翻刻
【右丁】
学校内可被為貸凡而宅稽古一統
之通相心得候様被 仰付候所宅稽
古場之儀は二男以下之稽古に有之
嫡子に相成候歟又は他姓相続仕候得は
改而武学寮内稽古場へ罷出修
行致候義に有之私手元に而は嫡子二男
之無差別相談仕居当時之門弟多
分嫡子に御坐候処家督相続之後
頭々之宅或は武構へ罷出役懸りに而
講釈并聴聞等致候節宅稽古之
【左丁】
願を以御軍事奉行へ入門致候儀に可
在御座哉左候而は修行之間に費も
有之勿論指南仕候も無用成義に
可有御座依而は一己望にて師を替候
者は格別左も無之者は勤に相成候
とも手元に而修行為仕度旨申上候
処素より同流之儀必竟御流役
厚く為可被成江戸表へ修行に被差登
指南をも被 仰付候儀《見せ消ち:こ|に》候得は仮令
門弟之内勤に相成役懸りにて修行
現代語訳
【右丁】
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学校内にて貸し与えるべきで、おおむね宅稽古一統の通り心得るよう仰せ付けられた。ところが、宅稽古場の儀は次男以下の稽古に限られており、嫡子となった場合、あるいは他の姓を相続した場合は、改めて武学寮内の稽古場へ罷り出て修行致すべき儀となっている。私の手元では嫡子・次男の区別なく相談仕り居り、当時の門弟の多くは嫡子でいらっしゃるところ、家督相続の後は、頭々の宅あるいは武構へ罷り出て、役懸りにて講釈ならびに聴聞等致す節は、宅稽古の
【左丁】
願いをもって御軍事奉行へ入門致す儀となるべきでございましょうか。左(そう)候えば、修行の間に費えも生じ、もちろん指南仕ることも無用となる儀でございましょう。依って、一己の望みにて師を替える者は格別、さもない者は勤めに相成っても手元にて修行させ度き旨申し上げた処、元より同流の儀、畢竟、御流役を厚くなさしめるべく、江戸表へ修行に差し登らせ、指南をも仰せ付けられた儀でございますれば、たとえ門弟の内、勤めに相成り役懸りにて修行
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英語訳
[Right folio]
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...it should be lent within the school building, and all were instructed to regard this in the same manner as private home training (taku-keiko) in general. However, the private training hall (taku-keikoba) was designated only for the training of second sons and below; should a student become an heir (chakushi), or succeed to another family name, he was required to present himself anew at the training hall within the Military Studies Institute (Bugakuryō) for his practice. At my own residence, I have been consulting with students regardless of whether they are heirs or younger sons; yet since the majority of my current disciples are heirs (chakushi), after they succeed to the family headship, when they present themselves at the residences of their respective superiors or at the martial training hall, and attend lectures and instruction sessions in connection with official duties, (the question arises whether) for private home training,
[Left folio]
...they would need to formally enroll with the Military Affairs Magistrate (Gunjishōgyō) by way of a petition for home training. If that were to be the case, there would inevitably be additional costs incurred during their training, and of course it would render my instruction unnecessary. Therefore, I submitted a request that, with the exception of those who wished of their own accord to change their teacher, those who did not wish to do so should be permitted to continue their training under me even after taking up official duties. In response, it was conveyed that since we were originally of the same school (dōryū), and since the ultimate aim was to strengthen the official school (go-ryūyaku), Kazuma had been sent up to Edo for training and had also been ordered to provide instruction—therefore, even if disciples were to take up official duties and undergo training in connection with those duties,
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