翻刻
【右丁】
用ひ給ふとも云り惣而大刀の作り様品々多き内に
神大刀奉納御帯刀陰の大刀陽の大刀公達作り
に随身大刀無官大刀能の大刀に至迄其品異に
作りに佐洲故実有事にて金作之銀作りいか物
作り荒に作り豹虎の毛のさや熊の毛之上鞘
等有り神大刀奉納大刀には陰陽もなく毛さや
もなしとかや夫ゟ已下にはみな陰と陽との
其対をして作る□【例ヵ】有とそ陰陽之
【左丁】
大刀は木爪作りとて目貫は表六つ裏六つ十二月
大小の節度を表す四枚切物は是四季の
時候頭の鈔形之内には陽数を顕はし日輪の丸
きを彫是に丸《振り仮名：鉘｜シトヽメ》といふを掛七十二ふ（こヵ）也金の鎖り
末二ツふりく【てヵ】至【玉ヵ】七十二候に昼夜の二つ鐺り鈔
形には陰陽精として月輪の丸きを釘隠にし
て是を打天下豊饒のた■【いヵ】いち五
穀成就を本とす依而目貫を俵と名つくると
現代語訳
【右丁】
用いたまうとも言われる。総じて大刀の作り様は品々多き内に、神大刀・奉納大刀・御帯刀・陰の大刀・陽の大刀・公達作り・随身大刀・無官大刀・能の大刀に至るまで、その品は異なり、作りに様々な故実があることにて、金作り・銀作り・いかもの作り・荒に作り・豹虎の毛の鞘・熊の毛の上鞘等がある。神大刀・奉納大刀には陰陽もなく、毛鞘もなしとかや。それより以下にはみな陰と陽との対をして作る例があるとぞ。陰陽の
【左丁】
大刀は木爪作りとて、目貫は表六つ・裏六つの十二、十二月・大小の節度を表す。四枚切物は四季の時候を表す。頭の鈔形の内には陽数を顕わし、日輪の丸きを彫り、これに「鉘（しとどめ）」という物を掛け、七十二ある。金の鎖りの末に二つ振りくてに至り、七十二候に昼夜の二つ鐺り。鈔形には陰の精として月輪の丸きを釘隠しにして、これを打つ。天下豊饒のために、五穀成就を本とする。よって目貫を「俵」と名付けると
英語訳
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It is also said to have been used in this manner. In general, among the many varieties of sword construction, there are: divine swords (神大刀), dedicatory swords (奉納大刀), ceremonial swords (御帯刀), yin swords (陰の大刀), yang swords (陽の大刀), swords made for young nobles (公達作り), escort swords (随身大刀), swords for those without rank (無官大刀), and even swords used in Nō performances (能の大刀). Each differs in its specifications, and various traditional rules govern their construction, including gold-worked, silver-worked, exotic-worked, rough-worked styles, scabbards of leopard or tiger fur, and upper scabbards of bear fur, among others. It is said that divine swords and dedicatory swords have neither yin/yang distinction nor fur scabbards. From these downward, all are made in corresponding yin and yang pairs, so it is said. As for yin-yang
【Left Page】
swords, they are made in the "wood-claw" (木爪) style: the menuki (sword handle ornaments) number six on the front and six on the back, totaling twelve, representing the twelve months and the rhythm of major and minor seasonal divisions. The four cut-pieces represent the four seasons. Within the kashira (pommel) fitting, yang numbers are expressed by carving the circular form of the sun disc, to which fittings called "shitodome" are attached, numbering seventy-two in all. At the end of the gold chain hang two pendants, representing the seventy-two seasonal micro-periods (候) paired with day and night. In the fitting known as the "shōgyō" (鈔形), the essence of yin is expressed by using the circular form of the moon disc as a decorative nail cover, which is then applied. The fundamental purpose is the abundant harvest under heaven and the successful growth of the five grains. Therefore, the menuki are named "tawara" (rice bales), and...