翻刻
一四月五日信州福嶋御関所御家老判鑑為引替山村甚兵衛殿江
御使者大御番雨森平八 被遣之其節奉書紙五束御贈有之
但 御幼年ニ付御書不被遣御贈物之儀者御先代様
御代替之節御先格無之候得共判鑑引替之節
度毎被致馳走候ニ付被遣之
一御家老判鑑之文面者去ル二月十八日新居碓氷
両御関所江被差出候与同様ニ付不記之
一同日一橋御屋形ゟ御目付川口源四郎 被差越之御書院於
御裏座敷御目付奈良権左衛門《割書：■
■》 熊谷小兵衛《割書：■
■》御用談有之
御家老并御役人共罷出致面談於 御居間 御目見被 仰付
御意有之畢而於渡之間御料理《割書：一汁
五菜》被下之
但 一橋ゟ御目付被差越候儀昨四日一橋御用人を以
被仰出之此以後毎度被差越候得共度毎不記之
一同月七日運正寺《割書：白
禅》於 御城御暇被仰出先例之通
御時服三拝領被 仰付候ニ付寺社奉行中江為御礼御使者
被差出之
一同月十日於御屋形御用人大道寺孫九郎《割書：■■
》江去年以来
過分之御物入ニ而御政事江茂相障候程之儀ニ付御用掛
現代語訳
一、四月五日、信州福島御関所の御家老判鑑の引き替えのため、山村甚兵衛殿へ御使者として大御番 雨森平八が遣わされ之。その節、奉書紙五束を御贈りこれあり。
但し、御幼年につき御書は遣わされず。御贈物の儀は、御先代様の御代替わりの節、御先格これなく候えども、判鑑引き替えの節、毎度馳走致され候につき、遣わされ之。
一、御家老判鑑の文面は、去る二月十八日に新居・碓氷両御関所へ差し出され候と同様につき、記さず。
一、同日、一橋御屋形より御目付 川口源四郎が差し越され之。御書院、御裏座敷において、御目付 奈良権左衛門・熊谷小兵衛と御用談これあり。
御家老并びに御役人共罷り出て面談致し、御居間において御目見を仰せ付けられ、御意これあり。畢わって渡之間において御料理（一汁五菜）を下され之。
但し、一橋より御目付を差し越され候儀は、昨四日、一橋御用人をもって仰せ出され之。此の以後、毎度差し越され候えども、毎度は記さず。
一、同月七日、運正寺（白禅）、御城において御暇を仰せ出され、先例の通り御時服三を拝領仰せ付けられ候につき、寺社奉行中へ御礼のため御使者を差し出され之。
一、同月十日、御屋形において、御用人 大道寺孫九郎へ、去年以来過分の御物入りにて御政事へも相障り候ほどの儀につき、御用掛（以下次頁に続く）
英語訳
Item: On the fifth day of the fourth month, the large-guard (ō-goban) officer Amemori Heihachi was dispatched as an envoy to Yamamura Jinbei-dono for the purpose of exchanging the chief retainer's (karō) official seal register (hankan) at the Fukushima Checkpoint in Shinano Province. On this occasion, five bundles of hōsho paper were presented as a gift.
Note: As [the domain lord] was still of a young age, no written letter was sent. Regarding the gift, while there was no precedent for such a gift at the time of the previous lord's succession, it was nevertheless sent because generous hospitality had been rendered on every occasion of the seal register exchange.
Sub-item: As the wording of the chief retainer's seal register was identical to that sent to the Arai and Usui checkpoints on the eighteenth day of the second month past, it is not recorded here.
Item: On the same day, the inspector (metsuke) Kawaguchi Genshirō was dispatched from the Hitotsubashi residence. In the study (shoin) and inner sitting room, he held official discussions with our domain's inspectors Nara Gonzaemon and Kumagai Kohei.
The chief retainer(s) and various officials came forward to meet with him, and he was granted an audience with the [domain lord] in the inner chamber (o-ima), during which the lord's intentions were conveyed. Thereafter, a formal meal (one soup, five dishes) was served in the connecting room (watari-no-ma).
Note: The matter of the Hitotsubashi inspector being dispatched here was announced through the Hitotsubashi steward on the fourth, the previous day. As such visits will be made regularly hereafter, they will not be recorded each time.
Item: On the seventh day of the same month, Unshōji (Hakuzen) was granted his leave (o-itoma) at Edo Castle, and was commanded to receive three sets of formal robes (o-jifuku) as per established precedent. Accordingly, an envoy was dispatched to the Commissioners of Temples and Shrines (Jisha-bugyō) as an expression of gratitude.
Item: On the tenth day of the same month, at the residence, the steward (go-yōnin) Daidōji Magokurō was [summoned], and regarding the matter that the excessive expenditures since last year had grown so great as to interfere with the domain's governance, the designated officials (go-yōkakari)... (continued on the next page)