翻刻
一 金六千百三拾一両弐歩 下領
一 金九千三拾五両壱歩 川北領
一 金六千百三拾壱両弐歩 府中
〆六万五千両
一 九月ニ日為重陽御祝儀御使者を以例之通御小袖被献之
一 同月八日日光御普請御手伝ニ付右御場所江日指出候御脚
軽共百八十人餘不足ニ付本多内蔵助 初高知之面々ゟ御借人可
被成旨江戸表ゟ申来候ニ付右之面々江左之通書付を以月番
御家老是於松平主馬正明宅申渡之
覚
高知之面々江
今度御用付御足軽共百八十五人不足付新抱可被
仰付候得共御足軽不足付新規ニ被召抱儀御外
聞も如何ニ被 以召候依之本多内蔵助始高知之
面々ゟ足軽等迄御借可被成旨候間各仲ケ
間被申 五三人夫ゟ上ニ而も人有次第江戸表江
被指
越候様ニ可相達ニ而も間仲ケ間中被申 面々人別ニ
現代語訳
一、金六千百三十一両二分 下領
一、金九千三十五両一分 川北領
一、金六千百三十一両二分 府中
計六万五千両
一、九月二日、重陽の御祝儀のため、御使者をもって例の通り御小袖を献上された。
一、同月八日、日光御普請御手伝いにつき、右の御場所へ派遣候御足軽ども百八十人余り不足につき、本多内蔵助初め高知の面々より御借人をなされるべき旨、江戸表より申し来候につき、右の面々へ左の通り書付をもって月番御家老松平主馬正明宅において申し渡しこれあり。
覚
高知の面々へ
今度御用につき御足軽ども百八十五人不足につき新規に抱えるべく仰せ付けられ候えども、御足軽不足につき新規に召し抱えの儀、御外聞もいかがと思し召され候。これにより本多内蔵助初め高知の面々より足軽等まで御借りになされるべき旨に候間、各々仲間より五、三人、それより上にても人有り次第江戸表へ指し越され候ようにと相達すべく候。とはいえ仲間中申され候面々人別に[続く]
英語訳
1. Gold: 6,131 ryō 2 bu - Lower domain
1. Gold: 9,035 ryō 1 bu - Kawakita domain
1. Gold: 6,131 ryō 2 bu - Fuchū
Total: 65,000 ryō
1. On September 2nd, for the Chōyō festival celebrations, formal court robes were presented as usual through an official messenger.
1. On the 8th of the same month, regarding assistance with the Nikkō construction project, as there was a shortage of over 180 ashigaru (foot soldiers) to be dispatched to that location, word came from Edo that personnel should be borrowed from Honda Kuranosuke and others from Kōchi domain. Accordingly, the following written notice was delivered to these individuals through the monthly duty senior retainer at the residence of Matsudaira Umano-shō Akinao:
Memorandum
To the people of Kōchi domain
Due to this official duty, there is a shortage of 185 ashigaru, and although new personnel could be ordered to be hired, His Lordship considers that hiring new ashigaru due to shortage might affect public reputation unfavorably. Therefore, ashigaru and others are to be borrowed from Honda Kuranosuke and others from Kōchi domain. Each of you should arrange for five or three people from your associates, or even more if available, to be sent to Edo as soon as possible. However, regarding the individuals mentioned by your associates, [the text continues on the next page]