翻刻
一 廿四日天晴昨夜寄合のことく在所人足六十人出して祝方
之御料屋同渡屋の地形三寸ツヽすかせ又祝屋ヲ曳又
日供御料屋ノ地形ヲならすもの也
一 同日ニ近日吉日ナレハ祝方ノ御料屋同わたりや柱立午刻
已前ニ可仕之由候て材木ヲはこハせ相待申候へと地形
すくにゟ時刻うつり申ノ上刻ハかりに祝方ノ御料屋
同わたり屋ノ柱立有之則晴木等迄立之
《割書：楼門大門差別事》【朱書】
一 廿五日午前晴雷鳴動
同日朝社司氏人社頭へ参り楼門二重やねニ可然之由
大和大工棟梁ニ申渡則絵図ヲカケ二重やねの体ヲ
みセ申候処ニ大和大工申候様ハ楼門ト云ニハ二重やね
のある事なし若二重やねならハ大門ツクリト
云ヘシ然ルニ楼門ト書付有之上は二重やねノ事分
別ニアタハスコレトテモ当社ノ大工ニ成共社法タルノ
由申者有之ハ可仕候此絵図ヲ見申ニ細工絵ト
みヘ申候大工ノ仕リ候絵図ニテハ無之トみヘ申由候て
二重やねの事合点不申候間用久ナトモ絵図
ヲ細工絵ト申候由きゝ候腹立タリ然共大和大
【左丁上部の朱書】
《割書：詮平天正造営｜記云此楼門絵》
《割書：図ニ相違シテ｜立之上古ハ二》
《割書：重屋根ニシテ扉｜モナク三門透明也》
《割書：然ニ屋根ヲ一重ニ｜シ扉ヲツクリカマヘ》
《割書：スル事大ナル誤也｜後代ハ可成其心》
《割書：得者也云々｜房按ニ此二記参考スルニ恐ラクハ楼門ノ名誤歟上古ノ制作大門ノ名正シカルヘシ然レトモ楼門ノ名モ尤古シ兵範記》
現代語訳
一、二十四日、天晴れ。昨夜の寄合（よりあい）の決定の通り、在所（ざいしょ）の人足（にんそく）六十人を出して、祝方（はふりがた）の御料屋（ごりょうや）および渡屋（わたりや）の地形（じぎょう）をそれぞれ三寸ずつ嵩上げし（すかせ）、また祝屋（はふりや）を曳（ひ）き、また日供（にっく）御料屋の地形を均（なら）すものなり。
一、同日、近日吉日なれば、祝方の御料屋および渡り屋の柱立てを午刻（うまのこく）以前に仕るべき由にて、材木を運ばせ、相待ち申し候えども、地形を均すことより時刻が移り、申（さる）の上刻（かみこく）ばかりに、祝方の御料屋および渡り屋の柱立て、これあり。すなわち晴木（はれき）等まで立てる。
〔朱書割書：楼門（ろうもん）・大門（おおもん）差別の事〕
一、二十五日、午前晴れ、雷鳴動く。
同日朝、社司（しゃし）・氏人（うじびと）が社頭（しゃとう）へ参り、楼門に二重屋根（ふたえやね）を設けるのが然るべき由を、大和大工（やまとだいく）の棟梁（とうりょう）に申し渡す。すなわち絵図（えず）を掛け、二重屋根の体（てい）を見せ申し候ところ、大和大工の申す様は、楼門と言うには二重屋根のあることはない。もし二重屋根ならば大門造り（おおもんづくり）と言うべし。しかるに楼門と書き付けある上は、二重屋根の事は分別（ふんべつ）に当たらず（適わず）、これとても当社の大工にても候とも、社法（しゃほう）たる由を申す者あれば仕るべく候。この絵図を見申すに、細工絵（さいくえ）と見え申し候。大工の仕り候絵図にてはなく見え申す由にて、二重屋根の事合点（がってん）申さず候間、用久（もちひさ）なども絵図を細工絵と申し候由を聞き候に腹立たり。然れども大和大工……
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〔左丁上部の朱書〕
《割書：詮平（せんぺい）、天正（てんしょう）造営記に云う、この楼門絵図に相違して立てる。上古（じょうこ）は二重屋根にして、扉（とびら）もなく、三門（さんもん）透明（とうめい）なり。しかるに屋根を一重にし、扉を造り構えすること、大なる誤りなり。後代はその心得を成すべき者なり、云々。》
《房（ふさ）按ずるに、この二記を参考するに、恐らくは楼門の名、誤りか。上古の制作は大門の名、正しかるべし。然れども楼門の名もまた最も古し。〔兵範記（ひょうはんき）……〕》
英語訳
Item: On the twenty-fourth day, the weather was clear. In accordance with the decisions made at last night's gathering (yoriai), sixty laborers (ninsoku) were dispatched from the local area. The ground level (jigyō) of the o-ryōya (designated building for the hafuri ritualists) and the watariya (connecting structure) was raised by three sun each; in addition, the hafuri-ya (ritualists' building) was moved by pulling, and the ground level of the nikkū o-ryōya (the building associated with the daily offerings) was leveled.
Item: On the same day, as a propitious day was near at hand, it had been determined that the raising of the pillars (hashira-date) for the hafuri-ya o-ryōya and the watariya should take place before the Hour of the Horse (noon). Timber was transported and all parties waited in readiness; however, due to the time taken by the ground-leveling work, the hour had passed, and the pillar-raising for the hafuri-ya o-ryōya and watariya took place at approximately the upper portion of the Hour of the Monkey (around 3–4 p.m.). The hare-ki (ceremonial timber) and other elements were duly erected.
[Red marginal note: Concerning the distinction between the Rōmon (two-storied gate) and the Ōmon (great gate).]
Item: On the twenty-fifth day, the morning was clear, with thunder.
On the morning of the same day, the shrine priests (shashi) and the ujibito (members of the shrine's hereditary families) went to the shrine precincts (shatō) and instructed the master carpenter (tōryō) of the Yamato carpenters that it was proper to equip the rōmon (楼門, two-storied gate) with a double roof (futae-yane). A drawing (ezu) was displayed to show the design for the double roof; however, the Yamato master carpenter objected, stating: "In what is called a rōmon, there is no such thing as a double roof. If it were to have a double roof, it should properly be called an ōmon-zukuri (great gate construction). Since the structure is designated in writing as a rōmon, it does not accord with reason to speak of a double roof. Even so, if one of this shrine's own carpenters were to declare this to be in accordance with the shrine's traditions and precedents (shahō), we would carry it out accordingly. However, looking at this drawing, it appears to be a saiku-e (a craftsman's sketch or decorative drawing), not what would be recognized as a proper carpenter's working drawing." On this basis, the Yamato carpenter refused to accept the concept of the double roof. Hearing that the carpenter had called the drawing a "saiku-e," Mochiiku and others were angered. Nevertheless, the Yamato carpenter...
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[Red annotation at the top of the left folio:]
Senpei's note, citing the Record of Construction in the Tenshō Era (Tenshō Zōei-ki): "This rōmon was built contrary to its design drawing. In ancient times, it had a double roof, no doors, and was an open triple-gate structure (sanmon). It is a great error to have reduced it to a single roof and to have installed doors. Those of later generations should be aware of this," and so on.
Fusa's annotation: "Consulting these two records, it seems quite possible that the name 'rōmon' is erroneous. In terms of ancient construction, the name 'ōmon' (great gate) would be correct. Nevertheless, the name 'rōmon' is also quite old [as evidenced in the Hyōhanki (兵範記)...]."