琉球藩史 一之巻 - 翻刻

翻刻

ヘシト急ニ舟ニ乗シ南行數日果シテ一島ヲ得タリ
土人髮￣ヲ被リ色黑キコト鬼ノ如シ從者皆怖ル爲朝擬ス
ルニ弓ヲ以ス島人地ニ伏ス爲朝率ヰテ島中ヲ巡ル
島人恐レ爭テ布ヲ以テ爲朝ノ前ニ置ク積テ堆ヲ爲
ス爲朝島ノ名ヲ問フ對￣テ曰ク鬼島爲朝曰￣ク然ラハ爾等
鬼神ノ裔ナランカ島中奇寶アリヤ否￣ヤ曰￣ク古ハ寶多シ
今一モアルコトナシ爲朝曰￣ク此島蘆葦多シ今ヨリシテ
葦島ト名ケン乃チ鳥人ニ命シテ每年大島ニ入貢ス
ルヲ約シ一人ヲ從ヘテ大島ニ還ル島人益〻長服ス大
島ハ伊豆大介狩野茂光ノ所管タリ爲朝島ニ入テヨ

リ島人貢ヲ伊豆ニ入ルヲ許サス忠重密ニ貢ヲ伊豆
ニ入ル爲朝怒リ責メ其左右ノ手指六ヲ斷ツ嘉應二
年春茂光上言シテ曰￣ク流人源爲朝自ラ諸島ヲ畧シ遂
ニ鬼島ニ至リ鬼僮ヲ得テ奴トシ强暴至ラサル所無
シト是ニ於テ朝議茂光伊藤祐親北條時政等ニ命シ
テ討伐セシム茂光等兵五百騎戰艦二十ヲ以テ之ヲ
征ス四月大島ニ至ル爲朝ノ從者走リ報ス爲朝之ヲ
聞テ曰￣ク歒兵百萬アリト雖モ我一戰ニ之ヲ破リ舟ニ
乘テ他ニ遁ルヽハ難トセス然レトモ吾嘗テ勅ニ違テ
配流セラレ命ヲ惜テ此ニ處ルコト十余年其故如何ト

現代語訳

べし」と急に舟に乗って南行すること数日、果たして一島を得た。
土人は髪を被り、色黒きこと鬼のごとし。従者は皆怖れた。為朝は
弓をもって威嚇した。島人は地に伏した。為朝はこれを率いて島中を巡った。
島人は恐れ、争って布をもって為朝の前に置いた。積んで堆をなし
た。為朝は島の名を問うた。答えて言った「鬼島」。為朝は言った「然らば汝等は
鬼神の裔であろうか。島中に奇宝はあるか否か」。答えて言った「古は宝多し。
今は一つもあることなし」。為朝は言った「この島は蘆葦が多い。今よりして
葦島と名づけよう」。すなわち島人に命じて毎年大島に入貢する
ことを約し、一人を従えて大島に還った。島人はますます長く服した。大
島は伊豆大介狩野茂光の所管であった。為朝が島に入ってより

島人が貢を伊豆に入れることを許さなかった。忠重は密かに貢を伊豆
に入れた。為朝は怒り責めて、その左右の手指六本を断った。嘉応二
年春、茂光は上言して言った「流人源为朝は自ら諸島を略し、遂
に鬼島に至り、鬼童を得て奴とし、強暴至らざる所無
し」と。ここにおいて朝議で茂光・伊藤祐親・北条時政等に命じ
て討伐させた。茂光等は兵五百騎、戦艦二十をもってこれを
征した。四月、大島に至った。為朝の従者が走り報じた。為朝はこれを
聞いて言った「敵兵百万ありといえども、我は一戦にこれを破り、舟に
乗って他に遁れるのは難しとしない。しかれども吾はかつて勅に違って
配流され、命を惜しんでここに処ること十余年。その故はいかん」と

英語訳

should be there." He hurriedly boarded a ship and sailed south for several days, indeed discovering an island.
The natives wore their hair long and were as black as demons. All his followers were frightened. Tametomo
intimidated them with his bow. The islanders prostrated themselves on the ground. Tametomo led them around the island.
The islanders were afraid and competed to place cloth before Tametomo. They piled it up into
heaps. Tametomo asked the name of the island. They answered "Demon Island" (Onigashima). Tametomo said, "Then are you
descendants of demons? Are there any rare treasures on the island or not?" They answered, "In ancient times there were many treasures.
Now there is not even one." Tametomo said, "This island has many reeds. From now on I shall
name it Reed Island (Ashishima)." He then commanded the islanders to pay annual tribute to Ōshima,
took one person with him, and returned to Ōshima. The islanders submitted to him even more completely. Ō-
shima was under the jurisdiction of Izu no Daisuke Kano Shigemitsu. Since Tametomo had entered the island,

he did not permit the islanders to send tribute to Izu. Tadashige secretly sent tribute to Izu.
Tametomo became angry and punished him by cutting off six of his fingers from both hands. In spring of Kahō 2
(1170), Shigemitsu reported to the court saying: "The exile Minamoto no Tametomo has seized various islands on his own, finally
reaching Demon Island where he obtained demon children as slaves, and there is nowhere his
violence does not reach." Thereupon the court deliberated and commanded Shigemitsu, Itō Sukechika, Hōjō Tokimasa and others
to subjugate him. Shigemitsu and the others advanced against him with five hundred mounted troops and twenty
warships. In the fourth month they reached Ōshima. Tametomo's followers ran to report this. When Tametomo
heard this he said: "Even if enemy troops numbered a million, I would break them in one battle, and boarding a ship
to escape elsewhere would not be difficult. However, I once violated an imperial edict and was
exiled, and have lived here cherishing my life for over ten years. What is the reason for this?