翻刻
地之時は社領と指出仕候ニ付諸国并境内六郷之
神領以下をしつめ弐千五百七拾石余ニ相究御朱印
社領ニ被付下候然ハ当社領御しわけの御下知ハ
終ニ無御座候然処ニ氏人家領と掠取申候左候へハ
買得之証文ニ而取申候由申候聊偽ニ而御座候土解
祭植祭と申候而両度之神事神主田祝田両神田ニ
おゐてに今神事執行仕候神田さへ他領ニ罷成候間
社領を私ニ買得仕恣ニ押領仕候証文ニ而社領を可
被付下子細無御座候余社ニもケ様ニ候半義御座候哉
台徳院様御代松尾社領御改被成社司ニ被
仰付之由ニ候当神領も御改被成御しわけの御下知
奉仰候事
一貴布祢の社領六拾石当神領高之内ニ御座候得共
氏人百四十人之内五拾人右之給田之外ニ押領仕候ニ付
而神主職祝職拘申候事不罷成候間神事祭礼懈
怠仕候如有来ニ仕候へハ神事祭礼神主祝ハ末代退
現代語訳
（前頁からの続き）御検地の際には社領として申告しておりましたので、諸国ならびに境内六郷の神領以下をまとめて二千五百七十石余りと確定し、御朱印社領としてお付け下さいました。しかしながら、当社領の御仕分けの御下知は、ついに御座いませんでした。そのような状況の中、氏人たちが家領と称して掠め取っております。また、買得の証文によって取得したと申しておりますが、これは全くの偽りでございます。土解祭・植祭と申します両度の神事において、神主田・祝田の両神田において今も神事を執り行っておりますが、その神田でさえ他の領有となっております。社領を私的に買得して恣意的に押領している証文によって社領をお付け下さいになる理由は御座いません。他の社においてもこのような事例があるのでしょうか。台徳院様（徳川秀忠公）の御代に松尾社領を御改めになり、社司にお命じになったと伺っております。当神領も御改めになり、御仕分けの御下知を伏してお願い申し上げます。
一、貴布祢の社領六十石は当神領の高の内に御座いますが、氏人百四十人のうち五十人が右の給田の外に押領しておりますため、神主職・祝職を管掌することが成り立たなくなっており、神事・祭礼を怠っております。これまで通りに執り行うためには、神事・祭礼において神主・祝は末代まで退…（次頁へ続く）
英語訳
(Continued from previous page) At the time of the cadastral survey, [the lands] were reported as shrine lands, and thus the shrine domains across various provinces as well as the six townships (roku-gō) within the precincts were consolidated and fixed at over 2,570 koku, and were granted to us as shogunally-sealed shrine lands (go-shuin-ryō). However, a directive (go-shochi) formally dividing the shrine's domain has never been issued. In spite of this, the shrine parishioners (ujibito) have been fraudulently seizing these lands under the name of "family holdings" (karyō). They claim to have acquired them through purchase deeds, but this is an utter falsehood. In the two ritual ceremonies known as the Tsuchitoki Festival and the Ueshi Festival, the divine rites are still performed in the two sacred rice fields designated as the Kannushi-den and the Hogi-den; yet even these sacred fields have come under the possession of others. There is no reason whatsoever to grant shrine lands on the basis of purchase deeds used to illegally seize shrine properties through private acquisition. We wonder whether such cases exist at other shrines as well. We have heard that during the reign of Taitoku-in (Lord Tokugawa Hidetada), the lands of Matsuo Shrine were inspected and instructions were issued to the shrine officials. We humbly request that the lands of this shrine also be inspected and that a formal directive dividing the domain be issued.
Item: The 60 koku of Kibune Shrine's domain is included within the total assessment of this shrine's domain; however, 50 of the 140 shrine parishioners (ujibito) have been seizing lands beyond their allotted stipend fields (kyūden), making it impossible to properly administer the positions of kannushi (chief priest) and hogi (ritualist), and consequently the divine rites and festivals have been neglected. In order to conduct affairs as has been customary, the kannushi and hogi in charge of the divine rites and festivals should, for all generations to come, be removed… (continues on next page)