四神地名録 6巻. [4]葛飾郡 - 翻刻

翻刻

　当寺は天台宗にて本尊上智如来御朱印廿五石大抵
　よき寺院也梅若丸の事跡はよく世の人知る故に略しぬ縁起
　を見しに和文にて面白く書取りし文章にして近き
　年に著述せしもの也梅荷のこと古き文になく縁記に吉田
　少将の一子にて父は村上帝冷泉院円融院三朝に仕へし
　人にて今年迄凡八百余年に成るとあり按に其頃は公家
　一流の世にて今の世にていはゞ諸侯のことく其一子奥方
　のひとり歩行とは古しくへのことにても解しかたく隅田川
　の謡ひに顕せし外に梅若丸のこと跡を知らす佐野源左衛門

　岩城判官の二子安寿姫津志王丸のことく世に無人と見へ
　たり謡といへるものは当時の浄瑠璃本のことく狂言綺語の
　為に作りし物にて夫より以前にも世のなくさみ本に色々の
　物語に題して虚説の草双紙数多有りしもの也今梅若丸
　を山王権現と祭る此寺天台宗なる故に都北叡山を縁と
　し山王と号せしものなるべし何にもせよ仏家にだま
　され天竺にも【脱「なき」】虚名の遠国仏を信せるよりも日本の人
　を敬しうやまふは道にも近かるべし宝物に梅若の持
　しといふ末広の扇有堂上方の御哥江戸へ御下向の節

現代語訳

当寺は天台宗で、本尊は上智如来、御朱印二十五石の、大体良い寺院である。梅若丸の事跡はよく世の人が知っているので省略する。縁起を見たところ、和文で面白く書き取った文章で、近年に著述されたものである。梅荷のことは古い文献になく、縁起には吉田少将の一子で、父は村上帝・冷泉院・円融院の三朝に仕えた人で、今年まで凡そ八百余年になるとある。考えるに、その頃は公家一流の世で、今の世で言えば諸侯のようなもので、その一子や奥方が一人歩きするとは、古い時代のことでも理解し難く、隅田川の謡いに表された以外に梅若丸のことの跡を知らず、佐野源左衛門や岩城判官の二子安寿姫・厨子王丸のように、世に無人と見える。謡というものは当時の浄瑠璃本のように、狂言綺語のために作られたもので、それより以前にも世の慰み本に色々な物語を題材として、虚説の草双紙が数多くあったものである。今、梅若丸を山王権現として祭るこの寺は天台宗であるため、都の北叡山を縁として山王と号したものであろう。何にせよ、仏家に騙されて天竺にもない虚名の遠国仏を信ずるよりも、日本の人を敬い尊ぶのは道にも近いであろう。宝物に梅若の持っていたという末広の扇があり、堂上方の御歌で江戸へ御下向の節...

英語訳

This temple belongs to the Tendai sect, with Jōchi Nyorai as the principal deity, holding a vermillion seal grant of twenty-five koku of rice, and is generally a fine temple. Since the story of Umewaka-maru is well known to people of the world, I shall omit it. When I examined the temple's founding records, they were written in an interesting Japanese prose style and appear to have been authored in recent years. The matter of Umeka (plum lotus) does not appear in ancient texts, but the founding records state that he was the son of Yoshida Shōshō, whose father served three imperial courts - those of Emperor Murakami, Emperor Reizei, and Emperor En'yū - and that approximately eight hundred years have passed until this year. Upon reflection, that was an era dominated by court nobility, equivalent to feudal lords in today's world, and it is difficult to understand how a son or lady of such status could walk about alone, even in ancient times. Apart from what is revealed in the Noh play "Sumidagawa," we know nothing of Umewaka-maru's story, and like the two children of Sano Genzaemon and Iwaki Hangwan - Princess Anju and Zushiō-maru - he appears to have vanished from the world. Noh plays are like the jōruri books of that time, created for theatrical entertainment, and even before that period, there were numerous illustrated storybooks with fictional tales based on various stories for popular entertainment. The fact that this temple, being of the Tendai sect, now enshrines Umewaka-maru as Sannō Gongen is likely because it took the name Sannō in connection with Mount Hiei north of the capital. In any case, rather than being deceived by Buddhist priests into believing in fictitious foreign Buddhas that don't even exist in India, it would be closer to the true way to respect and honor the people of Japan. Among the temple treasures is a folding fan said to have belonged to Umewaka, and there are poems by court nobles from when they visited Edo...