紙三十枚を下し置かれ候事。
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
**Denhachi Mitsuru** *(correction: ■ → Haru)* *(initial name: Matsujirō; also known as: Magojirō)* Adopted son of Machida Naoitayu Mitsutada.
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**Hanzō Toshinori** *(initial name: Isasaburō; born in the 9th month of An'ei 5, the Year of the Monkey [1776])*
> Mother: Same as above [i.e., same as the previous entry's mother].
> Wife: An adopted daughter of Saigō Heizō Chikasato.
> *(Side note: Died on the 13th day of the 12th month of Bunsei 4, the Year of the Snake [1821]. Posthumous Buddhist name: Chien'in Myōri Nichishō Daishi. Officiating priest and place of burial are the same as previously recorded.)*
> — Her birth mother was a daughter of Suwa Kingo Mitsuyoshi.
> [Second wife:] A daughter of Tanaka Saburōbei Gensai.
> *(Side note: Born on the 6th day of the 9th month of Kansei 1, the Year of the Rooster [1789].)*
1. In the intercalary 2nd month of Kansei 4, the Year of the Rat [1792], in accordance with his father's petition, he was granted his first formal audience (*o-mie*) with the lord.
**[Left folio]**
1. In the 5th month of Kansei 12, the Year of the Monkey [1800], his inherited stipend (*atoshiki go-chigyō*) of 250 *koku* was confirmed and granted to him without alteration; he was appointed as an *ometsuke*-affiliated *tozama* retainer (*go-karō tsuki tozama-shi*), assigned to the 3rd unit (*sanbangumi*), and assumed duty as castle guard (*go-jō go-ban*).
1. In the 3rd month of Kyōwa 1, the Year of the Rooster [1801], at the occasion of the school's poetry gathering (*waka-kai*), he was ordered to assist the instructors (*shihan*) in all related matters.
1. In the 8th month of Kyōwa 2, the Year of the Dog [1802], having long applied himself diligently to the composition of *waka* poetry, and having composed over one hundred verses (*hyakushu*) within a set time at the domain school (*daigakkō*), and as his skill and execution were reported to be admirable, he was awarded as a reward thirty sheets of *kotaka-gami* (a type of fine paper).