月乃出羽路　１ - 翻刻

翻刻

【コマ１１】
【右丁】
そはたがへり慶長の初の頃までは秋田城介實季の領知と戸澤九郎盛安の領知と
両領地の境は峯材の山下に在り此山の梺（フモト）を畍にすればそこに近き郷（サト）の名を
境とはいへるにてそありけめまた舟岡の山を下りて小流あり　刈柴川といふ此（コヽ）地なむいにしへの
　《振り仮名：苅柴の関｜カリシバ　　セキ》跡とおもはれたり安永の始めならむか播磨の国の寂静院の僧（ホフシ）
玉屑此出羽の国に来て刈柴の閑（関欤）を尋ねわづらひて苅和野の宿（スク）に至り此（コヽ）に一夜（ヒトヨ）泊（ヤド）りて
此苅和野こそむかしの刈柴の関の地ならめあなうれしこは尋ねえたりとて明日あしたその
うまやのをさに　かりしばのせきは名にふれ秋の風といふ句を書（カイ）て短冊（タンザク）をとらせたり
また小夜庵五明がもとに来（キ）ても此句を書て去（イニ）きと画工如泉齋嵐兒此事を恒（ツネ）に話りし也
永慶軍記六巻秋田山北合戦の條（クダリ）に秋田山北の境を踰（コユ）て陣をぞ
取りにける戸澤九郎盛安が領の境荒川といふ處の要害に進藤筑後守
乘次といふものありけるが飛脚を以ていそぎこれを告（ツゲ）ぬ盛安やすからずおもひ
【左丁】
けるが幸￣ヒに一族の楢岡￣ノ城主小笠原右衛門尉角館に来てあれば此事を内談
す云々と見えまた同書追加に廣田高橋が事といへる処に大坂御一戰の時云々
また羽州秋田城介に属して仙北の境の戦ひに討死すと𦾔記にあり其後の
軍記に高橋源齋と書￣キし事不思儀に思ひて高橋の子孫に逢て
是を尋ぬるに山北境の合戦に源齋を討たる者敵は戸澤方に在りて
我か手にかけし覚あれば討死すと記し置しにやあらむ其頃源齋は五十有餘
の老武者なりしが敵に取籠（トリコメ）られて馬囘￣リの者一人も残らす討れ源齋も兠
を打落されて鎗疵数ヶ処蒙りうつぶしに倒れしを敵透さず首を討たり
されども首は喉吭（ノムドフエ）にかゝりて谷へこけ落ぬ即時に戸澤が一族郎䓁返し合
せなば源齋を討されども遂に首をば取らす引退くこれ夜軍にて敵味方入り乱れ
押つ返しつ戦ひしが後は秋田勢敗北して討死せし者の死骸を尋る事もなく

現代語訳

【右丁】

しかしそれは違う。慶長の初め頃（1590年代後半）まで、秋田城介実季の領地と戸沢九郎盛安の領地の境は、峯材の山の麓にあった。この山の麓を境界とすることから、そこに近い郷の名を「境」と呼んだのであろう。また、舟岡の山を下ると小川があり、「刈柴川」という。この地こそが、いにしえの**苅柴の関（かりしばのせき）**の跡と思われる。

安永の始め（1772年頃）のことであろうか、播磨の国の寂静院という寺の僧、玉屑がこの出羽の国に来て、苅柴の関を探し求めて難儀し、苅和野の宿（しゅく）にたどり着き、そこで一夜を泊まった。そして「この苅和野こそが昔の苅柴の関の地に違いない、ああ嬉しや、ついに探し当てた」と言って、翌朝、その宿駅の長（おさ）に「かりしばのせきは名にふれ秋の風」という句を書いた短冊を渡した。また、小夜庵五明のもとに来ても、この句を書いて去ったと、画工・如泉斎嵐児がこのことを常々語っていた。

『永慶軍記』第六巻、秋田山北合戦の条に次のように見える。「秋田山北の境を越えて陣を取った。戸沢九郎盛安の領地の境にある荒川という所の要害に、進藤筑後守乗次という者がいたが、飛脚をもって急ぎこれを（盛安に）告げた。盛安は穏やかでない思いを抱いたが、

【左丁】

幸いにも、一族の楢岡の城主・小笠原右衛門尉が角館に来ていたので、この事を内々に相談した」云々と見える。また同書の追加（補遺）に「広田高橋の事」と題する箇所に「大坂の御一戦の時、云々、また羽州秋田城介に属して仙北の境の戦いに討ち死にす」と旧記に書かれている。

その後の軍記に「高橋源斎」と書かれていることを不思議に思い、高橋の子孫に会ってこれを尋ねると、「山北境の合戦に源斎を討った者は、敵は戸沢方にいて、自分の手でこれを討ち取った覚えがあるから討ち死にと記し置いたのであろう」と語った。

その頃、源斎は五十余歳の老武者であったが、敵に取り囲まれて馬廻りの者（近習の騎馬武者）が一人も残らず討たれ、源斎も兜を打ち落とされて鎗傷数か所を負い、うつ伏せに倒れたところを、敵は見逃さず首を討った。しかしながら、首は喉笛（のどぼとけのあたり）に皮一枚かかった状態で谷へ転げ落ちてしまった。即座に戸沢の一族郎党が引き返して合戦に及んだため、源斎を討ち取りはしたものの、ついに首を取ることができずに引き退いた。これは夜戦であって、敵味方入り乱れて押したり引いたりして戦ったが、後には秋田勢が敗北し、討ち死にした者の死骸を探すことさえもできなくなった……

英語訳

**[Right folio]**

However, that interpretation is mistaken. Until around the beginning of the Keichō era (late 1590s), the boundary between the domain of Akita Jōnosuke Sanesue and the domain of Tōzawa Kurō Moriyasu lay at the foot of Mt. Minemaki. Because this mountain's foot served as the boundary, the nearby village took the name "Sakai" (境, "boundary"). Furthermore, descending from Mt. Funaoka, there is a small stream called the *Karishiba River* (刈柴川). This place is believed to be the site of the ancient **Karishiba Barrier** (苅柴の関, *Karishiba no Seki*).

It must have been around the beginning of the An'ei era (c. 1772) that a monk named Gyokusetsu from Jakujō-in Temple in Harima Province came to this land of Dewa. He searched with great difficulty for the Karishiba Barrier and finally arrived at the post town of Kariwano, where he lodged for a night. He declared, "This Kariwano must surely be the site of the ancient Karishiba Barrier — how wonderful, I have finally found it!" The next morning, he presented the head of the post station with a *tanzaku* (poem slip) on which he had written the verse: *Karishiba no seki wa na ni fure aki no kaze* ("At Karishiba Barrier, famed in name — the autumn wind"). He also visited the home of Sayōan Gomei and left him the same verse before departing. The painter Nyūsensai Ranshi often spoke of this incident.

In the sixth volume of *Eikyō Gunki* (永慶軍記, *Military Chronicles of Eikyō*), in the section on the Battle of Akita Yamakita, the following appears: "Crossing the border of Akita Yamakita to take up positions, there was a man called Shindō Chikugo-no-kami Noritsugu stationed at a strategic fortification in a place called Arakawa on the border of Tōzawa Kurō Moriyasu's domain. He sent a swift messenger to urgently report this to Moriyasu. Moriyasu grew uneasy, but

**[Left folio]**

fortunately, the lord of Naraoka Castle, Ogasawara Uemon-no-jō, a member of the clan, happened to be in Kakunodate, and so Moriyasu consulted him in private..." and so forth. In an appendix to the same work, in a passage titled "The Matter of Hirota Takahashi," it reads: "At the time of the Battle of Osaka, [etc.], and also [he] died in battle at the border of Senboku while serving under the Lord of Akita Castle in Dewa Province," as recorded in the old chronicle.

Finding it strange that a later military chronicle wrote the name as "Takahashi Gensai," the author met with a descendant of the Takahashi family and inquired about this. The descendant explained: "In the battle at the border of Yamakita, the one who struck down Gensai was on the Tōzawa side, and because he had a clear memory of killing him with his own hand, he must have recorded it as a death in battle."

At that time, Gensai was a veteran warrior past fifty years of age. He was surrounded by enemies, and every last one of his mounted attendants (*umamazari*, personal cavalry escort) was cut down. Gensai himself had his helmet struck off and received lance wounds in several places. As he lay face-down on the ground, the enemy wasted no time in striking off his head. However, his head fell away into the valley, still barely attached by the skin of his throat. Immediately, the kinsmen and retainers of Tōzawa turned back and rejoined the battle; though they had struck down Gensai, they were ultimately unable to retrieve his head and withdrew. This was a night engagement in which friend and foe were intermingled, pressing forward and falling back in turn. In the end, the Akita forces were routed, and there was no way even to search for the bodies of those who had fallen...