翻刻
御座候其証拠ニ位階申上候ニ何れも五位より四品
まて如上古被下候然上は任旧例被仰付可被下候
《割書：亀千代大夫》
十二月十八日 廣久《割書：上》
社司方より重而伝奏え上写
就社司職氏人等相望謹言上
一 社司職ヲ氏人等任申候旧例披見仕候処ニ皆以ひかる
ニ而御座候氏人モ系図は御座候と申候然共社司より
申上候処以＿二系図【返り点の一漏れヵ】并社務之伝記ヲ申上候則双方之
系図相添上申候先書にも如申上候社司悉退転
仕候而も氏人社司ニ任申候社法は無御座候故賀茂上
下松尾日吉三輪等之社司断絶之時は互ニ相続仕
候一度三輪之社司断絶仕候時従賀茂相続可仕候由
申越候得共社司零落ニ付下鴨之社司より相続仕候前
代ニ日吉之社司祝部宿祢基信賀茂之社司職相続
仕候今以闕之祢宜祝之処右之社司ヲ被成下候は忝
可奉存候事
一 近代ハ祢宜祝たへ任申候口 宣之儀申上候得共神主外
社職之口 宣は一人も不被下候処氏人重説一人ニ被成
現代語訳
（前頁より続く）……御座候。その証拠として位階を申し上げますに、いずれも五位より四品まで上古の通りに下し置かれております。然る上は旧例に任せてお仰せ付け下されますようお願い申し上げます。
（割書：亀千代大夫）
十二月十八日 廣久（上）
社司方より重ねて伝奏へ上げる写し
社司職・氏人等の相望につき、謹んで言上仕ります
一、社司職を氏人等が任じ申した旧例を披見（調べ閲覧）仕り候ところ、いずれも（事実の）引掛かり（不明確な点）がございます。氏人も系図はございますと申しておりますが、然しながら社司より申し上げ候ところ、系図ならびに社務の伝記をもって申し上げ候。すなわち双方の系図を相添えて申し上げます。先の書状にも申し上げました通り、社司が悉く退転（断絶・衰退）仕ったとしましても、氏人が社司に任じ申す社法は御座なく候。故に、賀茂上下・松尾・日吉・三輪等の社司が断絶の時には、互いに相続仕り候。一度、三輪の社司が断絶仕った時に、賀茂より相続すべき由申し越し候えども、社司零落（衰退）につき、下鴨の社司より相続仕り候。前代に日吉の社司・祝部宿祢基信が賀茂の社司職を相続仕り候。今も欠員となっております祢宜・祝のところ、右の社司を成し下されますことは、かたじけなく存じ奉るべく候事。
一、近代は祢宜・祝が絶え、任じ申し候口宣の儀を申し上げましたけれども、神主以外の社職の口宣は一人も下し置かれなかったところ、氏人・重説一人にのみ成し（お与えになり）……
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英語訳
*(Continued from the previous page)* …there is no doubt about this. As evidence thereof, regarding the court ranks (*ikai*) that have been submitted, all have been granted from the Fifth Rank (*goi*) up to the Fourth Grade (*shihon*), as in ancient times. In light of this, we respectfully request that appointments be made in accordance with established precedent (*kyūrei*).
*(marginal note: Kamechiyodayū)*
Eighteenth day of the Twelfth Month Hirokyu *(marginal note: Ue)*
Copy of a second petition submitted by the *shashi* (shrine officials) to the *tensō* (court liaison):
Respectfully submitted concerning the position of *shashi* and the aspirations of the *ujibito*
Item: We have reviewed the established precedents (*kyūrei*) for *ujibito* being appointed to positions of *shashi*, and in every case there are points of uncertainty (*hikari*, lit. "hooks" or "snags"). The *ujibito* claim that they do possess genealogical records (*keizu*), but when the *shashi* submit their statement, they present genealogies together with the traditional records of shrine administration (*shamu no denki*). Accordingly, both parties' genealogies are being submitted herewith as attachments. As stated in the previous correspondence, there is no provision in shrine law (*shahō*) that permits *ujibito* to be appointed as *shashi*, even should all the *shashi* fall into ruin (*taitten*). Therefore, when the *shashi* lines of the Upper and Lower Kamo Shrines, Matsunoo, Hiyoshi, Miwa, and other shrines faced extinction, they would mutually continue one another's lines. On one occasion, when the *shashi* line of Miwa Shrine became extinct, it was communicated that the succession should be carried out from Kamo; however, due to the decline of those *shashi*, the succession was instead carried out by the *shashi* of the Lower Kamo Shrine. In a former generation, Hōribe no Sukune Motononbu (*Motonobu*?), a *shashi* of Hiyoshi Shrine, succeeded to the *shashi* position at Kamo Shrine. With regard to the currently vacant positions of *negi* and *hafuri*, we would be most humbly grateful if the aforementioned *shashi* were appointed to fill them.
Item: In recent times, the *negi* and *hafuri* positions have been vacant, and while we have petitioned regarding the matter of *kuzen* (imperial oral decrees) for their appointment, not a single *kuzen* has been granted for shrine positions other than that of *kannagi* (chief priest). Yet to Jūsetsu alone, one of the *ujibito*, a *kuzen* was granted…
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