翻刻
湯桶一荷
右宰領一人
持夫十一人
右之通坂下御門ゟ 西丸御裏御門同切手御門
御広敷迄出入仕候様ニ御断被成可被下候以上
三月 松平於義丸家来
津田九右衛門
但 右書付御広敷番之頭安藤太郎右衛門殿江も
差出候得共不記之
一三月廿七日四時 御家督後初而 西丸大奥江御登 城《割書：御熨
斗目》
《割書：御麻上下
御着用》坂下御門ゟ御裏御門夫ゟ切手御門外ニ而御下乗
但 御挟箱三御立傘御日傘何も御奥江相廻ル御茶
弁当者御玄関之上江上ケ台居御駕者御式台之
内ニ入置
御式台迄御広敷番之頭安藤太郎右衛門 殿被罷出大奥
御休息所ニ而御長袴ニ被召替 御対面所於御下段
大御所様江御礼被 仰上 上意有之於 御上段御手長蚫
御頂戴其節御内証ゟ干鯛一箱御樽一荷外ニ御絛五掛
現代語訳
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湯桶 一荷
右 宰領 一人
持夫 十一人
右の通り、坂下御門より西丸御裏御門、同切手御門、御広敷まで出入り仕り候様に、御断り成され下さるべく候。以上。
三月 松平於義丸家来
津田九右衛門
但し、右書付は御広敷番之頭、安藤太郎右衛門殿へも差し出し候えども、記さず。
一、三月二十七日、四時、御家督後初めて西丸大奥へ御登城。
（御熨斗目・御麻上下 御着用）
坂下御門より御裏御門、それより切手御門の外にて御下乗。
但し、御挟箱・三御立傘・御日傘は、いずれも御奥へ廻す。御茶・弁当は御玄関の上へ上げ、台居御駕は御式台の内に入れ置く。
御式台まで、御広敷番之頭、安藤太郎右衛門殿が罷り出られ、大奥御休息所にて御長袴にお召し替えになり、御対面所の御下段において、大御所様へ御礼を申し上げられる。上意これあり。御上段において、御手長鮑を御頂戴。その節、御内証より干鯛一箱・御樽一荷、外に御帯五掛け
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Hot water bucket (yu-oke): 1 load
Overseer (sairyō) for the above: 1 person
Porters (mochifu): 11 persons
The above persons are respectfully requested to be granted permission to enter and exit from the Sakashita Gate through the Nishi-no-Maru Rear Gate, the same Kitte Gate, and as far as the O-hiroshiki. Respectfully submitted.
Third month Retainer of Matsudaira Oyoshimaru:
Tsuda Kuemon
Note: Although this written notice was also submitted to the Head of the O-hiroshiki Guard, Andō Tarōemon, it is not recorded here.
Item: On the twenty-seventh day of the third month, at the Hour of the Sheep [approximately 2:00 p.m.], Oyoshimaru made his first visit to the Great Inner Chambers (Ō-ooku) of the Nishi-no-Maru following the assumption of family headship.
(Dressed in noshime and hemp-cloth formal hakama [asa-kamishimo])
He dismounted from his palanquin outside the Kitte Gate, having traveled from the Sakashita Gate through the Rear Gate.
Note: The sword-box (hasami-bako), the three ceremonial standing umbrellas, and the sunshade were all conveyed to the inner chambers. Tea and lunch provisions were carried up to the top of the main entrance (genkan); the palanquin was placed inside the shikidai (entry landing).
The Head of the O-hiroshiki Guard, Andō Tarōemon, came out to receive him at the shikidai. In the Ō-ooku rest room, Oyoshimaru changed into formal long hakama (naga-bakama). At the lower dais (ge-dan) of the audience chamber (taimenjo), he paid his respects to the Ō-gosho-sama [the retired lord/great retired one]. An imperial/senior command was bestowed. At the upper dais (jō-dan), he received hand-length abalone (te-naga awabi) as a gift. On that occasion, from the private [inner] quarters (naishō), a box of dried sea bream (hoshi-tai), one load of ceremonial sake barrel (o-taru), and additionally five sets of sashes (obī)...
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