翻刻
【右丁】
起致右ニ付而ハ出起以前ゟ在留之内彼是
心を尽し諸事宜取計寒気之節
別而致辛労候ニ付於大学校ニ御料理被
下置候事
一 文化元《割書：子》年四月御供為勤番罷登
同十月罷下候
但右陣中
貞昭様御用をも無滞相勤候ニ付為
御褒美綿壱把被下置候事
一 同月御奏者番定加兼務数月出
【左丁】
精相勤候ニ付為御褒美御召麻御上下
壱具被下置候事
一 同三《割書：寅》年十二月組之足軽御長柄之
者とも寸志御堀浚去三月中ゟ取懸り
不絶御普請場ニ罷出宜令差図と且八
月末ゟ九月初迄十日之間組々惣出致
候節寒移ニ而泥中之業別而辛労成
儀ニ候処子弟召連罷出手卸自
身働をも致励ニも相成別而果敢行
御要害宜出来候ニ付為御褒美御小
現代語訳
【右丁】
起き立ち、右につきては、出起以前より在留の内、彼是心を尽くし、諸事よく取り計らい、寒気の節、別して辛労致し候につき、大学校において御料理を下し置かれ候事。
一、文化元子年四月、御供として勤番のため罷り登り、同十月、罷り下り候。
但し、右陣中、貞昭様の御用をも滞りなく相勤め候につき、御褒美として綿一把を下し置かれ候事。
一、同月、御奏者番定加兼務、数月出
【左丁】
精相勤め候につき、御褒美として御召麻御上下一具を下し置かれ候事。
一、同三寅年十二月、組の足軽・御長柄の者ども、寸志をもって御堀浚い、去る三月中より取り掛かり、絶えず御普請場に罷り出で、よく差図致し候。且つ、八月末より九月初めまで十日の間、組々惣出致し候節、寒移りにて泥中の業、別して辛労の儀に候処、子弟を召し連れ罷り出で、手卸し、自身働きをも致し励みにも相成り、別して果敢に行われ、御要害よく出来候につき、御褒美として御小
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
— setting out; and in regard to the foregoing, from before the departure until their return, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to all manner of matters and managed affairs well, enduring particular hardship during the cold season; in recognition thereof, a meal (御料理) was bestowed upon him at the Daigakkō (the domain school).
— In the fourth month of Bunka 1 (Year of the Rat, 1804), he traveled up to Edo in attendance as part of the regular guard duty rotation (kinban), and returned in the tenth month of the same year.
Note: During the said period of service in camp/on duty, he also performed the duties pertaining to Lord Sadaaki without any delay or negligence, and in recognition thereof, a bundle of cotton (wata hitotaba) was bestowed upon him as a commendation.
— In the same month, having served diligently for several months concurrently as a designated assistant sōjaban (御奏者番定加兼務)—
**[Left folio]**
— a set of formal hemp ceremonial dress (o-meshi-asa o-kamishimo hitokumi) was bestowed upon him as a commendation.
— In the twelfth month of Bunka 3 (Year of the Tiger, 1806), the ashigaru (foot soldiers) and o-nagae (pike-bearers) of his unit, out of personal goodwill and at their own initiative, undertook the dredging of the castle moat (o-hori-sarai). Beginning in the third month of the preceding year, they turned out continuously to the construction site and carried out direction of the work ably. Furthermore, during the ten-day period from the end of the eighth month through the beginning of the ninth month, when all units mobilized together, it was a time of turning cold, and the work in the mud was a matter of particular hardship; nonetheless, he turned out accompanied by his son(s), personally overseeing the unloading of work and engaging in labor himself, which served as an encouragement to the men. The castle fortifications were completed with particular vigor and to good effect, and in recognition thereof, he was bestowed with an honorable small—