翻刻
【右丁】
卒す嫡子越前守直好大坂前後のたゝかひに父と
共に馳むかひ父卒して家をつく嫡男新三郎直常
世をはやふして家つかすへき男なけれは叔父美作守
直房か二男直時に《割書：童名八十郎｜のちに市太夫》我娘あはせてよつき
とすそのゝち直好一人の男をもうくかれか成人の
ほとは直時してかれか家の事行はせん事をのそみ
請て寛文十一年七月廿二日六十四才にして卒す直時
舅直好か家の事つかさとつて此年十二月廿七日叙爵
して隠岐守に任す直好か男 民部直矩 既に成人
に及ひしかは延宝二年八月九日隠岐守直時をめして
【左丁】
故越前守直好か男既に長大に至れり彼父か所領返
しあたふへき所也亦汝か年比彼家の事 執行ひし
労によつて彼所領四ツか一ツをわかち給ふへしとそ
仰下されたるこれよりして直好か男民部直矩か家
をつくいくほとなくて同き四年四月晦日の夜病ひ
なくして俄に卒す世の人あやしき事に思ひけり《割書：此後｜世に》
《割書：つたへし隠岐守直時しうと直好か家の事捌してのち直好か男｜成人におよひぬれとも家の事返しあたふへしともせす執政》
《割書：の人々をさきとしてかたへの人々にも折にふれてはかの直矩｜天性病ふかくして出てつかゆへき身にあらす某か不幸に》
《割書：こそ侍れといひてなけきしほとに人々さもこそあらめとお｜もひしに隠岐守申所あとかたもなきそらこと也直矩は身》
《割書：すくやかに才ありて父祖の家つくへきもの也あつはれ御恩｜裁をかうふりてはやくかの父か遺領かへし給らんよし大におと》
現代語訳
【右丁】
卒去した。嫡子越前守直好は大坂の前後の戦いに父と共に馳せ向かった。父が卒去して家を継いだが、嫡男新三郎直常は早世して家を継ぐべき男子がいなかったので、叔父美作守直房の二男直時に（童名八十郎、後に市太夫）我が娘を嫁がせて養子とした。その後直好に一人の男子が生まれたが、彼が成人するまでは直時に彼の家の事を行わせることを望み、請うて寛文十一年七月二十二日、六十四歳で卒去した。直時は舅直好の家の事を司って、この年十二月二十七日に叙爵して隠岐守に任じられた。直好の男子民部直矩が既に成人に及んだので、延宝二年八月九日、隠岐守直時を召して
【左丁】
故越前守直好の男子が既に成長に至った。彼の父の所領を返し与えるべきところである。また汝が年来彼の家の事を執行した労によって、彼の所領の四分の一を分かち給うべしと仰せ下された。これより直好の男子民部直矩が家を継いだが、いくらもなくて同じ四年四月晦日の夜、病気もなく俄かに卒去した。世の人は不審なことに思った。（この後世に伝えた話では、隠岐守直時は舅直好の家の事を取り仕切った後、直好の男子が成人に及んだにもかかわらず家の事を返し与えようともせず、執政の人々を始めとして傍らの人々にも折に触れて、かの直矩は天性病が深くて出て仕えるべき身ではない、某の不幸であると言って嘆いていたほどに、人々もさもあろうかと思っていたが、隠岐守の申すところは跡形もない空言であった。直矩は身体健やかで才があって父祖の家を継ぐべき者であった。あわれ御恩裁を蒙って早く彼の父の遺領を返し給わんことを大いに願っていたのに）
英語訳
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he died. His heir Echizen-no-kami Naoyoshi participated in the battles before and after Osaka alongside his father. After his father died and he inherited the house, his eldest son Shinzaburō Naotsune died young and there was no male heir to succeed the house, so he married his daughter to his uncle Mimasaku-no-kami Naofusa's second son Naotoki (childhood name Yasojirō, later Ichidayū) and adopted him. Later Naoyoshi had one son, but wishing that Naotoki would manage his house affairs until the boy reached adulthood, he made this request and died on the 22nd day of the 7th month of Kanbun 11 at age 64. Naotoki took charge of his father-in-law Naoyoshi's house affairs, and on the 27th day of the 12th month of that year was granted court rank and appointed Oki-no-kami. Since Naoyoshi's son Minbu Naonori had already reached adulthood, on the 9th day of the 8th month of Enpō 2, Oki-no-kami Naotoki was summoned and told:
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The son of the late Echizen-no-kami Naoyoshi has already reached maturity. His father's domain should be returned to him. Moreover, in recognition of your years of service in managing his house affairs, you shall be granted one quarter of his domain. From this time Naoyoshi's son Minbu Naonori inherited the house, but not long after, on the night of the last day of the 4th month of the same 4th year, he suddenly died without illness. People found this very suspicious. (What was later told to the world was that Oki-no-kami Naotoki, after taking control of his father-in-law Naoyoshi's house affairs, did not return the house management even when Naoyoshi's son reached adulthood. He would tell the senior retainers and other attendants on various occasions that Naonori was chronically ill by nature and unfit to serve publicly, lamenting this as his misfortune. People thought this might indeed be the case, but what Oki-no-kami claimed was completely false. Naonori was healthy in body and talented, truly fit to inherit his ancestral house. Pitifully, he greatly wished to receive gracious judgment and have his father's legacy returned to him quickly.)