翻刻
右御要害一統尤ニ思召し候由則川奉行季甫保布へ被申渡川方之者共へ
被申付昼之内ニ木馬俵等用意いたし俵ニも石を詰置候て入夜候ハヽ
早々人堰いたし馬を入候様之手筈可被致也席ゟ出頭之衆中ニハ
保韶月番博久哲顕史顕雑掌保土執筆代国清沙汰人之内躬清
兼頼之輩季脩茂季杜顕川奉行季甫保布也申ノ半刻比先
河原町新家へ参集之筈也若衆中御兼頼則躬清被参也備前介
保堯《割書：社頭御番
断也》肥前守清智 近江介保健 綱次郎大夫直弟 卯丸大夫
酉次郎大夫兼則 卯之介文兼説 亀福大夫兼安《割書：社頭番
断也》 新千代大夫台顕《割書：取方
断》
周丸大夫清廉 他人大夫屋顕 酉藤大夫田兼《割書：病人有之ニ付
御用捨也》 幸介大夫御兼頼之外也
一百姓共東西ニ而随分丈夫成もの三拾人御兼頼被成此中へ川方八人正大工等
被召加也
一松明雨中ニ而難燈ニ付竹松明四拾本ほと修理方へ申入候
右何も暮頃ゟ新家へ被集候様ニ申入也残り候分ハ川奉行橋小屋へ被入置候也
一今日昼頃評議所へ参候処大野水役人源兵衛六郎兵衛 三人罷出御願
申上候ハ洪水ニ而大野井手損候ニ付杭木御願也依之申渡候ハ此節ハ
杭木御払底ニ候間先其方共方ニ而相調候而追而本所〱へ割懸可申候尚又
御社領之分ハ此方ゟ書付被遣候様ニ願可申段申渡候也
一暮前比各新家ニ参集出小松流口之上よりニ木馬三疋為入乱杭流シ等為懸
見候へとも全体南方川床高ク其上雨も止川水減し申故存候様ニ水もはね不申
人堰等いたし候ても甲斐も有之間敷様ニ川方を始一統申ニ付四ツ過比皆々
引退申候尤例之通粥被遣為給候也兼頼之若衆ハ帰り之節於新家御酒
進候也百姓共引候候時分新家ニ顔付候処町々行事共弐拾五人也此内丈夫成
もの六人川方八人川奉行中両人終夜被詰候而夜明方右之木馬被
引候筈也尤川方八人御兼頼之六人川原町伊三郎池ノ吉三郎孫三郎
梅ノ文蔵山ノ勘六中ノ浅之允等へハ鶏卵御酒等被下也
四日午晴
一巳ノ刻比川奉行季甫入来今朝未明夜前之木馬悉為引申候馬も余程
利申候而全体其辺格別浅ク成申候尤瀬先キも替り申候由被届也
一今日御祭勘定也出席月番博久哲顕季甫史顕年番保韶庸清産幸
修理方博久《割書：月番
兼帯》世顕杜顕調進奉行冨俊川奉行季甫《割書：月番
兼帯》保布
雑掌保覚保土執筆代直安代国清会所学顕職中兼太躬清等也神主正久
断不参也 御祭勘定例年之通今年ハ残銀九百目余御借銀之内へ返弁也
算盤産幸保土相算申清書国清也算用相談保韶也右相済以後如
例昼飯認也 塩鯖せんば 汁《割書：こま〳〵
からし》飯 香のもの也
現代語訳
右の御要害（工事）はすべてもっともであるとお思いになり、則ち川奉行の季甫・保布へ申し渡され、川方の者どもへ申し付け、昼のうちに木馬・俵等を用意し、俵にも石を詰め置いて、夜になったならば早々に人堰をして馬を入れるよう、その手はずを整えるべきこと。席より出頭の衆中には、保韶（月番）・博久・哲顕・史顕・雑掌・保土・執筆代・国清・沙汰人の内の躬清、兼頼の輩（若衆）として季脩・茂季・杜顕、川奉行として季甫・保布。申の半刻（午後四時半）頃、まず河原町の新家へ参集する手はずである。若衆の御兼頼については、則ち躬清が参られた。備前介保堯（割書：社頭御番につき断り）、肥前守清智、近江介保健、綱次郎大夫直弟、卯丸大夫、酉次郎大夫兼則、卯之介文兼説、亀福大夫兼安（割書：社頭番につき断り）、新千代大夫台顕（割書：取方断り）、周丸大夫清廉、他人大夫屋顕、酉藤大夫田兼（割書：病人がいるため御用捨）、幸介大夫は御兼頼の外である。
一、百姓どもを東西より随分丈夫な者三十人御兼頼なされ、この中へ川方八人・正大工等を召し加えられた。
一、松明が雨中では灯し難いため、竹松明四十本ほどを修理方へ申し入れた。
右のいずれも暮れ頃より新家へ集まるよう申し入れた。残った分は川奉行の橋小屋へ入れ置かれた。
一、今日の昼頃、評議所へ参ったところ、大野の水役人・源兵衛・六郎兵衛、三人が罷り出て御願いを申し上げたのは、洪水により大野井手が損じたにつき、杭木の御願いであった。これにより申し渡したのは、この節は杭木が払底しているので、まずその方どもの方で調達して、追って本所（各本所）へ割り掛け申すべきこと。なお御社領の分はこちらより書付を遣わすよう願い申すべき段を申し渡した。
一、暮れ前頃、各々が新家に参集し、出小松の流し口の上より木馬三匹を入れ、乱杭流し等を掛けてみたところ、全体的に南方の川床が高く、その上雨も止み川水が減じてしまったため、思うように水もはねず、人堰等をしても甲斐もなかろうと、川方をはじめ一統が申すので、四つ（午後十時）過ぎ頃、皆々引き退いた。なお例の通り、粥を遣わして召し上がらせた。兼頼の若衆は帰りの節、新家にて御酒を進じた。百姓どもが引き揚げる時分、新家に顔を出したところ、町々の行事どもが二十五人いた。この内、丈夫な者六人・川方八人・川奉行中両人は終夜詰めて、夜明け方に右の木馬を引き揚げる手はずである。なお川方八人・御兼頼の六人、すなわち川原町の伊三郎・池の吉三郎・孫三郎・梅の文蔵・山の勘六・中の浅之允等へは、鶏卵・御酒等を下された。
四日、午（うまの日）、晴れ。
一、巳の刻（午前十時）頃、川奉行の季甫が入来した。今朝の未明に昨夜の木馬を悉く引き揚げた。馬もかなり役立ち、全体的にその辺りが格別浅くなった。なお瀬先も替わったとのことである旨、届けられた。
一、今日、御祭の勘定を行った。出席は、月番・博久・哲顕・季甫・史顕、年番・保韶・庸清・産幸、修理方・博久（割書：月番兼帯）・世顕・杜顕、調進奉行・冨俊、川奉行・季甫（割書：月番兼帯）・保布、雑掌・保覚・保土、執筆代・直安代国清、会所・学顕、職中の兼太・躬清等。神主の正久は断って不参。御祭の勘定は例年の通りで、今年は残銀九百目余りを御借銀の内へ返弁した。算盤は産幸・保土が合算し、清書は国清、算用の相談は保韶が行った。右が相済んだ後、例の如く昼飯を設えた。塩鯖・せんば（煎鯖）、汁（こまごまとした具・芥子入り）、飯、香の物。
英語訳
The proposed engineering works (*yōgai*) were all deemed appropriate. Accordingly, the river magistrates (*kawa-bugyō*) Suemoto and Yasunori were instructed to convey orders to the river management team (*kawagata*): during the day they were to prepare pack horses (*mokuba*) and bales (*tawara*), filling the bales with stones, and once night fell, they were to quickly form human barriers (*hito-seki*) and deploy the horses. The following personnel were to present themselves from the senior staff section: Yasusato (duty month official, *tsukiban*), Hirohisa, Tetsunori, Fuminori, the administrative officer (*zōshō*), Yasuto, the deputy scribe (*shippitsu-dai*), Kunikiyo, and from among the *sadame-nin*, Kyūsei; and among those enlisted as auxiliaries (*kanerei*): Suenaga, Shigeki, and Morinori; and as river magistrates: Suemoto and Yasunori. They were to assemble at the Shinka (new house) in Kawaramachi around the Hour of the Monkey and a half (approximately 4:30 p.m.). Regarding the young auxiliaries, Kyūsei himself attended. The following were noted as having declined: Bizen-no-suke Yasutaka (marginal note: on duty at the shrine (*shatō go-ban*)), Hizen-no-kami Kiyosato, Ōmi-no-suke Yasutake, Tsunajirō Dayū Naotoyo, Umaru Dayū, Torijirō Dayū Kanenori, Unnosuke Fumikanesato, Kamefuku Dayū Kaneyasu (marginal note: on shrine duty (*shatō ban*)), Shinchishiro Dayū Dainori (marginal note: declined due to collection duties (*torī-kata*)), Karamaru Dayū Kiyokado, Tanin Dayū Yayanori, Toritō Dayū Tane-kane (marginal note: excused due to illness in family), and Kōsuke Dayū who was outside the scope of the request (*kanerei*).
1. Approximately thirty sturdy peasants from the eastern and western [neighborhoods] were requested as auxiliaries, and in addition, eight members of the river team and master carpenters (*seidaiku*) were recruited.
2. As torches (*taimatsu*) would be difficult to keep lit in the rain, approximately forty bamboo torches were requested from the repair department (*shūri-kata*).
All of the above were instructed to assemble at the Shinka from around dusk. The remaining supplies were stored in the river magistrate's bridge hut (*hashikoya*).
3. Around noon today, upon going to the deliberation hall, three men — the water workers (*mizu-yakunin*) from Ōno: Genbei and Rokurobei — came forward with a petition. The cause was damage to the Ōno irrigation channel (*ide*) from the flooding, and they requested a grant of stakes (*kui-ki*). In response, they were told: as stakes are currently in short supply, they should first procure them on their own account, with costs to be apportioned to the relevant *honjō* (estate authorities) at a later date. Furthermore, it was conveyed to them that they should petition for a written authorization to be sent from this office for the portion pertaining to shrine estates (*sha-ryō*).
4. Toward evening, everyone assembled at the Shinka. Three pack horses were sent in from above the drainage channel at Dematsu, and loose-pile stakes and log floats (*midari-kui-nagashi*) were deployed. However, as the riverbed to the south was generally high, and moreover the rain had stopped and the river water had diminished, the water did not splash as hoped, and the general assessment from the river team and all others was that the human barriers and other efforts would likely be to little effect. Accordingly, everyone withdrew around the Hour of the Dog and a half (approximately 10 p.m.). In keeping with custom, rice gruel (*kayu*) was provided for the participants to eat. The young men who had been enlisted as auxiliaries were served sake at the Shinka on their way home. When the peasants were withdrawing and faces were checked at the Shinka, there were twenty-five *gyōji* (neighborhood managers) from the various districts. Of these, six sturdy men, eight river workers, and the two river magistrates were to remain stationed throughout the night, and were to retrieve the pack horses at dawn. Furthermore, to the eight river workers and six enlisted men — namely Isaburo of Kawaramachi, Kichisaburō of Ikenomachi, Magosaburō, Bunzō of Umenomachi, Kanroku of Yamanomachi, and Asanosuke of Nakanomachi — eggs and sake were provided.
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**The 4th day, *Uma* (午) day. Clear.**
1. Around the Hour of the Snake (approximately 10 a.m.), Suemoto, the river magistrate, came in and reported: in the early morning before dawn, all of last night's pack horses had been withdrawn. The horses had been considerably effective, and the area had become notably shallower overall. Furthermore, the course of the rapids (*se-saki*) had also changed.
2. Today, the accounts for the festival (*o-matsuri kanjō*) were settled. Those in attendance were: the monthly duty officer, Hirohisa, Tetsunori, Suemoto, Fuminori; the annual duty officer, Yasusato, Yōsei, Ubuyuki; the repair department, Hirohisa (marginal note: concurrently serving as monthly duty officer), Yonori, Morinori; the provisioning magistrate (*chōshin bugyō*), Tomitoshi; the river magistrate, Suemoto (marginal note: concurrently serving as monthly duty officer), Yasunori; the administrative officers, Yasukaku and Yasuto; the deputy scribes, Naoyasu and Kunikiyo (in proxy); the assembly hall representative, Gakunori; and from the professional staff (*shoku-naka*), Kanetō and Kyūsei, among others. Head priest Masahisa declined and did not attend.
The festival accounts were settled in the same manner as in previous years. This year, the remaining silver balance of over 900 *monme* was applied to the repayment of outstanding borrowed silver (*go-shakugin*). The abacus calculations were performed jointly by Ubuyuki and Yasuto; the fair copy was written by Kunikiyo; and the consultation on the accounts was handled by Yasusato. After these matters were concluded, lunch was prepared as customary: salted mackerel, *senba* (grilled/broiled mackerel), soup (with various small ingredients and mustard), rice, and pickles (*kōnomono*).