翻刻
【右丁】
見候節一統心懸宜手早く用意相
整候段御序を以可達御聴旨被
仰出候事
一 同年九月両御陣屋重軽共艫手
修行之儀引続き出精致候由之処余
芸とは業柄も違候得共海防専
要之業ニ付被 仰付置候条格別
御酒被下候依之猶又出精相励候様被
仰出候事
一 同年十月銃術出精致し此度五十
【左丁】
目三十匁筒に而五百枚数打いたし
業も宜相聞候ニ付為御褒美銀子三
枚被下置候事
一 同月観音崎教場稽古之役列伍
足並等相揃三ケ年上等之位ニ致候
ニ付御酒被下候事
一 同四巳年五月相州御新領古渡被
仰付候ニ付会津へ罷下候事
一 同年八月相州外様士御雇勤被成
御免御備場数年致勤労候ニ付為
現代語訳
【右丁】
(房州白浜沖へ異国船が)現れた際、一統して心がけよく手早く用意を整えた段について、御序をもって御聴に達すべき旨を仰せ出された事。
一 同年九月、両御陣屋の重軽ともに艫手修行の儀を引き続き出精致した由のところ、余芸とは業柄も違うけれども、海防専要の業であるため仰せ付け置かれた条、格別に御酒を下し置かれ、これによってなお一層出精に励むよう仰せ出された事。
一 同年十月、銃術に出精致し、この度五十
【左丁】
目三十匁筒にて五百枚数打をいたし、業も宜しく相聞こえるにつき、御褒美として銀子三枚を下し置かれた事。
一 同月、観音崎教場での稽古の役列・伍足並等を揃え、三か年上等の位に致したにつき、御酒を下し置かれた事。
一 同四巳年(文政四年)五月、相州御新領の古渡を仰せ付けられたため、会津へ罷り下った事。
一 同年八月、相州外様士御雇勤を御免なされ、御備場にて数年間勤労を致したにつき、(御褒美として)(以下次頁へ続く)
英語訳
[Right folio]
When (foreign ships appeared off the coast of Shirahama in Bōshū,) all personnel acted with commendable readiness and swiftly made their preparations, and it was ordered that this matter be duly reported to the higher authorities through the appropriate channel.
One item: In the ninth month of the same year, regarding the fact that the personnel of both garrison houses (jin'ya), both senior and junior, had continued to devote themselves diligently to training in stern-oarsmanship (tomote), while this discipline differs in nature from other supplementary arts, as it is a skill essential to coastal defense, it had been ordered (to be practiced); and in recognition of this, a special gift of sake was bestowed, with further instructions that they continue to apply themselves with even greater diligence.
One item: In the tenth month of the same year, having devoted himself to gunnery and on this occasion having fired five hundred shots with a fifty-
[Left folio]
— me, thirty-monme caliber gun (ōzutsu), and his skill being reported as proficient, he was rewarded with three silver coins (ginshi).
One item: In the same month, having aligned the formations, ranks, and marching order in the training exercises at the Kannonsaki training ground, and having attained the upper grade ranking over three years, he was presented with sake.
One item: In the fifth month of the fourth year of Bunsei (1821), the Year of the Snake, as (he) was ordered to return (to Aizu, completing) the old rotation (furuwatari) of the new domain territory in Sagami Province, he departed for Aizu.
One item: In the eighth month of the same year, he was relieved of his duty as a hired retainer (o-yatoi) among the outside-domain samurai (tozama-shi) in Sagami Province, and for his many years of diligent service at the defensive post, (a reward was granted—) (continued on next page)