漂客談寄 - 翻刻

翻刻

【右丁】
　言ふ様之手真似致候間其通にいたし候処
　又日本之壱朱銀弐拾切弐朱銀一片銭壱文
　和製之きせる壱本取寄持参り見せ候間是
　皆我々共国許之物に候旨手真似ヲ以答候処必定
　日本人と承知いたし候様子に御座候此品々は拾四年
　寄大坂商舟此所え漂流いたし候事有之其時より
　持伝候由後に承り申候詮儀済に相成銘々え「ハスダラ
　と申銀銭壱枚ツヽ貰ひ受申候万次郎儀は「フイ
　チセル」所望にて本国連行度段相願申候処
【左丁】
　奉行之申聞候には万次郎心次第と答申候
　処随分いたわり可申候間聊気遣ひ申
　間敷と四人之者え申聞万次郎ヲかの鯨船に
　乗せ出帆いたし候此時万次郎拾四才にて御座候
一四人《割書：重助　五左衛門｜伝蔵　寅右衛門》儀は「リヨチ」《割書：下役体之｜人なり》に被預段々
　世話に相成候得共言語も通し不申空敷光
　陰ヲ送り罷在候処翌寅夏之頭に至り候にては
　追々言語も返し諸品之名ヲ略相覚候間永
　々世話に相成居候も気之毒に存相応之働方

現代語訳

【右丁】
手真似でそのような仕草をしてみせたところ、（奉行体の人物が）日本の一朱銀二十枚・二朱銀一片・銭一文・和製のキセル一本を取り寄せて持参し見せてきた。これらはいずれも我々の国のものである旨、手真似で答えたところ、（相手は）間違いなく日本人であると確認した様子であった。これらの品々は、十四年前に大坂の商船がこの地に漂流したことがあり、その時から持ち伝えられたものだと、後に聞き及んだ。取り調べが済んだ後、それぞれに「ハスダラ」という銀貨を一枚ずつもらい受けた。万次郎については、フィッチャー（船主）が本国へ連れて行きたいと申し出たところ、

【左丁】
奉行が答えるには、万次郎の意思次第であると言った。（船主は）十分に大切にするから、少しも心配無用であると四人の者に申し聞かせ、万次郎をかの鯨船に乗せて出帆した。この時、万次郎は十四歳であった。

一、四人（重助・五左衛門・伝蔵・寅右衛門）は「リヨチ」（下役体の人なり）に預けられ、次々と世話になったが、言葉も通じず、むなしく月日を送っていた。翌寅年の夏の初め頃になるにつれ、だんだんと言葉も覚え、諸々の物の名前をおおよそ覚えるようになったので、長々と世話になっているのも申し訳なく思い、相応の働きをしようと

英語訳

**[Right folio]**
When they mimicked such gestures, the official-like person brought out and showed them one Japanese ichibu silver coin (20 pieces), one nibu silver coin, one mon copper coin, and one Japanese-made kiseru (pipe). They responded by hand gestures that these were all items from their homeland, and it appeared that the official was now convinced they were indeed Japanese. They later learned that these items had been kept since fourteen years prior, when an Osaka merchant vessel had drifted to this place. Once the inquiry was concluded, each of them received a silver coin called a "hasdara." As for Manjiro, the ship's captain Whitfield wished to take him back to his home country, and when he made this request,

**[Left folio]**
the official replied that it was up to Manjiro's own wishes. He told the four remaining men that Manjiro would be well looked after and that they need not worry in the least, after which Manjiro was put aboard the whaling ship and they set sail. At this time, Manjiro was fourteen years old.

One item: The four men—Jusuke, Gozaemon, Denzo, and Toraemon—were placed in the care of a "Ryochi" (a person of lower official rank), and received various assistance from him, but as they could not communicate in language, they spent their days in emptiness. By the beginning of summer of the following year of the Tiger, they gradually began to learn words and roughly memorized the names of various objects. Feeling guilty for having received such prolonged care, they resolved to contribute through appropriate work…