翻刻
場数被増御渡被下候様ニ而ハ一時之儀と違永久被
引張武門之栄辱ニ懸り候儀 御幼年之此節
猶更御家来一統心服不仕点止可罷在候義ニ無
御坐候間御領知高御家格相当之御引渡ニ相成候
様ニと御役筋江内密申立有之七月十五日
相州之方御引請ニ相成候同日青山下野守様
より御持場分被仰付候ニ付而ハ台場其外御存
寄も候ハヽ可被仰達旨御達被成猶御勘定
奉行衆ゟ茂同様御同人様御沙汰之旨被達
旁陣屋居小屋之場所其外共ニ再吟味被
仰付候依而ハ陣屋取立為入用御人数高可取
調義之処人数積之儀ハ第一ニ賊之形勢
衆寡強弱之次第と戦地之険易形勢ニ
因り廟算可致義ニ候処外国之儀者事
広義ニ而何之国より如何様之子細ニ而渡
来可致も不被計知義ニ候へ者何程之人数
ニ而喰留可申との目算ハ不被致義ニ有之
広闊之海上多之戦艦を聯風瀬之利ニ
乗し大衆乗込候其仕儀ニ寄而ハ会津闔
国之御人数御備被置候とも此ニ而御安堵決而
現代語訳
台場の数を増やして御渡し下さるような形になっては、一時的なことと違い、永久に引き続くことで武門の栄辱に関わる事柄であり、御幼年のこの折には、なおさら御家来一統が心服せず、不満を抱えたままとなりかねないことは御座いませんので、御領知高・御家格に相当した御引き渡しとなるよう、御役筋へ内密に申し立てがあり、七月十五日に相州（相模国）の方を御引き受けとなった。同日、青山下野守様より御持場分が仰せ付けられたことにより、台場その外について御存じの御意見があれば申し達すべき旨の御達しがあり、さらに御勘定奉行衆よりも同様に同人様より御沙汰の旨が達せられ、あわせて陣屋・居小屋の場所その外ともに再吟味を仰せ付けられた。これにより、陣屋を取り立てるための必要な御人数の高を取り調べるべきところ、人数の積算については、第一に賊の形勢・衆寡・強弱の次第と、戦地の険しさ・易しさ・形勢によって廟算（びょうさん）すべき事柄であるところ、外国の事については事が広義であって、何の国よりいかなる子細にて渡来するかも計り知れない事柄であれば、何程の人数をもって食い留めるべきかとの目算は致しかねる義に有之、広闊たる海上に多くの戦艦を連ね、風と潮流の利に乗じて大勢が乗り込んできた場合、その仕儀によっては会津国中の御人数を御備えに置かれたとしても、これにて御安堵は決して……
英語訳
Were the battery emplacements (*daiba*) to be increased in number and assigned to us in such a manner, it would not be a temporary matter but something that would continue in perpetuity, bearing upon the honor and disgrace of our military house. At this time, when our lord is still of young age, it would be all the more likely that the retainers as a whole could not sincerely submit and would remain harboring dissatisfaction—this was by no means an acceptable state of affairs. It was therefore communicated confidentially to the appropriate officials that the assignment should be made in accordance with our domain's assessed rice yield (*ryōchidaka*) and our domain's status (*ieгaku*). On the 15th day of the 7th month, it was decided that Sagami Province would be accepted as our assigned area. On the same day, Lord Aoyama Shimotsuke-no-Kami issued an order assigning our defensive positions, and declared that if we had any thoughts or proposals regarding the coastal batteries or other matters, we should submit them. Furthermore, the same communication was conveyed from the *Kanjō-bugyō* (Finance Magistrates) via the same lord. We were additionally ordered to re-examine in detail the locations of the field headquarters (*jin'ya*), guard huts (*ikogoya*), and other facilities. Accordingly, while we ought to have investigated the required troop numbers for establishing the field headquarters, the calculation of troop strength is fundamentally a matter of strategic planning (*byōsan*) that depends first and foremost on the enemy's disposition, relative numbers, and strength or weakness, as well as the ease or difficulty of the terrain at the battlefield. However, since foreign affairs are broad in scope, and it is impossible to know from which country, under what circumstances, and in what manner they might come, it is not possible to calculate with what number of troops one could hold them off. Should a great force board ships and ride favorable winds and currents across the vast open sea with a large fleet of warships arrayed together, depending on how that situation unfolds, even if the entire troop strength of the entire Aizu domain were to be deployed in defense, it could by no means be assured that…[text continues on next page]