翻刻
指副播磨祠官ニは神 主（高久[朱]）正祢 宜（用久[朱]）右之衆は布衣
井 関（満久[朱]）松民 卿（以久[朱]）《割書：已上弐人は｜袴肩衣》被出内々之談合之旨被申候【井 関及び松民卿の中央に朱の縦線】
得は悉領掌也御殿之後之木之事は御鬮ニおり
候ハヽ切捨而可然候由也
一 十二日屡陰屡晴今日御殿之後之木共在所之
人足ヲ以伐社頭指添衆相談
一 十三日天晴又御殿之後壁之北之大木共談合ヲ以
被切神主正祢宜化安貴布祢々宜社頭指副【化安の中央に朱の縦線】
衆各被出大木ハさして伐間敷と社頭衆被申候
得共神主をはしめ祠官衆之異見ニよりて
の木の大木共三四本伐申され候 神慮如何と
各聳眉候
一 十四日社頭衆於社頭堀土居之普請又昨日切申候
くの木共取おき被申候又皮くの木共を社の御どう
の板あふり申候焼木ニ進上可申由五味殿下代迄雑【五味殿の中央に朱の縦線】
掌ヲ以被申候得は則奉行へ申返事可申入候由也
一 十五日天晴御殿後ノ堀又は木根共七町之人足ニ而
ワリ普請ニ而堀ヲウメサセラル此時往昔の筑地
現代語訳
（前頁より続き）指添・播磨・祠官には、神主（高久〔朱書〕）・正祢宜（用久〔朱書〕）、右の衆は布衣（ほい）にて、井関（満久〔朱書〕）・松民卿（以久〔朱書〕）〈以上二人は袴・肩衣〉がお出ましになり、内々の談合の旨を申されたところ、ことごとく了承された。御殿の後ろの木のことは、御鬮（おみくじ・くじ）に当たった場合は、切り捨てて差し支えないとのことであった。
一、十二日、時々曇り時々晴れ。今日、御殿の後ろの木々を、在所の人足をもって伐り、社頭指添衆が相談した。
一、十三日、晴れ。また御殿の後ろ、壁の北の大木どもを、談合のうえ伐採した。神主・正祢宜・化安・貴布禰祢宜・社頭指副衆がそれぞれお出ましになった。大木はさして伐るまじきと社頭衆がお申しになったが、神主をはじめ祠官衆の異見によって、その木の大木ども三、四本が伐り倒された。神慮（しんりょ）はいかがなものかと、各々眉をひそめた。
一、十四日、社頭衆が社頭において、堀・土居の普請をし、また昨日切り倒した木々を取り置かれた。また、皮（の剥けた）木どもを社の御堂の板に充てがい申した。焼木（たきぎ）として進上すべき由を、五味殿の下代（しただい）が雑掌をもって申されたところ、ただちに奉行へ申し、返事を申し入れるとのことであった。
一、十五日、晴れ。御殿後の堀、また木の根どもを、七町の人足にて割普請（わりぶしん）にて堀を埋めさせられた。この時、往昔の築地（ついじ）
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英語訳
(Continued from previous page) Among those who attended as directing officials (sashizoe) and the Harima shrine priests, the Head Priest (Takahisa [in red]) and the Chief Priest (Mochiiku [in red]) were dressed in plain silk robes (hoi), while Iseki (Mitsuhisa [in red]) and Matsutamikyo (Iiku [in red]) — the latter two dressed in hakama and kataginu — came out, and they were informed of the substance of the private deliberations; all matters were approved. As for the trees at the rear of the main shrine hall, it was decided that if they fell within the designated lot (as determined by lot-drawing), they could be felled and removed without objection.
Item: On the twelfth day, alternately cloudy and clear. Today, the trees at the rear of the main shrine hall were felled using laborers from the local area, and the shrine supervising officials (shadō sashizoe-shū) conferred together.
Item: On the thirteenth day, clear. The large trees to the north of the wall at the rear of the main shrine hall were felled following deliberation. The Head Priest, the Chief Priest, Kean, the Kibune Priest, and the shrine supervising deputy officials (shadō sashizoe-shū) each came out. The shrine community heads stated that the large trees ought not to be cut down so readily, but due to dissenting opinions from the Head Priest and other shrine officials, three or four of the large trees were felled. Everyone frowned in apprehension, wondering what the will of the deity (shinryo) might be in response.
Item: On the fourteenth day, the shrine community heads conducted earthwork construction on the moat and earthen embankment (doi) at the shrine precinct, and the timber felled the previous day was set aside. Furthermore, the stripped/bark-removed timber was applied as boards for the shrine hall. Lord Gomi's deputy (shitadai) conveyed through the shrine administrators (zasshō) that this wood should be offered up as firewood (takigi), to which the response was that the matter would be reported to the commissioner (bugyō) and a reply would be given.
Item: On the fifteenth day, clear. The moat at the rear of the main hall, along with the tree roots, was filled in using laborers from seven districts (chō) through a system of divided labor (wari-bushin). At this time, the old earthen walls (tsuiji) from former times...
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