翻刻
御名をあらわし候程之義ニ候へハ向様へ御直談申入候へ共左様ニ致候而ハ向様か私か
是非ニ壱人ハ出席難成候左様ニ候へハ当時御役人之事御用之妨ニも成候哉
先其分ニ致置候由躬清ニ物語之由也躬清も先色々取直しとかく御出席
不被成候てハ不済事故明日はハいつれの道是非〳〵御出可然と申帰り由也
一廿四日日野弁殿へ惣代業久季脩保土三人持参之留
謹而言上
今度御池水拝領之儀願之通蒙 仰一社一統難有奉存候乍然一昨廿二日以書付
御窺申上候通小山百姓共ゟも御願申上候由ニ御座候右小山之儀も神領多御座
候得者右百姓共拝領仕候而も於一社難有御儀ニ御座候得共此度百性共ゟ直ニ
御願申上候事女房御奉書之以古格是迄御願申上候儀と同格ニ相成候而ハ
古来之社格も相立不申歎敷奉存候今年之義ハ植付等過半相仕舞
寄候へハ仮令水之儀ハ百姓共へ被下置候共重而右体之例ニ相成候而ハ女房
御奉書之訳一社之古格自相立不申様ニ自然と成行候事重々歎入奉存候間
此段被為聞召分御奉書被成下候一社之古格相貫候様一社一統偏ニ
奉願候以上 加茂一社惣代
五月廿四日 岡本播磨守 保土
日野弁殿 雑掌中 中大路三河守 季脩
森 中務 業久
廿六日亥 曇 昼時ゟ大雨
一今日定例ニ而掃除構中於評議所朝飯被催之
一朝飯後早々小寄会出席神主正久 保韶 業久 庸清 邦氏 季脩 産幸
徳季 普俊 保覚 保土 執筆代国清 会所兼太披露 兼令所労断
冨俊御囲被壊出頭ニ付不参也
一今朝早天小山久左衛門罷出会所亭へ参致案内候得共門不明ニ付保覚亭へ
参申候ハ御用水之義小山郷中へハ昨廿五日迄拝領仕候故夜前ゟ返献申上
御用水下可申と御所御役人様へ御窺申上候へハ賀茂へも御用水拝領被致
候故先下候事ハ無用ニ可仕段被仰候故田ゟ余り申候水も筋違橋通ゟ川原へ
はつし申候御社中様ニハ如何被遊候哉先右之段御届申上候由也右之趣保覚
演説也
一御池水返献之儀相談候処昨日迄小山郷へ拝領致候へハ今日ゟ賀茂へ拝領いたし所々ニ
傍示ニてもさし候か中村へ六分小山へ四歩とわけ遣し一両日もいたし候て返献可申候哉
殊ニ神領植付も未悉不相済中村郷ハ別而植付大分残候由ニ候へハ旁左様も
可然歟或ハ此評義も一通り之理ニ而ハ尤ニ候へとも此間之様子ニてハ御所表之間違
伝奏ニも被成にくき御様子ニ候依之何事も御取上無之候所詮此度之通ニてハ
一向社格も難立候故追而是非ニ御願被成也殊ニ小山之田ゟ余り申候水申上候川原へ
はつし御池へ不入様子ハ花壇奉行中之存念難計重而之害ニ成候ても気
現代語訳
（前頁からの続き）お名前を明かすほどのことであれば、先方へ直接お話を申し入れたとしても、そのようにしては、先方か私かどちらか一人は出席できなくなる。そのようなことになれば、当時の役人のことで御用の妨げにもなるかもしれない。まずはそのままにしておくとのことで、躬清に物語をされたとのことである。躬清もまず色々となだめて、とにかく御出席なさらなければ済まないことであるから、明日はいずれの道であれ、是非とも御出席されるのが然るべきことと申し帰ったとのことである。
一、二十四日、日野弁殿へ惣代の業久・季脩・保土の三人が持参した文書の留め。
謹んで言上いたします。
この度、御池水拝領の儀、願い通りに仰せを蒙り、一社一統難有く存じ奉ります。しかしながら、一昨日二十二日に書付をもってお窺い申し上げました通り、小山の百姓共からも御願い申し上げているとのことでございます。右の小山の儀も神領が多くございますので、右の百姓共が拝領いたしましても、一社としては難有いことではございますが、この度、百姓共より直接御願い申し上げましたことが、女房御奉書の古格によってこれまで御願い申し上げてきた儀と同格となっては、古来の社格も相立たずと歎かわしく存じ奉ります。今年の義は植付け等、過半が相済みに近い候へば、仮令、水の儀は百姓共へお下し置きくださいましても、重ねて右の体の例となっては、女房御奉書の訳、一社の古格が自然と相立たなくなるように成り行きますことを、重々歎き入り存じ奉ります。この段を御聞き分けくださいまして、御奉書をお下しくださり、一社の古格が相貫くよう、一社一統ひとえに願い奉ります。以上。
加茂一社惣代
五月二十四日 岡本播磨守 保土
日野弁殿 雑掌中 中大路三河守 季脩
森 中務 業久
二十六日 亥（の日付？または亥の刻？） 曇り 昼時より大雨。
一、今日は定例にて、掃除構えの中、評議所において朝飯が催された。
一、朝飯後、早々に小寄合の出席者。神主：正久・保韶・業久・庸清・邦氏・季脩・産幸・徳季・普俊・保覚・保土。執筆代は国清。会所兼太より披露あり。兼令は所労につき断った。冨俊は御囲いが壊れて出頭しなければならないため不参とのことである。
一、今朝早天に小山久左衛門が罷り出て会所亭へ参り案内を致したが、門が明かなかったため保覚亭へ参って申すには、「御用水の儀、小山郷中へは昨二十五日まで拝領仕ったので、夜前より返献を申し上げ、御用水をお下しすべきと御所の御役人様へお窺い申し上げたところ、賀茂へも御用水を拝領されているので、まずは下すことは無用にすべき段を仰せになった。よって田から余った水も、筋違橋通りから川原へはずし申している。御社中様にはいかがなさいますか。まず右の段を御届け申し上げる」とのことである。右の趣を保覚が演説した。
一、御池水返献の儀について相談したところ、昨日まで小山郷へ拝領していたので、今日から賀茂へ拝領することとし、各所に傍示でも立てるか、あるいは中村へ六分・小山へ四分と分け遣わして、一両日いたした後に返献申すべきか。殊に神領の植付けも未だすべて相済んでおらず、中村郷は別して植付けが大分残っているとのことであれば、あわせてそのようにするのが然るべきか。あるいはこの評議も一通りの理であって御尤もではあるが、この間の様子では御所表の間違いを伝奏に取り次ぎいただくことも難しいご様子であり、よって何事も御取り上げなく、所詮この度の通りでは一向に社格も立ち難い。よって追って是非とも御願いなさるべきである。殊に小山の田から余っている水が川原へはずされて御池へ入らない様子は、花壇奉行中の存念も計り難く、重ねての害となっても気（以下次頁へ続く）
英語訳
(Continued from previous page) Since this is a matter grave enough to require naming names, even if one were to speak to the other party directly, doing so would make it impossible for either that party or myself to attend [the meeting]. If that were to happen, it might interfere with the duties of the current officials. For now, he said he would leave the matter as it stood, and relayed this account to Mikiyo. Mikiyo also tried various means to calm him down, and told him that in any case he must attend, and that whatever the circumstances, it would be best for him to attend tomorrow without fail, and departed with this message.
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1. Record of the document carried by three representatives — Naritohisa, Suemichi, and Yasuchi — to Lord Hino-Ben on the 24th:
Respectfully submitted:
We are most grateful that our petition regarding the receipt of water from the sacred pond has been granted as requested, and the entire shrine community joins in expressing our deep appreciation. However, as we reported in writing the day before yesterday, the 22nd, it appears that the farmers of Koyama have also submitted a petition. Since the Koyama area also encompasses a considerable amount of shrine domain land, it would indeed be gratifying to the shrine community as a whole if those farmers were to receive the water. Nevertheless, we are deeply troubled that this instance of the farmers directly submitting a petition should come to be treated as equivalent in precedent to the petitions we have submitted under the traditional format of the *nyōbō go-bunsho* (lady's official letter), as this would undermine the ancient standing and precedents of the shrine that have been maintained since antiquity. As the planting season this year is already more than half completed, even if the water is distributed to the farmers, should this become an established precedent going forward, the significance of the *nyōbō go-bunsho* would naturally erode, and the ancient customs of our shrine community would gradually cease to be upheld — a prospect we find deeply lamentable. We therefore humbly and earnestly request that you take heed of this matter, issue a formal directive (*go-bunsho*), and ensure that the ancient traditions of our shrine community are preserved and upheld. Respectfully submitted.
Representative of the Kamo Shrine Community:
5th Month, 24th Day Okamoto Harima-no-kami Yasuchi
To: Lord Hino-Ben, *Zassho* officials Nakaōji Mikawa-no-kami Suemichi
Mori Nakatsukasa Naritohisa
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26th Day. [Astrological sign: *Inoshishi* / Hour of the Boar?]. Cloudy. Heavy rain from midday.
1. Today, as is customary, a morning meal was hosted at the deliberation hall during the cleaning period.
2. Shortly after the morning meal, the attendees of the small meeting were: shrine priests Masahisa, Yasushige, Naritohisa, Tsunekiyo, Kuniuji, Suemichi, Ubayuki, Norisuye, Fujitoshi, Yasusato, and Yasuchi. The acting scribe was Kunikiyo. Kanetomo of the meeting hall made announcements. Kanenori submitted his regrets due to illness. Tomitoshi was unable to attend as he had to appear due to damage to his enclosure.
3. Early this morning, Koyama Kyūzaemon appeared and called at the meeting hall residence, but as the gate was not yet open, he went to the residence of Yasusato and reported: "Regarding the water from the sacred pond, the Koyama district received its allocation through yesterday, the 25th, so from last night onward we submitted our return of the water, and when we enquired of the officials at the Imperial Palace whether to release the water, we were told that since Kamo [Shrine] had also been granted water from the sacred pond, releasing it for now would be unnecessary. Therefore, any water surplus from the paddies has been diverted from the Sujikai Bridge area to the riverbed. How does the shrine community intend to proceed? We submit this report for now." Yasusato relayed this account to the assembly.
4. Upon deliberating on the matter of returning the sacred pond water, it was noted that since Koyama district had received the allocation through yesterday, and Kamo would now receive it starting today, the options were: to mark the boundaries with *hōji* (boundary markers) in various locations; or to divide the water — six parts to Nakamura and four parts to Koyama — and then submit the return after one or two days. Moreover, since planting on the shrine domains had not yet been fully completed, and the Nakamura district in particular reportedly had a considerable amount of planting still remaining, it seemed reasonable to proceed accordingly. Alternatively, while this line of reasoning seemed sound enough in principle, given recent circumstances, it appeared difficult to have the matter conveyed to the *Tendai sōzu* (transmission officials) due to misunderstandings at the Imperial Palace, and as a result nothing was being taken up. In any case, proceeding as things stood, it would be impossible to uphold the shrine's dignity and precedents. Therefore, petitions must absolutely be made in due course. Furthermore, the fact that surplus water from the Koyama paddies was being diverted to the riverbed and not flowing into the sacred pond was concerning in terms of the intentions of the *Kadan bugyō* (Garden officials), and even if it were to cause further harm — (continued on next page)