翻刻
思召も御座被成候間安堵可仕旨被 仰渡猶又右近将監様
御内意被 仰聞候者右之被仰渡之趣難有可奉存候
万一之儀も候ハヽ当時 御子様方御繁昌ニ被成御座候ヘハ
思召も可被成御座旨被 仰聞候ニ付別而難有奉存候
其後年々御暇之節も仮養子不致候段御達申上候
右重キ御内意有之儀ニ候間此以後出生無之候ハヽ
家相続之儀者 上之 思召を以御由緒近キ御方様
被為 入候儀も有之当家再興ニも可相成哉左候へ者
先祖江対し重畳難有次第可奉存旨申聞再縁
等之儀曽而承引不仕候其後右之趣を以御内々御沙汰も
被成下候様ニとの心願ニ御座候得共甚重キ御内意之事故
奉願候儀差控罷在候処先年於義丸養子被 仰出
年来之念願成就仕本懐至極難有奉存候兼而者
刑部卿様与之御沙汰ニ御座候処御年増ニも被為成候間
幼年ゟ仕置筋をも見習候ため御嫡子小五郎様を
養子被 仰付候段 御内意被 仰渡 御由緒近キ
於義丸儀ニ候得者先祖中納言殿江立帰此上者当家
再興可仕与兵部大輔年来之大願相叶冥加之至
現代語訳
〔前頁より続き〕「お考えもおありになるので、安堵いたすべき旨を仰せ渡された。さらに右近将監様より御内意を仰せ聞かされたのは、『右の仰せ渡しの趣、有難く存じ奉るべきである。万一のことがあったとしても、当時御子様方が御繁昌になっておられるから、お考えもおありになることであろう』と仰せ聞かされたことにより、格別に有難く存じ奉った。
その後、年々御暇の節も仮養子を致さなかった段をお達し申し上げた。右の重き御内意のある儀であるから、この以後出生がなければ、家の相続のことは、上のお考えをもって御由緒近い御方様を入れられることもあり、当家再興にもなるであろうか。さすれば、先祖に対して重畳（ちょうじょう）有難き次第と存じ奉るべき旨」を申し聞かせ、再縁
などのことは一切承引（しょういん）いたさなかった。その後、右の趣をもって御内々に御沙汰もしていただけるようにとの心願にございましたが、甚だ重き御内意のことゆえ、願い奉る儀を差し控えおりましたところ、先年、於義丸（おぎまる）の養子を仰せ出され、年来の念願成就いたし、本懐至極、有難く存じ奉る。
兼ねては刑部卿様との御沙汰にございましたところ、御年増にもなっておられるため、幼年より仕置筋（しおきすじ）をも見習うために、御嫡子・小五郎様を養子に仰せ付けられる段、御内意を仰せ渡され、御由緒近き於義丸の儀であれば、先祖・中納言殿へ立ち帰り、この上は当家再興いたすべきと、兵部大輔年来の大願が相叶い、冥加の至り〔以下次頁へ続く〕
英語訳
[Continued from previous page] "...there is such consideration from above, and so you may rest assured." Furthermore, Ukon-shōgen conveyed his private communication (naigi), saying: "You should regard the foregoing pronouncement with gratitude. Even should an unforeseen event occur, since at present the Lord's children are flourishing in number, there will surely be consideration from above." Upon receiving this communication, [Hyōbu-no-Taifu] felt it all the more deeply grateful.
Thereafter, each year when leave was granted, he duly reported that no provisional adopted son (kari-yōshi) had been designated. Since this weighty private communication existed, he conveyed to his senior retainers that: "Should no heir be born hereafter, the succession of this house may, in accordance with the will of those above, result in the introduction of someone closely connected by lineage, which could lead to the restoration of this house. Were that to happen, it would be a matter of manifold and boundless gratitude toward one's ancestors." On these grounds, he refused to consent in any way to remarriage
or other such matters. After that, although it was his heartfelt wish that this matter be quietly brought to the attention of those above by means of the aforementioned circumstances, since it involved an exceedingly weighty private communication, he had refrained from submitting a formal petition. Then, in a prior year, it was proclaimed that Ogimaru would be adopted, bringing his long-cherished wish to fruition — a supreme fulfillment of his heart's desire, for which he was most deeply grateful.
Previously, the arrangement had been discussed in connection with the Lord Gyōbu-kyō [i.e., Keibukyo-sama], but since that personage had grown older in years, in order that [the heir] might learn the proper conduct of administration from an early age, it was privately communicated that the legitimate heir, Kogoro-sama, was to be designated as the adopted son. Since Ogimaru was one of close lineage, [the succession] returns to the ancestor Chūnagon-dono, and henceforth the restoration of this house shall be accomplished — Hyōbu-no-Taifu's long-held great wish was fulfilled, and [he felt it to be] the uttermost of divine grace (myōga)... [continued on next page]