翻刻
替之砌云断絶職云莫任先例申上候祢宜職成被下候は
忝可奉存候事
右条々宜預御披露候尚難有所存粗謹言上
寛永四年十二月廿四日 氏人中上
一 鷹司大閤様《割書：信房公ヨリ》右之申分具ニ御尋被成候ニ付而一紙ヲ大
閤様え指上ケ申候留
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一 社司氏人無差別事
不任社司以前は悉ク各氏人申候氏人社職ヲ拘申候得は社司
と申候元来社司氏人俗姓差別無御座候故氏人任社司
申候事当社にかきらす於余社其倒多御座候殊ニ
春日之社以氏人被補神主之儀歴然之事御座候若氏
人社司と別家之物ニて御座候ハヽ一度氏人ニ成申候もの何ふ
たゝひ社司ニ任申候ハんや系図旧記等ニ氏人任社司旨数
多御座候其上慶長年中ニ氏人重説任権祝ト古今
氏人ニ差別無御座候故社司ノ氏人ニ成申候も又数代之氏
人モ不撰代之遠近給自古至今五位ヨリ四品まての口
現代語訳
（前頁より続き）替えの折に断絶とか先例に任せないなどと申し上げ、祢宜職に任じていただければ、ありがたく存じます。
右の条々、どうぞよろしくご披露くださいますよう。なお、ありがたく存じますことを、粗々ながら謹んで言上申し上げます。
寛永四年十二月二十四日 氏人中より上申
一、鷹司大閤様（信房公より）右の申し分について詳しくお尋ねになりましたので、一紙を大閤様へ差し上げた留書。
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一、社司と氏人は差別なきこと
社司に任じられる以前は、みな各々氏人と申します。氏人が社職を兼ね持てば社司と申します。元来、社司と氏人は俗姓に差別がございませんので、氏人が社司に任じられます。このことは当社に限らず、他の社においても同様の例が多くございます。とりわけ春日社においては、氏人より神主に補任されることが明白な事例としてございます。もし氏人と社司が別家の者でございましたなら、一度氏人になった者が、どうして再び社司に任じられましょうか。系図や旧記などにも、氏人が社司に任じられた旨の記述が数多くございます。その上、慶長年中（1596〜1615）には氏人の重説が権祝に任じられており、古今にわたって氏人に差別はございませんので、社司が氏人になることも、また数代にわたる氏人も、代の遠近を問わず、古来より今日に至るまで五位より四品までの口宣を……
英語訳
(Continued from previous page) ...at the time of [the shrine's] renovation, [they] claim abandonment or that it does not conform to precedent, and [we] humbly request to be appointed to the position of Negi [a shrine priest rank]. We would be most grateful for such an appointment.
We respectfully request that the above articles be presented [to the appropriate authority]. We humbly and respectfully submit this petition with the utmost sincerity.
24th day of the 12th month, Kan'ei 4 [1627] Submitted by the Ujibito [clan members]
One item: As His Excellency the Taikō Takatsukasa (from Lord Nobufusa) inquired in detail about the above claims, the following is a record of the single document submitted to His Excellency the Taikō.
Memorandum
One item: Regarding the matter that there is no distinction between Shasha [shrine officials] and Ujibito [clan members]
Before being appointed as shrine officials (Shasha), all [persons concerned] are referred to as Ujibito [clan members]. When an Ujibito takes charge of a shrine position, they are called a Shasha. Since there has fundamentally been no distinction in secular family lineage between Shasha and Ujibito, Ujibito are appointed as Shasha. This practice is not limited to our shrine; there are many similar cases at other shrines. Particularly at the Kasuga Shrine, it is a clear and established fact that a Ujibito has been appointed as a Kannagi [shrine priest/神主]. If Ujibito and Shasha were persons of entirely separate households, how could someone who once became a Ujibito be appointed again as a Shasha? There are numerous entries in genealogies and old records stating that Ujibito were appointed as Shasha. Furthermore, during the Keichō era [1596–1615], the Ujibito Jūsetsu was appointed as Gon-Hafuri [権祝, an assistant shrine priest rank], demonstrating that there has been no distinction among Ujibito from ancient times to the present. Whether a Shasha becomes a Ujibito, or a Ujibito of many generations, regardless of how near or far removed in generations, [they have] from ancient times until the present [received] Kuzen [imperial appointment documents] from the Fifth Rank up to the Fourth Grade...