翻刻
【右丁】
見テ兵共少々色ヲ直シケリ。塩冶上卿入道馳向テ、抑是程
ノ大儀ヲ御企有テ、合図ノ時刻相違スル程ハイヅクニ御渡アリ
ケルゾト、歯切ヲシテアラヽカニ申ケレバ、満幸サレバコソ運ノツキ
ヌル。斯ル不思議モアルソトヨ、夜半バカリニ陣ヲ立テ馬ニ信テ打
程ニ、東ノ谷ヘ下行ト思ケレバ、南ヘ向テ行。河島辺ヲ打過テ丹
波口ヘ出ヌレハ、夜ハホノ〳〵ト明、アタリヲ見レハ大江山ノ中ノ峠ニ
テ有ケレハ、是ハソモ如何ナル事ソヤ、何者カ道シルベシケルゾト
尋ヌレハ、火威ノ鎧着テ葦毛ノ馬ニ乗タル武者、桂川ハ此方
々々ト呼テ真先ニ打ツルガ、夜ノ明ルトヒトシク行方シラズ成ケリ
ト申ツル。ソレヨリ取テ返シ京ニ軍始タリト桂川ニテコソ聞
タンナレ。塩冶入道サレハコソ運ツキヌルニヤ、大宮ノ合戦味方討
【左丁】
負、上林【総ヵ】介小林モ討死ト告来ル由申ケレハ、サテハ方々ノ手
分モ無益ナリ。一手ニ成テ二条ノ末ヘ押寄テ討死ヲスベシト
テ、一条口ヘト定タリシ。土屋党モ一手ニソ寄タル。
〇爰ニ土屋ノ一族共廿九日ノ宵ニ、寄会テ物語スル中ニ、平次
左衛門尉千ニ一モ此軍ニ勝ヘキ様ナシ、明日ノ軍ニ此一門皆々
討死ヲシテコソ勇士ノ志ヲ人口ニ残スベシトテ、皆相符ヲシテ土屋
党何十人討死シタリト人ニモ被知高名ヲ子孫ニ伝ヘント申ケ
レバ、各可然トテ土屋党五十三人皆一様ニ左ニ指懸ヲ指テ、
長高指ヲ紅ノ糸ヲ以テ結タリケル。
〇去程ニ、京都ニハ山名播磨守、出雲伯耆隠岐丹後四箇国ノ
勢千二百余騎一手ニ成テ寄来ル由聞エシカバ、細川武蔵
現代語訳
【右丁】
(前丁より続き)……これを見て兵たちは少々気力を取り戻した。塩冶上卿入道が馳せ向かって、「そもそもこれほどの大事をお企てになりながら、合図の時刻に遅れるとは、いったいどこにいらっしゃったのか」と、歯ぎしりをして荒々しく申したところ、満幸は「だからこそ、運が尽きたというものよ。このような不思議なこともあるものだ。夜半ごろに陣を立って馬に任せて打って行くうちに、東の谷へ下って行くと思っていたら、南へ向かって行っていた。河島あたりを打ち過ぎて丹波口へ出てしまったところ、夜がほのぼのと明け、あたりを見れば大江山の中の峠にいたので、『これはいったいどうしたことか、誰が道案内をしたのか』と尋ねたところ、『火威の鎧を着て葦毛の馬に乗った武者が、「桂川はこちら、こちら」と呼びながら真っ先に打って行ったが、夜が明けると同時に行方が知れなくなりました』と申した。それより引き返し、京で合戦が始まったと(聞いたのは)桂川でのことであった」と(語った)。塩冶入道は「だからこそ運が尽きたというものよ。大宮の合戦で味方は討ち負け、上総介・小林も討ち死にしたとの知らせが来た」と申したので、「さては各方面への手分けも無益である。一手にまとまって二条の末へ押し寄せて討ち死にをすべし」とて、一条口へと定まった。土屋党も一手にまとまって寄った。
【左丁】
〇ここに土屋の一族たちが、二十九日の宵に集まって話し合っていた中で、平次左衛門尉が「千に一つもこの軍に勝てる見込みはない。明日の合戦でこの一門が皆々討ち死にをしてこそ、勇士の志を人々の語り草として後世に残すことができる」と言い、皆で示し合わせて「土屋党何十人が討ち死にした」と人にも知られ、高名を子孫に伝えようと申したので、各々もっともなことだとして、土屋党五十三人が皆一様に左(の手)に指懸けを差し、薬指を紅の糸で結んだ。
〇さて、京都では山名播磨守が出雲・伯耆・隠岐・丹後四ヶ国の勢千二百余騎を一手にまとめて寄せ来ると聞こえたので、細川武蔵(守)……
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
(Continuing from the previous folio) ...Seeing this, the soldiers recovered their spirits somewhat. Shōya Jōkei Nyūdō rode up to him and said harshly, grinding his teeth: "You undertook so great an enterprise, yet you missed the agreed hour for the signal — where in the world have you been?" Mitsuyuki replied: "And that is precisely why I say that my fortune is spent. Such a strange thing has occurred: around midnight I left the encampment and let my horse take me along, thinking I was heading down into the eastern valley — but I was in fact going southward. I passed through the area of Kawashima and came out at Tambaguchi, and when dawn broke faintly and I looked around, I found myself at the pass in the middle of Ōeyama. I thought, 'What on earth has happened? Who was guiding the way?' and when I asked, they told me: 'A warrior in hi-odoshi armor riding a grey horse called out "The Katsuragawa is this way, this way!" and led the way at the very front, but at the moment dawn broke, he vanished without a trace.' From there I turned back, and it was at the Katsuragawa that I first heard the battle in Kyōto had begun." Shōya Nyūdō said: "And that is precisely why I say your fortune is spent. Word has come that our side has been defeated at the Battle of Ōmiya, and that Kazusa-no-suke and Kobayashi have been killed." At that, (they resolved): "Then dividing our forces among the various directions is futile. Let us join into a single force, press upon the end of Nijō, and die in battle." Thus they decided upon the Ichijō approach. The Tsuchiya party also joined together as one.
**[Left folio]**
〇 Now, on the evening of the twenty-ninth day, the members of the Tsuchiya clan had gathered together and spoken among themselves. Heiji Saemon-no-jō said: "There is not one chance in a thousand that we can win this battle. Let all of this clan die in tomorrow's battle — only then can the resolve of true warriors be left on the lips of men for posterity." They all made a pact, declaring: "Let it be known to all that so many tens of men of the Tsuchiya party died in battle," so as to spread their fame and pass it down to their descendants. Everyone agreed this was the right course, and so all fifty-three members of the Tsuchiya party uniformly attached finger-guards to their left hands and bound their ring fingers with crimson thread.
〇 Meanwhile, in Kyōto, word spread that Yamana Harima-no-kami had unified the forces of four provinces — Izumo, Hōki, Oki, and Tango — totaling over twelve hundred horsemen, and was advancing as one. Upon hearing this, Hosokawa Musashi(-no-kami)...