翻刻
神明ニ而御附并御家来十六人《割書：烏帽子素襖｜行■着用》江神事流鏑馬被仰
付
一三月廿日吉田郡北今泉村佐五兵衛与申者之祖母年齢及百
歳候
ニ付二人扶持被下之
一同月廿三日組頭新屋與左衛門組下之町人并畑方之者共百
人計
困窮之由ニ而昨廿二日安養寺江相集り夫ゟ組頭丸屋久左
衛門江
兵左衛門方江罷越御救米相願昼時組頭二文字屋惣左衛門
久々津
又右衛門組下之町人共二百人計大橋下江相集り夫ゟ惣左
衛門又右衛門
方江罷越右同様相願組頭赤尾勘右衛門組下之町人共右同
様
願出候付翌廿四日寺社奉行等江月番御家老酒井外記《割書：知｜喬》
申渡之
寺社奉行江
町方軽キ者共困窮之由ニ而組頭共方江此間大
勢御救願
罷出候旨願筋之儀者其町庄屋共迄相願様も可有
之処大勢申合組頭共方江罷出候段 上を不恐不
届
至極之事ニ候庄屋共之儀も右体之儀其通ニ致置
候段
不参届儀不調法之事ニ候依之右大勢罷出候町々
之庄屋共并罷出候者之内頭取別而不宜者早速
被致吟味一町ニ而領三人程ツヽ入牢可被申付候
庄屋共
之儀者軽重吟味之上押籠又ハ入牢可被申付候
現代語訳
神明にて御附並びに御家来十六人【烏帽子素襖・行■着用】に神事流鏑馬を仰せ付けられる。
一 三月二十日、吉田郡北今泉村の佐五兵衛と申す者の祖母が年齢百歳に及ばれたにつき、二人扶持を下し置かれる。
一 同月二十三日、組頭・新屋與左衛門組下の町人並びに畑方の者共百人ばかりが、困窮の由にて、昨二十二日に安養寺へ相集まり、それより組頭・丸屋久左衛門方へ、また兵左衛門方へ罷り越し、御救米を相願う。昼時、組頭・二文字屋惣左衛門・久々津又右衛門組下の町人共二百人ばかりが大橋下へ相集まり、それより惣左衛門・又右衛門方へ罷り越し、右同様に相願う。組頭・赤尾勘右衛門組下の町人共も右同様に願い出たにつき、翌二十四日、寺社奉行等へ月番御家老・酒井外記【知喬】より申し渡す。
寺社奉行へ
町方の軽き者共が困窮の由にて、組頭共の方へこの間大勢御救願に罷り出た旨、願筋の儀は其の町の庄屋共まで相願う様もあるべきところ、大勢申し合わせ組頭共の方へ罷り出た段、上を恐れず不届き至極の事に候。庄屋共の儀も右体の儀をその通りに致し置いた段、不参届の儀・不調法の事に候。これにより、右大勢罷り出た町々の庄屋共並びに罷り出た者の内、頭取として別して宜しくない者を早速吟味を致させ、一町にて三人程ずつ入牢申し付くべく候。庄屋共の儀は軽重吟味の上、押籠又は入牢申し付くべく候。
英語訳
At the Shinmei Shrine, sixteen of His Lordship's attendants and retainers [wearing eboshi caps and suō robes, and traveling attire] were ordered to perform the Shinto ritual of yabusame (horseback archery).
One: On the twentieth day of the third month, as the grandmother of one Sagobei of Kitaimaizumi Village in Yoshida District had reached the age of one hundred years, she was granted a stipend of two-person rations (ninin-fuchi).
One: On the twenty-third day of the same month, approximately one hundred townspeople and farming villagers under the ward headman (kumigashira) Araya Yozaemon, citing hardship and poverty, had gathered at Anyōji Temple on the previous day, the twenty-second, and from there proceeded to the residences of ward headman Maruya Kyūzaemon and Hyōzaemon to petition for relief rice (o-sukumai). At noon, approximately two hundred townspeople under ward headmen Nifujiya Sōzaemon and Kukutsu Mataemon gathered under the Great Bridge, and from there proceeded to the residences of Sōzaemon and Mataemon with the same petition. Townspeople under ward headman Akao Kanemon likewise came forward with the same petition. Accordingly, on the following day, the twenty-fourth, the monthly duty Elder (tsukiban karō) Sakai Geki [Tomoyuki] issued the following directive to the Temple and Shrine Magistrates (jisha bugyō):
To the Temple and Shrine Magistrates:
Regarding the fact that a large number of lower-class townspeople, citing poverty and hardship, have been appearing at the residences of the ward headmen to petition for relief — while they ought to have directed such petitions through their respective town ward elders (shōya), they have instead gathered in large groups and proceeded directly to the ward headmen. This is an act of utter disrespect toward their superiors and is most reprehensible. The fact that the ward elders allowed such conduct to occur without taking proper action is itself a matter of negligence and impropriety. Therefore, among the ward elders of the towns from which these large groups emerged, as well as among the ringleaders identified as particularly problematic from among those who came forward, investigations shall be conducted immediately, and approximately three persons per town shall be ordered imprisoned. Regarding the ward elders, after investigation to determine the degree of culpability, they shall be ordered placed under house confinement or imprisoned accordingly.