翻刻
【右丁】白紙
【左丁】
申年三月赤心報国之輩御大老井伊掃部頭殿を斬殺及候事
毛頭奉対 幕府候而異心を挟ミ候儀無之掃部頭殿ハ執政以
来自己之権威已而振ひ奉蔑如 天朝只管夷狄を恐怖致ハ
心情ゟ慷慨忠直之義士を悪ミ一己之威力を示さんが為に専ら奸謀
相廻し候体実ニ神明之罪人ニ御座候故右之臣奸を倒候ハヽ自然
幕府ニおゐて御悔心も被為出来向後ハ 天朝を尊ミ夷狄を悪ミ
国家之安危人心之向輩ニ御心被為付候事も可有之与存込身命
を抛候而及斬殺候処其後一向御悔心之御模様も相見へ不申既ニ
御幕政之筋已而ニ成行候事 幕府之御役人一同之罪ニ候得共
畢竟ハ御老中安藤対馬守殿第一罪魁と可申候対馬守殿ハ井伊家
執政之時ゟ同腹ニ而幕政之手伝を被致掃部頭殿死去之後も絶而
悔悟之心無之而已ならす其奸謀讒計ハ掃部頭殿ニも超過し候様之
現代語訳
【右丁】白紙
【左丁】
申年三月（安政七年・1860年）、赤心報国の志士たちが御大老・井伊掃部頭（いい かもんのかみ）殿を斬殺するに至ったことは、幕府に対して毛頭異心を抱いてのことではございません。掃部頭殿は執政（大老職）に就いて以来、自己の権威をほしいままに振るい、朝廷を蔑ろになさり、ひたすら夷狄（外国）を恐れるのみで、心情から慷慨し忠直なる義士たちを憎み、一己の権威・権力を示さんがために、もっぱら奸謀をめぐらしておられた様子は、まことに神明に背く罪人でございました。それゆえ、この臣下の奸（よこしまな臣）を倒せば、おのずと幕府においても悔心（改悛の念）が生まれ、今後は朝廷を尊び夷狄を斥け、国家の安危や人心の向かうところに御心を向けられることもあろうかと存じ、身命を抛って斬殺に及んだのであります。ところがその後、一向に悔心の御模様も見受けられず、すでに幕政の筋はそのまま成り行いております。これは幕府の御役人一同の罪ではありますが、畢竟（つまるところ）は御老中・安藤対馬守（あんどう つしまのかみ）殿が第一の罪魁と申すべきでございます。対馬守殿は井伊家執政の時より同腹（同志・共謀）にして幕政の手伝いをなされ、掃部頭殿死去の後も、まったく悔悟の心がないばかりか、その奸謀・讒計（ざんけい）は掃部頭殿をも超過するかのような——
英語訳
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**[Left folio]:**
The fact that, in the 3rd month of the year of the Monkey (*Saru*, i.e., Ansei 7/Man'en 1, 1860), those of sincere patriotic heart (*sekishin hōkoku noともがら*) carried out the killing of the Great Elder (*Tairō*), Lord Ii Kamon-no-kami, was in no way motivated by any treacherous intent toward the Shogunate. Since taking office as chief administrator, Lord Kamon-no-kami had exercised his personal authority without restraint, treated the Imperial Court with contempt, and did nothing but fear the foreign barbarians (*ijin*). Out of his personal disposition, he despised the righteous and upright men of moral indignation (*kōgai chūchoku no gishi*), and for the sole purpose of demonstrating his own power and authority, he engaged exclusively in scheming and plotting — truly a sinner before the gods and spirits (*shinmei*). It was therefore our conviction that if this treacherous minister were struck down, the Shogunate would naturally come to feel remorse and repentance, and that henceforth they might turn their attention to respecting the Imperial Court, repelling the foreign barbarians, and giving proper regard to the security of the nation and the direction of the people's hearts. It was with this conviction that we cast aside our lives and carried out the killing. However, since that time, there has been no sign whatsoever of any such repentance, and the course of Shogunal governance has continued entirely as before. While this is the fault of all the Shogunate's officials collectively, when all is said and done, it is Senior Councillor (*Rōjū*) Lord Andō Tsushima-no-kami who must be named the foremost culprit. Lord Tsushima-no-kami had been of one mind and purpose with the Ii administration since the time of Lord Kamon-no-kami's tenure, assisting in the conduct of Shogunal governance, and even after the death of Lord Kamon-no-kami, he not only showed not the slightest sign of remorse or repentance, but his scheming, slander, and machinations appeared to surpass even those of Lord Kamon-no-kami himself —