翻刻
【右丁】
上候通町方不景気故家持候
ものも当時は御伝馬御役金
而已ニ而貸置候家も多御座候得共
其上ニも明店出来仕候得は家
持候もの御役金相弁候仕合旁以
【左丁】
難義至極仕候右ニ准シ裏町通ニ
罷在候諸職人も次第ニ減少仕候故
町並御役儀計ニ而貸置候家
数多御座候得共是又明家多
出来仕町並御役儀難有勤一統
難義至極奉存候申上候も奉恐
入候得共壱人立候盛衰は致方
も無御座候得共町方一統困窮
仕ケ成ニも渡世仕候もの甚無救ニ
相成候故既ニ身上潰シ候ものとも
少々計之家屋敷田地等所持仕候
もの売払借金方作写ハ仕度
候而も価之高下ニ拘り不申
相調候もの村御座候程之儀一向
融通出来不仕誠町方一統ニ衰微
仕如何計歎敷奉存候然所近年別而
御領内江他所商人夥敷入込
篠豊御祭其外諸品せり売
仕候故
御城下町江罷出候市人脚々ニ
現代語訳
【右丁】
上記の通り町方が不景気なため、家を持っている者も現在は御伝馬御役金だけで貸し置いている家も多くございますが、その上にも空き店が出来てしまえば、家を持っている者が御役金を工面する状況も含めて
【左丁】
非常に困難でございます。これに準じて裏町通りにおります諸職人も次第に減少しておりますため、町並御役儀だけで貸し置いている家が数多くございますが、これもまた空き家が多く出来して、町並御役儀を勤めることが困難で、一同非常に困窮していると存じております。申し上げることも恐れ入りますが、一人の盛衰については致し方もございませんが、町方一同が困窮し、ついには暮らしを立てる者が甚だ少なくなってしまいましたため、すでに身上を潰した者たちが少しばかりの家屋敷田地等を所持している者が売り払って借金の返済をしたいと思っても、価格の高低に関わらず取引が成立しない者が数多くいる程の状況で、全く融通が利かず、まことに町方一同が衰微し、どれほど嘆かわしいことかと存じております。しかしながら近年特に御領内へ他所の商人が大勢入り込み、篠豊御祭その他諸品の競り売りを行っておりますため、
御城下町へ出てきた市人が次々に
英語訳
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As stated above, due to the poor business conditions in the town quarters, many property owners are currently renting out their houses solely through the relay station service fees (go-denba go-yakin), but if more vacant shops appear on top of this, the situation for property owners to manage these service fees becomes
【Left page】
extremely difficult. Similarly, the various craftsmen residing along the back streets are gradually decreasing in number, so there are many houses being rented out only through town service duties (machi-nami go-yaku-gi), but these too have many vacant houses appearing, making it difficult to fulfill the town service duties, and we believe everyone is in extreme hardship. While it is presumptuous to speak of such matters, though individual prosperity and decline cannot be helped, since the entire town quarter is impoverished and those who can make a living have become extremely few, even those who have already ruined their fortunes and possess small amounts of house lots, residential land, rice fields, etc., when they wish to sell these properties to pay off their debts, there are many who cannot complete transactions regardless of price levels - the situation is such that no financing is available at all, and truly the entire town quarter has declined, which we find incredibly lamentable. However, in recent years, merchants from other regions have been entering our domain in particularly large numbers, conducting auction sales of various goods during the Shino-Toyo Festival and other occasions, so the market people who come to the castle town are one after another