翻刻
【右丁】
中引通出精相勤候に付為御褒美
綿弐把被下置候事
一 同二丑年五月道中駅々〆方上役幷
女切手役兼務被 仰付《見せ消ち：■｜天》宰《見せ消ち：■｜湯》
本〆方之儀兼相勤候様被仰付費補年
之金三両つゝ無御借上被下置候
但駅筋風俗取直之為掟書相渡候様
被 仰付候に付御領内駅々問屋とも
公事所へ召呼教諭申付候上掟書
相渡尚又風俗取直候為御領内殊々
【左丁】
相廻り駅懸之者教誡申付候事
一 同三寅年六月揚川通船懸勤被
仰付揚川筋普請被 仰付候
但右に付川筋見分之上野尻村ゟ
徳沢村之間普請いたし同九月
罷帰候事
一 同年十月通船為試米百俵つゝ積
入弐度無滞乗下候事
一 同四卯年六月御人数被差出候に付
御宿割御用可被 仰付候先々に而は縨
現代語訳
【右丁】
（前頁より続き）中、引き通し出精して相勤めたにつき、御褒美として綿二把を下し置かれた事。
一 同二丑年五月、道中駅々〆方上役並びに女切手役の兼務を仰せ付けられ、天城（宰）湯本〆方の儀も兼ねて相勤めるよう仰せ付けられ、補年の金三両ずつ、御借上なく下し置かれた事。
但し、駅筋の風俗取り直しのため、掟書を相渡すよう仰せ付けられたにつき、御領内の駅々の問屋ともを公事所へ召し呼び、教諭を申し付けた上で掟書を相渡し、なお又風俗取り直しのため、御領内の各所を
【左丁】
相廻り、駅懸の者に教誡を申し付けた事。
一 同三寅年六月、揚川通船懸の勤めを仰せ付けられ、揚川筋の普請を仰せ付けられた事。
但し、右につき川筋を見分の上、野尻村より徳沢村の間を普請いたし、同九月に罷り帰った事。
一 同年十月、通船の試みとして米百俵ずつを積み入れ、二度、滞りなく乗り下った事。
一 同四卯年六月、御人数を差し出されたにつき、御宿割御用を仰せ付けられるべきところ、先々においては（次頁へ続く）
英語訳
[Right folio]
(Continued from previous page) ...throughout the period of his lord's residence, he served diligently without interruption and was therefore granted two bundles of cotton (wata) as a reward.
Item: In the fifth month of the second year [of Bunka], the year of Ushi (丑), he was appointed to the concurrent post of chief superintendent of post-stations along the road (michiyuki ekimachi shimeyama uwayaku) as well as the post of women's transit-pass inspector (onna kitte yaku). He was further instructed to concurrently oversee the post-station checkpoints of Ama[gi]-Yunomoto (天城湯本). For these additional duties, he was granted three ryō of gold per year as a supplementary stipend (honen) without any deduction (go-kariage nashi).
Note: He was additionally instructed to prepare and distribute a code of conduct (okite-gaki) in order to reform the manners and customs along the post roads. In accordance with this, he summoned the post-station wholesalers (toiya) from throughout the domain to the magistrate's office (kōjisho) and, after instructing and admonishing them, distributed the code of conduct. Furthermore, in order to further reform the customs and manners, he traveled to various places within the domain
[Left folio]
...making his rounds, and administered instruction and admonishment to those associated with the post stations.
Item: In the sixth month of the third year [of Bunka], the year of Tora (寅), he was appointed to oversee river transport on the Agegawa river (Agegawa tsūsen-gakari) and was instructed to carry out construction works along the Agegawa waterway.
Note: In connection with the above, after conducting an inspection survey of the river course, construction works were carried out between Nojiri village and Tokusawa village, and he returned [to the domain capital] in the ninth month of the same year.
Item: In the tenth month of that same year, as a trial of river transport, rice was loaded at one hundred bales per shipment, and two successful runs were completed downriver without incident.
Item: In the sixth month of the fourth year [of Bunka], the year of U (卯), as a contingent of men had been dispatched, he was to be appointed to the duty of arranging lodgings (oyadoriwari goyō). In previous postings, however...
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