異変書物類　大坂異変書 - 翻刻

翻刻

【右丁】
　　　　　　　捨文（すてふみ）有之候儀に付申上候書付
私御代官所摂州東成郡赤川村地先淀川堤上に昨十九日朝捨
文有之候に付同村百姓拾（ひろ）ひ取為取締差出候私手附出役先え
差出同日朝何方之者共不＿レ相知同様之書付西成郡稗嶋村
上福嶋村庄屋え差置直（さしおきすぐ）に立去（たちさり）成落村渡船場えも侍躰（さむらひてい）
之者差置候旨追ゝ訴（うつたえ）出右は大塩平八郎／仕業（しわざ）に可有御座哉ト奉
存候依之右書付之内弐通相添此段申上候以上
　　　　酉弐月廿日　　　　　　　　　根本善左衛門
　　御月番計差出人弐月廿六日酉上刻出宿継御用状三月二日酉上刻
　　到来御土番えは御印紙先届は夜中差出ス

【左丁】
　　　　　大坂表出火并／騒立（さわきたて）之／趣（おもむき）申上候書付
当酉二月十九日卯ノ刻大坂町奉行跡部山城守組与力大塩格之助
養父当時隠居平八郎儀徒党を企百姓共も相／加り（くはゝり）候趣相聞候間
取／鎮（しづめ）方／手配（てくばり）可＿レ致旨山城守ゟ達有之候に付人数召連／直様（すぐさま）出張（でばり）
仕候／処（ところ）棒火矢（ぼうびや）并鉄砲数挺打／放（はなし）凡五拾人程抜身携居候由人
数手／薄（うす）に而は相払兼候趣相聞候処／諸事（しよじ）之鉄砲無＿レ御座候間知音
之蔵屋敷ゟ鉄砲／借受（かりうけ）其外持弓等持参／搦（からめ）手より罷越百姓
徒党相鎮メ可申心得を以罷越候処天満之方／火勢烈（くはせいはげ）敷鉄砲之
音／夥（おびたゝ）敷相聞村方承合候処平八郎より当月十九日朝／施行（せげう）可＿レ遣（つかはす）
旨（むね）兼而（かねて）触（ふれ）有之候に付右申請へき為罷越候百姓共ヲ留置／列（つら）人足に

現代語訳

【右丁】

　　　　　　　捨て文がございました件につき申し上げる書付

私の御代官所である摂州東成郡赤川村の地先、淀川堤の上に、昨十九日の朝、捨て文がございましたので、同村の百姓が拾い取り、取り締まりのために差し出しました。私の手附・出役の者を先に差し出したところ、同日の朝、何者かは分からぬまま、同様の書付を西成郡稗嶋村・上福嶋村の庄屋のところへも差し置き、すぐに立ち去ったとのことで、成落村の渡船場にも侍体の者が（書付を）差し置いたとの訴えが次々と届いてまいりました。これは大塩平八郎の仕業ではないかと存じます。よって、右の書付のうち二通を添え、この段申し上げます。以上。

　　　　酉二月二十日　　　　　　　　根本善左衛門

　　御月番へ差し出した人、二月二十六日の酉の上刻に宿継御用状を出し、三月二日の酉の上刻に到来。御土番へは御印紙（を添えて）先の届けは夜中に差し出す。

【左丁】

　　　　　大坂表出火ならびに騒ぎ立ちの趣を申し上げる書付

当酉年二月十九日卯の刻、大坂町奉行・跡部山城守組与力・大塩格之助の養父で、当時隠居中の平八郎が、徒党を企て、百姓どもも加わっているとの趣旨が聞こえてまいりましたので、鎮圧のための手配をすべき旨、山城守より達しがございましたので、人数を召し連れて直ちに出張いたしました。ところが、棒火矢ならびに鉄砲数挺を打ち放ち、凡そ五十人ほどが抜き身を携えていたとのことで、人数が手薄では払いのけることが難しいとの趣旨が聞こえてまいりました。しかし諸事（備え付けの）鉄砲が御座なく、懇意にしている蔵屋敷から鉄砲を借り受け、その他、弓等を持参して、搦め手より罷り越し、百姓の徒党を鎮める心得をもって向かいましたところ、天満の方面にて火勢が激しく、鉄砲の音も夥しく聞こえてまいりました。村方に問い合わせましたところ、平八郎より当月十九日の朝に施行（せぎょう）を遣わすべき旨、かねて触れがございましたので、それを申し受けるために罷り越した百姓どもを留め置いて、列人足に（以下、次頁へ続く）

英語訳

[Right folio]

　　　　　　　Report Concerning the Discovery of an Anonymous Handbill

On the morning of yesterday, the nineteenth, an anonymous handbill was found on the embankment of the Yodo River at the edge of Akagawa Village in Higashinari District, Settsu Province — a village within my magistrate's jurisdiction. A villager (hyakushō) picked it up and submitted it for the purposes of maintaining order. I dispatched my deputy and field agents ahead to investigate. It further came to light that on the same morning, individuals of unknown identity had left similarly worded handbills with the village headmen (shōya) of Hieshima Village and Kamifukushima Village in Nishinari District, departing immediately thereafter. Successive reports also arrived stating that a person of samurai appearance had left a handbill at the river-crossing ferry landing of Nariotoshi Village. I believe this to be the work of Ōshio Heihachirō. Accordingly, I hereby submit this report with two of the aforementioned handbills enclosed.

　　　　Twentieth day, second month, Year of the Rooster　　　　Nemoto Zenzaemon

　　[Marginal note:] Submitted to the duty official of the month; a post-relay official dispatch was sent at the upper hour of Tori [around 5–6 p.m.] on the twenty-sixth of the second month, and arrived at the upper hour of Tori on the second of the third month. For the duty guard, an official seal document was attached; the preliminary report was submitted during the night.

[Left folio]

　　　　　Report on the Outbreak of Fire and the Disturbance in Osaka

On the nineteenth day of the second month of this Year of the Rooster, at the hour of the Hare [around 5–7 a.m.], upon hearing that Ōshio Heihachirō — the retired adoptive father of Ōshio Kakunosuke, a yoriki under Osaka Town Magistrate Atobe, Lord of Yamashiro — had organized a conspiratorial band and that peasants had also joined their number, instructions to make arrangements for suppression were issued by Lord Yamashiro. Accordingly, I immediately mobilized my men and deployed to the scene. However, I received reports that the rebels had discharged fire arrows (bōbiya) and several firearms, and that approximately fifty men were carrying drawn swords, making it difficult to dispel them with our limited numbers. As there were no firearms available to us, I borrowed muskets from a warehouse establishment (kurayashiki) with which we had friendly ties, and also brought along bows and other weapons. Approaching from the rear, with the intention of suppressing the peasant uprising, I set out — only to find that the fire in the Tenma area was raging fiercely and the sound of gunfire was heard in great numbers. Upon inquiry in the surrounding villages, it emerged that Heihachirō had previously announced that charitable relief distributions (segyō) would be dispensed on the morning of the nineteenth of this month. Peasants who had come to collect the promised relief were detained and pressed into service as column laborers (tsurezoku)... [continued on next page]