翻刻
【右丁】
其まゝすて置へし敵近江路へ進み出る
物ならは【脇書】「江州」小谷より秀吉懸付続て江州
佐和山より長秀馳付両人として追込み
追討に打とるに勝利よしと被仰付諸
勢濃州岐阜へ引取り給ふ
一元亀二年の八月三日木目信長公付城には
其時の月番にて樋口三郎兵衛相守居ルに
初めの程居あれ後には油断の気も出申候哉
物見番所もゆるかせに相守る折節一揆
の方にはしのひを入様体を見届風雨はけしき
【左丁】
夜一揆の者共七八百人樋口か楯籠る木ノ目
城を夜込みに乗入る一揆方に聞懸に近
所より加勢して弐三千人も馳付一刻責に
勢をもくれす攻戦ふにはや一二ノ木戸を
打破る樋口も剛の者なれは詰城に取り
籠り火出る程防戦ふ一揆の方より以使
申入けるは此所御のきあるへし命の義は少も
かまひ不申候とありけれは樋口心に思ふ様
今二三日も相守りなは秀吉懸けらる
へけれとも詰の城にて時日延かたしとて
現代語訳
【右丁】
（その中ノ河内口は）そのままにしておくべし。もし敵が近江路へ進み出るようならば、【脇書】「江州（ごうしゅう）」小谷より秀吉が駆けつけ、続いて江州佐和山より長秀が馳せ付け、両人として追い込み、追い討ちにて打ち取るに勝利よし、と仰せ付けられ、諸勢は濃州岐阜へ引き取り給う。
一、元亀二年（1571年）八月三日、木目（きのめ）の信長公の付城（つきしろ）には、その時の月番（つきばん）として樋口三郎兵衛が相守り居るに、初めのほどは気を引き締めて守っていたが、後には油断の気持ちも生じたものか、物見番所（ものみばんしょ）もゆるがせ（なおざり）に相守るおり、一揆方にはひそかに忍びを入れて様子を見届け、風雨の激しき
【左丁】
夜に、一揆の者共七、八百人、樋口が立て籠もる木ノ目城を夜込み（夜襲）にて乗り入る。一揆方には近くより聞きつけて加勢し、二、三千人も馳せ付け、一刻（いっとき）責めに勢いもくれず攻め戦うに、早くも一の木戸・二の木戸を打ち破る。樋口も剛（ごう）の者なれば、詰め城（本丸）に取り籠もり、火が出るほど防ぎ戦う。一揆の方より使いをもって申し入れけるは、「此所（ここ）よりお退きあるべし。命の義は少しも構い申さず候」とありければ、樋口、心に思うよう、「今二、三日も相守りなば、秀吉が駆け来たるべけれども、詰めの城にて時日を延べがたし」とて、
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英語訳
[Right folio]
(As for the Nakakawauchi-guchi,) it shall be left as it is. Should the enemy advance out onto the Ōmi road, [marginal note: "Gōshū (Ōmi Province)"] Hideyoshi shall ride out from Odani, followed by Nagahide riding from Sawayama in Ōmi Province; the two of them together shall drive the enemy in and pursue and cut them down—victory in this manner shall be assured. With these orders given, all the forces withdrew to Gifu in Mino Province.
Item: On the third day of the eighth month of Genki 2 (1571), at Lord Nobunaga's siege fort at Kinome, Higuchi Saburōbei was on garrison duty as the month's watch commander. While he had been diligent at first, as time wore on a certain carelessness had crept in, and the watch-posts were being kept somewhat negligently. The ikki forces, having sent spies in secret to ascertain the situation, chose a night of violent wind and rain,
[Left folio]
and seven or eight hundred ikki warriors launched a night assault upon Kinome Castle, where Higuchi was garrisoned. Hearing of this, nearby ikki allies rushed to reinforce them, swelling their numbers to two or three thousand; pressing the attack without relenting for even a moment, they quickly broke through the first and second gates. Higuchi, being a man of valor, barricaded himself in the innermost keep (tsumecastle) and fought back with such ferocity that the conflict sparked fire. The ikki forces sent a messenger with the following proposal: "You should withdraw from this place. As for your lives, we shall give them no concern [i.e., we shall spare them]." Upon hearing this, Higuchi reflected: "If I could hold out two or three more days, Hideyoshi would surely come to our relief—but hemmed in as we are in the innermost keep, it is difficult to buy any more time." And so...
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