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絵図ヲ御返シ被成候則和泉殿迄への文有之《割書：文言｜重而》【和泉の中央に縦の朱線】
《割書：可尋美作｜手前ニ有之》【美作の中央に縦の朱線】
一 同晦日ニ惣中評議ニ而はや惣造営と被仰出候上ハ
退転之旧跡尋出候而可然之由ニ而当地下惣普
請有之先神宮寺之塔之跡ヲ刈払礎ヲ掘出候
たしかなる礎共于今現在ニ而七間四方之跡也上古之
塔九輪之風鈴つりたるかねのわ并大釘四五本
土中ゟ出候同日ニ観音堂之西一切経蔵之跡尋
候へは段々礎有之則昔はかけつくりの様ニみゆる由
《割書：啓云｜沙歟》
各被申候当町汰人掃部助備中守民部少輔也【掃部助、備中守及び民部少輔の中央に縦の朱線。】
一 二月二日ニ社内塔大御所小御所之旧跡可尋候由ニ而【一 二月の右に朱の縦線】
高久用久社頭講衆中安 芸（氏栄[朱]）雲 州（氏増[朱]）古老之衆【高久、用久、安芸及び雲州の中央に縦の朱線。】
以相談雖被尋旧跡不分明候間所詮可＿レ任＿二絵図ノ
之旨＿一ニ由ニ而御所屋ニ絵図ヲかけそのとをり〳〵を被
尋候へとも久ク経星霜事なれハ不分明然共大かた
似合敷処ニテ号旧跡縄はり有之今日手前は
天気和暖なりしかとも午後風起薄雪落尤
上下袖手ス然処ニ自寺家中執行坊玉泉坊【玉泉坊の中央に縦の朱線】
【レ点、返り点は朱書。】
現代語訳
絵図をお返しになった。そして和泉殿への文書があり（割書：文言は改めて美作の手元にあるものを尋ねるべし）。
一、同月晦日、惣中の評議にて、「早くも惣造営と仰せ出された以上は、退転した旧跡を尋ね出すのが然るべきこと」との意見がまとまり、当地下の惣普請として、まず神宮寺の塔の跡を刈り払い、礎石を掘り出した。確かな礎石が今も現存しており、七間四方の跡であった。上古の塔の九輪に吊るされていた風鈴の鐘の輪、ならびに大釘四、五本が土中より出土した。同日、観音堂の西にある一切経蔵の跡を尋ねたところ、段々と礎石があり、かつては「かけづくり」（懸造り）のような様子であったと、各々が申した。当町の沙汰人は掃部助・備中守・民部少輔である。（割書：啓云・沙歟）
一、二月二日、社内の塔・大御所・小御所の旧跡を尋ねるべきとのことで、高久・用久・社頭の講衆中、安芸（朱書き：氏栄）・雲州（朱書き：氏増）・古老の衆と相談しながら旧跡を尋ねたが、はっきりとは判明しなかった。結局は絵図に任せるべきとのことで、御所屋に絵図を掛けて、その通り々々を尋ねたものの、長い星霜を経たことゆえ不分明であった。それでも、大方それらしき処を旧跡と号して縄張りをした。この日の午前中は天気が和やかで暖かであったが、午後から風が起き、薄雪が降り、上下みな袖手（手をこまねいて）した。そのところ、寺家中の執行坊・玉泉坊より―
英語訳
The illustrated plan (emap) was returned. A letter addressed to Izumi-dono was also present (marginal note: the wording should be verified again, as it remains with Mimasaka).
Item: On the last day of the same month [the 1st month], the general shrine community (sōchū) deliberated and concluded that, since the order for a complete reconstruction had already been issued, it was appropriate to locate and identify the sites of former structures that had fallen into disuse. A general construction survey of the local area was undertaken, and first the site of the pagoda of the Jingū-ji (the shrine's associated temple) was cleared and its foundation stones were excavated. Solid foundation stones were still present, revealing the remains of a structure measuring seven ken on each side. A bronze ring from a wind-bell (fūrin) that had been hung on the nine-ringed finial (kurin) of the ancient pagoda, along with four or five large nails, were unearthed from the ground. On the same day, the site of the Issaikyō-zō (the repository of the complete Buddhist canon) to the west of the Kannon-dō (the Kannon Hall) was also investigated, and multiple foundation stones were found in succession. Each person present noted that it appeared to have formerly been constructed in the style of a "kakedzukuri" (a structure built on stilts or projecting over a slope). The local administrators (satanin) of this area are Kamon-no-suke, Bichū no Kami, and Mimbu-no-shō.
(Marginal note: Kei'un [or: as stated; or: sand/gravel — possibly garbled])
Item: On the 2nd day of the 2nd month [a red vertical line appears to the right of "2nd month" in the original], in order to locate the former sites of the pagoda, the Great御所 (Ōgosho), and the Small Gosho (Kogosho) within the shrine precincts, Takahisa and Yoshihisa, together with the kōshū (lecture assembly members) of the shrine, including Aki (in red: Ujishige) and Unshū (in red: Ujimasu), and the elder members, searched the sites through consultation. However, the locations could not be clearly identified. It was therefore decided that the illustrated plan should serve as the authoritative reference, and the plan was hung in the御所屋 (goshoya), after which the sites were investigated according to the plan one by one. Nevertheless, given the great length of time that had elapsed, the sites remained unclear. Still, the places that roughly seemed to correspond were designated as the former sites and marked off with rope (nawabari). The weather that morning was mild and warm, but in the afternoon the wind rose and a light snow fell, and everyone — high and low alike — stood with folded arms (i.e., was unable to do much). At that point, from among the temple community (jike), the Shūgyōbō and Gyokusen-bō —