翻刻
定之通相心得へく候事
附香奠之儀者忌請候者格別其外者親類ニ而も無
用ニ候事
一 奉加之事
前々ゟ停止ニ候向後猶以似寄候事も決而停止ニ
候事
附寺社奉行願所陰陽師類江奉納寄附送り物
隠居妻子共より為菩提抔与申金銀費候儀全
無益ニ候此類粗相聞候向後親父子共ニ心を付無
益之費無之様可相心得候開帳談儀説法之
節も同然ニ候
右之趣今年ゟ寅年迄五ヶ年之間急度申付候家
中之面々年々困窮之段相聞候甚気之毒之事
ニ候何卒手当等申付度候得共近年作も不熟其
上物入相続勝手向必至ニ指支手当申付候事不
任心候却而借米も相増可申時節ニ相成候家中困
窮者弥増無是非儀ニ候是しかしなから我等不
才不便故ニ候得者昼夜苦労寝食不安儀難及筆
現代語訳
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定めの通りに心得ること。
附（付則）：香典の儀については、忌みの請待（忌中の席）に招かれた者は格別として、その他の者は親類であっても無用とすること。
一、奉加（ほうか）のこと
以前より停止としているが、今後はさらに、これに類似したことも決して停止とすること。
附（付則）：寺社奉行への願い先・陰陽師の類へ奉納・寄附・贈り物をすること、また隠居・妻子などが菩提のためなどと称して金銀を費やすことは、まったくもって無益である。この類のことが粗相（粗略）に行われているとの話を耳にする。今後は親も子も心掛けて、無益な出費のないように心得ること。開帳・談義・説法の節も同様とすること。
右の趣旨について、今年より寅年まで五か年の間、きっと申し付ける。家中の面々が年々困窮しているとの話を聞き、甚だ気の毒なことである。何とか手当等を申し付けたいと思うが、近年は作物も不熟（不作）で、その上物入り（出費）が続き、勝手向き（財政・家計）が必至に差し支え、手当を申し付けることが心のままにならない。かえって借米も増えるであろう時節となっており、家中の困窮はますます増すばかりで、どうにもならない儀である。これはしかしながら、我等の不才・不便（不行き届き）のゆえであるから、昼夜苦労し、寝食も安らかならぬことは筆に及び難い……
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英語訳
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This is to be understood in accordance with the established regulations.
Supplementary note: Regarding the matter of condolence offerings (kōden), those who have been invited to mourning gatherings are excepted; all others, even relatives, are to refrain from offering them.
Item: Concerning donations (hōka)
This has been prohibited since former times, but henceforth, anything of a similar nature is also absolutely prohibited.
Supplementary note: Making votive offerings, donations, or gifts to shrines and temples under the jurisdiction of the temple-shrine magistrate (jisha-bugyō) or to diviners and astrologers (onmyōji) and their ilk; or spending money and silver under the pretext of praying for the repose of souls — by retired household heads, wives, children, and others alike — is entirely without benefit. Reports have reached us that such conduct is being treated carelessly. Henceforth, both parents and children are to take care and ensure that no wasteful expenditures of this kind occur. The same applies to occasions of temple openings (kaichō), religious lectures (dangi), and dharma sermons (seppō).
The matters described above are hereby strictly ordered to be observed for a period of five years, from this year through the Year of the Tiger. We have heard that the members of the household have been falling into hardship year by year, and this is a matter of the deepest concern and sympathy. We would very much like to provide some form of financial assistance or relief, but in recent years the harvests have been poor, and on top of that, expenses have continued to mount, placing the household finances in dire straits, such that it has not been possible to provide assistance as we would wish. Indeed, it has become a time when debts of rice may even increase further; the hardship of the household members can only grow worse, and there is nothing to be done about it. This, however, is owing to our own inadequacy and incompetence, and the worry and distress this causes us day and night, robbing us of peaceful sleep and meals, is beyond what words can express...
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