翻刻
【右丁】
信州伊那郡中沢山ゟ材木
伐出申候に付書面之材木
千本天龍川下仕候間御裏
判可被下候右中沢山之義
御料所村々入会之組合無
御座候尤御料所百姓山ゟ出候
材木取受川下仕候由申上候
様其外紛敷儀申上候者
有之六敷儀出来仕候は何方迄
も私共申披可仕候為後日
仍而如件
内藤大和守内 印判
宝暦八戊寅年三月 佐藤久左衛門印判
同断
赤羽幸作印判
右之通相調渡申候尤初日ゟ
日付致五日六日七日八日迄致書候
一添状飯島役所役人中え書候
文言左之通
一筆致啓上候追々暖気
罷成候各様弥御堅固
可被成御勤珎重奉存候然は
松田屋六郎右衛門遠州川下材木
證文四通差遣候に付致奥書
右之者え相渡申候乍御六ヶ敷
御裏判相済候様ニ被成可被下候
現代語訳
【右丁】
信州伊那郡中沢山より材木を伐り出し申し候につき、書面の材木千本を天竜川下し仕り候間、御裏判下されるべく候。右中沢山の件、御料所村々入会の組合はございません。もっとも御料所の百姓の山より出候材木を取り受け、川下し仕り候由申し上げ候様、その外紛らわしき儀を申し上げ候者これあり、六ヶ敷き儀出来仕り候はば、何方までも私共申し披き可仕り候。後日のために仍って件の如し。
内藤大和守内 印判
宝暦八戊寅年三月 佐藤久左衛門 印判
同断
赤羽幸作 印判
右の通り相調え渡し申し候。もっとも初日より日付を致し、五日・六日・七日・八日まで書き致し候。
一、添状は飯島役所役人中へ書き候、文言左の通り。
一筆啓上致し候。追々暖気罷り成り候、各様いよいよ御堅固に御勤め成さるべく、珍重に存じ奉り候。さては松田屋六郎右衛門、遠州川下材木の証文四通差し遣わし候につき、奥書致し、右の者へ相渡し申し候。御六ヶ敷ながら、御裏判相済み候様に成し下さるべく候。
英語訳
【Right Page】
Regarding the felling of timber from Nakazawa-yama in Ina District, Shinshū Province, as we are to float one thousand pieces of timber as described in the written document down the Tenryū River, we request that you grant your official endorsement (urahan). Concerning said Nakazawa-yama, there is no joint-use cooperative (iriai kumiai) among the villages of the Goryōsho (shogunally administered lands). We hereby state that we have received timber coming from the mountains of the Goryōsho peasants and are floating it downstream. Should there be anyone making misleading claims about this or any other matter, or should any difficulties arise, we, the undersigned, will explain and resolve the matter to any party concerned. Written hereafter as proof for the future.
Naitō Yamato-no-kami's retainer [Seal]
Hōreki 8, Year of Tsuchinoe-Tora (1758), 3rd Month Satō Kyūzaemon [Seal]
Same as above
Akabane Kōsaku [Seal]
The above has been duly prepared and delivered. The dating was begun from the first day, and written through the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th days.
One item: A covering letter was written to the officials of the Iijima Office, the wording of which is as follows:
I humbly write to you. As the weather is gradually becoming warmer, I trust that all of you are in continued good health and carrying out your duties admirably, which I hold in the highest regard. Now then, as four copies of the certificate for Matsudaya Rokurōemon's timber to be floated down to Tōtōmi Province have been dispatched, I have added my endorsement (okugaki) and delivered them to the said person. Though I ask much of you, I request that you proceed with granting the official endorsement (urahan).