Archival Sources from the
Marega Collection in
the Vatican Library
Outlines and Selected Documents

バチカン図書館所蔵

マリオ・マレガ資料
̶概要と紹介̶

マレガ・プロジェクト

人間文化研究機構日本関連在外資料調査研究・活用事業

科研費基盤研究(A)「バチカン図書館所蔵豊後切支丹資料の国際的情報資源化に関する海外学術調査研究」(16H02723)

●Contents●
Structure and Aims
Part IŌtomo Kazuo

Summary of the Fonds Marega

Fonds Description································································ 1
A1-A26

Ōtomo Kazuo ········································································· 6

A1

Matsui Yoko ························································································ 11

A2

Matsuzawa Yoshiyuki ·············································································· 14

A3Satō Akihiro ························································································· 18

A4Mino Yukinori ······················································································· 20

A5

Fujita Jun’ichirō ···································································· ······ ·········· 22

A6Ōtsu Yūji ························ ··································································· 24

A7

Miyama Jun’ichi ···· ·············································································· 26

A8Ōhashi Yukihiro · ···· ·············································································· 28

A9Ōtomo Kazuo ··········· ············································································ 30

A10Kudō Kōhei ············· ············································································ 32

A11Kawahara Akihisa················································································· 34

A12

Okamura Kazuyuki··············································································· 37

A13

Sakurai Nariaki···················································································· 40

A14Watanabe Kōichi

·················································································· 43

A15Hirai Yoshito

A16

Ōta Naohiro ························································································· 52

A17

Shimizu Yūko····················································································· 55

A18

Shimizu Yūko····················································································· 58

A19

Hirai Yoshito,Akihiro Satō,Yūji Ōtsu

A20

Namie Takeo

A21

Satō Takayuki

A22

Nishimura Shintarō········································································· 73

A23

Nishimura Shintarō········································································· 75

A24Satō Akihiro···················································································· 79

A25Ōtomo Kazuo··················································································· 82

A26Ōtomo Kazuo··················································································· 83······················································································· 46·························································· 60······················································································· 66················································································· 69

List of Usuki Domain’s village Satō Akihiro ··························································· 85
List of Usuki Domain’s village unit Satō Akihiro···················································· 93

List of Usuki Domain’s Religion Magistrate’s (shūmon bugyō) Mino Yukinori············ 96

List of Usuki Domain’s Chief Retainer(Karō) Mino Yukinori, Hamashima Miki············ 99

List of Usuki Domain’s Temple and shrine Magistrate’s(jisha bugyō)
Mino Yukinori, Hamashima Miki····· 105

List of Usuki Domain’s Local administration Magistrate’s(kōri bugyō)
Mino Yukinori, Hamashima Miki····· 109

Oita Prefecture Area for each Domain Schematic
Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives ······ 113

Part Ⅱ

Selected Documents of the Fonds Marega

A1-A24

A1

Matsui Yoko ··································· ·· ················································· 116

A2

Matsuzawa Yoshiyuki ································ ···· ······································· 122

A3Satō Akihiro ················································· ·· ··································· 128

A4

Mino Yukinori ·············································· ·· ···································· 131

A5

Fujita Jun’ichirō ············································ ······ ································ 136

A6Ōtsu Yūji ···················································· ·· ···································· 144

A7

Miyama Jun’ichi ········································· ··· ····································· 150

A8Ōhashi Yukihiro ········································· ··· ······································ 154

A9Ōtomo Kazuo ··········································· ·· ········································ 160

A10Kudō Kōhei ··········································· ··· ········································· 164

A11

Kawahara Akihisa··············································································· 172

A12

Okamura Kazuyuki············································································· 177

A13

Sakurai Nariaki·················································································· 181

A14

Watanabe Kōichi

················································································ 185

A15

Hirai Yoshito

A16

Ōta Naohiro ······················································································ 194

A17

Shimizu Yūko ······················································································ 198

A19

Hirai Yoshito,Akihiro Satō,Yūji ŌtsuA20

Takeo Namie

A21

Satō Takayuki

A23

Nishimura Shintarō

A24Satō Akihiro····················································································· 188························································ 213····················································································· 217················································································ 220········································································ 223··················································································· 228

Structure and Aims
In 2011, a large number of Christian-related historical materials of Ōita-Bungo from 1635(Kan’ei 12) to1860’s was found in the Vatican Apostolic Library in Vatican City. The missionary, Father Mario
Marega(1902-1978), who arrived in Japan at the age of twenty years old and was located in Oita, Usuki andthe surrounding area, collected the materials and donated them to the Vatican City in 1953, while he wasconducting his missionary work there.
He was known for his collection and his research about Christian-related historical materials andpublished two historical records, Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 豊 後 切 支 丹 史 料 (Historical Documents
Regarding Bungo Christians) in 1942 and Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 (the second
volume of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō) in 1946. These two records have been appreciated up to the present, but
the location of their original documents had been unknown for a long while.
In 2012, since the Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives and the National Institutes for
the Humanities accounted the original documents, the NIH concluded an agreement about a survey
cooperation with the Vatican Apostolic Library in November 2013. The National Institutes for the Humanities
has positioned the survey in an overseas material research project related to Japan, and launched a joint
research project entitled “Survey and Research about Conservation and Publication of the Marega Collection
Preserved in the Vatican Library” (representative: Otomo Kazuo), and then started “Marega Project” with the
Vatican Library, with related organizations in Japan, and with domestic and overseas researchers. The
representatives of The National Institute of Japanese Literature (National Institutes for the Humanities) andthe National Museum of Japanese History (NIH), the Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo,
the Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives, and Usuki City participated in the project from Japan.
As for the overseas related institutes, The Salesian Pontifical University (Rome), The Sapienza University ofRome, University of Naples "L'Orientale", and The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome (The Japan Foundation)
cooperated for it.
The project aims at: a) a general survey of documents, b) cooperation for developing a system ofconservation and a system of publication in the Vatican Library, c) construction of the all-documents
catalogue, d) by taking photographs of all the material, web publishing of the digital catalogue, e)
construction of a basic research about Don Marega and about the documents, and development of an
academic information infrastructure of Christian studies/Japan-Europe negotiation studies, f) Disclosure ofsurvey results. The project was finished in 2016, and since 2016 it was taken over by a new joint project
entitled “Research, Conservation and Utilization of the Marega Collection Preserved in the Vatican Library”(representative: Otomo Kazuo, 2016-2021) with a six-years plan.
Throughout the project we have disclosed various research results. Particularly this book, entitledArchival Sources from the Marega Collection in the Vatican Library, aims to share a survey information that
we have elucidated through an investigation and a research. When these groups of historical documents were
found in the Library, they were divided in 21 groups placed in Vatican Library preservation bags (A1-A20).
The groups have increased to 26 because of a discovery of some documents in several places. Most of these
26 groups were contained in bags, wrappers and paper boxes, and were tied up in strings. The collective
information of this sort as well as information of each document should be important for understanding about
individual documents and for pursuing the purpose and the aim of past registers. Furthermore, it will be
important to comprehend the situation in order to assign numbers to the documents not yet ordered.

1While the situation at the time of discovery is left as a record from the point of view of conservationand publication, the documents will be contained in preservation bags one by one. For this reason, we
attempted diligently to record information about these 26 groups, at the same time we aim to describe some
representative documents in this book.
While this book was printed in both Japanese and English, the content of the two versions is notcompletely the same. For the English version we worked to share the value of this set of documents in a way
appropriate for people who are more familiar with English. It is divided into two sections: 1) overviews of
the documents in English, and 2) photographs, texts (kaidokubun 解読文), and English translations of the
67 representative documents.
The Japanese version also consists of two sections: 1) overviews of the documents in Japanese, and2) texts (Kaidokubun) of the 224 representative documents judged to be important.
The overviews of the collection in the first section of both versions were created with theInternational Council on Archives’ General International Standard Archival Description in mind.
The specific description is based on the following two works.
First, the description was based on a general survey about the documents not yet ordered. In thegeneral survey, photographic record was made of the state of the preservation bags, the structure of the
documents within the bags, how the documents were grouped, and the relationship between the documents.
Numbers were assigned to individual documents while paying attention to the relationship between them,
thereby allowing us to physically manage them. Of course, this method serves to heighten the value ofindividual documents (for example, more information about documents with unclear content and that are
difficult to date often can be obtained by considering the other documents they were stored with), as well as
providing us with clues for how documents were managed after being created. We believe that providing
contextual information in addition to content information in file descriptions will be useful for scholarshipthat makes use of these documents. (We plan to release the text of the collection's documents and otherinformation to the general public using an image database in the future.)
Second, we also described about A1 to A26 based on the catalogue completed with the analyzed
documents and these relationships. Since we will publish this information on the database entitled “Fondo
Mario Marega, Vatican Library”, it is not included in this book.
This book is published through the overall approaches described above. As interim progress report
we have already published Archival Sources from the Marega Collection in the Vatican Library vol.1 andvol.2. This book is the comprehensive version and aims to show its result and an outline of Marega fonds.
The publication of this book has been carried out with a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)(overseas academic survey) entitled “Overseas Academic Survey Research Relating to Turning the Vatican
Library’s Bungo Christian Materials into an International Information Resource” (representative: Otomo
Kazuo, 2017-2021).
For the survey and the research it has been supported by Joint Research Project of theHistoriographical Institute of the University of Tokyo: “Historiographical research on the Bungo Kirishitan
Shiryo (Documents concerning the persecution of the Christians of Bungo, Kyushu) and the original sourceson which it was based” (representative: Yoko Matsui, 2014-2015) the said joint research entitled“Comprehensive research on historical materials collected by Fr. Mario Marega held by Vatican Library”(representative: Yoko Matsui, 2016-2018), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B): “Kirishitan and thecross-cultural communication in the early modern Japan” (representative: Yukihiro Ohashi, 2017-2021),

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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C): “Administration for Non-State-Owned Archives in Japan, Italy andthe Vatican in the Twentieth Century” (representative: Ryo Yugami, 2017-2021), Research Grant Program of
the Toyota Foundation: ”The Approach to Dissemination of New Preservation Technologies for Disaster
Damaged Archives” (representative: Mutsumi Aoki, 2016-2017), and the Italian School of East Asian Studies.
Otomo Kazuo(References)
Web site of this project : https://www.nijl.ac.jp/projects/marega/
Fondo Mario Marega Vatican Library Database : https://base1.nijl.ac.jp/~marega/
Vatican Library : https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/3

Part I

Summary of the Fonds Marega
A1-A26

Fonds Description
Reference Code: Fonds Marega (Marega collection).
Title: Fonds Marega (Marega Collection).
Date Range: 1612–1953.
Primary Date Range: 1612–1868
Date Range Notes: Documents fall between 1612–1868 and 1930–1953.
Description Level: fonds
Quantity: Approx. 14,647 catalogue entries. (14594＋A26 of 51 documents )Notes on Physical State:
Approximately half of the fonds’ Edo period documents were organized, wrapped in newspapers andother materials, and assigned numbers by Marega. In general, Marega did not go through the documents towhich he did not assign numbers by him. (When documents were sent to the Vatican in 1953, they were putin three boxes: documents with numbers that had been organized, ones without numbers that had not, andones that were included in Marega's published compilations.)
While some documents were heavily damaged due to insects and/or torn, conservation work was carriedout on them from 2013 to 2017 at the Vatican Library. Thereafter the documents added by the Vatican Libraryand the documents acquired by the Library of the Salesian University and by the Vatican Library were
included.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Basically comprised of four sets of historical materials. Many of themare originally from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方) in Japan.
One also finds drafts, correspondence, memos, etc. written by Marega himself, and also finds cards andnewspapers used by organization of the documents from late 1950’s to 1960’s. Some of these documents
were purchased at used bookstores and the like.
Biographical History:
Mario Marega (1902/09/30–1978/01/30) was born in Gorizia, located in Italy's northeastern region of
Friuli. After finishing his secondary education in Vienna during World War I and a period of religious training,in 1919 joined the Salesians of Don Bosco. He then studied in the philosophy department of Turin’s famousSalesians Valsalice High School and obtained a mathematics teaching license. In 1925 he enrolled in the
Faculty of Theology of Salesian Pontifical University, and in 1927 became a priest. In 1929 he graduated,
obtaining his theology doctorate. In October of the same year he departed from Venice, and arrived in Kobeon December 14. And then he arrived at Miyazaki and became a teacher at a theology college. In December
1931 he transferred to the Oita Church. In 1933 he was involved in the establishment of the Kaisei
Kindergarten. For some people, their memory of Marega is of him being the head of this kindergarten when
they were students. Then he became the priest in charge of the Oita Church.
While engaging in missionary and educational activities, in 1938 he published an Italian translation of
Kojiki 古事記 (Record of Ancient Matters), which Vincenzo Cimatti gave to the Pope Pius XI by hand in
1938. Marega then received the pope’s blessing. Around 1938 he collected and studied documents related
to Christians from the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs, and also worked to discover historicalplaces related to Christian history in Edo period. The fruits of his efforts were reported in local and Catholic
newspapers, and in 1942 he published Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 豊後切支丹史料 (Historical Documents
Regarding Bungo Christians).

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While during World War II on July 16th, 1945, the Oita Church burned down in an air strike, Marega’s Christian related-documents had been sent to a church in Miyazaki a year earlier and thus were unharmed.
Due to the defeat of Italy at the end of July, Catholic priests were taken into custody and sent to Tochinoki
Onsen in Kumamoto Prefecture. Immediately after the end of World War II in 1946, Marega published Zoku
Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料, the second volume of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō.
In 1947 Marega returned to Italy, and while engaging in proselytization work in Palermo, Sicily, he held
an exhibition of Japanese historical documents. In 1948 he again was ordered to go to Japan by the Pope Pius
XII when he had an audience with the Pope. He returned to Oita and after working at churches in Ōita andBeppu, in 1950 he arrived at the Himon’ya Church in Tokyo, where he worked as assistant to its first director,
amongst other positions. In this year, also, he taught at the Salesio Seminary in Chohu, and the following
year at the Salesian Junior College. While during this year he temporarily returned to Ōita, he continued towork at the Himon’ya Church. In 1953, he sent drafts and other items used to publish his collections ofChristian historical documents and materials to the Vatican, possibly through the Vatican Embassy in Japan.
He worked at the Usuki Church from 1953 to 1958, and in 1959 he became a teacher at Seibi Gakuen Juniorand Senior high school administrated by Sisters of Salesians of Don Bosco, at Akabane Tokyo. In 1961 hepublished Ochiboshū 落穂集, and in 1968 Kirishitan eiyū tachi キリシタン英雄たち (Japanese Christian
Heroes). In March 1962, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere Ordine al Merito dellaRepubblica Italiana) was bestowed upon Marega at the Italian Embassy in Japan. Marega also formed
relationships with scholars by, for example, participating in the International Conference of Eastern Studies.
In 1974 he returned to Italy, and passed away in Brescia, Lombardia on January 30th, 1978.
Since the set of documents from Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs acquired by Marega in1938 forms the majority of his collection, and Marega’s manuscripts, memos, and correspondence are related
to this set of documents, let us turn to this office. In Usuki, Amabe District, Bungo Province (present-day
Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture), after the scrapping of Ōtomo Yoshimune 大友義統 (the child of Ōtomo Sōrin
宗 麟 ), Fukuhara Naotaka 福 原 直 高 , who served the Toyotomi 豊 臣 family, arrived. After he wastransferred to Funai, Bungo (present-day Ōita City), Ōta Kazuyoshi 太田一吉 was given land in Usuki
equivalent to 65,000 koku. After the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, Inaba Sadamichi 稲葉貞通, who had
switched from the Western Army to the Eastern Army, was transferred from Gujō Hachiman, Minō Provinceand put in charge of land with a value of 50,000 koku. He was a feudal lord who was not a hereditary vassalof the Tokugawa family. The following individuals in the Inaba family ruled until the end of Edo period:
Sadamichi 貞通, Norimichi 典通, Kazumichi 一通, Nobumichi 信通, Kagemichi 景通, Tomomichi 知通, Tsunemichi 恒通, Masamichi 菫通, Yasumichi 泰通, Hiromichi 弘通, Terumichi 雍通, Takamichi
尊通, Chikamichi 幾通, Akimichi 観通, and Hisamichi 久通. They ruled over ninety-seven villages inAmabe District, thirty-nine in Ōita Distrct, and 143 in Ōno district, all of which were in Bungo Province (seeTable 1). From Kan’ei 11 (1634) onwards, the Usuki Domain strengthened its prohibition on Christianity bycarrying out religious inquisitions, having individuals create oaths stating that they were not Christian, andcreating five household units. However, hidden Christians were found in Bungo Province after that. In Usuki
Domain in Kanbun 5 (1665), three individuals became religion magistrates (Takamiya, Okabe, and Itō). Theydeveloped a system for carrying out fumie, managing relatives of former Christians, and religious inquisitions.
In Genroku 2 (1689), their salary became twenty hyō, and two individuals were assigned to work under them.
With regard to the documents of Edo period, there are the documents acquired from Hareruya Shoten ハレ
ルヤ書店 (Hallelujah Bookstore) at Oita City.

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(Related places): Mario Marega was born in Gorizia, located in Italy's northeastern region of Friuli. Vienna,
Turin, Rome, Miyazaki, Ōita, Usuki, Himon’ya (Meguro City, Tōkyō).
(Positions, etc.) Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary, Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (religion
magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行)
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953. (The materials relating to Bungo
Christians - the majority of the documents in the fonds - were purchased by Marega in the 1930s. ).
Acquisition Source: Mario Marega.
Scope and Content:
Marega Collection can be divided into four major categories: (a) seventeenth to nineteenth century
documents from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs related to Christianity (about 11950 records),(b) historical materials related to Japanese Christians from 18th to 19th century, purchased at used bookstoresand the like (394 records), (c) the publication draft for Mario Marega’s Zoku Bungo kirishitan shiryō and his
memos, survey notes, and autobiographical manga (about 2236 records), and (d) materials added from late1950’s to 1960’s after finishing the acceptance of the fonds.
a.

A set entitled “01. 宗門方 (01 Office of Religious Affairs)” of Christian-related seventeenth

to nineteenth century documents from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs. It was acquired byMarega in the 1930s. While it is unclear how he obtained them, there is a record of him paying for them. At
the time documents from domains were sold at used bookstores, so he may have purchased these documents
at some of them. The documents are almost entirely from the domain's Office of Religious Affairs; there are
no records from other government departments. Furthermore, the letters (jō) submitted from villages and thelike as part of inquisitions of families of former Christians (birth, marriage, and death notices, etc.) are foundgrouped together in bags and the like. Some are stored in clothing, sweets, etc. boxes. The documents appear
to have been put in them due to the deterioration of bags and the like. While it is not completely clear who
did so, we can probably assume that it was Marega’s doing.
b.

A set of materials entitled “02. 諸資料 (02 materials)” from the Edo period that were purchased

at used bookstores and the like. One finds receipts and purchase material lists for the items (related to the
Oka Domain) Marega purchased from Hareruya Shoten ハレルヤ書店(Hallelujah Bookstore) in Ōita as

well as documents purchased from the Nagasaki local historian Motoyama Motozō 元山元造. It is possible
to categorize them based on where they are from: 01. 臼杵藩関係 (御納戸・御奥・郡奉行・その他) ( 01
Usuki Domai: Onando, inner palace, county magistrate, and the others), 02. 臼杵藩士 (戸上家・生野家・諸家) (02 feudal retainers of the Usuki Domain: the Tonoues, the Shonos, and other families), 03. 岡藩関係 (03 Oka Domain), 04. 府内藩関係(04 Hunai Domain), 05. 大村藩関係ヵ (05 Omura Domain?), 06.
杵築町･藩文書 (06 documents of the Kitsuki Town and the Kitsuki Domain), 07. 生地･宗近組文書 (07documents of the Kiji-Munechika unit), 08. 大坂町奉行? (08 Osaka magistrate?), 09. 駿河国安倍郡腰越村 (09: documents of the Koshigoe Village in Age District, Suruga Province), 10. 出羽国最上郡泉田村奥山家文書 (10 documents of the Izumita Village’s Okumura Jinbē family, in Mogami District, Dewa
Province), 11. 銀札 (11 silver notes), 12. その他 (12 the others) and the like. We are working to determine
exactly which documents in his collection were acquired in this way.
c.

A set of documents originating from Marega himself. The set includes a publication manuscript for

Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō (A1), his memos, survey notes, an autobiographical manga, and so on. When
Marega sent A1 and A2 from Japan to the Vatican, he put the documents included in the two volumes of hiscompilations in tin cans. There are also many drafts and memos from his work, which make this set of8documents very different from the others in this fonds. Other groups of documents generally remain in thesame state as they were when managed at the Usuki Domain. However, A1 and A2 were structured by Marega.
On the historical documents one finds numbers written for document management. The majority of Marega’s
notes and memos are written in Italian.
Information on Additionally Received Documents: In May 2016 the Vatican Library received approximately
300 items as A24 related to the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs from the Salesian Pontifical
University’s Marega Collection in order to carry out conservation work on them. They were found at
the Salesio Seminary in Chohu in 1980’s, and in the first decade of the new millennium, the Japanesepriest Mizobe Osamu sent them to Salesian Pontifical University. Many are damaged, and when we
received them they had not been catalogued. The materials of A25 had been transferred from The Libraryof the Vatican Museums to the Vatican Library and has been managed at least since 2018. A26 had been
held in the Vatican Apostolic Archive by 2020 and then they transferred it to the Vatican Library. This
group of materials is one part of the materials brought by Vincenzo Cimatti (Marega’s superior). Thereare 26 materials in Japanese and 8 materials in English. The latter have been inserted in the article by
Don Marega entitled “Memorie cristiane della regione di Oita” in Annali Lateranensi vol.3, but their
original location has yet to be found at the moment.
Organization Method: After engaging in a joint general survey with the Vatican Library, we assigned numbers,
carried out preservation and conservation measures, and took digital photographs. Furthermore, adocument catalogue and metadata were created in Japan.
Usage Conditions: Under consideration.
Languages Used: Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, German and English.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements: While some documents were heavily damaged due toinsects and/or torn, conservation work was carried out on them from 2013 to 2019 at the Vatican Library.
Search Method: Vatican Library’s Collection of Marega (Bungo Christian) Database (National Institutes for
the Humanities).
Location of Originals: Vatican Library
Related Materials: (1) Salesian Pontifical University Library Marega Collection (Marega documents,
classical literature, color-printed ukiyoe, old photographs, etc.); (2) Usuki City (Ōita Prefecture) Boardof Education’s Usuki Domain Documents (like Fonds Marega, a set of documents from the Usuki
Domain); (3) Usuki domain village official documents (esp. the Ikemi Family documents held at the
Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives); (4) Cimatti Museum materials, which include
records related to Vincenzo Cimatti (Marega’s superior), and some Marega-related materials; (5) All ofFonds Marega’s digital images will be managed by the Vatican Library and the National Institutes for
the Humanities, Japan. The University of Tokyo’s Historiographical Institute, Oita Prefecture Ancient
Sages Historical Archives, and Usuki City Hall will manage their reproductions.
Publications: Documents included in Bungo Kirishitan shiryō (Historical Materials Related to Bungo
Christians; 1942), Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō (Historical Materials Related to Bungo Christians, vol.
2; 1946) are generally stored in A1 and A2. The Italian translation of the Kojiki was published in 1938,
Ochiboshū in 1961, and Kirishitan no eiyū tachi in 1968. As

representative works from the Marega

Project there are following publications: Mutsumi Aoki & Angela Nunez Gaitan ed., Preservation andConservation of Japanese Archival Documents. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2019); Yoko Matsui,
Takayuki Sato and Yoshiyuki Matsuzawa ed., 『甦る豊後切支丹史料』(Bensei-Shuppan, 2020), aims

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to revise reproduction of the original documents inserted in Bungo Kirishitan shiryō and in Zoku Bungo
Kirishitan shiryō by Mario Marega; The special feature articles about fonds Marega in Studies inJapanese Literature and Culture, vol 12 and vol. 14.
Notes:Name of Holding Institution: Vatican Library
Author of Description: Ōtomo Kazuo
Updated 10/03/2020

10A1
Reference Code: maregaA1
Title: Vatican Library’s Fonds Marega (Bungo Christian Historical Documents) A1
Date Range: 1645–1949
Primary Date Range(s): 1645 (Shōhō 3) – 1870 (Meiji 3)
Date Range Notes: Includes copy from 1938 (Shōwa 13), correspondence memos from the 1940s, and a 1949
(Shōwa 24) paystub.
Description Level: File
Quantity: Quantity：629 catalogue entries. (148 jō 状, 44 hōshi 包紙, 35tatechō 竪帳, 15 yokochō 横帳,
13tsuzuri 綴, 2 published books, 3 maps, 98 paper slips, 32 manuscripts, 3 postcards, 13 newspapers,
180 envelopes, 26 pieces of paper for wrapping etc.)
Provenance: Mario Marega. Usuki Domain, Takeda Domain, etc.
Notes on Physical State: Almost of the documents are organized using envelopes, wrappers, etc.
Structure and Content:
File A1 consists of documents that Marega took out of his collection (documents included and assigned
numbers in Marega’s hand-written catalogue [A16.4.4]) to store separately for inclusion in Zoku Bungo
Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 (Historical Documents Regarding Bungo Christians, vol. 2; below,Zoku). On the envelopes are written numbers Marega assigned to the documents (below, Marega Numbers),
as well as reference codes and numbers that indicate their order within Zoku. When organizing these
documents, we assigned subfile numbers (A1.1 to A1.23) to each group of items in envelopes and the like.
The numbers of documents and groups of documents and where they appear in Zoku are shown in Table 1.
A1.1 is Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 豊後切支丹史料 (vol. 1). It includes many handwritten notes, suchas the numbers of the documents appearing therein. It appears to have been sent by Marega to Rome in 1954.
It was moved from the Vatican Library's collection into A1. A1.2 is Zoku. It includes handwritten corrections
and memos. It was originally in this bag (A1).
A1.3 to A1.18 are documents that appear to have been grouped by the chapter in which they appear in
Zoku. (Zoku is structured as follows: Part 1 – Chronologically ordered historical materials related to theuncovering of Christians during the Kanbun period [1661–1673]; Part 2 – Subsequent historical materials
related to Christians, former Christians, and their families; Part 3 – Fumie: Part 4 – Various notifications;
Part 5 – Materials other than the historical materials Marega collected). On the front side of the envelopes
and wrappers are Marega Numbers as well as many Italian memos regarding content, titles, etc. and thereadings of such Japanese text written in the Roman alphabet. Also included with many documents arememos on slips of paper and transcription. We can thereby see the process by which Marega deciphered andcarried out research on these historical materials in order to compile Zoku. It appears that they were organized
after Zoku was compiled. The pages upon which documents appear in the book are recorded on the envelopes
and wrappers.
A1.20 is a manuscript of Zoku with many corrections. It includes layout notes and thus appears to havebeen the one he submitted to be published.
Marega Numbers are written on the documents. However, since these are groups of documents
organized by chapter, in almost all cases the Marega Numbers are not consecutive. The distribution of thesenumbers is shown in Table 2.

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A1 includes documents indicating where Marega acquired his document collection, such as a list of
historical materials purchased from Motoyama Motozō 元山元造 (A1.9.2.1.1.4), a copy (A1.9.2.1.3.1) andletter (A1.9.3.2.2; envelope: A1.9.2.1.1.0) that appear to have been received from the same individual, and adocument with a Hareruya Shoten ハ レ ル ヤ 書 店 (Hallelujah Bookstore) price tag (A1.3.14.1 Oka
Domain). There are also documents (or copies of documents) that appear to have been received from Mieno
三重野 (Sachio 幸夫) (A1.4.1.0.1, etc.), a newspaper reporter from Takeda’s Oita Shimbun (A1.15.4.0),
and other individuals.
Furthermore, based on the included memos written on slips of paper, it appears that other people suchas Takahashi Shinkichi 高橋眞吉, Takayama Hideaki 高山英明, and Imamura Kōji 今村孝次

also wereinvolved in the provision of historical materials and information, transcription revisions, manuscript
reviewing, and so on.
A1.21–23 are woodblock print maps of Osaka, Nagasaki, and Kyoto. They might have been mixed inafter A1 was put together. A1.1.9 consists solely of newspaper pages used as wrappers.
Languages: Japanese, Italian, English
Date Description Written: 2016/11/27
Description Author: Matsui Yoko
Table 2. Historical Materials in A1 Bag: Marega Number Distribution (Total: 196)
Marega No.

Items

Marega No.

Items

Marega No.

Items

0-100

5

M1-M100

0

B1-B100

11

101-200

3

M101-M200

0B101-B2001

201-300

2

M201-M300

4

B201-B3006301-400

9

M301-M400

7B301-B40019401-500

12

M401-M500

1

B401-B5007

501-600

0

M501-M600

0B501-B600

4601-7000

M601-M700

0B601-B700

14701-80037

M701-M800

10B701-B8007801-900

10

M801-M900

0B801-B900

7901-10000M901-M1000

0B901-B941

20

78

22

96

“M” means 1000, means “B” 2000.

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Table 1. Reference Codes / Numbers Assigned to A1 Bag Envelopes & Their Location in Zoku Bungo
Kirishitan shiryō
Number『Zoku

MaregaBag

Documentof

Number

採録

Bungo

No.

No.

No.

branchof records

数Kirishitan

numberContents
Title(Section title from the A01.4 to the16)

shiryō』

none

A01

1

0

1

0

none

A01

2

0

1

0

S86～
101

A01

3

0～17

120

37

Part III

F㊷～㊾

A01

4

0～8

30

8

Part I

寛文九年(1669)

E㉞～㊶

A01

5

0～8

27

10

Part I

寛文八年(1668)

D㉗～㉝

A01

6

0～8

46

10

Part I

寛文六年(1666)

C⑧～㉖

A01

7

0～20

67

22

Part I

寛文五年(1665)－『Bungo Kirishitan shiryō』『Zoku Bungo Kirishitan
shiryō』
Fumie

B④～⑦

A01

8

0～4

12

5

Part I

寛文元年(1661)

A①～③

A01

9

0～3

26

4

Part I

Introductory Chapter

G㊿～53

A01

10

0～4

14

4

Part I
Part I(about theprisoner of
Bungo
Kirishitan)

寛文十年(1670)
寛文十一(1671)・貞享三年(1686)一件

H54～55

A01

11

0～2

8

2

I(J)56～
57
K58

A01

12

0～2

32

4

A01

13

0～1

4

1

Part I

延宝八年(1680)

L59～65

A01

14

0～7

28

8

Part I

N67～70

A01

15

0～4

18

6

M66

A01

16

0～1

7

2

貞享四年(1687) (Ruizokucho)
Documents of the Bungo Takeda(Oka) Domain
享保九(1724)、元文二(1737)

O71～78
P79～83
Q84 R85

Part I

延宝六年(1678)

Part I
Part I

A01

17

0～3

104

20

Part II

Honnin,Honnindozen,Korobihonn
in, Korobi
Notice(todokegaki)

102～
113
none
none

A01

18

0～12

59

21

Part IV

A01

19

1～3

3

0

－

A01

20

1～12

16

0

none

A01

21

0～1

2

0

－

only newspaper『Zoku Bungo Kirishitan
Siryo』(map of Nagasaki)

none

A01

22

0～1

2

0

－

(map of Osaka)

none

A01

23

0～1

2

0

－

(map of Kyoto)

629

164

Total

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A2
Reference Code: maregaA2
Title: Vatican Library’s Fonds Marega (Bungo Christian Historical Documents) A2
Date Range: 1613–1949
Primary Date Range(s): Entire Edo Period (1603–1868), Early Shōwa Period (1926–1989)
Date Range Notes: A2 includes documents with dates spanning from 1613 (Keichō 18) to 1949 (Shōwa 24).
Approximately eighty documents include a date or can be dated. Seventy-four are from the Edo period,and six from the Shōwa period. Of the Edo period documents, thirty-eight are from the seventeenth
century, twenty from the eighteenth century, and sixteen from the nineteenth century.
Description Level: File
Quantity: 260 catalogue entries (90 archival documents, 12 hōshi 包紙, 1 koyori 紙縒, 5 wrappers, 5 copyist
manuscripts, 20 memos in Italian, 20 memos with Japanese written in the Roman alphabet, 2 memos inboth Italian and Roman alphabet Japanese, 3 memos, 3 postcards, 6 kanpon 刊本 (printed books fromthe early modern period), 2 printed items, 4 slips of paper, 85envelopes)
Notes Regarding Physical State: Archival documents, kanpon, and printed items are in large and smallenvelopes along with relates memos, copyist manuscripts, postcards, sheets of paper, etc., forming
approx. forty-nine small groups. Some archival documents are wrapped in wrappers and hōshi. Whilethe included record books have some dirt, insect damage, etc., on the whole they are in good condition.
Provenance, Creation: A2 itself was created by Mario Marega, and is centered on the archival documents thathe collected. These documents come from individuals that were affiliated with the Usuki Domain, Saiki
Domain, Oka Domain, and Kumamoto Domain, as well as residents, temples, etc. within these domains.
In addition to archival documents, there are various memos Marega himself created when making thisfile, copyist manuscripts of archival documents made by people around him, postcards fromacquaintances, and multiple kanpon and printed materials made by various individuals.
Structure and Content:
File A2 consists of documents that Marega took out of his collection and organized for inclusion in Zoku
Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 (Historical Documents Regarding Bungo Christians) (vol. 1).
The file is comprised of four major sub-files (A2.1 to A2.4). There are forty-nine smaller files in envelopesin these sub-files. In the envelopes, there are documents collected by Marega as well as Italian memos andJapanese Roman alphabet memos, copyist manuscripts, and other related materials. Marega wrote on thefront side of almost all of the envelopes the Marega Numbers of the documents inside of them, numbers incircles, Italian-language memos, and so on.
Next let us consider the relationship between the structure of this file and that of volume one of Bungo
Kirishitan shiryō. To do so, the numbers written in circles (1 to 29) on the envelopes are useful. Volume 1 of
Bungo Kirishitan shiryō is comprised of sixteen chapters if one includes the introduction and supplement. As
can be seen by the below table, the circled numbers (1 to 29) indicate the order of the envelope’s documents
in Bungo Kirishitan shiryō. (Based on these numbers it can be seen that the order of the A2.2 to A2.4 subfiles
do not correspond to the chapter order of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō; originally they were in the following
order: A2.2, A2.4, A2.3. This is due to priority being given to their current state when they were being
photographed. Them being out of order does not have any structural significance or meaning). Furthermore,on thirty envelopes one also finds numbers such as “pag.7,” “pag.8” (A2.2.2.0.1). These numbers are the14

page numbers (pagina) of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō (vol. 1) on which the documents in these envelopes are
reprinted. This indicates that this file was organized sometime after the 1942 (Shōwa 17) publication of
volume 1 of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō while referring to it.
Next, based on the document catalogue I have written brief summaries of the content of the individual
A2.1 to A2.4 subfiles.
A2.1: Records relating to the 1637( Kan’ei 14) Shimabara Rebellion and the 1867 (Keiō 3) crackdown
on Christians called the Urakami Yoban Kuzure 浦上四番崩れ.
A2.2: Documents relating to the uncovering of Christians in 1668 (Kanbun 8) and the following year.
A2.3: In addition to documents relating to the uncovering of Christians in Kanbun 8 (like A2.2),
documents relating to martyrs, surveys of relatives of former Christians in the Usuki Domain, the control ofrelatives of former Christians in the Saiki Domain, and religious inquisitions.
A2.4: In addition to documents regarding religious inquisitions (like A2.3), documents relating to thecontrol of relatives of former Christians and fumie, as well as laws prohibiting Christianity.
In light of these subfiles’ overlapping content, it appears that they are not categorized based on theircontent. Marega probably grouped documents together in this way for convenience when organizing andstoring them.
As described above, this file is a group of documents that were used for volume 1 of Bungo Kirishitan
shiryō. However, all of the documents in this file are not included in this work: documents with the samecontent, voluminous records, etc. were completely left out, only included in part, and so on. Also, there are
documents in this book that are not found in this file: the two in Chapter 14 (texts relating to the banishmentof Catholic priests in 1587), two of the four in Chapter 9 (oaths renouncing Christianity), and three of thefive in Chapter 13 (documents banning Christianity). While the reasons for this are not immediately apparent,
the Italian memo written on the envelope of A2.4.3.1.0 might provide us with a hint: “743 dato al Papa nel
1947.” In other words, in 1947 (Shōwa 22; after the publication of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō) a document inthis file (Marega Number 743) was presented (dato) by Marega to the Pope (Papa). Thus there is thepossibility that documents in addition to Marega Number Document 743 were removed from this file byMarega himself for some reason. In fact, while not documents included in Bungo Kirishitan shiryō, there arecases in this file (Marega Number 779, 780, etc.) in which only a wrapper for a document remains (A2.4.3.4.1,
A2.4.3.4.2). On the envelope in which these wrappers are found (A2.4.3.1.0) Buste (envelope / box) is written
regarding 779 and 780, unlike the c’è (“there is [in this envelope]”) written regarding the other documents
contained therein. From this we can gather that they were probably moved to another envelope or documentbox. It thus appears that the documents in Bungo Kirishitan shiryō not found in this file were most likely not
lost by accident but purposely removed by Marega. While Silvio Vita has discussed Marega presenting to thePope Bungo Kirishitan shiryō (vols. 1 and 2) as well as a woodblock print book related to the ShimabaraRebellion (“Bungo Kirishitan no ato o tadoru Mario Marega shinpu: Marega bunshogun no seiritsu katei tosono haikei” 豊後キリシタンの跡をたどるマリオ・マレガ神父―マレガ文書群の成立過程とその背景― [Father Mario Marega in the Tracks of Early Christians in Bungo: The Formation of the Marega
Collection and its Background], Kokubungaku kenkyū shiryōkan kiyō ākaibuzu kenkyū hen 国文学研究資料館紀要 アーカイブズ研究篇 [The Bulletin of the National Institute of Japanese Literature] 12 [2016],
p. 163), the above shows that he also presented the Pope with an original text.
This file also includes multiple documents from which one can get a fragmented glimpse into its
formation and the work carried out to compile volume 1 of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō. For example, on a slip

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of paper with a document entitled “Survey Results as of Twentieth Day of the Twelfth Month of Shōtoku 1[1711] Year of the Rabbit” (Marega No. B315; A2.4.7.1) there is a Japanese handwritten memo whichtranslates to “Investigation into Living Former Christians, People Born to a Christian Before Their
Renunciation of Christianity, and Relatives of a Former Christian: ¥5.” This shows that part of the file waspurchased. In other files (such as A1) there is evidence that Marega acquired the documents therein bypurchasing them. Satō Akihiro has written about how they were purchased at Hareruya Shoten ハレルヤ書
店 (Hallelujah Bookstore), which was in Ōita City’s Horikawa–chō (“Marega purojekuto ni kakawaru heiseini jū go nendo gaiyō chōsa” マレガ・ブロジェクトに係る平成二五年度概要調査 [2013 Academic Year
Marega Project–Related General Survey], Ōita kenritsu sentetsu shiryōkan shiryōkan kenkyū kiyō 大分県
立先哲史料館

史料館研究紀要 [Research Bulletin of the Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical

Archives] 19 [2015], pp. 39–40). Besides the item mentioned above, a slip of paper with Marega Number
Document B315 (A2.4.9.2) has a ¥3 Hareruya Shoten price tag attached to it. This also indicates that thisbookstore played a role in the formation of this collection. Furthermore, in this file there are postcards
informing Marega about corrections to the reprints of the many document copyist manuscripts included inthis file (A2.2.4.1, A2.2.9.2). They were sent by Imamura Kōji 今村孝次 (1875 / Meiji 8 – 1941 / Shōwa
16) and Takayama Hideaki 高山英明 (1872 / Meiji 5 – 1954 / Meiji 29). Imamura was an educator who
worked in the 1920s and 1930s as the principal of the Shōwa Jissen Jogakkō 昭和実践女学校 (Shōwa
Practical Girl’s School; currently Beppu Daigaku Fuzoku Kōtō Gakkō 別府大学附属高等学校 / Beppu
University Senior High School). He was also a local historian who was commissioned to compile Ōitakenshi 大分県史 (Oita Prefectural History) and wrote many articles (see Satō Yoshiaki 佐藤義詮, “Kōki” 後
記 [Postscript], in Imamura Kōji, Nihō jinbunshi 二豊人文志 [Humanities Chronicle of Buzen and Bungo][Hōbundō, 1943]). Takayama was a politician who served as the mayor of Ōita City from 1929 (Shōwa 4) to1932 (Shōwa 7). He also was active in the recognizing and preserving the history of Ōita, such as that related
to Ōtomo Sōrin 大友宗麟 (Yoshida Toyoharu 吉田豊治, “Takayama Hideaki” 高山英明, in Ōitaken
rekishi jinbutsu jiten [Dictionary of Ōita Prefecture Historical Figures], ed. by Ōita Gōdō Shinbunsha 大分
合同新聞社編 [Ōita Gōdō Shinbunsha, 1996]). We can see that in the background to the compilation andpublication of Marega’s Bungo Kirishitan shiryō was the cooperation of these local individuals.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, German
Date Description Written: 2016/11/20
Description Author: Matsuzawa Yoshiyuki

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袋番号
A02

史料番号

枝番1

1

2

3

マレガ袋番号

正編の章

1〜13
1
2

―
―
①

―
―
序

3

②

4

③

5

④(④A、④B)

6

⑤

7

⑥

8

⑦

9

⑧

10

⑨

11
12
13
1

⑩
―
―
⑱

―
―

2

⑲

第10章

3

⑳

4

㉑

5

㉒

6

㉓

7

㉔

8

㉕

9
10
11

㉖

12

4

枝番2

―
㉗
1〜2

㉘

3

㉙

第1章

第11章

―
第12章
第13章

13
1
2

―
―
⑪

―
―
第2章

3

⑫

第3章

4

⑬

第4章

5

⑭

第5章

―

第6章

6

1

7
8
9
10

⑮

第7章

―
⑯

第8章

1、3

⑰

第9章

2、4〜8

―

―

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A3
Reference Code: maregaA3
Title: Fonds Marega File A3
Date Range: 1646–1861 (Excluding undated documents and summary memos, sheets of newspaper, etc.)
Primary Date Range(s): Of 663 dated documents, 106 from the Jōkyō period (1684–1688), 86 from the
Meiwa period (1764–1772), and 75 from the Genroku period (1688–1704)
Date Range Notes: 1646 (Shōhō 3) to 1861 (Bunkyū 1)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 840 entries in catalogue (A3.1.1–A3.22.43)
Archival Documents – 727 jō, 13 hōshi 包紙, 1 bag, 87 koyori 紙縒, 1 card, 8 newspapers (including
scraps), 1 envelope, pieces of paper, etc.
Notes on Physical State: A3 is a group of historical documents put in a clothes box and sent to the
Vatican.These boxes are from Beniya Yōfukuten 紅屋洋服店, a Western clothing store that was in Oita
city's Ichimaru Department Store 一丸デパート from 1934 to 1943.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. A3 documents are originally from Usuki Domain's Office ofReligious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方). The file also includes memos regarding the content andmanagement of these documents, which are from Marega and individuals around him.
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953. (The materials relating to Bungo
Christians—the majority of the documents in A3—were transferred to Marega in the 1930s).
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
File A3 is a group of documents from the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs as well as memos
and other materials composed by Marega. There are twenty-two subfiles. As can be seen by the table below,
the dates of the documents found within each subfile vary, and it is thus unlikely that they are in the sameorder as they were when Usuki Domain existed. These subfiles were probably made when their documents
were being placed in their box. The documents from the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs areprimarily ones that were sent to the office regarding religious inquisitions, the death, birth, or moving ofrelatives of former Christians, tonsure, and so on. Similar historical documents are bundled together.
Furthermore, on the edge of the backside of documents is the katakana i イ, which appears to have been
written as a reference code when they were being organized by the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious
Affairs.
Many of the following four types of documents are included in A3: (1) Documents with which domain
retainers reported to the Office of Religious Affairs that a religious inquisition was carried out for eachadministrative organizational unit (on their edge is written “Document Regarding Christian Inquisition”); (2)Documents with which village unit heads or town elders reported to the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious
Affairs the births, moving, etc. of former Christians and their family members in towns/villages (on theiredge is written oboe 覚 or “memo”). The office wrote on the documents information about their content
such as “female joined,” “male left,” “female joined,” and so on; (3) Documents with which town officials,
five household units, and parishioner temples reported to Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs thedeath of former Christians and their relatives. (On their edge is written okakimono no koto 御書物之事 or18

“document.”). Documents to the office from village officials, five household units, and parishioner temples
were wrapped together. Upon receiving these documents the office would wrap them together and on theedge of the backside of the outer document concisely note their content; (4) “Memos” which were drafts of
documents reporting the death, name change, missing, etc. of someone born to a Christian before theirrenunciation of Christianity or a relative of a former Christian who, while being from another territory, were
living in Usuki Domain for marriage or another reason. They sent out these reports twice a year in bulk, on
the fifteenth of the sixth and eleventh month. Almost all characters are marked with “ヽ” in vermilion or
another sign indicating that content was checked. These marks were probably added when checking the clean
copies made of them.
On the documents in A3 from Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs one does not find Marega’s
stamps or numbers. Furthermore, these documents are not in either volume of Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 豊後
切支丹史料. Judging from how compressed together the documents are, insect damage and so on, it ispossible that Marega had not really gone through and organized them. However, there is an envelope uponwhich after the heading “ryo-nin-ji” appears an outline of its content in Roman alphabet Japanese (18.5.0),
indicating that he began to do so.
Languages Used: Approx. 740 items in Japanese, 1 in Italian, 1 in Japanese (Roman alphabet)
Date Description Written: 2016/11/20
Description Author: Satō Akihiro

史料番号
年代

1

2

3

4

5

6 7

8

9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1625〜

20 21 22 集計

1

1650〜

3

1675〜

6

1700〜

19

1725〜

2

1750〜

5

1775〜

5

1800〜

3

1825〜

19

9

2

7

1

3

2

6

1

2

8

1

6

2

23

2

3

3

7
4

2

4

2

2

6

2

3

22 12

16

13

14
4

5

8

32 24

2
3

1

1

10

5

1

2

4

4
1
2

4

13 32 79 25

19

3

4

3

43

6

24 30 197

6

14

14

9

5

120

7

3

3

3

3

57

4

47

6

3

6

125

3

14

1

6

5

1

4

8

1
40 15 11 45 14 5 3 25 16

7

33

3

1850〜

9

20

3

1

49

2

31

5

37

2

3

41 128 39 57 61 663

A4Reference Code : maregaA4
Title: Fonds Marega File A4
Date Range: 1671–1938
Primary Date Range(s): Edo Period (Entirety)
Notes Regarding Date Range: 1671 (Kanbun 11) to 1851 (Kaei 4) / ~ 1938 (Shōwa 13)
Description Level: Fil
Quantity: 910 Records (836 jō, 9 hōshi 包紙, 18 koyori 紙縒, 1 bag, 10 paper slips, 21 strings, 5 newspapers,
1 envelope, 9 other)Notes on Physical State: Placed in a clothes box from Beniya Yōfukuten 紅屋洋服店, a Western clothing
store that was in Oita City's Ichimaru Department Store 一丸デパート (Takechō 4 chōme). Consistsof 20 groups tied together with koyori, one held together with a newspaper, and 35 free-standing
documents.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Most of the documents were originally from the Usuki Domain’s
Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Name(s): Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary. Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (religion
magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行) .
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Same as fonds.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
The majority of these documents are (1) memos (oboe 覚; see below regarding content) submitted toreligion magistrates from various individuals in Usuki Domain, and other (2) documents, booklets, etc. mixed
in with these documents when they were being organized during the modern period and later.
(1) is comprised of documents (memos) and letters sent to the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious
Affairs by government offices, temples, village officials, town officials, etc. in Usuki Domain. There aretwenty groups of several to dozens of items tied together with a twisted paper string. They were arranged assuch during the Edo period for management purposes. There are thirty-five ungrouped items, twenty of which
are from the eleventh month of 1733 (Kyōhō 18). These twenty documents were probably grouped together
in the past. The number of items in each group is shown in the below table.
These groups have the following characteristics: (a) excluding some, generally the received documents(memos) are grouped by month, (b) the senders are diverse: local representatives (village unit heads, village
officials, town elders, etc.), temples / shrines, parishioner temples (priests, etc.), various government offices(domain retainers, trading posts / kaisho 会所), other domains’ offices of religious affairs, (c) their content
primarily relates to the management of relatives of former Christians: fumie, tonsure, death, marriage,
adoption, name changes, moving, travel, etc., (d) they are grouped by month regardless of their sender,
content, and area which they are from. There is document bag titled “Bag From First to Twelfth Month of1723 ( Kyōhō 8 ) I for Various Records Created by Person in Charge Each Month and Paperwork from Village
Units (Excluding Family Registries),” a group of historical materials upon which i イ is written on the backedge of the outer page, and a pasted paper slip upon which is written “Documents Finished [Copying] into20

Journal and Put in Bag.” These give us a glimpse into how these documents were managed.
In light of the above characteristics and the fact that Usuki Domains three religion magistrates alternatedin monthly shifts, it appears that (1) religion magistrates bundled together (some) documents used incorrespondence related to their duties with twisted paper string for each of their month shifts, (2) part of these
documents were copied to some sort of journal, after which they were put in a bag, and (3) the katakana
characters i イ, ro ロ, and ha ハ were used for document management and classification. While only a bagfrom Kyōhō 8 remains amongst these documents, the majority of these documents are from this year, and it
thus appears that documents which were originally in this bag at some stage became scattered while leaving
behind traces of how they were managed.
It is necessary to examine how groups of documents remain in the files up through A21 in order todetermine to what extent (1), (2), and (3) can be seen as the way that original records were kept at the Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs.
The oldest historical materials in these documents are a group of seventeen of them from 1671 (Kanbun
11) to 1676 (Enpō 4), primarily proofs of membership to parishioner temples. 56 was originally stuck closed
and could not be opened. After conservation work was carried out at the Vatican Library, it was discoveredthat it was comprised of eight groups bound together with twisted paper string.
(2) is comprised of correspondence, haiku, Chinese poetry, etc. that Marega appears to have sent andreceived while staying at the Catholic Church in Kon’yachō, Ōita City. It can be seen that he was in contact
with Takayama Hideaki 高山英明, former Ōita City mayor and descendant of Takayama Ukon 高山右近,
as well as Dai Nippon Butokukai’s 大日本武徳会 Ōita branch. Based on the aforementioned clothing store
boxes and the dates of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun used for wrapping (1938–1940), it appears that A4 was
put together around 1940, when Marega was posted at the Ōita Church. While the only trace of Maregaorganizing these documents (Marega numbers, written notes, etc.) is one picture postcard (A4-4), on it wefind “Letters with i written on them are from Kyōhō (1716–1735),” and it thus appears that he grasped thecontent of these documents to an extent.
Languages Used: Approx. 866 items in Japanese, 3 in Italian, 2 in Japanese
Date Description Written:
2016/11/20
Author of Description:
Mino Yukinori

和暦
月
枝番号 点数 「イ」 内部のかたまり 同年月の史料 備考
享保7年 12月～1月
60
47 〇
2
享保7年～9年
26
5〇
袋「類族出家年譜他所行証文」
享保8年 2月
1539 〇
3
享保8年 5月
73
18
享保8年 7月
75
46 〇2
享保8年 8月
27
112,28,48,64
享保8年 8月
65
41 〇
享保8年 8月～10月
71
27 〇
1
21,47,49,70
享保8年 11月
66
24 〇
33
享保8年～寛政7年
77
47 〇
1
享保11年 6月
62
36 〇
3
享保11年 9月
72
26 〇
延享3年 6月
61
35 〇
1
延享3年 8月
76
79
5
延享3年 9月
74
32 〇
2
延享5年 4月
63
50 〇2
安永6年 5月～12月
25
5
端裏「御日記済袋に入候書付」
天保4年 6月
1827
天保9年 2月～3月
57 116 〇
8
嘉永4年 2月
16
46 〇
2
バラのもの
元禄5年 1月
31
享保18年 2月
24
享保18年 10月
19,23
29,30,32,34,39,4
0,42,43,46,50,51
享保18年 11月
,53,54,55,58,59,
67,68,69,78
明和7年 8月
37
17,20,22,35,36,3
年未詳
8,41,44,45,52

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A5
Reference Code: maregaA5
Title: Fonds Marega File A5
Date Range: 1646−1877
Primary Date Range(s): Edo Period (1603–1868)
Date Range Notes: 1646 (Shōhō 3) to 1867 (Keiō 3)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 223 items (12 strings, 3 cards, 29 hōshi 包紙, 9 slips of paper, 4 envelopes, 163 archival documents,
etc.)
Notes on Physical State: It appears that A5 was made under the direction of Marega and organized usinghōshi. Marega Numbers are written on the historical materials and wrapping materials. There are morethan a few historical documents with Western calendar dates written on them in pencil.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Originally from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs(shūmonkata 宗門方).
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Place Name(s): Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Marega to the Vatican.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
A5 consists of four groups of documents held together with string, wrappers (newspaper,wrapping
paper), etc. It is difficult to infer the relationship between the four of them based on their physical state.
However, this file consists of items that were grouped together on a storage shelf at the Vatican Library after
being sent from Japan by Marega and subsequently placed by the individual at the library in charge ofpreservation in a single preservation bag. Thus it appears that they were grouped together to an extent during
Marega’s time and are related to each other. Almost all of these historical materials are documents used toreport to the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs about the members of five household units, thecarrying out of religious inquisitions, and the population, birth, death, movement, etc. of residents of Usuki
domain villages.
A5.1 was wrapped in an English-language newspaper and tied with twine. Furthermore, there are cards
describing its content under the twine. On one of the cards is written “386–392.” These appear to be Marega
numbers. However, A5.1 does not include 386 and 390–392.
Eleven documents are individually placed in an envelope, wrapping material, etc. All of them are related
to religious inquisitions and submitted by villages to the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs. Theirdate ranges and villages are not the same. On A5.1.5’s wrapper we find the Marega Numbers 493–407.
However, it does not include 393, 397, 398, and 400–403.
On the covers of A5.1.3.1 (“Record of Pure Land Sect Membership Investigation”) and A5.1.5.5.1(“Record of Individuals Marrying Relatives of Former Christians") we find characters written in vermilion
indicating that there content had been examined. This gives us a glimpse into the work carried out at the
Office of Religious Affairs.
The entirety of A5.2 is wrapped in a piece of paper. On this paper are 230–244, which appear to be

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Marega Numbers. However, 231 is not included in A5.2. It contains fourteen booklets entitled “Religious
Inquisition Memos Regarding Number of People in Households,” which documents the number of people indomain retainers’ households by each area a government official ruled over. Six of these historical materials
are from the Bunsei period (1818–1830), and three are from the Genroku period (1688–1704).
A5.3 is wrapped in Ōsaka Mainichi’s (Tōkyō Nichi Nichi) English language newspaper, which is dated
1938/02/27. On this wrapper we find the Marega Numbers “M.277–321.” All of these documents areincluded therein.
These documents are: “Record of Children Born to Relatives of Former Christians” (1 booklet), recordsof population and production capacity from 1727 (Kyōhō 12), 1833 (Tenpō 4), and 1848 (Kōka 5) (totaling
22) and one bound bundle from 1733 (Kyōhō 18), which covers twenty-two villages units. These populationand production capacity records include number of births, deaths, and illnesses, and so on. On only the
document submitted in Kyōhō 18 by the Nomura Village Unit found in his bundle there is the title “Record
Booklet of Fumie.” It is possible that it was used for investigations carried out before fumie.
The entirety of A5.4 is wrapped in a piece of paper. While on this wrapper are written the Marega
Numbers “M90–M200,” M135 and M159 are not included.
A5.4 is comprised of a document entitled “Five Household Unit Memo,” which records the names of
the household heads of the Tatamiya Town’s five household units, as well as 109 documents entitled“Christian Inquisition Five Household Unit Document,” which were made for each five person household
unit. Upon them were written five rules to be followed regarding the prohibition of Christianity. The head ofeach household unit would affix his seal to them, and documents from temples would be attached attestingthat household members were parishioners.
A5.4.2.1.1–19 consists of such documents from Higashi Kōno Village (Usuki City). There are six itemswith a vermilion “＋” written on their back edge, five of which include a former Christian in the fivehousehold unit appearing therein. Forty-one items are from a village that was in what is today Notsumachi,
Usuki City. Excluding one of them, they all include a former Christian or the descendant of a former Christian.
Languages Used: Approx. 200 in Japanese, 23 in Italian, 4 in English
Date Description Written: 2016/11/30
Author of Description: Fujita Jun’ichirō

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A6
Reference Code: maregaA6
Title: Fonds Marega File A6
Date Range: 1635
Primary Date Range(s): 1635
Notes Regarding Date Range: Kan’ei 12 (1635)
Description Level: File
Quantity: Archival documents - 89 entries / 371 items (22 jō [304 items] and 66 free-standing sheets of paper[four have title pages, etc.], 1 envelope), 23 wrappers / newspapers, 26 slips of paper, 3 cards, 1 modern
envelope, 19 strings (twine, koyori, etc.)
Notes on Physical State: It appears that documents in this file were managed by gluing them together.
Therefore care must be taken when handling it.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega A6 documents are originally from Usuki Domain's Office of Religious
Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方). The file also includes records created by Marega (slips of paper andcards) regarding the content and management of these documents.
Place Name(s): Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary, Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (religion
magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行)
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953. (The documents relating to Bungo
Christians ― the majority of the documents in A6 ― were transferred to Marega in the 1930s).
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
File A6 consists of archival documents carefully wrapped with washi 和紙 (Japanese paper), English
language newspapers, etc., which were then all carefully wrapped together with a wrapper and tied together
with a string. Damaged documents were handled much more carefully than other ones by, for example,
wrapping them with paper. Under the string bundling all of the documents together were two cards uponwhich is written the content of the file.
The majority of the historical materials in this file are oaths relating to the Christian inquisition carriedout in Kan'ei 12 (1635) that were submitted by Usuki Domain villages and residents to the Office of Religious
Affairs. While there are slight variations, they are generally titled “Oath for Christian Inquisition.” These
documents are in Japanese widely known as nanban seishi 南蛮誓詞 or “Southern Barbarian oaths.” There
are a total of 364 items. There is also one document in which a village unit headman attests that people are
not a Christian and one in which it is attested that a priest is not Christian. Such documents were called ukejō
請状.
There are twenty-two tsugi gami 継紙: sheets of paper comprised of several to dozens of glued together
documents from a village or town. The number of documents in the tsugi gami for each village / town are as
follows: Nakanogawa Village – 14, Yoshino-tsuji – 21, Irikita Village – 13, Tsukumi-hata Village /Matsukawa Village – 23, Utaise Village – 9, Kurono Village / Akano Village – 15, Kimoiri Village – 13,
Kayoi Village – 20, Higashi Kōno Village – 10, 11, Kawarauchi Village – 11, Matsubara Village – 8, Suehiro
Village – 32, Suguou Village – 15, Hosoeda Village – 14, Kugiono Village – 25, Ogawachi Village – 12,24

Tatamiya Town – 9, Sazuru Village – 12, Hetsugi-ichi Village – 2, Mieno Village / Tomuro Village – 10,
name unknown – 1. There are two tsugi gami for Higashi Kōno Village, comprised of ten and elevendocuments. The former set of documents is primarily regarding parishioners of Enpukuji, and this temple's
attestation entitled “Attestation for Christian Inquisition” is found before nine oaths. The latter set of
documents is primarily regarding parishioners of Myōrakuji. Enpukuji and Myōrakuji are both Zen secttemples. On these documents it is written that their priests were married. Thus, their attestation was deemedinvalid, and the parishioners of these temples became parishioners of other temples (such as Usuki’s
Kenshōin) and received documents attesting to this. There is an envelope upon which is written “Kan’ei 12
Higashi Kōno Village Unit Head Documents.” These documents were probably in this envelope.
In the file there are items from the following villages that are not grouped together: Yokoo Village – 2,
Ashikari Village – 13, Mochimaru Village – 2, Kurasono Village – 1, Ōuchi Village – 1, Iejima Village – 21,
Ichinoo Village – 15, Tawara Village 1, Yamaoku Village – 4, Tamarimizu Village – 1, unknown – 1. The
aforementioned village unit headman attestation regarding Christianity is from Ichinoo Village and is notgrouped together with another document. In it, we find information about the situation surrounding thepersecution of Christians at the time: about a system for rewarding those who accused others of being
Christian, how Christians should be investigated, and so on.
It appears that oaths from Kan’ei 12 are also included in other bags. While not included in A6, recordsof the Christian inquisitions for each village unit were made in Kan’ei 12 based on these submitted oaths.
They are held at Salesian Pontifical University. There is a high chance that these documents were pasted
together by the Office of Religious Affairs, which received them from village unit heads.
On the two cards in this file we find the following text: “Handwritten Documents Regarding the
Oppression of the Japanese Catholic Church, Collected by Don Marega, Declarations Renouncing
Christianity, No. 220–260, 1635, Small Group No. 4” (A6.1.1), and “Handwritten Documents Regarding the
Oppression of the Japanese Catholic Church, Collected by Don Marega, No. 270–277, 326–340, 278–298,
Year of 1635, Declarations Renouncing Christianity, Small Group No. 4” (A6.2.2.1.1). Almost all of the
documents corresponding to the numbers (Marega Numbers) written on the card were in this group, however,
we have not found nine items: 220–225, 228, 249, and 258. We also found historical materials with Marega
Numbers spanning from 261 to 269 which are not written on the cards.
Languages Used: Approx. 371 items in Japanese, 25 in Italian, 10 in English
Date Description Written: 2016/11/20
Author of Description: Ōtsu Yūji

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A7
Reference Code: maregaA7
Title: Fonds Marega File A7
Date Range: 1635–1943
Primary Date Range(s): Includes items from the seventeenth and twentieth century, but primarily consists ofitems from the eighteenth and beginning of nineteenth century.
Date Range Notes: 1635 (Kan’ei 12) – 1943 (Shōwa 18)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 721 catalogue entries (635 archival documents / jō 状, 35 strings, 17 newspapers, 5 hōshi 包紙,
4 envelopes, 3 koyori 紙縒, 2 cards, 2 slips of paper)
Notes on Physical State: String, koyori, newspaper, envelope, rolled paper
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Documents from before the nineteenth century are in approximately
thirty groups of varying sizes. They are from Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata
宗門方).
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Marega to the Vatican. The materials relating to Bungo Christians––themajority of the documents in A7––were transferred to Marega in the 1930s.
Scope and Content:
These documents are primarily requests, questions, notifications, attestations, etc. submitted by villages,
temples, etc. to the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs relating to relatives of former Christians.
Their content covers marriage, adoption, divorce, the severing of family ties, academic study / training,
missing individuals, moving (people returning to their family registry, etc.), tonsure, name changes, andparishioner temple changes. Second greatest in number are questions and notifications submitted upon
relatives of former Christians temporarily going somewhere else for business, pilgrimages, hot springs
therapy, etc. The above two kinds of documents (over 600 of them) are found in A7.2, A7.4, and A7.6–9.
Documents within this file are organized into thirty groups of varying sizes based on content and date. There
are traces of Marega and/or his assistants organizing the documents (wrappers, string, memos, etc.), as well
as of how documents were managed at the Office of Religious Affairs. For example, the thirty-seven items
in A7.9.1 are grouped together with a hōshi made by the Office of Religious Affairs.
There is also a group of various documents created / acquired by the office (documents related topurchases, pieces of paper, etc.; A7.3), and a group of seven oaths submitted to the office by households in
Mochida Village (Ōno District) dated the seventeenth day of the eleventh month of 1635 (Kan’ei 12; A7.5).
The former is held together with a modern paper sheet and envelope, and thus was probably created when
Marega was going through these documents. The latter, on the other hand, has a piece of paper attached to it
on which is written “seven oaths” in Japanese, and thus appears to have been the creation of the Office ofReligious Affairs.
The documents in A7 were all numbered by Marega with a stamp, pencil, or pen (M331 to M800.6). A
single number (or multiple sub–numbers) were assigned to sets of two or three documents with the samecontent, which indicates that Marega and/or his assistants grasped the content of these documents to an extent.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, English (Newspaper)
Date Description Written: 2016/11/20
Description Author: Miyama Jun’ichi

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A8
Reference Code: maregaA8
Title: Fonds Marega File A8
Date Range: 1635–1852
Primary Date Range(s): Edo Period (Entirety; 1603–1868)
Date Range Notes: 1635 (Kan’ei 12) to 1852 (Kaei 5)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 440 Items (76 cards, 14 slips of paper, 26 newspaper wrappers, 6 hōshi 包紙, 1 koyori 紙縒, 34
strings, 3 envelopes, 280 jō 状)
Notes on Physical State:
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Most of the documents were originally from the Usuki Domain’s
Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary, Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (religion
magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行).
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
A8 is divided into six groups (A8.1–A8.6). Each group is wrapped (with paper from an opened andstamped postal bag, photographic paper, etc.) and tied with twine. The documents in each group are also
individually wrapped with newspaper or other materials. The following newspapers were used as wrappers:
Osaka Mainichi (English), Hōshū Shimbun, Ōita Shimbun, Nihon Katorikku Shimbun, and Fukuoka Nichi
Nichi Shimbun. The oldest one is from 1938/05/29, and the latest one from 1942/01/04. One finds postal
addresses such as the Roman Catholic Church in Kon’yachō, Ōita City. It is highly like that the files’
documents were organized when Marega was in Ōita.
There are 440 items in this file. The documents (jō) originally from the Usuki Domain’s Office ofReligious Affairs are as follows: (a) 269 Christian inquisition-related documents, (b) 2 oaths, (c) 7
notifications regarding birth, death, and marriage, (d) 1 inquiry regarding a name, and (e) 1 name list.
Their dates are as follows: (a) Christian inquisition related documents – 1 from second half of 17th
century (1 from Jōkyō 3), 72 from first half of 18th century (8 from Genroku 16, 18 from Hōei 8, 6 from
Kyōhō 6, 39 from Kyōhō 10, 1 from Genroku 2), 5 from second half of 18th century (1 from Hōreki 5, 2
from An’ei 2, 1 from Tenmei 3, 1 from Kansei 2), 146 from first half of 19th century (1 from Kyōwa 2, 1
from Bunka 3, 2 from Bunka 10, 1 from Bunsei 4, 21 from Bunsei 9, 52 from Tenpō 9, 18 from Tenpō 10,
25 from Tenpō 15, 25 from Kōka 2), 45 from second half of 19th century (25 from Kaei 5); (b) oaths – 1
from first half of 17th century (1 from Kan’ei 12), 1 from first half of 19th century (1 from Tenpō 11); (c)birth, death, and marriage notifications, (d) name inquiries, and (e) name lists – 1 from second half of 17th
century (1 from Genroku 2), 6 from first half of 18th century (1 from Hōei 3, 2 from Shōtoku 2, 1 from
Shōtoku 4, 1 from Kyōhō 3, 1 from Kyōhō 12 [includes estimated dates]), 1 from first half of 19th century(1 from Kōka 4), 1 unknown. There are 280 jō. The oldest is from 1635 (Kan’ei 12), and the newest is from1852 (Kaei 5). Approximately seventy percent of them are from the 19th century.
Most of them are reports that inquisitions were carried out in each Usuki Domain retainer group to the28Office of Religious Affairs. Generally higher ranked government officials would indicate that they confirmedthat the content of each unit / organization inquisition report is correct. In the case of domain chief retainers,
such a statement is not included. There are two of the latter kinds of documents: one regarding a single chiefretainer, and one regarding a group of retainers.
Of the two oaths, one is from the fifth day of the eleventh month of 1859 (Kan’ei 12) and by the domain
retainer Ebata Ichibee 江端市兵衛. It appears to have been made when the shogunate called for countrywide simultaneous inquisitions. In this document the characters 貴理師旦 are used for “Christian.” It wasa normal oath indicating that people are not Christian, not a so–called nanban seishi 南蛮誓詞 (Southern
Barbarian oath) used for former Christians. On the edge of the backside is an attestation by the Zen (Rinzai)
sect priest Sessō, who carried out anti-Christian activities during the first half of the seventeenth century inthis area. The other oath is dated the fourth month of 1840 (Tenpō 11) and is written by the headman of the
Kumamoto Domain’s Tsunagi–tenaga Akazawa Utarō 赤沢宇太郎, promising that all residents in thistenaga (a kind of administrative area in the Kumamoto Domain) are not Christian. The existence of such
Kumamoto Domain documents within the Marega Collection—which is primarily comprised of ones fromthe Usuki Domain—shows that Marega collected Christian-related historical materials from outside of theŌita Prefecture area as well. However, it is unclear why they are found here.
The major characteristics of the six groups of documents in A8 and their Marega Numbers are as follows.
A8.1 is primarily Christian inquisition documents from the Kōka (1844–1848) and Kaei (1848–1854) periods.
Their Marega Numbers span from M942 to M1000 and B1 to B8. A8.2 is primarily Christian inquisition
documents from the Hōei (1704–1711), Kyōhō (1716–1736), and Kaei periods. Their Marega Numbers spanfrom 653 to 709. In A8.3, while there are multiple Christian inquisition documents, one also finds oaths andmemos (oboegaki 覚書). Their Marega Numbers span from M205 to M216. There is also a document
numbered 28-T. A8.4 is primarily Christian inquisition documents from the Genroku (1688–1704) to the
Bunsei (1818–1830) period. Their Marega Numbers span from M803 to M848. A8.5 is primarily Christianinquisition documents from the Tenpō period (1830–1844). Their Marega Numbers span from M849 to M900.
A8.6 is primarily Christian inquisition documents form the Tenpō period. Their Marega Numbers span from
M901 to M941. Judging from the order of the Marega Numbers, it appears that these groups were originallyin the following order: A8.4, A8.5, A8.6, A8.1, A8.2. A8.3 is different from the other groups: it appears that
it was mixed into this file from another set of documents for some reason.
Languages Used: Approx. 280 items in Japanese, 10 in Italian, 2 in Japanese
Date Description Written: 2016/11/20
Description Author: Ōhashi Yukihiro

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A9.1
Reference Code: maregaA9.1
Title: Fonds Marega File A9.1
Date Range: 1667–1942
Primary Date Range(s): 1667–1868, 1938–1953
Date Range Notes: 1667 (Kanbun 7) to 1942 (Shōwa 17)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 763 catalogue entries (472 archival documents, 13 bundles, 4 yokochō 横帳, 21 hōshi 包紙, 185
slips of paper, 1 card, 23 newspapers, 15 envelopes, 2 twine strings, 2 koyori 紙縒, 23 strings)
Notes on Physical State: A9.1 is comprised of seven groups of documents wrapped in newspapers and othermaterials, which were then wrapped in a newspaper and tied together with twine. After it was organized
during the 2013–2016 general survey, it was placed in a Vatican Library preservation bag along with
A9.2, which consists of documents placed in an approx. 40 cm x 28 cm cardboard storage box.
Documents with considerable damage due to insects and the like were repaired at the Conservation
Workshop.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. The Japanese archival documents are originally from the Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Same as fonds.
Acquisition Source: Mario Marega.
Scope and Content:
A9.1 is comprised of seven groups of documents each wrapped up in newspaper or other material. These
groups are held together with wrappers and string. On the wrappers and documents we find numbers Marega
wrote on them for management purposes. In A9.1.1, etc. these numbers are only found on the wrapper andnot individual documents. There are cases in which all documents in a group are assigned the same number.
A9.1 includes notifications sent from villages to the domain’s Office of Religious Affairs at the
beginning of the eighteenth century, notifications of corpse examinations from villages during the second
half of the eighteenth century, a death notification from the mid-seventeenth century, and correspondence
relating to the office’s management (including domain residences in Edo and Osaka) (A9.1.2). One also finds
a document relating to the carrying out of fumie (A9.1.3) and investigations into relatives of former Christians.
Languages Used: Approx. 529 items in Japanese, 171 in Italian, 12 in English (1 also including Italian andJapanese, 1 wrapper, 1 envelope)
Location of Originals: Vatican Library
Related Materials: Same as fonds.
Publications: Same as fonds.
Name of Holding Institution: Vatican Library
Updated 2016/11/20
Author of Description: Ōtomo Kazuo

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A9.2
Reference Code: maregaA9.2
Title: Fonds Marega File A9.2
Date Range: 1679–1940
Primary Date Range(s): 1679–1852, 1938–1940
Date Range Notes: 1679 (Enpō 7) – 1852 (Kaei 5), 1938 (Shōwa 13) – 1940 (Shōwa 15)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 267 catalogue entries (154 archival documents, 82 wrappers, 8 slips of paper, 2 cards, 15
newspapers, 1 bag, 5 strings)
Notes on Physical State: A9.2 is a group of documents inside of an approx. 40 cm x 28 cm cardboard box. It
has been stored along with A9.1 (groups of documents wrapped in newspapers and other materials andall tied together with twine) in a Vatican Library preservation bag. They were organized during the
2013–2016 general survey and placed in a preservation bag. Documents with considerable damage due
to insects and the like were repaired at the Conservation Workshop.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. The Japanese archival documents are originally from the Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Same as fonds.
Acquisition Source: Mario Marega.
Scope and Content:
The box containing A9.2 originally was a box for sweets, etc. Documents were placed in a box in which
fifteen layers had been created with newspapers. In the first layer there was a group of documents bundled
together with string. It appears that these measures were carried out based on the judgment of Marega. The
majority of these documents are reports regarding religion inquisitions from temples during the Bunka (1804–1818), Tenpō (1830–1844), and Kaei (1848–1854) periods. They are often grouped together by period.
Newspapers used were as follows: Hōshū Shinpō (1938/02/21) and Ōita Shimbun (1940/07/21).
Languages Used: Approx. 249 items in Japanese, 10 in Italian, 4 in English
Location of Originals: Vatican Library
Related Materials: Same as fonds.
Publications: Same as fonds.
Name of Holding Institution: Vatican
Library
Updated: 2016/11/20
Author of Description: Ōtomo Kazuo

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A10
Reference Code: maregaA10
Title: Fonds Marega File A10
Date Range: 1691–1941
Primary Date Range(s): Edo Period (1603–1868; Entirety)
Notes on Date Range: 1691 (Genroku 4) – 1856 (Ansei 3) / ~ 1941 (Shōwa 16)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 330 items, 493 catalogue entries (88 jō, 4 bundles, 201 tatechō 竪帳, 1 yokochō 横帳, 17 hōshi,1 slip of paper, 2 cards, 1 envelope, 2 twine strings, 10 koyori 紙縒, 1 string)Notes on Physical State: The historical materials in this file were stored after having been tied with string,rolled up, and wrapped in newspaper. Thus the outside document is damaged considerably. The materials
are tatechō (horizontally oriented pieces of paper folded in half vertically and bound together withkoyori on the edge opposite of their creases). One of them consists of ten jō that were pasted together,and another jō pasted to a tatechō. Care should be taken when using these documents: when they werebeing organized in the past pasted together sheets came apart and are thus considered separate historicalmaterials.
Provenance / Creation: Mario Marega. Originally from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs(shūmonkata).
Place Name(s): Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary, Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (religion
magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行).
Biographical History: Same as fonds.
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953. (The documents relating to Bungo
Christians––the majority of the documents in A10––were transferred to Marega in the 1930s).
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
File A10 is comprised of three groups: A10.1, A10.2, and A10.3. Each group consists of smaller groups
wrapped in newspaper and string.
A10.1 includes a 1938 English–language newspaper and a Japanese–language one from the same year
(Shōwa 13). A card (A10.1.1) is attached which provides an overview of the Marega Numbers of the
documents contained therein. The A10.1.3 group, which consists of the majority of documents in A10.1, iswrapped in a Shōwa 16 (1941) newspaper. Its documents are bundled together with twine (A10.1.3.0).
A10.2 is wrapped in a 1938 English language newspaper, on top of which, like A10.1, is found a card
(A10.2.1) upon which an overview of the Marega Numbers of the included documents are written. A10.2 iscomprised of three groups of documents bundled together with koyori (A10.3.4 to A10.3.4.6).
Pink pieces of paper are placed between the items found in A10.3.
Each group is from the same time period and has similar content. They appear to have been originallyfrom the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs. However, since A10.3 includes two historical
documents that were reused for penmanship practice (A10.3.1.2, 3), it was probably rearranged during themodern period or later and thus is not arranged in the same way as it was when the Usuki Domain existed. It
is clear that documents are divided up based on time period, type, creator, and addressee, and thus there is a32high possibility that they were selected and re–organized by Marega.
File A10 is comprised of historical materials with which Usuki Domain retainers and residents reported
to the domain’s Office of Religious Affairs the carrying out of religious inquisitions, and the death, birth,
movement, etc. of relatives of former Christians.
A10.1 is historical materials with which domain retainers reported to the Office of Religious Affairs
about the carrying out of religion inquisitions in units. They present the total number of households, workers,
etc. for each domain retainer. The vast majority of them were made on the twenty-fifth day of the first monthof 1691 (Genroku 4). While some were made on the first day of the second month of the same year, it appears
that they were made for the same set of religious inquisitions.
Just like A10.1, A10.2 consists of religious inquisition reports. They were made on the twenty-third dayof the first month of 1729 (Kyōhō 14). While A10.1 and A10.2 were made at a different time, they are bothreports regarding the same set of religious inquisitions, and thus adopt the same format.
A10.3 are reports from village unit heads and town elders to the Office of Religious Affairs regarding
the birth, death, movement, etc. of former Christians and their relatives in villages and towns. The vast
majority of them were made on the twenty-ninth day of the first month of 1838 (Tenpō 9). While documents
are included from other years—1827 (Bunsei 10), 1829 (Bunsei 12), 1834 (Tenpō 5), 1840 (Tenpō 11), 1847
(Kōka 4), and 1856 (Ansei 3)—their titles and content are basically the same. The same format being usedin different time periods indicates that it was standardized throughout the Edo period.
Marega assigned numbers to the documents in his collection. Documents in A10.1 span from M245 to
M247. M247 has documents sub–numbered from 1 to 46 (21 and 33 are missing) and XI to LVII.
A10.1.3.1.7.2, A10.1.3.1.8.1, and A10.1.3.1.9.1 consist of multiple pasted together documents. Eachdocument is not assigned one Marega Number. Rather, number assignment appears to have been carried out
in a somewhat random fashion: some individual documents are assigned multiple numbers, and some are notassigned numbers at all. A10.2 spans from M219 to M229. M219 is subdivided into 1 to 39 and I to X, M228
into 1 to 10 and I to VIII, and M229 into 1 to 4. A10.3 spans from M247 to M500.
Based on these Marega numbers, we can see that Marega saw A10.1/2 and A10.3 as originally having
been two separate groups of documents. The documents are not in the order of their Marega Numbers, andthus we can tell that the documents’ order was changed considerably after they were assigned Marega
Numbers.
In other files one finds documents with the same titles and content, and it is necessary to examine thisfile alongside them.
Languages Used: Approx. 323 items in Japanese, 2 in Italian, 4 in English
Date Description Written: 2016/12/03
Description Author: Kudō Kōhei

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A11
Reference Code: maregaA11
Title: Fonds Marega File A11
Date Range: 1687–1846
Primary Date Range(s): Edo Period
Date Range Notes: 1687(Jōkyō 4) – 1846(Kōka 3)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 466 catalogue entries (362 archival documents / jō 状, 51 tatechō 竪帳, 1 bundle, 14 newspapers,
22 strings, 8 hōshi 包紙, 5 document cards, 3 slips of paper)
Notes on Physical State: A11 consists of two groups of documents (A11.1, A11.2) that were held together bycotton preservation tape. A11.1 consists of 13 small groups of documents that were wrapped in a
newspaper (Ōita Shimbun 01/20/1941) and tied with string. A11.2 consists of three groups of documentsthat were wrapped in newspapers (Ōsaka Mainichi / Tōkyō Nichi Nichi English Edition 02/12/1938,
02/16/1938, 02/27/1938, 03/19/1938, 07/09/1940; Ōita Nichi Nichi Shimbun 02/13/1938; Ōita Shimbun
07/05/1940) and wrapping material. These were then wrapped in another newspaper (the Italiannewspaper Messaggero 06/22/1959) and tied together with twine.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The Japanese archival documents were originally from Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican Library by Mario Marega in 1953.
Scope and Content:
File A11.1 is comprised of thirteen groups. All are corpse inspection certificates (entitled okakimono no
koto 御書物之事) submitted to the Usuki Domain in 1727 and 1728 (Kyōhō 12 and 13). (A11.1.20 is an
exception; it is from 1760 / Hōreki 10). Information on a deceased person would be submitted by the person’s
temple and village unit, and these reports would then managed and passed down as a set (total: 139 catalogue
entries). These documents were made for descendants of former Christians, and most (98) are listed as
descendants of Kirishitan shūmon korobi 切支丹宗門転 (someone who had renounced Christianity).
However, 18 are listed as a relative of a korobi honnin dōzen 転本人同然 (person born to a former Christianafter their renunciation of Christianity), 6 of a honnin dōzen 本人同然 (person born to a Christian before
their renunciation of Christianity), 8 of Kirishitan shūmon honnin 切支丹宗門本人 (former Christian), 8
of a kokorobi honnin 古転本人 (a former Christian who had renounced Christianity a long time ago), and
1 of a shin Kirishitan shūmon korobi 新切支丹宗門転 (a former Christian who had recently renounced
Christianity). There is also a notification that Reichū, a relative of a former Christian and disciple at the
temple Tafuku-ji, died at the temple Sanpō-ji in Ogawa Village (Higo).
A11.2 is comprised of three document groups (A11.2.3, A11.2.4, A11.2.5). A11.2.3 consists of 41
notifications regarding relatives of former Christians (ruizoku okayoi 類族御通) submitted to the Usuki
Domain Office of Religious Affairs by village units on the 25th day of the 10th month of Tenpō 11 (1840). A
village unit headman (ōjōya 大庄屋) reported changes regarding relatives of former Christians (birth/death,marriage, divorce, moving, etc.). They were bound together with hōshi. Above the name of the relative inquestion there is a black seal that appears to have been stamped to indicate that the content of the document34

was checked. When there were no changes involving such relatives, one finds nashi なし (none) written inblack or vermilion on the hōshi. It appears that the Office of Religious Affairs checked the documents after
submission, and indicated this on the hōshi. In A11.2.3 is included a letter sent to an Osaka buyer regarding
the purchase of brushes and ink used by the Office of Religious Affairs.
A11.2.4 is primarily comprised of documents created by Ueda Kisuke 植田㐂助 (30 items). They
include documents asking whether to preserve a corpse in salt, certifying that a corpse has been set aside, andreporting corrections to a death record, as well as drafts (probably backup copies) of certificates of deaths ofrelatives of former Christian titled as follows: “(Number) Record Booklet [no chō 之帳], (Person’s Name)
Relative [kei 系].” From the various documents created and sent as reports, it appears that death notifications
and the like were sent to Ueda Kisuke, and, after clerical work was completed, then sent to the magistrate’s
office (bugyōsho 奉行所), amongst other places.
A11.2.5 consists of parts that became separated from bundles related to religion investigations, includinga 1687 (Jōkyō 4) “Record of Christians and Their Relatives,” records of newly born Christian relatives
submitted in the 7th month of Genroku 2 (1689) by village units (covering from the 1st day of the 12th monthof Genroku 1 [1688] to the 29th day of the 6th month of Genroku 2) (39 items).
A11.1’s okakimono no koto Marega numbers are as follows (in order of subnumber): M27–M48, 841–
860, M65–M72, M73–M89, 811–840, M49–M64, 901–920, M3–M26, 921–940 (929 is missing), 861–880,
959–980, 981–1002, and 881–900.
A11.2 is numbered as follows. A11.2.3: B51–B73 (B53 is missing) and B205–B222. A11.2.4: B330–
353. A11.2.5: B47–49, B41–B44, B27–B34 (B30 and B33 are missing).
Languages Used: Approx. 414 Japanese catalogue entries, 8 Italian catalogue entries, 14 English catalogue
entries (newspapers).
Date Description Written: 2017/11/13
Author of Description: Kawahara Akihisa

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A12
Reference Code: maregaA12
Title: Fonds Marega File A12
Date Range: 1689–1802
Primary Date Range(s): 1889, 1718–1727, 1801–1802.
Date Range Notes: 1689 (Genroku 2), 1718 (Kyōhō 3) – 1727 (Kyōhō 12), 1801 (Kyōwa 1) – 1802 (Kyōwa
2)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 1,041 catalogue entries (A12.1.0 to A12.7.78)(12 belt-shaped hōshi 包紙, 23 strings, 1 string withwriting on it, 7 bags, 1 slip of paper, 953 jō 状, 43 jō [with harigami 貼紙 / papers attached], 1 hōshi)Notes on Physical State: A12 is comprised of documents that were kept in seven kōzo 楮 (paper mulberry)bags. They were placed in these bags based on their time of creation and content. The date ranges written
on the bags and the actual date ranges of the individual documents in them almost entirely match. 95.6%of the documents are jō.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The Christian-related materials that he gathered are primarily
from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Italy; Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary. The vast majority of the Christian-related materials are from
Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs.
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Mario Marega to the Vatican.
Scope and Content:
As indicated in “Notes on Physical State,” file A12 is comprised of a group of documents from the
Office of Religious Affairs that were in seven bags made from kōzo as well as Marega’s strings, memos, etc.
that were with them.
The date ranges and document content descriptions written on the outside of the bags are as follows.
(A12 container titles, etc.)
A12.1 21st day of the 11th month of Kyōhō 3 (year of the Dog) to 20th day of the 6th month of
Kyōhō 4 (year of the Boar) – Deaths of former Christians’ relatives (342)A12.2 21st day of the 6th month of Kyōhō 12 (year of the Sheep) to 20th day of the 11th month of
Kyōhō 12 (year of the Sheep) – Deaths and unusual deaths of former Christians’ relatives (236)A12.3 21st day of the 12th month of Kyōwa 1 (year of the Rooster) to 20th day of the 11th monthof Kyōwa 2 (year of the Dog ) – Deaths and unusual deaths of former Christians’ relatives (202)A12.4 21st day of the 6th month of Kyōhō 12 (year of the Sheep) to 20th day of the 11th month of
Kyōhō 12 – Births of former Christians’ relatives (59 items)
A12.5 21st day of the 12th month of Kyōhō 9 (year of the Dragon) to 20th day of the 6th month of
Kyōhō 10 (year of the Snake) – Births of former Christians’ relatives (124)
A12.6 (Genroku 2) Bag of documents recording births by workers (10)A12.7 21st day of the 6th month of Kyōhō 11 (year of the Horse) to 20th day of the 11th month of
Kyōhō 11 – Births of former Christians’ relatives (80)The document date ranges and content descriptions written on the bags almost entirely match the actual
date ranges and content of the documents in them. The documents in the bags are divided into multiple groups

37with twine strings, as well as with pulp strips of paper upon which Marega wrote memos in pen. Whileperhaps a result of the documents being kept in the state they were in when acquired, there is probably a needto further examine how the documents were organized at the Office of Religious Affairs (from where they
originated) as well as by Marega.
The documents are almost all tategami 竪紙 (horizontally oriented pieces of paper). There are somekirigami 切紙 (paper with margins cut off), and tsugigami 継紙 (glued together pieces of paper). They are
documents related to the birth, death, marriage, and adoption of descendants of Usuki Domain former
Christians (honnin 本人) or of descendants of Usuki Domain children who were born when their parent was
Christian (honnin dōzen 本人同然). As is written on the bags, most are related to birth and death. The vast
majority of people covered are not samurai. Based on their names and other information, it appears that they
were Buddhist and Shinto priests, doctors, and so on.
In the main text of birth notifications one finds their relationship to the honnin / honnin dōzen, theirname at birth, and date of birth. Their birth parents, place of residence (village name, etc.) and so on are also
noted. They were sent by a village unit headman (shōya 庄屋), and addressed to three people at the Officeof Religious Affairs (magistrates / bugyō 奉行).
When a relative of a former Christian died, two notifications were created: one from village powerholders for the Office of Religious Affairs, and one from the temple to which they belonged, also for the
Office of Religious Affairs. They record the place of residence and name of the honnin / honnin dōzen, thedeceased person’s relationship to the honnin / honnin dōzen, the village to which the relative belonged, as
well as their date of death and cause of death. The documents also state that there were no abnormalities withthe corpse. The senders were the relative’s five-household unit, village officials (benzashi 弁指), and thehead of their village unit. The addressees were three people at the Office of Religious Affairs (magistrate).
The number of senders varies. Temples’ notifications were primarily the same content as the village
notifications (however, they did not include cause of death). They noted whether the body was cremated or
buried, and state that the head priest of the temple checked the corpse. The sender is the temple’s head priest,
and the addressees were three people at the Office of Religious Affairs (magistrates).
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, English (Newspaper)
Date Description Written: 2017/11/13
Description Author: Okamura Kazuyuki

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A13
Reference Code: maregaA13
Title: Fonds Marega File A13
Date Range: 1688–1942
Primary Date Range(s): Early 18th century to first half of 19th century. However, there are some items fromthe 17th century and late 19th century.
Date Range Notes: 1688 (Jōkyō 5) – 1942 (Shōwa 17)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 635 catalogue entries, 638 items
Details: 513 archival document catalogue entries (499 jō 状 catalogue entries / 499 items, 13 tatechō 竪帳
catalogue entries / 13 items, 1 small yokochō 横帳 catalogue entry / 1 item), 4 book catalogue entries/ 7 items, 5 bills / money envelopes, 6 slips of paper, 1 card, 9 pieces of paper for wrapping / newspapers,
2 envelopes, 12 hōshi 包紙, 35 strings (strings, koyori 紙縒, strips of paper), 10 Marega memos (cards),
37 Marega memos (slips of paper), 1 Marega article
Notes on Physical State: Before surveying, this file was in a special oxygen-free plastic bag used by the
Vatican Library to kill bacteria. There were some archival documents, etc. divided up by newspapers(Hōshū Shimpō 02/03/1938, 07/13/1940; Ōsaka Mainichi / Tōkyō Nichi Nichi English Edition
02/12/1938; Oita Shimbun 07/14/1940, Asahi Shimbun 01/12/1940, NOON EXTRA shanghai
12/24/1942, etc.), envelopes, etc., as well as uncategorized groups of woodblock print books andarchival documents grouped together with cotton preservation tape. There were four cards providing an
overview of the documents’ content. I was unable to find Marega Numbers. As part of the 2013–2016
general survey preservation measures were carried out. Currently the documents are in acid-free paper
envelopes that have been placed in a special container.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The archival documents are originally from Usuki Domain's
Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō–to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary. Archival documents are originally from Usuki Domain
Office of Religious Affairs (religion magistrates / shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行).
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican Library by Mario Marega in 1953.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
A13 is comprised of subfiles (1 to 25). In A13.1 there is a card that was under a string that held together
the whole file.The A13.2–5, 7–9 subfiles have jō 状 wrapped in multiple newspapers. The bills, etc. inA13.10 and the diary and fragments in A13.11 were also wrapped in newspaper. The content of the remaining
subfiles is as follows.
A13.6 Marega article; A13.12–13 Tenpō Bukan 武鑑 (shogunate personnel directory) vol. 1 & 3;
A13.14 menu notes (1792 / Kansei 4 and later); A13.15 Bukan vol. 2; A13.16–18 Yoshioka Sannai 吉岡三
内 Onoku 御奥 memos, 5 year accounting book for Onoku expenses, Junken gubu ninzu kakitsuke 巡見供
奉人数書付; A13.19–22 woodblock print books; A13.23–24 records of events, Japanese archery, etc. (copy);
A13.25 Public and private notes (kōshi no tomegaki 公私之留書 1824 / Bunsei 7).
In this way, A13 is comprised of a diverse set of materials. Judging from the presence of notes by Marega40

and the use of newspapers to wrap the subfiles, it is highly likely that Marega created the subfiles.
Subfiles A13.2–5, 7–9 are multiple jō wrapped in newspapers and the like. A13.2 is documents related
to the Office of Religious Affairs (A13.2.1.5) and Togami 戸上 family documents related to land sales from1692 (Genroku 5) to 1880 (Meiji 13). Togami family members served as Oheya 御部屋 foot soldiers(ashigaru 足軽), shogunate gun corps (omochi zutsu gumi 御持筒組), and Ōgumi 大組 rank samurai.
During the Tenpō period (1830–1843), Togami Kiheita 幾平太 served as the assistant to the Office ofReligious Affairs. The relationship between the Togami family documents and the Office of Religious Affairs
is not clear. However, considering that the presence of later documents (1880 / Meiji 13, etc.), it is highly
likely that these Togami family documents were mixed in at a later point and did not come from the Officeof Religious Affairs. Office of Religious Affairs documents include notifications of people entering andexiting the Usuki Domain, and show us how people moved through the Seto Inland Sea.
A13.3 is comprised of archival documents from 1723 (Kyōhō 8). They include requests to enter the
Buddhist order as well as documents for grasping the movement of people. We also find two documents(entitled okakimono no koto 御書物之事) that are corpse inspection certificates for relatives of former
Christians. A13.4 is a group of only okakimono no koto from 1701 (Genroku 14). A13.5 and A13.7–8 aregroupings primarily of okakimono no koto. However, they are from multiple time periods. A13.9 isokakimono no koto from 1709 (Hōei 6) and 1710 (Hōei 7). Okakimono no koto from 1688 (Jyōkyō 5) are in
A13.5.4, and those from 1813 (Bunka 10) in A13.5.5.319 of the archival documents in A13 are okakimono
no koto.
The bukan in A13.12–13, 15 are missing their covers, and therefore it is not completely clear whether
they were originally part of one set. However, since volumes 1, 2 and 3 (jō 上, chū 中, ge 下) are included,
I treated them as such. The kōshi no tomegaki in A13.25 was in an envelope marked “Nikki Okahan” (in theroman alphabet). It is apparently a record from the Usuki Domain; one finds the phrase “Gion-no-su yoriaijo” 祇園洲寄合所 (Gion-no-su Merchant House).
In this subfile there are also other groups of documents that originally came from a different place. It ishighly likely that the documents in A13.11 were purchased at Hareruya Shoten ハレルヤ書店 (Hallelujah
Bookstore). A13.11.0.2 has a price tag from this bookstore (¥8). The aforementioned A13.2 is also a groupof documents not from the Office of Religious Affairs. There is the possibility that these were not purchasedfrom a seller of used books; they might have been mixed in with documents from the Office of Religious
Affairs at a later date.
Languages Used: Japanese, 48 Italian catalogue entries, 9 English catalogue entries (newspapers), 1 Japanese(Roman alphabet) catalogue entry
Date Description Written: 2017/10/16
Description Author: Sakurai Nariaki

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A14
Reference Code: maregaA14
Title: Fonds Marega File A14
Date Range: 1687–1844
Primary Date Range(s):Date Range Notes: 1687(Jōkyō 4) –1844(Tenpō 15)
Description Level: File
Quantity:
Notes on Physical State: A14 consists of 5 groups of documents (A14.3–7) wrapped in newspaper, etc. andstring. These groups were then wrapped in the Italian newspaper L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO(06/21/1959), and tied together with a twine. (Cotton preservation tape was added after discovery sothat the bundle would stay together). One finds a book card (A14.1) upon which the content of the tied
together documents is written. On the outside of the documents one finds memos (A14.2) upon which
their Marega Numbers have been written (probably by Marega). There are many documents
considerably damaged due to bugs, etc.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The Japanese archival documents are originally from Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary. Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs.
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Mario Marega to the Vatican.
Scope and Content:
For some A14 groups, we can surmise why they are grouped together, and for others we cannot. Below
I will introduce the former.
A14.3.1 is primarily composed of notifications regarding the deaths of descendants of (probably Usuki
Domain) former Christians. Their dates span from the Kanpō period to the Tenpō period (1741–1843).
A14.3.2.3 and A14.3.2.4 are notifications sent to the Kumamoto Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs
regarding the handling of descendants of former Christians from the Higo Domain that died in the Usuki
Domain. A14.3.2.5-8 are notifications sent to the Nobeoka Domain regarding the deaths of descendants offormer Christians. They are from 1800 (Kansei 12) and 1804 (Bunka 1). A14.3.2.9 to A14.3.3.4 arenotifications sent to the Kumamoto Domain regarding the deaths of descendants of former Christians. They
span from 1684 to 1800 (Jyōkyō period to Kansei period). A14.3.5.4 consists of a total of six documents(attestations that a person belongs to a certain Buddhist sect called shūmon uketori tegata 宗門受取手形,etc.). They are from 1863 (Bunkyū 3).
In this way A14.3 consists of death certificates, etc. for descendants of former Christians from outside
Usuki Domain grouped by domain. However, some of A14.3.2’s documents are about people from the
Kumamoto Domain, as are some in A14.3.3. In this way, all documents are not categorized by domain.
A14.4.1: 8 clerical documents from the Office of Religious Affairs.
A14.4.2: 22 documents from 1723 (Kyōhō 8) (notification of death due to illness, notification of moving/ request to move).
A14.4.3: 73 documents from 1843 and 1844 (Tenpō 14, 15) (notification of moving, request to go toother domain to, for example, visit Ise shrine).

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A14.4.5: 60 death notifications from 1701 (Genroku 14).
A14.5.2: 11 notifications of Buddhist priests who are descendants of former Christians staying at
temples in other domains. 1772 (Meiwa 9) to 1777 (An’ei 6).
A14.6.1: 23 reports from 1708 (Hōei 5) on number of people going to other places, number of sickpeople, etc.
A14.7: Many documents related to Kujo Village.
Groups not covered here (for example A14.4.4) consist of documents that vary in content and dates. It
is hard to tell why they are together. On the other hand, there are some consistent in terms of content anddates (such as A14.4.5). One is left with the impression that this file was left as-is in the middle of it being
arranged.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian
Date Description Written: 2017/09/27
Description Author: Watanabe Kōichi

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A15
Reference Code: maregaA15
Title: Fonds Marega File A15
Date Range: 1687–1753
Primary Date Range(s): 1702(Genroku 15),1699(Genroku 12),1727(Kyōhō 12),1701(Genroku 14)
Date Range Notes: 1687 (Jōkyō 4)-1753 (Hōreki 3). 44 catalogue entries for which date is unclear.
Description Level: File
Quantity: 934 catalogue entries (908 archival documents [including 1 fragment, 1 fusen 付箋], 17 bundling
strings, 5 bags, 2 strips of paper, and 2 Italian-language memos)
Notes on Physical State: A15 consists of five groups of Edo period documents in paper bags held together
with cotton preservation tape. There is a card (A15.1) that describes its content in Italian. There arecases in which the documents in a bag form multiple document groups. In A15.5, two groups (A15.5.1,
A15.5.2) are wrapped in thick Western-style paper upon which Marega numbers have been written(probably by Marega), and tied with twine. With regard to A15.6, A15.6.103 is comprised of ten
documents. In A15.6 only these documents were wrapped in thick Western paper upon which Italianlanguage memos are written.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. Documents collected by Marega are primarily from Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary.
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Mario Marega to the Vatican.
Scope and Content:
File A15 is comprised of reports regarding descendants of former Christians submitted to the Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs by village power-holders, temple head priests, heads of samurai family
units, etc., under the domain’s rule. On one of the bags is written “Bag of documents regarding children born”
and on 4 others “Births to descendants of former Christians.” The vast majority of documents in the bags are
related to birth. However, some of them are related to death, marriage in which the wife join’s the husband’sfamily, adoption, divorce, moving, working for others, and so on. There are also some documents sent fromofficials and temples in other domains related to, for example, descendants of former Christians who had
died while living outside of Usuki Domain. As can be clearly seen in the lower row of Table 1 “Documents
Unrelated to Birth,” in A15.4–6 there are some documents not related to birth. While on the A15.6 bagappears the date Kyōhō (1732), no documents from this year can be found. The documents contained in the
bag are from various years.
In A15.4, there are 18 documents unrelated to birth: 10 related to marriages in which the wife joins thehusband’s family, 6 related to marriages in which the husband joins the wife’s family, and 2 related toadoption. They do not appear to be directly related to this subfile’s birth notifications. In A15.5 there are 19
documents unrelated to birth: 10 related to deaths, 7 related to adoption, and 2 related to marriage in which
the husband joins the wife’s family. Some are closely related to the birth notifications: the 10 death
notifications are all about people born within the time period written on the bag (Table 2). In A15.5.1.1.4.1–
2 and A15.5.1.1.7.1–2, we find birth and death notifications for the same individuals folded together. In thisbag there are birth certificates for all of the individuals appearing on death certificates.

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In A15.6 there are 408 documents unrelated to births, and only 25 birth notifications. Also, all of the
documents in the bag are from years different than those indicated on the bag. Some of the 25 birthnotifications (Table 3) are from years following the time period written on A15.2: “21st day of 11th monthof Genroku 11 to 20th day of 6th month of Genroku 12.” This means that the storage and management ofeven documents from neighboring years related to birth notifications differed greatly. Furthermore, in A15.6
all birth notifications are together with death notifications, as is the case in A15.5. There are no stand-alone
birth notifications like in A15.2 (Table 3). Non-birth documents are as follows: 397 death documents, 1
divorce document, 2 documents about going to work for someone, 2 religion oaths, and 6 moving documents.
It appears that majority of documents in A15.6 were replaced at some point with others.
On the other hand, at the beginning of the text on the underside of the right edge (hashi uragaki 端裏書 ) of some documents in A15 one finds “ ◯ ” (A15.5.1.15, A15.6.74.1, A15.6.103.4.1, A15.6.115.2,
A15.6.154.1), “◯三” (A15.5.2.36.1, A15.59, A15.6.73.1.1, A15.6.105, A15.6.108.1), and “△” (A15.6.61.1).
These were probably written by Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs. The meaning of these and othermarks should be analyzed while referring to other files.
Also, on birth notifications from 1698 (Genroku 11), 1699 (Genroku 12), and 1702 (Genroku 15) one
finds writing in red (Photograph 1). This writing, which appears at the beginning of the documents, indicatesthe source of information—for example, “Birth Record Book 1”—and often appears at the beginning of the
document. This probably indicates that the information comes from the first volume of the birth record book
managed by the domain’s Office of Religious Affairs. Based on these red notes, it appears that there were atleast 16 volumes of these birth records. In A15.2 documents with this birth record note were arranged almost
entirely in order, from 1 to 16. In 1687 (Jōkyō 4), the Usuki Domain informed the domain’s major officialsof the shogunate’s order banning Christianity and began surveillance of descendants of former Christians.
This might be related to the presence of this red writing. While one does not find this red writing on
documents from this year, this is probably because they are all death notifications; in A15 this red writing isonly found on birth notifications. This red writing ceases to appear after 1702 (Genroku 15). One then finds
some documents with red marks at the beginning of the hashi uragaki (Photograph 2). On birth notifications
from 1726 (Kyōhō 11) to 1729 (Kyōhō 14), as well as 1753 (Hōreki 3; the latest document year in this file),
this red mark appears. There were no documents in this file with both the red mark at the beginning of thehashi uragaki and the red writing near the main text’s title starting with “birth record”.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian
Date Description Written: 2017/12/05
Description Author: Hirai Yoshito

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Photograph 1: An example of the red writing (A15.2.1.1)
Photograph 2: An example of the red mark (A15.4.1)

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(Table 1) Years Written on A15's Bags and Content of Historical Materials Therein
Era Name & Western
A15.2
Year
Calendar

A15.3

A15.4

A15.5

A15.6

Documents
Unrelated
to BirthTotal

Bag ofdocuments
regardingchildren born

Births toBirths toBirths toBirths todescendants descendants descendants descendants
of former of former of former of former
Christians Christians Christians Christians
21st day of 21st day of
21st day of
21st day of
21st day of
11th month 6th month
6th month
Writing on Bag
11th monthofof
11th month of ofof Kyōhō
Kyōhō 12 Kyōhō 17Genroku 11 to Kyōhō 14
11 to 20th
to 20th day to 20th day
20th day of
to 20th day
day of 6thof 11thof 6th6th month of of 11thmonth ofmonth ofmonth
Genroku 12month of
Kyōhō 12
Kyōhō 13 Kyōhō 17
Kyōhō 14
Jōkyō 41687
27
Genroku 11
1698
24
Genroku 12
1699
118
69
Genroku 14
1701
106
Genroku 15
1702
203
Genroku 16
1703
1
Genroku 1721704
Hōei 1
2
Hōei 81711
1(Shōtoku 1)
Shōtoku 5
1715
2
Shōtoku 6
1716
2
Kyōhō 111726
13
Kyōhō 121727
94
28
Kyōhō 131728
87
Kyōhō 141729
74
Kanpō 11741
1Enkyō 31746
1
Hōreki 2
1752
1
Hōreki 3
1753
8
Undecipherable
3
No date
35
2
4
Total
177
74
107
117
433
Documents Unrelated
to Birth

0

0

18

19

27
24
187
106
203
1
2
2

27
0
60
106
191
1
2
2

1

1

2
2
13
122
87
74
1
1
1
8
3
41
908

2
2
4
16
17
0
0
0
1
6
3
4
445

408

(Table 2) All Death Notification Documents and Birth Notification Documents for Same Individuals Appearing in
Historical
HistoricalYear ofDay ofYear ofDay of
Notes
Document Number Name
Document
Death
Death
Birth
Birth
(Death)Number （Birth）
1 A15.5.1.1.4.1–2

Shichinosuk
Kyōhō 13e

2 A15.5.1.1.2.1–2

Ichinosuke

Kyōhō 13

3 A15.5.1.1.3.1–2

Kii

Kyōhō 12

4 A15.5.1.1.7.1–2

Sukeshirō

Kyōhō 13

5 A15.5.1.1.9.1–2

Seizaemon

Kyōhō 1319th day
A15.5.1.1.4.3
2nd
month
14th day
A15.5.1.1.5
6th
month
14th day
A15.5.1.1.6
1st
month
3rd dayA15.5.1.1.7.3
2nd
month
9th dayA15.5.1.1.8
2nd
month

Kyōhō 13
Kyōhō 12
Kyōhō 1214th day
○
2nd
month
2nd day
×
12th
month
20th day
×
11th
month

Kyōhō 1328th day○
1st month

Kyōhō 13

4th day×
1st month“○” in the notes column indicates that the death document and birth document were folded together. “×” indicatesthat they were separate.

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445

(Table 3) All Birth Notification Documents and Death Notification Documents for Same Individuals Appearing in A15.6
Historical
HistoricalYear ofYear ofName
Day of Birth Document
Day of Death Notes
Document
Birth
Death
Number （Birth）
Number (Death)
Genroku 14th day 8th
9th day 8th
A15.6.3.1･2○
1 A15.6.3.3
San’emon Genroku 12
month
month
12
Genroku 5th day 2nd
27th day 1st
A15.6.20.1･2○
2 A15.6.20.3
Tōichi
Genroku 15
month
month
15
5th day 2nd
Genroku 9th day 4th
A15.6.44.1･3○
3 A15.6.44.2
GosaburōGenroku 15
month
month
15
1st day 7th
Genroku 13th day 7th
A15.6.53.1･2○
4 A15.6.53.3
Sawa
Genroku 12
month
month
12
5 A15.6.88.3
6 A15.6.93.2
7 A15.6.97.2
8 A15.6.99.2
9 A15.6.104.1
10 A15.6.106.1
11 A15.6.110.3
12 A15.6.114
13 A15.6.117
14 A15.6.118
15 A15.6.120
16 A15.6.127.3
17 A15.6.128.1
18 A15.6.150.2
19 A15.6.155.2
20 A15.6.156.3
21 A15.6.157.2
22 A15.6.158.2
23 A15.6.167.3
24 A15.6.170.3
25 A15.6.174.3

Shichisuke

Genroku 12

6th day 8thmonth

A15.6.88.1･2

2nd day 7th
A15.6.93.1･3
month
24th day 6th
A15.6.97.1･3
Kesa
Genroku 12
month
16th day 7th
A15.6.99.1･3
Tama
Genroku 12month
5th day 1st
A15.6.104.2･3
Kaya
Genroku 15
month
26 day 2nd
A15.6.106.2･3
Fume
Genroku 15
month
30th day
A15.6.110.1･2
Kichi
Genroku 12
10th month
4th day 10th
HeiemonKanpō 1－month
6th day 11th
Katsuji
Hōreki 3－month
2nd day 9th
Bunzaemon Hōreki 3－
month
19th day
Sayo
Enkyō 3－10th month
5th day 1st
A15.6.127.1･2
SanjūrōGenroku 15
month
16th day 6th
A15.6.128.2･3
Seishichi
Genroku 15
month
Matsunosuk
11th day 2nd
Genroku 15
A15.6.150.1･3
monthe
10th day 2nd
A15.6.155.1･3
Tsuna
Genroku 15
month23rd day 2nd
A15.6.156.1･2
Tatsu
Genroku 15
month
16th day 2nd
A15.6ｰ157.1･3
Kohachi
Genroku 15
month
17th day oftheA15.6ｰ158.1･3
Tōkurō
Genroku 12
intercalary
9th month
22nd day 3rd
Matsu
Genroku 15
A15.6.167.1･2
month
11th day 1st
A15.6.170.1･2
Jin’ichirō
Genroku 15
month
6th day oftheIchi
Genroku 12
A15.6.174.1･2
intercalary
9th month

Kyō

Genroku 12

Genroku
12
Genroku
12
Genroku
12
Genroku
15
Genroku
15
Genroku
12

8th day of theintercalary 9th ○month
3rd day 7th○month
4th day 9th○
month
26th day 10th○month
19th day 2nd○
month
27th day 4th○month
5th day 11th
○
month

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

－

Genroku
15
Genroku
15
Genroku
15
Genroku
15
Genroku
15
Genroku15

8th day 1st
month
21st day 6th
month
21st day 2nd
month
13th day 2nd
month
27th day 2nd
month
19th day 4thmonth

Genroku
12

24th day of
the intercalary ○9th month

Genroku
15
Genroku
15

18th day 4th
month
14th day 2nd
month

Genroku
12

19th day of
the intercalary ○9th month

Genroku
12

○
○
○
○
○
○

○
○

“○” in the notes column indicates that the birth document and death document were folded together. “－” indicates thatno death notification for the same person that appears on the birth notification was found in A15.6.

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A16
Reference Code: maregaA16
Title: Fonds Marega File A16
Date Range: 1635–1959
Primary Date Range(s): Primarily spans from the 18th to the mid-19th century. Includes some items from the17th and 20th century.
Date Range Notes: 1635 (Kan’ei 12) – 1959 (Shōwa 34)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 649 catalogue entries (342 jō 状, 44 tatechō 竪帳, 6 yokochō 横帳, 5 bundles, 2 plans / maps, 1
notebook, 14 cards, 10 postcards, 118 paper slips, 2 manuscripts, 6 bags, 46 hōshi 包紙, 13 envelopes,
12 newspapers, 10 koyori 紙縒, 17 strings, 1 fusen 付箋, 1 atsugami 厚紙)
Notes Regarding Physical State: Before the general survey began in 2013, this file was in a special oxygenfree plastic bag used by the Vatican Library to kill bacteria. Therefore, it is unclear whether it waspreviously in a different container and, if so, what this container was like. This file is comprised of six
groupings of documents divided by paper string, twine, newspaper, paper for wrapping, envelopes, andso on. As part of the 2013 to 2016 general survey, preservation measures were carried out. Currently the
documents are in acid-free paper preservation envelopes and simple tatōgami 畳紙 that have beenplaced in a special container.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. Documents collected by Marega are primarily from Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方). Some are from the Funai Domain.
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco Missionary
Archival History: Given in 1953 by Mario Marega to the Vatican. One finds, for example, an Italiannewspaper from 1959. It thus appears that some of the content of this file was added / mixed in at a later
date.
Scope and Content:
A16 is comprised of eight groups. The vast majority of them are documents grouped together by
newspapers (from the 1930s to 1950s), paper for wrapping, envelopes, paper string, twine, etc., as well as
notes written by Marega himself or someone working with him. Based on the years of the newspapers used
to wrap these groups, it appears that Marega organized / used these materials in the second half of the 1930s
and first half of the 1940s. However, there are documents from the same year that were held together withkoyori apparently made during the early modern period (A16.7.3.2, A16.7.4.1, A16.7.4.2, etc.), which might
be a result of the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs organizing and managing them during this time
period.
A16.1 mainly consists of documents wrapped in a dark blue paper. There are materials related to thereceiving of and payment for items, daily work, and so on (with titles like “Tax Record,” “Journal,” etc.)from Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs, as well as materials that show the number of members ofvarious Usuki Domain retainer families.
In A16.2, Marega number documents B895 to B909 are wrapped with newspaper. It appears that itbrings together materials that were sent by Usuki Domain retainers.
In A16.3 there is a pile of five cards upon which Marega wrote.

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A16.4 is a group that enables us to clearly understand how Marega managed and categorized materials.
A16.4.4.1.1 “Catalogo dei documenti nella persecuz. in Giappone D. Marega 1938” (Marega Catalogue) is abook organizing materials based on the numbers Marega assigned to them (Marega numbers). He assigned
numbers spanning from 1 to 1000, M1 to M1000, and B1 to B941. In this book, materials’ years of creation,
classifications, and overviews are written. (For M801 to B13 only the years of creation are included.) It is afoundational resource for examining how these materials were managed and passed down to us today.Below
I have listed A16.4 groups of materials for which we can surmise Marega's intention behind organizing andcategorizing them.
A16.4.1.2 consists of documents from the Jisha Bugyō 寺社奉行 and after the Meiji Restoration(1868). These are materials that Marega judged to be different in nature from those of the Office of Religious
Affairs. A16.4.1.3 consists of a bundle of certificates stating how paper received from various government
offices for fumie record books created by Office of Religious Affairs officials and the magistrate’s office(daikansho 代官所) was used, as well as the number of sheets that were left over. In light of the kinds ofstring used and how it is bound, we can say with confidence that it was bound together at a later point—
perhaps by Marega. A16.4.1.4 consists of documents and tatechō fragments catalogued under the Marega
number B74. A16.4.2.2.1 consists of memos regarding requests by people to extend stays in a certain places.
A16.4.2.2.2 consists of memos regarding people returning to their homes and moving. A16.4.2.2.3 are
documents regarding marriages. A16.4.4 is a collection of records and memos regarding Marega’sorganization of materials. A16.4.6 consists of fragmented materials, such as a tatechō collected to be pieced
together. A16.4.7.1–3 consists of records regarding the prohibition of Christianity, as well as religious
investigations in domains besides the Usuki Domain. 16.4.7.4 is a bundle relating to relatives of former
Christians born in the 8th and 9th month of Genroku 2 (1689). Each document has a different Marega number
assigned to it. It is possible that this was also bound together by Marega at a later point. A16.4.7.10 is a groupof memos regarding births and deaths in 1829 (Bunsei 12). A16.4.7.11–12 is a group of bags for holding
documents made at the Office of Religious Affairs. A16.4.8 is a group of memos by Marega.
A16.5 and A16.6 include corpse inspection certificates of descendants of former Christians anddocuments recording the number of members of retainer families.
A16.7 was wrapped in the newspaper Il Quotidiano (06/25/1959). It primarily consists of oaths attesting
to non-Christian religious affiliation submitted by farmers in Miyao Village (Mie Shimo Village Unit) in the
11th month of Kan’ei 12 (1635), and corpse inspection certificates submitted by temples in the Usuki Domain
in the 1st month of Enpō 7 (1679) (A16.7.4.1.1–17), the 1st month of Genroku 16 (1703) (A16.7.4.2.1–13),
and the 1st month of Hōei 2 (1705) (A16.7.3.2.1–A16.7.3.31). Comparatively speaking, these remainorganized as they were by the Office of Religious Affairs. They are organized in a way that is clearly different
than the other materials.
A16.8 appears to be records of people who carried out fumie as part of the Usuki Domain’s religious
investigations at their household due to illness and documents regarding religious investigations from theFunai Domain.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, English (Newspaper), Japanese (Roman alphabet)
Date Description Written: 2017/11/15
Description Author: Ōta Naohiro

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A17
Reference Code: maregaA17
Title: Fonds Marega File A17
Date Range: 1697–1940
Primary Date Range(s): 1697, 1834–1847
Date Range Notes: 1697 (Genroku 10), 1834(Tenpō 5) –1847(Kōka 4)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 280 records (22 jō 状, [includes 3 moto tatechō 元竪帳, 3 ori 折, 2 with harigami 貼紙], 151
tatechō [26 with harigami], 4 tsuzuri 綴, 5 newspapers, 10 envelopes, 69 hōshi 包紙, 6 atsugami 厚紙, 1 card, 12 strips of paper)
Notes on Physical State: A17 is comprised of three groups of documents that were placed together in apreservation bag. In the survey numbers were assigned to each of these groups. A17.1 is a sizeable groupof documents that were wrapped in an English language newspaper (approx. 30 cm x 22 cm) and tied
together with cotton tape. There was one handwritten card (approx. 7 cm x 13 cm) attached. There wasthick paper (atsugami) under and inside the newspaper, apparently for preservation purposes. Almost
all of the documents were placed between pink thin sheets of paper. A17.2 is comprised of tatechō thatwere wrapped in thick paper and Japanese newspaper. A17.3 is comprised of many thin tatechō and jōthat were wrapped in thick paper and Japanese newspaper, on top of which was a card. With almost all
documents were envelopes containing memos, apparently written by Marega himself, as well as thinpieces of paper. The above gives one the impression that overall A17 was a set of documents on whichmuch categorization / organization work had been carried out.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The komonjo 古文書 (archival documents) are originallyfrom the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Biographical Information: Same as fonds.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
Comprised of Marega-related materials and Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs documents
collected by Marega. The Marega-related documents were packed in newspapers: A17.1 in an English
language newspaper (The Osaka Mainichi) dated November 17th 1940, A17.2 in a Hōshū shimbun 豊州新聞 dated November 13th 1940, and A17.3 in a November 13th 1940 and February 3rd 1938 Ōita shimbun
大分新聞. Marega may have subscribed to these newspapers. Also, we can see that he had an opportunity topack historical materials on day(s) shortly after November 17th 1940. While very limited in number, thepacking materials used to categorize the historical materials include envelopes and a flier for a talk (“Kojiki
and the Bible”) that share with us both those with whom Marega kept in touch and his research activities. On
the attached card someone, probably not Marega, wrote “Don Marega.” There is room to investigate who
categorized / organized these materials and when they did so.
The documents from the Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs are shūmon oaratame ni tsuki
maitsuki shiage gonin gumi okakimono 宗門御改ニ付毎月仕上五人組御書物 (five household unit

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documents submitted monthly for religious inquisition) from Tenpō 5 (1834) and Bunsei 13 (1830) to Kōka
4 (1847), as well as seishideiri no oboe 生死出入之覚 (notifications regarding birth, death, and moving).
The latter include notifications that are stand-alone jō as well as well as ones that are bound to the former
tatechō. It appears that these documents were submitted by village officials to the Usuki Domain's Office ofReligious Affairs. A17.2 contains Kanai ninzū no oboe 家内人数之覚 (notifications about retainer numbers)from Genroku 10 (1697). There are jō and ones grouped together to an extent as a tatechō. It appears thatthey were submitted by warrior units (kumi 組), guardians (shihai 支配; warrior unit representatives andtheir subordinates), and family heads (kachō 家長; domain retainers). The majority of A17.3 is comprisedof shūmon oaratame ni tsuki mai tsuki shiageokakimono 宗門御改ニ付毎月仕上御書物 (documents
submitted monthly regarding religious inquisitions) from the Kansei (front page only), Bunsei, Tenpō, andKōka years (approximately from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth
century). Like A17.1, the seishideiri no oboe stand alone or are brought together as tatechō. Additionally,
there are two booklets regarding Christian fumie inquisition organized by family entitled kirishitan shūmon
fumie oaratame ni tsuki kanai chō 切支丹宗門踏絵御改ニ付家内帳 from Tenpō 15 (1844). At the
beginning of each are so-called “Southern Barbarian oaths” (nanban seishi 南蛮誓詞) attesting to Christianand Japanese gods that one is not Christian. These were employed in the period soon after Christianity wasbanned and their use here is rather interesting.
Some documents include numbers assigned by Marega for organizational purposes (Marega numbers).
In A17.1 there are documents M501 to 566 (1), in A17.2 documents M567 to 631 (2), and in A17.3 documents
M248 to 266 (3) as well as M348 to 384 (some missing) (4). Excluding (3), these Marega numbers are also
listed on the A10.1.1 card. On this card is also written the numbers 305–321, 386–392, and 427–500. 305 to
321 are in A5, and 427–500 in A10. We also find nōmin to heishi no dōtai chōsa 農民と兵士の動態調査(farmer and soldier movement surveys) as well as kozutsumi bangō 2 ban 小包番号 2 番 (package no. 2)
written on the card. It therefore appears that while when the card was made parts of A5, A10, A17, etc., were
included in the same package, these were then separated out during preservation / management work.
From the above-described scope and content of these documents, we can tell that Marega and the Vatican
Library had different approaches to the categorization and organization methods for these documents. We
should pay attention to who categorized and organized these documents, when they did so, as well as theirapproach to doing so.
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, English (newspaper)
Date Description Written: 2018/11/18
Description Author: Shimizu Yūko

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A18
Reference Code: maregaA18
Title: Fonds Marega File A18
Date Range: Latter half of eighteenth century to first half of nineteenth century
Primary Date Range(s): 1786, 1787, 1803
Date Range Notes: 1786, 1787 (Tenmei 6, 7), 1803 (Kyōwa 3)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 25 records (15 published books, 4 postcards, 2 cards, 2 strips of paper, 1 newspaper, 1 hōshi 包紙)
Notes on Physical State: Stored inside of Vatican Library’s preservation bag for management purposes.
Comprised of three groups: (a) five books wrapped in the English-language newspaper The Register(08/13/1950), (b) six books wrapped in plain hōshi[包紙], and (c) four books not grouped together.
These groups of books were tied together with cotton preservation tape. A strip of paper with “A18”written on it was attached. Additionally, (b) includes some postcards included from shrines and the like.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega.
Biographical Information: Same as fonds.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Scope and Content:
All are Japanese-bound regional geographies (chishi 地誌): (a) Shūi miyako meisho zue 拾遺都名所図 会 (Gleanings Guidebook to Famous Sites in the Capital), (b) Miyako meisho zue 都 名 所 図 会(Guidebook to Famous Sites in the Capital), and (c) Nijū yo hai jun pai zue 二十四輩順拝図会 (Guidebook
to Shin Sect Temples). Their dates of publication are as follows: (a) 1787 (Tenmei 7), (b) 1780 (An’ei 9), (c)first volume - 1803 (Kyōwa 3), second volume - 1809 (Bunka 6).
Languages Used: Japanese, Italian, English (newspaper)
Date Description Written: 2018/11/14
Description Author: Shimizu Yūko

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A19
Reference Code: maregaA19
Title: Fonds Marega File A19
Date Range: 1697, 1713, 1714, 1718, 1719, 1721
Primary Date Range(s): 1713, 1714, 1718, 1719, 1721 (excluding one item for which year is unclear andkoyori 紙縒)Date Range Notes: 1697 (Genroku 10), 1713 (Shōtoku 3), 1714 (Shōtoku 4), 1718 (Kyōhō 3), 1719 (Kyōhō4), 1721 (Kyōhō 6)
Description Level: File
Quantity: A19.1–1 record (1 card), A19.2–376 records (370 komonjo 古文書, 1 paper bag, 2 koyori, 1
fragment explaining group of historical documents, 2 wrappers), A19.3–433 records (428 komonjo, 1koyori, 1 paper bag, 1 newspaper, 1 tsutsumi gami ツツミ紙, 1 koyori), A19.4–210 records (201komonjo, 1 paper bag, 8 koyori)
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The komonjo are originally from Usuki Domain’s Office ofReligious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Biography: Same as fonds
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture; Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican in 1953 by Mario Marega.
Acquisition Source: Same as fonds.
Notes on Physical State: A19 is comprised of a card (A19.1) and three groups of historical documents (A19.2,
A19.3, A19.4).
A19.2 is comprised of historical documents relating to the death of ruizoku 類族 (descendants ofChristians). They were placed in a paper bag (A19.2.0) on which is written “Deceased ruizoku from thetwenty-first day of the eleventh month of 1713 (Shōtoku 3), year of the snake, to the twentieth day ofthe sixth month of 1714 (Shōtoku 4), year of the horse.” As this indicates, the materials were createdbetween 1713 to 1714. One also finds “1713–14”.
The A19.3 group of documents was placed in a paper bag on which is written “Ruizoku deaths, thetwenty-first day of the sixth month of 1721 (Kyōhō 6), the year of the ox, to the twentieth day of theeleventh month of Kyōhō 6.” This bag was wrapped in packing paper and then wrapped with the English
edition of the newspaper The Osaka Mainichi & The Tokyo Nichi Nichi (02/26/1938). This was thentied with twine. The forty-seven A19.3.2 documents were tied together with koyori inside the bag.
Others were folded together shigai aratame shōmon 死骸改証文 (corpse inspection certificates) issued
by temples and villages regarding the same death. However, in the case of the A19.3.1.61 corpse
inspection certificate from the temple Hōonji, there was no document from the village.
The group of A19.4 documents was placed in an Edo period bag on which the following waswritten:ruizoku kongi 類族婚儀 tokorogae shōmon 所替証文 [certificates for descendants of Christians
regarding marriage and moving], yōshi 養子 ribetsu 離別 teihatsu 剃髪 [notifications regarding the
adoption, the severing of family relations, and tonsure], gojikisan hōkōnin tsuketodoke 御直参奉公人
附届 gokachū matawa hōkōnin 御家中又者奉公人 [notifications regarding servants], kanai hikkoshi

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家内引越 deiri tsuke todoke shōmon 出入付届証文 [notifications regarding retainers moving], andkuzureya 崩家 shōya yuzuri shōmon

庄屋譲証文[notifications regarding discontinued families

and new village representatives] from the twenty-first day of the eleventh month of 1718 (Kyōhō 3), theyear of the dog, to the twentieth day of the sixth month of 1719 (Kyōhō 4)
The documents in this bag (excluding two documents) were divided into eight smaller groups withkoyori.
Scope and Content:
A19.1 is a book card with an explanation in Italian regarding the A19.2 to A19.4 historical documents:“Documenti manoscritti riguardanti alla persecuzione della Chiesa Cattolica in Giappone,” “No.
M.80.81.82 e altri due,” and “A.D.1713～1801.”
The shishitsu shōmon 死失証文 (death notifications) regarding ruizoku, which form the majority ofA19.2’s documents, are as follows: (1) 176 documents submitted by village / town officials and fivehousehold units, (2) four documents submitted by samurai, (3) two documents conveying information fromshogunate domains to which people moved, and (4) 182 documents submitted by temples. Five of (4) weresent from temples in Edo. The shigai aratame shōmon issued upon the death of ruizoku appear to generally
have been stored as sets (one from villages/towns and samurai and the other from temples) at the Office ofReligious Affairs. In A19.2 we find (1) materials indicating the existence of a ruizoku temple family(A19.2.9.1, A19.2.9.2, A19.2.158.1, A19.2.158.2), (2) materials indicating the follow-up system in place
for the death of someone related to a village representative (A19.2.10.1, A19.2.124.1), and (3) saltpreservation measures used upon the death of a honnin dōzen 本人同然 (someone born to a Christian
before their renunciation) (A19.2.96.7.1, A19.2.96.7.2). Notably, A19.2.9.1 and A19.2.9.2 in (1) indicatethat when the temple Ryōninji was opened in Notsu Kibino Village, Genjun’s wife, a korobi kirishitan 転
切支丹 (former Christian), played a central role in converting Christians to Buddhism. Also, A19.2.158.1
and A19.2.158.2 indicate that the wife of the former head priest of the Notsu temple Shōkōji was akirishitan shūmon korobi honnin dōzen 切支丹宗門転本人同然 (the spouse of a former Christian or thechild of a former Christian born before renunciation). These documents provide interesting information for
examining how Christianity had spread in a village society.
In A19.3 are included eight birth notifications unrelated to the writing found on the bag. Seven of themwere in A.19.3.1.2, which was tied together with a koyori 紙縒. Six of them appear to have been grouped
together with shigai aratame shōmon (one from the village, one from the temple) due to the child’s early
death. There were two cases of more than a month passing between the birth and death of the child, thelongest period between birth and death out of the eight documents here. Two of the birth notifications do notinclude a shigai aratame shōmon. It is unclear why these birth notifications were included in this group of
historical materials on their own. The eight birth notifications in this group of historical materials are as
follows (see Table 3):
1. Grouped with a shigai aratame shōmon
A19.3.1.2.3.3 / A19.3.1.2.13.2 / A19.3.1.2.14.2 / A19.3.1.2.16.2 /A19.3.1.2.19.2 / A19.3.1.2.21.2
2. Stand alone, without a shigai aratame shōmon
A19.3.1.2.17 / A19.3.1.90
The village representatives / temples that issued shigai aratame shōmon, as well as the numbers of them,
are found in the below two tables (Table 1, Table 2). There were forty-three village representatives that issued
these certificates, and thirty-four temples that did so.

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Table1) The Number of notifications from Shoya in A19.3
Death
Birth
SenderNotification
NotificationŌita District
Shoya in Wasadaichi Village
1
010
012
Shoya in Munakata Village
2018
Shoya in Hetsuginagaono Village
2
1023
Shoya in Hetsugiharu Village
1025
Shoya in Toshimitsu Village
3※2026
Shoya in Kawatoko Village
4028
Shoya in Bigo Village
1033
Shoya in Yoko-o Village
61034
Shoya in Mori Village
7035
Shoya in Mori-machi Village
11038
Shoya in Katsuragi Village
1039
Shoya in Iejima Village
2
Amabe District
040
Shoya in Kei Village
15044
Shoya in Kujo Village
3045
Shoya in Nyūharu Village
111048
Shoya in Oka Village
1052
Shoya in Ichi-no-o Village
2053
Shoya in Sashū Village
6058
Shoya in Fuji-gawachi Village
3064
Shoya in Suehiro Village
4068
Shoya in Ōnomura Village
2076
Shoya in Emuta Village
3089
Shoya in Kakidaki Village
10103
Shoya in No Village
2
108
Shoya in Kaizoe Village
5110
Shoya in Ōtomari Village
1118
Shoya in Michino Village
1
135
Shoya in Higashikōno Village
11
Ōno District※1
152
Shoya in Ochidani Village
36
162
Shoya in Tanaka Village
1
185
Shoya in Shōnoharu Village
2
197
Shoya in Hirowara Village
141200
Shoya in Kibino Village
12221
Shoya in Yamaoku Village
9228
Shoya in Ichigi Village
1242
Shoya in Takewaki Village
10245
Shoya in Osaka Village
1248
Shoya in Miyao Village
1257
Shoya in Momoeda Village
3261
Shoya in Ichiba Village
2269
Shoya in Kamitamada Village
1277
Shoya in Ozuru Village
1―
Others (Samurai etc.)
2
Total
207
8
※Including Birth Notifications (two in all) without Death※"Village code" is the number that identifies villages based on"Genroku Gōchō 元禄郷帳"
Villagecode

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Table2) The Number of Notifications from Temples in A19.3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

SenderBuddhist Sect

An'yōji
Gangyōji
Gekkeiji
Kōkokuji
Kōrin-an
Kōrenji
JigenjiJōunji
Shōkōji
Shōryūji
JōrenjiJōrokujiZenshōji
SensōjiSen-nenji
Zenpōji
Songyōji
Daikyōji
Dainenji
Dairakuji
TyōrinjiTōyōjiFukujuin
Fugenji
HōunjiHōonji
HōrenjiMyōshōji
RyūgenjiRyūsenji
Ryōinji
RyōninjiRenshōji
Renjōji
Total

True Pure Land sectZen Sect
Zen Sect
True Pure Land sectZen Sect
True Pure Land sectZen Sect
Pure Land Sect
True Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectZen Sect
True Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectPure Land Sect
True Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectPure Land Sect
Pure Land Sect
Zen Sect
Zen Sect
Zen Sect
Zen Sect
Zen Sect
Zen SectNichiren Sect
True Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectPure Land Sect
Pure Land Sect
True Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sectTrue Pure Land sect
Shingon Sect

Death
Notification
9
4
2
4
1
1
3
2
2
4
1
1
8
32
9
18
15
6
1
2
1
2
1
21
3
3
1
5
3
12
3
26
1
1
208

All documents in A19.4 are reports
submitted to the Usuki Domain’s Officeof Religious Affairs by the domain’s
village officials or heads of samuraifamily units. As is written on the front
side of their bag, they cover a variety ofdevelopments related to ruizoku (seebelowtable).

It

appearsthatalldevelopments, besides those involving
an increase/decrease in the ruizoku
population (birth, death), are covered.
Documents related to marriage, adoption,
severing of family relations, and moving
were submitted by officials of thevillages, etc., of both parties involved. It
appears that the Usuki Domain’s Officeof Religious Affairs rolled up these tworeports together.
Excluding two 1697 (Genroku 10)
reports and one other report (date unclear,
year of the rooster), all of the documents
fall within the Edo period time span
written on the front of the bag (thetwenty-first day of the eleventh month of
Kyōhō 3 / 1718 to the twentieth day ofthe sixth month of Kyōhō 4 / 1719). It
thus appears that the current state ofthese documents heavily reflects the
Usuki Domain Office of Religious
Affairs’ organization and management ofthem.
While this group of documents isdivided with koyori into eight sub-groups, these sub-groups are not based on their month of submission orcontent. It is unclear whether these subgroups were created by the office.
Languages used: Italian - 1, English 1, Japanese - 1006 (komonjo, koyori, wrappers)
Date Description Written: 2018/10/01
Description Authors: Hirai Yoshito, Satō Akihiro, Ōtsu Yūji

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Table 3) The Relationship between Birth Notifications and Death Notifications in A19-3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Document No.
(Birth)A19.03.01.02.03.03
A19.03.01.02.13.02
A19.03.01.02.14.02
A19.03.01.02.16.02
A19.03.01.02.19.02
A19.03.01.02.21.02
A19.03.01.02.17
A19.03.01.90

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Document No.
(Death Notifications fromvillages)
A19.03.01.02.03.01
A19.03.01.02.13.01
A19.03.01.02.14.01
A19.03.01.02.16.01
A19.03.01.02.19.01
A19.03.01.02.21.01
なし

8

なし

Name

Year

Day of BirthDay of Notification

KōsukeJinshichi
Iso
Shichirōemon
Tarohachi
KihējiTsuru
Roku

Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)

10th day of the 10th month
15th day of the 7th month
8th day of the intercalary 7th month
11th day of the intercalary 7th month
20th day of the 7th month
28th day of the 9th month
21th day of the intercalary 7th month
26th day of the 6th month

14th day of the 10th month
19th day of the 7th month
10th day of the intercalary 7th month
14th day of the intercalary 7th month
24th day of the 7th month
4th day of the 10th month
24th day of the intercalary 7th month
27th day of the 6th month

Name

Year

Day of DeathDay of Notification

KōsukeJinshichi
Iso
Shichirōemon
Tarohachi
KihējiTsuru

Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)
Kyōhō 6 (1721)

20th day of the 10th month
23th day of the intercalary 7th month
20th day of the intercalary 7th month
27th day of the intercalary 7th month
2th day of the intercalary 7th month
22th day of the 11th month

20th day of the 10th month
23th day of the intercalary 7th month
20th day of the intercalary 7th month
28th day of the intercalary 7th month
2th day of the intercalary 7th month
24th day of the 11th month

Roku

Kyōhō 6 (1721)

Table4) Aggregation of types of documents and years of creation in A19.4

marriage
adoptionsevering
tonsureservant(s)moving
Total

Kyōhō 3 (1718)
11th month 12th month
34

4
4

3
1
2
7
47

1th month
20

1
1
8
30

2th month
16
1
1
4
3
25

Kyōhō 4 (1719)
3th month
4th month
30
15
2
2
3
3
2
1
14
2
51
23

5th month6

6th month

Total

2

123
4
6
11
14
43
201

1
1

2
9

Others: Two documents of marriage are Genroku 10(1697), 12th month. One document of tonsure is unknown year (The Year of the Rooster).

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1

1

7
9

3

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A20
Reference Code: maregaA20
Title: Fonds Marega File A20
Date Range: 1702–1789
Primary Date Range(s): Edo period
Date range notes: 1702 (Genroku 15) –1794 (Kansei 6)
Description Level: File
Quantity: Record (1241 komonjo 古文書 / jō 状, 1 newspaper, 10 strings, 6 hōshi 包紙, 8 strips of paper,
24 koyori 紙縒)Notes on Physical State: A20 is comprised of two groups of documents (A20.02.01, A20.02.02) wrapped innewspaper (the Italian newspaper Il Tempo, 17 May 1959) and tied together with cotton preservation
tape. A20.02.01 and A20.02.02 were each placed in bags. Written on each of the bags is the time period
and documents contained therein. On A20.02.01, we find,ruizoku kongi tokorogae shōmon 類族婚儀所替証文 [certificate regarding the marriages andmoving of descendant(s) of Christians], gojikisan hōkōnin tsuketodoke 御 直 参 奉 公 人 付 届[notification regarding directly hired servant(s)], yōshi ribetsu teihatsu 養子離別剃髪 [notification
regarding adoption, breaking of family ties, tonsure], gojikisan hōkōnin tsuketodoke, gokachū
matawahōkōnin 御家中又者奉公人 [notification regarding vassal retainer(s) and servant(s)], andkanai hikkoshi deiiri tsuketodoke shōmon 家内引越出入付届証文 [notification regarding vassal[s]moving] spanning from the twenty-first day of the eleventh month of 1763 (Hōreki 13), the year of
the goat, to the twentieth day of the sixth month of 1764 (Hōreki 14), year of the monkey.
On A20.02.02, we findruizoku kongi tokorogae shōmon, yōshi ribetsu teihatsu, gojikisan hōkōnin tsuketodoke, gokachūmata wa hōkōnin, gokanai matawa hōkōnin, and kanai hikkoshi deiiri tsuketodoke shōmon from thetwenty-first day of the eleventh month of Meiwa 1, the year of the monkey to [? damaged] Meiwa 2,
the year of the rooster.
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. The komonjo (archival documents) are originally from Usuki
Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs (shūmonkata 宗門方).
Place Names: Ōita City and Usuki City, Ōita Prefecture, Himon’ya, Meguro City, Tōkyō-to
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary.
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican Library by Mario Marega in 1953.
Scope and Content:
A20.02.01 is comprised of nine bundles. Each of them was wrapped with a paper band and then they
were all tied together with twine. All are jō. On each of the bands is written the Marega Number “B83.” The
years and number of items for each of the bundles are show in Table 1. There are a total of 585 items. The
majority are from the Hōreki period (1751–1764).
Many relate to domain residents moving. While there are 190 notifications of residents moving for somereason, all adoption and marriage cases (144 and 56, respectively) involve moving in some way, and therefore
can also be classified as moving notifications. There are also 44 requests for an extension of stay. Individuals
who were staying in temples in Edo (Tokyo), Kyoto, or elsewhere to study would request that they be allowed
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(39).
A20.02.02 is comprised of thirteen bundles. All consist of jō. These are not grouped by Marega numbers.
A person took them out one by one from the top of a pile and assigned numbers to what they judged to begroups. The dates and number of items for each bundle are shown in Table 2. There are a total of 656 items.
They are from before the Hōreki period (1751–1764), older than A20.02.01.
Almost all items are birth notifications (618). In addition to the names of the people born, theirparishioner temples are also included. The notifications were sent by village or town headmen. Some include
information of the birth family’s current state, such as siblings. For example, A20.02.01.01.04 (twenty-eighth
day of 1746 (Enkyō 3), from Yamaoku Village Headman Shirōemon to Ōwaki Giemon and two others), we
find the following: “Kadoroku, the great-great grandchild of Hase Village’s Kyūemon, one year old this year;
this Kadoroku was born on the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month; they will be a parishioner of theirfather’s parishioner Shin sect temple Ryōninji, two older brothers have been reported but one has died from
illness.” The person from which the baby is descended, this person’s village, as well as the sect and name of
the baby’s parishioner temple are written. Such birth notifications will surely be very useful for analyzing
villages in the Usuki Domain during the middle of the early modern period. However, the lack of female
birth notifications is a cause for concern; almost all are for males and only 57 for females. Therefore, ananalysis of why this is the case is also necessary.
Table 1
Number

No.
of
Items

A20-02-01-01

66

A20-02-01-02

71

A20-02-01-03

62

A20-02-01-04

66

A20-02-01-05

69

A20-02-01-06

79

A20-02-01-07

72

A20-02-01-08

78

A20-02-01-09

22

Table 2Years

Hōreki 4 (1754) to Hōreki 14(1764)
Kyōhō 6 (1721) to Meiwa 9 (1772)
Hōreki 4 (1754) to Kansei 1(1789)
Hōreki 5 (1755) to Kansei 6(1794)
Hōreki 4 (1754) to An’ei 10 (1781)
Hōreki 4 (1754) to Kansei 1(1789)
Hōreki 4 (1754) to An’ei 6 (1777)
Hōreki 6 (1756) to Tenmei 1(1781)
Hōreki 14 (1764)

Number

No.
of
Items

Years

A20-02-02-01

19

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 3 (1750)

A20-02-02-02

16

A20-02-02-03

62

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Enkyō 5 (1748)
Genroku 15 (1702) to Kansei 3(1750)

A20-02-02-04

28

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 1 (1748)

A20-02-02-05

16

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 1 (1748)

A20-02-02-06

112

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 1 (1748)

A20-02-02-07

15

Kyōhō 17 (1732) to Kansei 1(1748)

A20-02-02-08

96

Kyōhō 4 (1719) to Kan’en 3 (1750)

A20-02-02-09

39

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 3 (1750)

A20-02-02-10

69

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Tenmei 5 (1785)

A20-02-02-11

71

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Kansei 3 (1750)

A20-02-02-12

40

Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Enkyō 5 (1748)

A20-02-02-13

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Kyōhō 9 (1724) to Enkyō 5 (1748)

Languages Used: Japanese (1241; approximate), Italian (2 catalogue entries: 1 newspaper, 1 memo)
Date Description Written: 2018/08/25
Description Author: Namie Takeo

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A21
Reference Code: maregaA21
Title: Fonds Marega File A21
Date Range: 1715–1956
Primary Date Range(s): Early modern period materials are primarily from Shōtoku 5 (1715) and Bunsei 13(Tenpō 1 / 1830). Modern period materials are primarily from 1930 to 1956, especially 1949. There aresome Meiji period (1868–1912) materials as well.
Date Range Notes: 1715 (Shōtoku 5) 99 records; 1830 (Bunsei 13) 40 records; 1846 (Kōka 3) 3 records;
1823 (Bunsei 6) 2 records; 1726, 1727 (Kyōhō 11, 12), 1747 (Kyōhō 4), 1818, 1829 (Bunsei 1, 12),1843 (Tenpō 14), 1848 (Kaei 2) 1 record each; 1881, 1882 (Meiji 14, 15) 1 record each; Meiji period(1868‒1912) 7 records; 1949 (Shōwa 24) 33 records; 1937 (Shōwa 12) 4 records; 1938 (Shōwa 13) 3
records; Shōwa 15, 19, 20, 23 (1940, 1944, 1945, 1948) 2 records each; Shōwa 5, 16, 18, 21, 31 (1930,
1941, 1943, 1946, 1956) 1 record each
Quantity: 493 records (220 jō 状, 5 tatechō 竪帳, 5 yokochō 横帳 / yokohanchō 横半帳, 39 masspublished books, 24 newspapers, 37 cards, 66 hōshi 包紙, 19 ginsatsu 銀札, 1 roof tile, 1 arrowhead,
1 medaille, etc.)
Notes on Physical State: A21 was tied together with Vatican Library cotton tape and placed inside of apreservation bag. It is comprised of two primary groups: A21.1 and A21.2. A21.1 consists of ten groups
of items tied together with thin twine. A21.2 was wrapped with newspaper.
Provenance/Creation: Father Marega. Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs (Shūmonkata 宗門方).
Usuki City Togami family (details unclear).
Bibliographical Information: Same as fonds. Usuki City Togami family (details unclear).
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City, Ōita Prefecture
Archival History: Donated by Father Mario Marega to the Vatican.
Acquisition Sources: Father Marega, Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs, Usuki City Togami Family(details unclear)
Scope and Content:
A21 is comprised of A21.1 and A21.2. Their breakdown is as follows.
A21.1.1 is a piece of a roof tile with a Nakagawa crucifix engraved in the center of a tomoe crest. On
the back side of the crest is written the following in ink: “Oka Castle Edo Period.” This tile was wrapped in
an English-language newspaper from 1949 titled Stars Stripes. On top of the newspaper was a card. Thin
twine was tied in a cross around the newspaper and card.
A21.1.2 was not tied with a string, etc. In addition to two permits allowing Marega to enter Beppu City,
it also includes books published by the Ōita Prefecture Hometown Research Group (Ōita-ken Kyōdo Bunka
Kenkyūkai 大分県郷土文化研究会), such as an encyclopedia of people from Ōita Prefecture (Ōita-ken
senken meika jinmei jiten 大分縣先賢名家人名辞典) and a directory of distinguished people in the ŌitaPrefecture agricultural industry (Ōita-ken nōgyō kōrōsha meikan 大分縣農業功労者名鑑), as well as
postcards related to places in Ōita Prefecture, Ōita City, Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Hoashi Banri, etc.
A21.1.3 consists almost entirely of books published by the same research group, including the
aforementioned encyclopedia of distinguished people from the prefecture, as well as a collection of thecalligraphy of deceased distinguished people from the prefecture (Ōita-ken senken meika ibokushū 大分縣
先賢名家遺墨集), a collection of important textual materials related to the prefecture (Ōita-ken kichō69furusato bunken shiryō 大分縣貴重郷土文献資料), a collection of writings of deceased distinguishedpeople from the prefecture (Ōita-ken senken meika ibunroku 大分縣先賢名家遺文録), and a collection of
poetry by Matsudaira Fuken, the sixth head of Bungo Funai (Matsudaira Fuken kushū 松平不騫句集).
A21.1.4 includes nine catalogues from a 1949 exhibit on the history of Bungo Christians held to markthe four hundredth anniversary of Saint Xavier’s arrival in Japan, as well as a relatively large number ofnewspaper clippings. There are also two books published by the aforementioned research society: a collectionof poetry by Matsudaira Fuken, the sixth head of Bungo Funai (Matsudaira Fuken kushū zoku 松平不騫句
集 続) and a collection of writings by Jōnenji temple’s Rinseki (Kikusai bunshū 麹齋文集). One also finds
bunraku-related publications and postcards. There are also eight ginsatsu, a kind of Edo period currency.
There is a 1823 (Bunsei 6) letter from Ōtomo Yoshimasa to retainers connected to the Ōtomo clan in the
Bungo province seeking their address, name, and other information so that a retainer can dispatched toworship at the Ōtomo clan mausoleum in his place.
A21.1.5 includes many hōshi related to early modern period fines for not placing a seal on a document(Ochihanryō karyōsen 落判過料銭). Otherwise it is diverse in content. There is also an arrowhead andmedaille, an amulet (omamori 守札), and eleven ginsatsu. There are also some items that appear to be related
to religious inquisitions (shūmon aratame 宗門改) and population surveys. There are also newspaper
clippings and a 1947 report from a US education delegation (Beikoku kyōiku shisetsudan hōkokusho 米国教育使節団報告書). The newspaper clippings include a December 3rd, 1937 newspaper article about a grantbeing provided for the publication of Marega’s Italian translation of the Kojiki. One also finds Marega's
photographs.
A21.1.6 is an illustrated memoir by Marega. It depicts the 1945 Oita / Beppu air raids.
A21.1.7 consists of an illustrated memoir by Marega (A21.1.7.4), two illustrated scroll fragments(A21.1.7.1, A21.1.7.3), as well as a fragment that appears to be part of a scripture (A21.1.7.2). The illustrated
memoir depicts places he visited in China and Japan(1929-1931). The illustrated scroll fragments depict Ise
Shrine and Atsuta Shrine when he visited them. A21.1.7.2 was inside an envelope of the publisher Don
Bosco-sha and placed between the illustrated scroll fragments.
A21.1.8 is an illustrated memoir by Marega. It covers the time spanning from his birth on September
30th, 1902 to his departure for Japan in 1929 and then his arrival in Columbo.
A21.1.9 was tied with a brown string. It appears to be Togami family-related documents from the Kyōhō
era (1716–1736) to the Meiji 10s (1877–1886). Their provenance is also different from the group of Usuki
Domain Office of Religious Affairs documents. One finds Marega’s memos regarding his organization andarrangement of materials. It is unclear how they were acquired.
A21.1.10 consisted of a pile of historical materials tied in two places with koyori 紙縒. They were thenwrapped with an Oita shimbun 大分新聞 newspaper from 1940. The koyori grouping appears to have been
done by the Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs. They are materials related to household registermanagement by this office. Almost all are from Bunsei 13 (Tenpō 1/1830). We also find a travel permit from
Bunsei 12 (1829).
A21.2 was tied with koyori and wrapped in a newspaper that appears to be from 1938 (its top part ismissing). This koyori grouping appears to have been done by the Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs.
All are birth notifications from 1715 (Shōtoku 5) submitted to Usuki Domain religion magistrates (for details,
see below).
As described above, while A21 primarily consists of documents related to the Usuki Domain Office of70Religious Affairs and publications of the Ōita Prefecture Hometown Cultural Research Group, there are also
many other materials of different types. Also, items of the same type are scattered throughout multiple groups.
There are also items not from the Office of Religious Affairs.
Items with a clear date are primarily from 1715 (Shōtoku 5), 1830 (Bunsei 13), and 1949 (Shōwa 24).
There are 99 documents from Shōtoku 5. All of them are birth notifications submitted to the religious affairs
magistrates. One of them is from an Usuki Domain Usukikake town representative (toshiyori 年寄) and theothers are from village representatives (shōya 庄屋) in the Usuki Domain’s territory. All are addressed tothe three religion magistrates. They were created from the seventh to the eleventh month of Shōtoku 5. Thosefrom 1830 (Bunsei 13) are notifications, requests seeking guidance (ukagai-gaki 伺書), etc., submitted by
Usuki Domain territory villages and temples to the religion magistrates. They are related to household
registry management and include notifications about removing members from five-household units,
notifications about missing persons, requests for instructions regarding funerals, and requests for instructions
regarding entering the Buddhist monastic order. There are many items that, while not dated, appear to befrom the same year.
The items from 1949 include many publications by the aforementioned research group (including theencyclopedia of distinguished people from the prefecture, a collection of writings of deceased distinguishedpeople from the prefecture, collection of the calligraphy of deceased distinguished people from the prefecture,and directory of distinguished people in the prefecture’s agricultural industry, as well as a book of famoussights and uncommon machine diagrams / Meishō shinkei narabi ni kikizu 名勝真景幷奇器図). However,
we also find the nine aforementioned catalogues from a Bungo Christian exhibition marking the four
hundredth anniversary of Saint Xavier’s arrival in Japan.
Also, the six (including fragments: A21.1.5.5, A21.1.6, A21.1.7.1, A21.1.7.3, A21.1.4, A21.1.8)
illustrated memoirs that appear to be by Father Marega cover from his birth in 1902 until right before the endof World War II in 1945.
Languages Used: Japanese - 435, Italian - 36, English - 20, Romanized Japanese - 10, other - 1
Date Description Written: 2019/10/30
Description Author: Satō Takayuki

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A22
Reference Code: maregaA22
Title: Fonds Marega File A22
Date Range: 1780–1959
Primary Date Range(s): Edo period
Date Range Notes: 1780 (An’ei 9) to 1959 (Shōwa 34)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 99 records (49 paper slips including half-size genkō yōshi 原稿用紙 / Japanese writing paper and
one hōshi 包紙 fragment, 42 mass-published books, 3 hōshi, 2 jō 状, 1 postcard, 1 book, 1 envelope)Notes on Physical State: A22 was managed separately from files A1 to A21. A22.1.1 is the second volumeof Marega’s collection of Bungo Christian historical materials (Zoku Bungo kirishitan shiryō 続豊後
切支丹史料). It includes many notes by Marega and slips of paper between pages (42 in total). A22.1.2
was placed in a plastic file folder (A22.1.2.1–A22.1.2.14, 27 records). A22.2 is a group of items placedin a plastic bag used for preservation purposes (A22.2.1–A22.2.7, 35 records), as is A22.3 (A22.3.1–
A22.3.4, 22 records).
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City (Ōita Prefecture), Chōfu City (Tōkyō-to), Himon’ya (Meguro City,
Tōkyō-to)Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary.
Archival History: A22.1.1 and A22.1.2 had been held by the Salesian Seminary’s Chimatti Museum (Chofu,
Tokyo, Japan). In October 2014, the museum gave them to the Vatican Library. A22.2 and A22.3 weremanaged separately from A1-A21 at the Vatican Library.
Scope and Content:
This file contains a book by Marega and his research notes, as well as mass-published books that hecollected. A22.1 consists of the second volume of his collection of Bungo Christian historical materials,
research notes, correspondence, and more. A22.2 are mass-published books spanning from the Edo period(1603–1868) to the Meiji period (1868–1912). They include Seiyō jita ochiboshū 政要地方落穂集, Naigai
jijō 内外事情, the second book of the first volume of Suetsumu hana すへ摘花, the twelfth volume of
Seidan waka midori 清談和歌翠, Shunshoku yamato damashii 春色大和魂 (two vols.), Onna shisho
geimonzue 女四書芸文図会 (four copies), and volumes one to ten of Geishū itsukushima jinja zue 藝州
厳島神社図会. In these we find Marega’s book ownership stamp and notes, as well as items apparently
used as bookmarks. On the front and back inside cover of Naigai jijō we find the name of its former owner:“Purchased on an auspicious day in June 1885. Property of Sakuma Isaburō, resident of Yachi, Nakakanbara
District, Echigo Province.” In A22.3 we find copies of a 1780 Miyako meisho zue 都名所図会. Six were
published by Osaka’s Kawachiya Tasuke, and six by Kyoto’s Yoshinoya Tamehachi. On these as well are
Marega’s book ownership stamp and notes.
Languages Used: Japanese - 55, Italian - 45, Romanized Japanese - 4, other - 6
Date Description Written: 2019/12/01
Description Author: Nishimura Shintarō

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A23
Reference Code: maregaA23
Title: Fonds Marega File A23
Date Range: 1714–1940
Primary Date Range(s): Edo period
Date Range Notes: 1714 (Shōtoku 4) to 1940 (Shōwa 15)
Description Level: File
No. of Items: 410 records (237 jō 状, 70 tsuzuri 綴, 22 koyori 紙縒り/strings, 17 hōshi, 9 bags, 7 envelopes,
3 tatechō 竪帳, 1 yokochō 横帳, 2 mass-published books, 1 hand-copied book, 3 newspapers, 2 cards,
2 slips of paper). Tsuzuri were counted as single items.
Notes on Physical State:
A23 had already been registered at the Vatican Library. Vat.estr.-or.129 to Vat.estr.-or.146 were inside asmall brown box. They were wrapped in a July 12th, 1940 The Osaka Mainichi & The Tokyo Nichi Nichi(an English-language newspaper) and tied together with koyori. Vat.estr.-or.143 to Vat.estr.-or.146 eachexisted as separate groups. In our survey, Vat.estr.-or.48, 57, 94, 129 were also added. It is unclear when andwhy these were separated from the materials collected by Marega. In our survey they were given a new
survey number (A23) while leaving their registration numbers untouched. A23.1.1 – A23.1.15 correspond to
Vat.estr.-or.129 – Vat.estr.-or.142. A23.2 – A23.7 basically correspond to Vat.estr.-or.143 – Vat.estr.-or.146.
Also, Vat.estr.-or.48 is equivalent to A23.8, -or.57 to A23.9, -or.94 to A23.10, and -or.128 to A23.11. Whenbeing registered at the Vatican (Vat.estr.-or.129, etc.), groups demarcated by koyori, etc., were used as units.
No detailed catalogue existed.
A23.1.1 to A23.1.3, A23.1.6, and A23.1.9 to A23.1.11 were tied together with koyori. A23.1.5, A23.1.7,
A23.1.8, and A23.1.15 were rolled up together. A23.1.4, A23.1.12, A23.1.13, and A23.1.14 were in hōshi.
A23.2 was comprised of seven units. It was wrapped with a page of a modern period Japanese newspaper(that appears to be from Ōita Prefecture). A23.2.1 to 7 were in a bag on which “Shōtoku 4 [1714] Daimyō
Retainers Household Record Books” was written. A232.1 was tied together with koyori.
A23.3 was comprised of three units. It was wrapped in fragment of the January 15th, 1938 Hōshū shinpō
豊州新報, a newspaper. A23.3.1 and A23.3.2 were tied together with koyori. A23.4 was tied together withkoyori and was comprised of nineteen sets of two items rolled up together. A23.5 was comprised of seven
units. It was tied together with koyori. A23.5.1 to A23.5.5 each were tied together with koyori. A23.6 andA23.7 are only koyori. A23.8, A23.9, and A23.10 were freestanding, and A23.10 was in an envelope.
Provenance/Creation: Father Mario Marega.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City (Ōita Prefecture), Chōfu City (Tōkyō-to), Himon’ya (Meguro City,
Tōkyō-to)Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary.
Archival History: Donated to the Vatican by Mario Marega in 1953, excluding A23.8, which was presented
to Pope Pius XII in 1949 by Marega. and A23.9, which was donated to the Library in 1957 by Marega.
It is unclear when A23 was taken out of Marega’s collection materials and registered at the library before
other materials. The reason that this was done is also unclear.
Scope and Content:
A23.1 consists of towns’ notifications from 1820–1821 (Bunsei 3 to Bunsei 4) regarding travelers

75passing through (the towns are as follows: Hon, Shin, Ta, Tatamiya, Tōjin, and Kake). A23.1.1 is six groups
tied together with koyori. Each group was in a bag. They are notifications regarding travelers passing throughfrom the eighth and ninth month of 1820 (Bunsei 3). (Including their hōshi, 31 records). A23.1.2 is elevengroups tied together with koyori. They are notifications regarding travelers passing through from the sixth
month of 1821 (Bunsei 4). (Including their hōshi, 18 records). A23.1.3 consists of six groups tied together
with koyori. They are notifications regarding travelers passing through from the tenth and eleventh month of1820 (Bunsei 3). (Including their hōshi, 39 records.) A23.1.4 is a single notification regarding travelers
passing through from the twelfth month of 1820 (Bunsei 3). A23.1.5 consists of two sets of rolled-up items(eleven in total). They are notifications regarding travelers passing through from the ninth month of Bunsei
3 (1820) (11 records). A23.1.6 consists of four groups tied together with koyori. They are notifications
regarding travelers passing through from the ninth to eleventh month of 1820 (Bunsei 3) (20 records). A23.1.7
consists of notifications regarding travelers passing through from the ninth to the twelfth month of 1820
(Bunsei 3) (13 records including the bag). A23.1.8 consists of two sets of rolled-up items. They arenotifications regarding travelers passing through from the ninth to the eleventh month of 1820 (Bunsei 3) (19records). A23.1.9 consists of five groups tied together with koyori. They are notifications regarding travelers
passing through from the sixth and seventh month of 1820 (Bunsei 4) (28 records). A23.1.10 consists of eightgroups tied together with koyori string. They are notifications regarding travelers passing through from thethird and fourth month of 1821 (Bunsei 4) (13 records). A23.1.11 consists of three groups tied together withkoyori. They are notifications regarding travelers passing through from the fifth, sixth, and eleventh monthof 1821 (Bunsei 4) (21 records). A23.1.12 consists of notifications regarding travelers passing through fromthe twelfth month of 1820 (Bunsei 3) to the 1st month of 1821 (Bunsei 4). Each was in hōshi (12 records).
A23.1.13 consists of notifications regarding travelers passing through from the twelfth month of Bunsei 3(12 records). They were in a Kake town bag with the following written on it: “Twelfth month of the dragon
notifications regarding travelers passing through.” A23.1.14 consists of notifications regarding travelers andservants from Hon Town and Tatamiya Town from the twelfth month of Bunsei 3. Each was in hōshi(including hōshi, 6 records). A23.1.15 consists of three sets of rolled-up items. They are notifications from
Tatamiya Town regarding travelers passing through from the twelfth month of 1820 (Bunsei 3) (17 records).
A23.2 consists of reports on the number of members in domain retainer and temple households from thefirst month of 1714 (Shōtoku 4 ). A23.2.1 consists of twenty-one groups tied together with koyori. Two of
the groups are reports on the number of domain retainer household members (Iinuma Hachizaemon, Mizutani
Masachika) and nineteen reports on the number of temple household members. A23.2.2 to A23.2.6 are also
reports on the number of members in domain retainer and temple households.
A23.3 consists of notifications from the Kansei era (1789–1801) regarding the movement of village
residents and new temple head priests. A23.3.1 consists of eight groups tied together with koyori. They arenotifications regarding residents’ moving and adoption from 1801 (Kansei 13 /Kyōwa 1). A23.3.2 consistsof nine groups tied together with koyori. They are notifications regarding new temple head priests from 1794–
1799 (Kansei 6 to 11). A23.3.3 is also notifications regarding new temple head priests. It may have beengrouped with A23.3.2.
A23.4 is thirty-eight groups of two corpse inspection certificates tied together with koyori. Each isentitled “Okakimono no koto” 御書物之事 (“Document). One is from a village official (murakata 村方)
and another is from a temple. Both were for the domain. The village official ones were rolled up inside thetemple ones.

76A23.5 consists of reports regarding village residents from 1856 (Ansei 3). All of them are from villages.
Their recipients are Taneda Kankurō, Shibasaki Tachū, and Ishii Yoshichirō.
A23.8 “Kirishitan shūmon no mono oazukarichō” 切支丹宗門之者御預帳 was presented by Marega
in 1949 to Pope Pius XII, after which it made its way to the Vatican Library. This has a different archival
history than most of the Marega materials that were donated by Marega in 1953.
Languages Used: Japanese - 409, Italian - 1 English - 1, other - 1
Date Description Written: 2019/12/01
Description Author: Nishimura Shintarō
Preservation box that
contained
A23.1 (Vat.estr.-or.129
to Vat.estr.-or.146)

A23.1 Preservation box(open) that contained
A23.1 (Vat.estr.-or.129 toVat.estr.-or.146)

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A23.8 Vat.estr.-or.48 “Kirishitan shūmon no mono oazukarichō” was presented by Marega in 1949 to Pope
Pius XII

Records relating to the circumstances surrounding A23.8 coming to be held at the Vatican Library (atthe end of A23.8.)

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A24
Reference Code: maregaA24
Title: Fonds Marega File A24
Date Range: 1624–1879 (excluding non-dated documents, overview memos, newspapers, etc.)
Primary Date Range(s): There are 198 documents that have dates. 24 are from the Kanbun era (1661-1673)
and 49 are from the Enpō era (1673–1681).
Date Range Notes: 1635 (Kan’ei 12) to 1879 (Meiji 12)
Description Level: File
Quantity: 396 records (311 jō 状, 3 tsuzuri 綴, 8 tatechō 竪帳, 8 yokochō 横帳, 26 hōshi 包紙, 27 paper
slips, 1 newspaper, 8 envelopes, 1 bag, 2 koyori 紙縒, 1 manuscript)
Provenance / Creation: Father Mario Marega. Originally from the Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs(Shūmonkata 宗門方), the Okuyama family of Izumita Village (Mogami District, Dewa Province)(details unclear), and elsewhere.
Notes on Physical State: These materials have been passed down as part of the Marega Collection held by
the Salesian Pontifical University’s library (Rome). At the time of the February 2016 library survey,
they were part of its Marega Archives. Some documents were stored between thick sheets of paper andassigned numbers. Their numbers spanned from 1 to 43. However, documents corresponding to numbers
21 and 30 were not found. While the documents that followed 1 to 43 were stored in groups (squareenvelopes of the Ōita Prefectural Library, organizational envelopes of the Ōita Prefecture Ancient Sages
Historical Archives, etc.), numbers were not assigned to them. No catalogue had been created. Overall
this file was badly damaged. Also, what was originally a single document had been treated as two
documents because parts held together with glue had become detached. Taking into account the state ofthese materials, they were moved to the Vatican Library without any changes being made.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City (Ōita Prefecture), Chōfu City (Tōkyō-to), Himon’ya (Meguro City,
Tōkyō-to)Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary.
Archival History: A24 is held by the Salesian Pontifical University’s Library and is managed by the Vatican(as of 2020). In the early 1980s, during a survey of the Chofu (Tokyo) Salesian Seminary carried out by
the late Salesian Father Mizobe Osamu and the late Akamine Shigenobu (Oita Prefectural Library), thisgroup of documents was discovered in a cardboard box on a top shelf in the dining hall. It was thenstored in a cabinet at the seminary. In 2011, part of it was displayed for an autumn exhibition about
Bungo Christian history held at the Oita Prefecture Ancient Stages Historical Archives. Around 2005,
Father Mizobe sent it to the university’s library in Rome. Some of Marega’s documents being held at
the seminary appear to be connected to Father Marega
having worked as a teacher there in 1950 and at theSalesians’ Junior College (Sarejio Tanki Daigaku) in thefollowing year. In 1953, Father Marega donated to the
Vatican almost all of the documents he collected in Oita
Prefecture. It appears that A24 was not included
because it was stored separately (at the seminary). The
documents sent to the Salesian Pontifical University’s

The materials when stored at Salesian PontificalLibrary (A24) were stored in a cabinet as part of the

University’s Library79

Marega Collection. Many are in very poor condition and no library intake catalogue has been created.
In May 2016, these documents were received by the Vatican for repairs, etc.
Acquisition Source: Father Marega. Many of the documents Marega collected were originally from the Usuki
Domain's Office of Religious Affairs (Shūmonkata 宗門方). There are documents from other places,such as the Okuyama family of Izumita Village (Mogami District, Dewa Province) and the KijiMunechika Unit of Kitsuki Domain. These were probably purchased by Father Marega at antiquarianbookshops and the like.
Scope and Content:
The survey at the Vatican Library was carried
while taking into account the state the materials
were found in at Salesian Pontifical University’s
Library. As is written under “Notes on PhysicalState,” the documents corresponding to numbers
21 and 30 could not be identified. Therefore,
A24.21 and A24.30 are unassigned numbers.

“Kirishitan shūmon oaratame ni tsuki gokishōmon maegaki no koto” (A24.4)

Most of A24 is originally from the Usuki Domain's Office of Religious Affairs. There were 158 documentswith Father Marega's organizational numbers, etc. There are 198 documents that can be dated. The oldest arefrom 1635 (Kan’ei 12) (5 documents). “Kirishitan shūmon
oaratame ni tsuki gokishōmon maegaki no koto” きりしたん 宗 門 御 改 ニ 付 御 起 請 文 前 書 之 事 (“Religious
investigation pledges,” A24.4) is a document created about
Yamaoku Village's Ichizō family, its servants, and its lowclass farmers. The individuals written therein areparishioners of Zenbōji temple. They have pledged toJapan's gods, Zeus, Christ, and others that they will not
become Christian and signed in blood. Zenbōji temple has
attested to this with a signature and seal. This oath combines“Kirishitan shūmon oaratame no ochō”(A24.2.1)

an oath to Japan's gods (Nihon seishi 日本誓詞) and an oath toforeign gods (nanban seishi 南蛮誓詞).
In the oath “Kirishitan shūmon o aratame ni tsuki kishōjō nokoto” きりしたん宗門御改ニ付御請状之事 (A24.3), the priest
Takuzō-bō, who lives in Nazuka Village, attests that no one living
at his temple is Christian. Based on these documents, the Usuki
Domain had village units create “Kirishitan shūmon no oaratame

A letter (A24.7)

no ochō” きりしたん宗門御改之御帳 The A24.2.1 “Kirishitan
shūmon no oaratame no ochō” covers 526 men and women from the

A letter (A24.7)

Shibao Village Unit and includes 72 oaths. The listed total number of men is 269, five of who are former
Christians. The listed total number women is 257, five of who are former Christians. We can see that there
was a total of ten former Christians in the Shibao Village Unit. In this way, this document provides us a
glimpse into Christianity prohibition regime policy in Usuki Domain at the beginning of the early modern
period.
There are many documents from the late seventeenth century. There are 48 notifications from80

parishioner temples to religion magistrates (shūmon bugyō 宗門奉行) regarding parishioner temple changes
resulting from marriages, adoptions, etc. that took place between 1672 (Kanbun 12) and 1676 (Enpō 4). One
also finds a reply (A24.7) regarding a report to the Nagasaki Governor (bugyō 奉行) Kawaguchi Munetsune(who was in Edo) that the wife of Mori Village’s Gozaemon died while imprisoned after being apprehended
in the exposure and mass arrest of Christians that is referred to as the Bungo Kuzure. It appears that this replyis from the twenty-sixth day of the second month of 1691 (Genroku 4) (A24.7).
Also, there are documents, although few, in A24 that are not from the Usuki Domain’s Office ofReligious Affairs. With regard to the Bungo Province, for example, A24.57.2 and A24.60 to A24.67 are
related to the services of the domain’s office and Tonoue family’s household accounts in the Meiji period. In
addition, the documents of A24.55.22 and A24.76.1 to A24.76.13 are related to the Kiji-Munechika Unit of
Kitsuki Domain. As to the outside of the province, the fifty-two documents spanning from A24.72.2.1 toA24.72.3.37 appear to be related to the Izumita Village’s Okumura Jinbē family (Mogami District, Dewa
Province). Also, A24.72.1.1 and A24.72.1.2 are related to Wataya Tokuemon, the town representative ofMentai (Ōsaka Minamigumi). A24.84.1 to A24.84.5 are related to Koshigoe Village in Age District, Suruga
Province. There were also a few survey / research notes written by Father Marega.
Names of Holding Institutions: Salesian Pontifical University’s Library (managed by the Vatican Library asof 2020)
Languages Used: (Approximate) Japanese - 375, Italian - 19, English - 2
Date Description Written: 2019/09/30
Description Author: Satō Akihiro

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A25
Reference Code: maregaA25
Title: Fonds Marega File A25
Date Range: Late 17th to early 20th century
Primary Date Range(s): 1699, 1780, 1916
Date Range Notes: 1699 (Genroku 12), 1780 (An'ei 9), 1916 (Taishō 5)
Description Level: File
No. of Items: 8 records (6 mass-published books, 2 tatechō)
Provenance/Creation: Father Mario Marega. Materials appear to have been purchased at antiquarianbookstores, etc.
Place Names: Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City (Ōita Prefecture), Himon’ya (Meguro City, Tōkyō-to)
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco missionary.
Archival History: A25 is a small bulk of Marega materials already held by the Vatican Museums’ Library. Asof 2018, it is being managed by the Vatican Library. While the circumstances and timing of the Museums
coming to hold it is unclear, in 1938 Father Marega published “Memorie cristiane della regione di Oita,”a summary of the results of his survey in Oita of Christian-related materials, in the third issue of theEthnological Museum’s organ Annali Lateranensi. He sent eight archival documents to the museum tobe photographed and included in the article. Until the present time, researchers have failed in retrieving,or even detecting the aforementioned eight archival documents sent at this time are not part of A25.
Scope and Content:
Tatechō (2), Japanese-bound woodblock print books (such as regional geographies / chishi 地誌 andpicture scrolls), and mass-published books. The tatechō are as follows: the 1699 (Genroku 12) Oshioki
goningumi chō 御仕置五人組帳 (a form, includes part at end related to Honmagari Village in Ōita District/ Nobeoka Domain territory) and a copy of fifteen Tokugawa Ieyasu-related articles from the fifth month of1614 (Keichō 18) (holder: Tobaru Village’s Moto Uemon; Tobaru village [present-day Nakatsu City] waspart of shogunate-administered territory). One also finds Miyakomeisho zue 都名所図会 (vols. 1-3, pub.
1780) and Mōkoshūrai ekotoba 蒙古襲来絵詞 (vols. 1-3, pub. 1916). Overviews (in Italian) by Marega of
the woodblock print books and mass-published books are attached to them. One also finds Marega’s
management numbers as well as many memos in Romanized Japanese and Italian.Holding Institution Name:
Vatican’s Misionero EthnologicalMuseum (managed by the Vatican
Library).
Languages Used: Japanese - 8, Italian- 5, Romanized Japanese - 5
Date Description Written:2019/08/31
Description Author: Ōtomo Kazuo

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A26
Reference Code: maregaA26
Title: Fonds Marega File A26
Date Range: Late 17th to early 20th century
Primary Date Range: 1703, 1844, 1938
Date Range Notes: 1703 (Genroku 16), 1844 (Tenpō 15), 1938
Description Level: File
No. of Items: 49 records (2 Italian documents, 25 Jō, 1 Tatechō, 2 hōshi).
Provenance/Creation: Father Mario Marega (Produced from the Office of Religious Affairs), Vatican.
Place Names: Usuki City and Ōita City (Ōita Prefecture),
Positions, etc.: Salesians of Don Bosco, missionary.
Archival History: A26 had been held in Vatican Apostolic Archive, and is managed by Vatican Library atleast since 2020. There are 26 items and most of them came from the Usuki Domain’s Office ofReligious Affairs (shumonkata). These materials (A26) were brought by Father Vincenzo Cimatti, who
was the Provincial of Salesians, from Japan when he visited the Vatican City, therefore, the archival
history differs from that of other groups of materials. He conveyed 32 materials in which 8 of them(their original location has yet to be found at the moment) were used and inserted in Marega’s treatise
entitled “Memorie cristiane della regione di Oita” in Annali Lateranensi Vol. 3 published by LateranMuseum as an organ. Therefore, other 26 materials are acquired in the Vatican Library as A26.
Scope and Content: A26, as already written in Archival History, is composed of 26 documents brought byFather Vincenzo Cimatti and the affixed letters about their acceptance history in Vatican. Every
document comes from the Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs. Here are the details: 4
certificates of the religion inquisitions submitted by feudal retainers in 1703 (Genroku 16) and in 1852
(Kaei 5), 21 certificates of the religion inquisitions submitted by temples in 1844 (Tenpo 15), and theone shūmon aratame maitsuki shiage goningumi kakitsuke 宗 門 改 毎 月 仕 上 五 人 組 書 付 (fivehousehold unit documents submitted monthly for religious inquisition) in 1837 (Tenpo 8). All of them
have control numbers put by Marega.
Holding Institution Name: the Vatican Library (managed by the Vatican Library)
Languages Used: Japanese – 26 (include hōshi), Italian – 2.
Date Description Written: 2020/12/10
Description Author: Ōtomo Kazuo.

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846.152 kujyomura
849.229492.555
77.79 seiganjimura
224.819569.532 itigimura
850.96 satomura
453.634352.915 ichinoomura
329.576 sasyumura
409.3 toudamura

115.1788 shitanoemura
52.5423 kuroiwamura
677.412 taimura

965.5441 fujigawauchimura

47.5418 matugatakemura
155.7513 nakanokawamura
290.2225 kayoimura
matsubaramura
357.46 kugionomura

821.2595 suehiromura

124.2218
81.6645 kitanokawamura
356.5182 miyonomura
660.849 oonomura
34.7497
56.635 oohamamura
164.012 shibaomura
38.654

kujyomura
harumura
kudomuraseiganjimura
okamuraitigimurasatomura
yayamamura
ichinoomura
sasyumura
toudamurashitanoemura
kuroiwamura
taimurafujigawauchimura

matugatakemura
nakanokawamura
kayoimurasuehiromura

tanokuchimura
kitanokawamura
miyonomura
oonomura
nakatsuuramura
oohamamura
shibaomura
kakiemurakugionomura

616.98 keimura
198.592 ootsurumura
805.277 miyagawautimura
84.435 hirouchimura

genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
Amabe District
616.98 keimura
616.98 keimura
634.1382 keimura
616.98198.592 ootsurumura
198.592 ootsurumura
204.1148 ootsurumura
199.292805.277 miyagawautimura
805.277 miyagawautimura
827.6718 miyagawautimura
920.33483
84.435 hirouchimura
84.435 hirouchimura
86.7831 hirouchimura
103.973
kamikujyomura
430.4085
1,924.14 kujyomura
871.55 kujyomura
895.7879 kujyomura
564.3845
harumura
664.434 harumura
682.9119 harumura
851.442
kudomura
388.16 kudomura
398.9547 kudomura
497.5895
77.79 seiganjimura
77.79 seiganjimura
79.9533 seiganjimura
77.79
okamura219.538 okamura
225.6434 okamura
224.819689.629 itigimura
470.091 itigimura
483.1642 itigimura
569.532
840.064 satomura
840.064 satomura
863.4262 satomura
852.2257
yayamamura
453.634 yayamamura
466.2496 yayamamura
453.634
819.846 ichinoomura
366.212 ichinoomura
376.3964 ichinoomura
366.212338.2159 sasyumura
338.2159 sasyumura
347.6217 sasyumura
338.2159
410.9518 toudamura
410.9518 toudamura
422.3804 toudamura
278.8055
meakimura
132.1465
104.0 shitanoemura
104.0 shitanoemura
106.8922 shitanoemura
116.1788
52.5573 kuroiwamura
52.5573 kuroiwamura
54.189 kuroiwamura
52.5573629.8 taimura
629.8 taimura
647.3147 taimura
677.412
tokunoomura
91.0896
ootubomura
160.7095
tanakamura
227.10258
yamaguchimura
107.8885
429.251 fujigawauchimura
429.251 fujigawauchimura
441.1885
koidemura
54.556abegawachimura
100.9625
hirabarumura
144.342
hatamura
80.8934
25.972 matugatakemura
25.972 matugatakemura
26.6943 matugatakemura
54.866458.318 nakanokawamura
58.318 nakanokawamura
59.9398 nakanokawamura
192.209103.22 kayoimura
103.22 kayoimura
106.0905 kayoimura
214.09875
44.12 matsubaramura
44.12 matsubaramura
45.347 matsubaramura
84.71
357.46 kugionomura
357.46 kugionomura
368.5134 kugionomura
357.46269
kamisuehiromura
435.16249
821.2595 suehiromura
821.2595 suehiromura
844.0987
shimosuehiromura
387.47488
tanokuchimura
124.2218 tanokuchimura
127.6764 tanokuchimura
124.22181
199.3608 kitanokawamura
75.139 kitanokawamura
77.2286 kitanokawamura
81.6685295.81 miyonomura
295.81 miyonomura
304.0365 miyonomura
356.5182
618.184 oonomura
618.184 oonomura
635.3757 oonomura
660.8891
nakatsuuramura
28.133 nakatsuuramura
28.9154 nakatsuuramura
34.4473
84.7686 oohamamura
56.6356 oohamamura
58.2106 oohamamura
56.2545141.814 shibaomura
141.814 shibaomura
145.7578 shibaomura
163.87845
kakiemura25.3 kakiemura
26.0036 kakiemura
38.654shoho 4(1647)
shohoonchou

keimuraootsurumura
miyagawautimura
hirouchimurakeicho 11(1606)
souontakakashiraonchou

List of Usuki Domain’s village

86keicho 11(1606)
shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
souontakakashiraonchou
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
hiraokamura
33.8066 hiraokamura
49.997 hiraokamura
24.697 hiraokamura
25.3838 hiraokamura
30.5625
inomura1,022.73 inomura
598.364 inomura
598.364 inomura
615.0045 inomura
1,012.55
tashinomura
317.6484
tashinomura
304.0 tashinomura
312.4542 tashinomura
221.1868
emutamura
148.1522 emutamura
584.963 emutamura
109.773 emutamura
112.8258 emutamura
184.8176
tomuromura
171.19tomuromura
171.19 tomuromura
175.9508 tomuromura
201.4303
ichihamamura
354.407 ichihamamura
218.6318 ichihamamura
218.6318 ichihamamura
224.712 ichihamamura
262.6217
monzemura
186.7135 monzemura
98.0 monzemura
98.0 monzemura
100.7254 monzemura
162.9518
badaimura
22.129aratamura
177.871 aratamura
120.075 aratamura
120.075 aratamura
123.4143 aratamura
177.871
iwayagawamura
61.6646 iwayagawamura
64.189 iwayagawamura
64.189 iwayagawamura
65.9741 iwayagawamura
64.189kamiyoshionomura
248.2696
yosionomura
398.643 yosionomura
370.68 yosionomura
370.68 yosionomura
380.9886
simoyosionomura
173.9741
inouemura
96.7506 inouemura
96.8181 inouemura
96.8181 inouemura
99.5106 inouemura
96.8181saikuramura
48.6202 saikuramura
162.9686 saikuramura
48.649 saikuramura
50.0019 saikuramura
48.649nakanoharumura
9.405
nakanoharumura
9.405 nakanoharumura
9.6666 nakanoharumura
9.405
daikugawamura
17.527
daikugawamura
17.527hanzaburoumura
140.122
hanzamura
42.931 hanzamura
44.1249 hanzamura
74.9576
hirowaramura
140.122
hirowaramura
91.602 hirowaramura
94.1495 hirowaramura
140.122syoganmura
114.3116
syoganmura
114.3196 syoganmura
117.4988 syoganmura
114.3268
hisageutimura
76.126 hisageutimura
167.728 hisageutimura
76.126 hisageutimura
78.2431 hisageutimura
76.126kogirihatamura
28.952 kogirihatamura
28.952 kogirihatamura
28.952 kogirihatamura
29.7572 kogirihatamura
28.952hazaokamura
37.7782 hazaokamura
90.1142 hazaokamura
37.7782 hazaokamura
38.8288 hazaokamura
37.7782
ienomura
500.0663 ienomura
560.3991 ienomura
560.3991 ienomura
575.9838 ienomura
534.977
kakidakimura
264.8076 kakidakimura
451.476 kakidakimura
169.629 kakidakimura
174.3464 kakidakimura
264.8076
takazumura
205.429
takazumura
146.847 takazumura
150.9308 takazumura
226.16162
otomimura
245.0101 otomimura
219.763 otomimura
219.763 otomimura
225.8746 otomimura
245.0101
yamajimura
186.651
yamajimura
135.0 yamajimura
138.7544 yamajimura
186.656
hidanzurumura
240.7565
hidanzurumura
210.0 hidanzurumura
215.8401 hidanzurumura
240.7565
129.0191
nakaomura
199.3107 nakaomura
723.3765 nakaomura
114.0 nakaomura
117.1703 kaminakaomura
simonakaomura
70.2916
fukatamura
436.643
fukatamura
399.37642 fukatamura
410.48312 fukatamura
436.6453
mochizukimura
413.6139 mochizukimura
256.11 mochizukimura
256.11 mochizukimura
263.2324 mochizukimura
439.0365
taigasakomura
183.8282
taigasakomura
138.331 taigasakomura
142.178 taigasakomura
184.9526
kogawachimura
168.76kogawachimura
168.86 kogawachimura
173.556 kogawachimura
168.4651
nomura540.261 nomura
684.4604 nomura
546.1294 nomura
561.3173 nomura
546.1294
fukuramura
234.769
fukuramura
206.1784 fukuramura
211.9122 fukuramura
218.4532
niozamura
51.74 niozamura
660.2534 niozamura
45.426 niozamura
45.426 niozamura
51.0197
honmati
15.9
tatamiyamachi
18.042
usukimachiyashiki
toujinmachi
14.0191
kakemachi
14.8534
usukimura
1.8017hamanomachi
machiyashikimura
180.0 machiyashikimura
180.0 usukimachi
12.112700.1459
yokomachi
usukimachiyashiki
kikuyamachi
9.347
katamachi
17.141
kaizoenakanomachi
10.2297
gionnosu
30.322

87

keicho 11(1606)
shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
souontakakashiraonchou
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
harumura
59.789 harumura
132.0106 harumura
59.789 harumura
59.789 harumura
59.789kaizoemura
217.0239 kaizoemura
25.559 kaizoemura
253.559 kaizoemura
259.5027 kaizoemura
149.1129uchibatamura
45.3782 uchibatamura
45.3782 uchibatamura
45.3782 uchibatamura
46.6402 uchibatamura
45.1857
itachiyamura
60.1332
ootomarimura
125.857 ootomarimura
176.485 ootomarimura
116.803 ootomarimura
120.0513 ootomarimura
125.857
kazanashimura
124.847kazanashimura
59.682 kazanashimura
61.3418 kazanashimura
68.4571
tuboemura
22.751 tuboemura
22.751 tuboemura
23.3837 tuboemura
25.463
fukaemura
27.202 fukaemura
27.202 fukaemura
27.9585 fukaemura
30.9269
nagamemura
17.488 nagamemura
28.2861 nagameuramura
28.28618 nagameuramura
29.07278 nagamemura
28.28618
urashiromura
20.9459
kataura150.4048 kataura
127.655 katauramura
127.655 katauramura
131.2051 katauramura
128.1629
tokuura166.5266 tokuura
166.5463 tokuuramura
166.5463 tokuuramura
171.1779 tokuuramura
163.4527
hiraiwamura
75.106hiraiwamura
75.106 hiraiwamura
77.1947 hiraiwamura
75.106mchinoomura
73.76
mchinoomura
62.869 mchinoomura
64.6174 mchinoomura
73.76
shitemura
150.74
shitemura
129.861 shitemura
133.4724 shitemura
150.754
matsusakimura
40.2875
matsusakimura
39.167 matsusakimura
40.2562 matsusakimura
39.36272
kegoyamura
77.388 kegoyamura
238.176 kegoyamura
69.148 kegoyamura
71.071 kegoyamura
77.2731monzemura
31.8886
monzemura
27.992 monzemura
28.7705 monzemura
30.7549
kozonomura
70.0678 kozonomura
98.0598 kozonomura
70.0678 kozonomura
72.0164 kozonomura
70.6078
okamura23.92 okamura
176.141 okamura
20.077 okamura
20.6353 okamura
23.92
dogomorimura
23.5714
dogomorimura
18.089 dogomorimura
18.5893 dogomorimura
23.5714
sakoguchimura
7.001 sakoguchimura
45.001 sakoguchimura
6.822 sakoguchimura
7.0117 sakoguchimura
7.001
kakigomorimura
20.651
kakigomorimura
16.72 kakigomorimura
17.185 kakigomorimura
20.651naganomura
21.459naganomura
21.459 naganomura
22.0558 naganomura
21.459kuratomimura
65.91
kuratomimura
65.9246 kuratomimura
67.7579 kuratomimura
65.9246
akagimura
16.409akagimura
14.943 akagimura
15.3586 akagimura
16.409harumura
59.3476
harumura
51.143 harumura
52.5653 harumura
59.3456
hatamura
84.95
kazurahatamura
38.696 kazurahatamura
39.7721 kazurahatamura
84.9464
matsukawamura
2.765 matsukawamura
40.738 matsukawamura
2.042 matsukawamura
2.0988 matsukawamura
2.765
kawarauchimura
70.3522 kawarauchimura
59.36 kawarauchimura
59.36 kawarauchimura
61.0108 kawarauchimura
70.3525
higashikounomura
235.8839 higashikounomura
192.1 higashikounomura
192.1 higashikounomura
197.4423 cyumura
145.1009
miyamotomura
90.7839
onimarumura
5.137 onimarumura
5.137 onimarumura
14.774 onimarumura
15.7926 onimarumura
5.137
Ōno districtnishigounomura
74.525 nishigounomura
74.525 nishigounomura
76.5975 nishigounomura
83.483
kakigawchimura
70.852 kakigawchimura
70.852 kakigawchimura
72.8224 kakigawchimura
81.829tookubarumura
40.758 tookubarumura
40.758 tookubarumura
41.8915 tookubarumura
48.539uchibiramura
35.528 uchibiramura
35.528 uchibiramura
36.516 uchibiramura
40.6373
tamarimura
110.383 tamarimura
74.54 tamarimura
76.613 tamarimura
86.681
tashiromura
32.929 tashiromura
32.929 tashiromura
33.8448 tashiromura
37.985
iwasakimura
35.843 iwasakimura
36.8398 iwasakimura
40.683kawanoborimura
1,831.07 imabyomura
95.145 imabyomura
95.145 imabyomura
97.791 imabyomura
108.955
ichi・satoyashikinouchi
35.712
sozubarumura
106.908 sozubarumura
109.8811 sozubarumura
122.067
machiyashiki
39.961 nakamura
205.93 nakanomura
99.022 nakanomura
101.7758 nakanomura
112.517
iwayamura
115.768 iwayamura
118.9875 iwayamura
130.456
toyokuramura
236.145 toyokuramura
120.377 toyokuramura
123.7247 toyokuramura
136.748shiraiwamura
78.145 shiraiwamura
78.145 shiraiwamura
80.3182 shiraiwamura
94.875

88

hachikumamura
mochimarumura
takebemura
sakomura
saibarumura
tanakamura
kumasakomura
mizuchimura
tamarimizumura
iwasemuraoochimuratsukadamura
mastuomura
kasaragimura
taragimura
fukusedamurakurazonomura
bigoomuratanohiramura
shoyagawamura
shozakimura
nazukamura
tarawaramura
shiogashiwamura
hanabarumura
wakayamamura
shibaomura
kogirihatamura
shonoharumura
sugamutamura
teradamura
ikebarumura
tsutsuimura
akasakomura
kirigimura
motidamura
nakayamamura
hinatamura
terakojimura

shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
warabinomura
149.187 warabinomura
66.119 warabinomura
66.119 warabinomura
75.001
kurotsuchimura
83.068 kurotsuchimura
85.3781 kurotsuchimura
95.0635
ochidanimura
188.007 ochidanimura
188.007 ochidanimura
193.2355 ochidanimura
221.081
noguchimura
93.168 noguchimura
95.759 noguchimura
172.3013
takeshitamura
48.552 takeshitamura
19.9022 takeshitamura
54.625itayamura
110.59 itayamura
62.038 itayamura
63.7633 itayamura
69.939ichimura
349.248 ichimura
148.669 ichimura
152.8035 notsuichimura
161.78396.1155
hachikumamura
87.07 hachikumamura
89.4914 hachikumamura
97.8085141.4
mochimarumura
141.83 mochimarumura
145.7743 mochimarumura
141.84877.72 takebemura
298.315 takebemura
69.415 takebemura
71.3454 takebemura
77.5
182.1994 nakagawamura
433.714 sakomura
182.1994 sakomura
187.2664 sakomura
182.1994
195.708
saibarumura
221.315 saibarumura
227.5212 saibarumura
196.658
70.728 tanakamura
70.728 tanakamura
70.728 tanakamura
72.6949 tanakamura
70.72870.8975
kumasakomura
70.7893149.905
mizuchimura
149.905 mizuchimura
154.0739 mizuchimura
209.175
125.055 tamarimizumura
365.111 tamarimizumura
125.055 tamarimizumura
128.5328 tamarimizumura
125.055
9.0151iwasemura
90.151 iwasemura
92.6581 iwasemura
90.231149.466 oochimura
423.766 oochimura
149.466 oochimura
153.6226 oochimura
149.466
73.2375
tsukadamura
52.935 tsukadamura
54.4071 tsukadamura
73.2375
117.9243 mastuomura
104.184 mastuomura
104.184 mastuomura
107.0813 mastuomura
122.09066
148.9509 kasaragimura
148.9509 kasaragimura
148.9509 kasaragimura
153.0931 kasaragimura
148.7569
80.443 taragimura
129.066 taragimura
62.996 taragimura
64.7478 taragimura
80.44866.07
fukusedamura
66.07 fukusedamura
67.9074 fukusedamura
66.07
42.1324kurazonomura
28.599 kurazonomura
29.3943 kurazonomura
42.132441.935 bigoomura
124.606 bigoomura
41.935 bigoomura
43.1012 bigoomura
41.93517.25
tanohiramura
17.25 tanohiramura
17.7297 tanohiramura
17.25
36.822
shoyagawamura
36.822 shoyagawamura
37.846 shoyagawamura
36.822
14.205
shozakimura
14.265 shozakimura
14.6617 shozakimura
14.26591.73
nazukamura
84.921 nazukamura
87.2826 nazukamura
91.73
18.747
tarawaramura
18.747 tarawaramura
18.747 tarawaramura
18.74718.977 shiogashiwamura
33.242 shiogashiwamura
18.977 shiogashiwamura
19.5047 shiogashiwamura
18.97758.181hanabarumura
58.181 hanabarumura
59.799 hanabarumura
58.18135.0 wakayamamura
93.181 wakayamamura
35.0 wakayamamura
35.9733 wakayamamura
35.0
54.4 shibaomura
223.675 shibaomura
54.4 shibaomura
55.9128 shibaomura
54.4
13.0 kogirihatamura
26.3302 kogirihatamura
13.3302 kogirihatamura
13.7009 kogirihatamura
13.330252.747 shonoharumura
196.787 shonoharumura
52.787 shonoharumura
54.255 shonoharumura
52.787144.0
sugamutamura
144.0 sugamutamura
148.0046 sugamutamura
144.0
13.0
teradamura
13.0 teradamura
13.0 teradamura
13.0
67.78
ikebarumura
67.78 ikebarumura
69.6649 ikebarumura
67.78
45.595 tsutsuimura
257.629 tsutsuimura
15.595 tsutsuimura
15.595 tsutsuimura
45.594144.251
akasakomura
144.254 akasakomura
148.2657 akasakomura
144.254
94.084
kirigimura
65.607 kirigimura
67.4315 kirigimura
94.784159.93motidamura
156.985 motidamura
161.3507 motidamura
160.0
94.5
nakayamamura
94.517 nakayamamura
97.1455 nakayamamura
94.51784.806hinatamura
84.806 hinatamura
87.1644 hinatamura
90.906146.11terakojimura
115.773 terakojimura
118.9988 terakojimura
148.311arasemura
116.246keicho 11(1606)
souontakakashiraonchou

89keicho 11(1606)
shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
souontakakashiraonchou
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
shimofujimura
184.345
shimofujimura
184.345 shimofujimura
189.4716 shimofujimura
191.7626
hirowaramura
119.468 hirowaramura
326.386 hirowaramura
142.041 hirowaramura
145.9912 hirowaramura
144.4782
makibarumura
22.361makibarumura
21.465 makibarumura
22.0619 makibarumura
22.361
taragimura
4.1
hazukumura
51.235hazukumura
44.963 hazukumura
46.2134 hazukumura
51.243kibinomura
63.527kibinomura
52.986 kibinomura
54.4595 kibinomura
63.563
kotokoromura
54.33
kotokoromura
54.33 kotokoromura
55.8409 kotokoromura
54.33
syonomura
45.8
syonomura
45.8 syonomura
47.0737 syonomura
45.8
uchigawamura
40.61 uchigawamura
114.285 uchigawamura
40.61 uchigawamura
41.7394 uchigawamura
40.61
omuremura
11.235omuremura
5.894 omuremura
6.058 omuremura
11.958toshinomura
29.309 toshinomura
119.414 toshinomura
40.61 toshinomura
22.5923 toshinomura
32.6
hiranomura
63.019 hiranomura
97.582 hiranomura
43.252 hiranomura
44.4549 hiranomura
63.259kuwabatamura
23.5
kuwabatamura
23.547 kuwabatamura
24.2019 kuwabatamura
23.547
nagaonomura
29.3 nagaonomura
100.715 nagaonomura
42.599 nagaonomura
43.7837 shimonagaonomura
29.3
fukubarumura
44.17
fukubarumura
34.569 fukubarumura
35.5304 fukubarumura
44.17
sodamura
85.924 sodamura
67.0926 sodamura
46.9586 sodamura
48.2646 sodamura
85.924
matsubaramura
39.34
matsubaramura
20.134 matsubaramura
20.694 matsubaramura
39.34
yasumasamura
13.299yasumasamura
13.299goryozonomura
87.61
goryozonomura
62.934 goryozonomura
64.686 goryozonomura
87.61
hosoguchimura
37.56 hosoguchimura
353.883 hosoguchimura
16.95 hosoguchimura
17.4214 hosoguchimura
37.563nabetamura
156.932
nabetamura
122.177 nabetamura
125.5748 nabetamura
156.932
kubarumura
151.822
kubarumura
151.822 kubarumura
156.0442 kubarumura
151.822
ogiwaramura
21.677 ogiwaramura
148.5474 ogiwaramura
15.115 ogiwaramura
15.5354 ogiwaramura
21.6114kurosakamura
82.673
kurosakamura
133.4324 kurosakamura
137.1432 kurosakamura
133.4324
tonouemura
44.032 tonouemura
44.032 tonouemura
44.032 tonouemura
45.2566 tonouemura
44.032nagatanimura
173.377 nagatanimura
173.376 nagatanimura
173.377 nagatanimura
178.3986 nagatanimura
173.377
takamatsumura
124.058 takamatsumura
124.058 takamatsumura
124.058 takamatsumura
127.508 takamatsumura
124.058
yamaokumura
112.832 yamaokumura
127.467 yamaokumura
127.467 yamaokumura
131.0119 yamaokumura
127.467
akaminemura
8.252
akaminemura
8.252 akaminemura
8.4815 akaminemura
8.252
amatemura
51.917 amatemura
113.409 amatemura
51.917 amatemura
53.3608 amatemura
51.917
nagaonomura
53.24
nagaonomura
53.24 nagaonomura
54.7206 nagaonomura
53.24
sasaedamura
198.938 sasaedamura
211.7896 sasaedamura
211.7896 sasaedamura
217.6815 sasaedamura
95.543
yoshiokamura
62.705
yoshiokamura
62.705 yoshiokamura
64.4488 yoshiokamura
62.705kawahiramura
82.693 kawahiramura
145.398 kawahiramura
82.693 kawahiramura
84.9927 kawahiramura
82.693
hitotsugimura
111.96 hitotsugimura
112.36 hitotsugimura
112.36 hitotsugimura
115.4847 hitotsugimura
112.3625
maegawachimura
523.0 maegawachimura
736.1469 maegawachimura
642.9789 maegawachimura
660.8602 maegawachimura
686.4475
shiibaramura
176.353 shiibaramura
200.353 shiibaramura
200.353 shiibaramura
205.9248 shiibaramura
200.353
shiraiwamura
7.0625shiraiwamura
7.0265 shiraiwamura
7.0265 shiraiwamura
7.2065
izuruhamura
31.6344 izuruhamura
45.5806 izuruhamura
38.554 izuruhamura
39.6262 izuruhamura
38.554hosoedamura
160.702 hosoedamura
180.98 hosoedamura
180.98 hosoedamura
186.0211 hosoedamura
180.98hosoedamura
10.774okubatamura
70.813 okubatamura
160.9181 okubatamura
70.8132 okubatamura
72.7826 okubatamura
70.8132
oritatemura
67.6339
oritatemura
67.9539 oritatemura
67.9539 oritatemura
67.9539turumura
22.031
turumura
22.151 turumura
22.151 turumura
22.151ouchigawamura
72.292ouchigawamura
72.292 ouchigawamura
74.3025 ouchigawamura
72.292yamanokuchimura
37.01 yamanokuchimura
109.302 yamanokuchimura
37.01 yamanokuchimura
38.0393 yamanokuchimura
37.01
obarumura
146.5512
obarumura
162.576 obarumura
167.0973 obarumura
162.5761

90

75.052381.683 momoedamura
243.06 nishibarumura
290.856 mukonomura
425.5965 kawabemura
425.333 ichibamura
278.61akaminemura
240.826262.561 matsuomura

313.68 uchidamura
292.738 kujiramura
131.9755 washidanimura

248.5255 kimoirimura
416.842720.307 tamadamura

179.636 nakaomura
356.932 fukatamura
117.523222.711 hatobumura
168.979 uchiyamamurauchidamura
kujiramura
washidanimura

kimoirimura
yamadamura

tamadamura

nakaomurafukatamura
onizukamura
hatobumura
uchiyamamura

9.935 tokuzemura
246.954 fukanomura
339.039 miyaomura
281.71
348.35 sugomura
426.581 ashikarimura
288.166241.966 utaizemura
176.442 mataimura
385.5525 tawaramura

hosenanmura
momoedamura
nishibarumura
mukonomura
kawabemura
ichimura
kamiakaminemura
shimoakaminemura
matsuomura

tokuzemura
fukanomura
miyaomuraasozumurasugomura
ashikarimura
morisakomura
utaizemura
mataimuratawaramura

323.14 osakamura

66.25693.507 ishinouemura
191.7 takewakimura
202.412 tanakamura
176.825 irikitamura

tochiharamura
ishinouemura
takewakimura
tanakamura
irikitamura

osakamura

22.648 tanigahiramura

339.4665 matsuomura

339.4665 matsuomura

596.481 nakaomura
354.824 fukatamura
onizukamura
344.301 hatobumura
36.33 uchiyamamura

522.465 tamadamura

248.5372 kimoirimura
yamadamura

179.639 nakaomura
354.824 fukatamura
117.523 onizukamura
226.778 hatobumura
36.33 uchiyamamura

522.465 tamadamura

248.5373 kimoirimura
416.842 yamadamura

314.0021 uchidamura
280.5659 kujiramura
324.89 washidanimura

520.332 akaminemura

520.332 akaminemura

314.0021 uchidamura
280.5659 kujiramura
324.89 washidanimura

75.052 hosenanmura
318.01 momoedamura
243.06 nishibarumura
274.51 mukonomura
341.937 kawabemura
373.151 ichibamura

9.95 tokuzemura
251.9466 fukanomura
331.984 miyaomura
281.74 asozumura
348.35 sugomura
281.334 ashikarimura
289.8015 morisakomura
202.245 utaizemura
175.485 mataimura
385.5525 tawaramura

146.736 osakamura

48.974 tochiharamura
70.346 ishinouemura
90.122 takewakimura
203.1185 tanakamura
176.955 irikitamura

hosenanmura
318.01 momoedamura
318.112 nishibarumura
274.51 mukonomura
341.937 kawabemura
373.151 ichibamura

9.95 tokuzemura
251.9466 fukanomura
331.984 miyaomura
asozumura
348.35 sugomura
281.334 ashikarimura
morisakomura
483.985 utaizemura
465.2865 mataimura
385.5525 tawaramura

146.736 osakamura

tochiharamura
70.346 ishinouemura
90.122 takewakimura
203.1185 tanakamura
176.955 irikitamura

meijikyutakakyuryotorishirabechoukazasemura
51.5442
tokojimura
89.88947
17.0973 tanigahiramura
26.07
tsutsumiisimura
73.94613
50.336 tochiharamura
68.67873.3024 ishinouemura
52.73192.6283 takewakimura
69.8992
208.7672 tanakamura
203.1075
181.8762 irikitamura
176.955
omiosakamura
84.605150.8168 nakaosakamura
9.355
shimoosakamura
145.189.95 tokuzemura
9.95
258.9533 fukanomura
251.9466
341.2165 miyaomura
339.387281.74 asozumura
281.74358.0376 sugomura
348.35289.1579 ashikarimura
446.8277
297.8609 morisakomura
289.90375
207.8965 utaizemura
249.985
180.3693 mataimura
176.442396.0528 tawaramura
385.5525
muremura
93.84777.1392 hosenanmura
75.052326.8539 momoedamura
287.836249.8195 nishibarumura
243.06282.1442 mukonomura
326.7702
351.4463 kawabemura
508.317383.5284 ichibamura
453.433
kamiakaminemura
281.856520.332
shimoakaminemura
240.826348.9071 matsuomura
163.624
hirosemura
86.839takayamura
89.0035
322.7345 uchidamura
314.0021
288.3685 kujiramura
314.003333.9252 shimowashidanimura
150.661
kamiwashidanimura
176.0286
255.4491 kimoirimura
248.5377
428.4344 yamadamura
416.842
nakatamadamura
338.9403
536.9942
shimotamadamura
321.2147
179.639 nakaomura
179.639364.6917 fukatamura
586.6422
127.7914 onizukamura
117.523233.0847 hatobumura
226.77837.3404 uchiyamamura
103.803

tenpou 5(1834)
tenpouonchou

17.7545 tanigahiramura

genroku 14（1701）
genrokuonchou

229.3045 tanigahiramura

shoho 4(1647)
shohoonchou

tanigahiramurakeicho 11(1606)
souontakakashiraonchou

91

tukigatamura
miyaomura
harumura
fukuramura
toshimitsumura
kawatokomura
ichimura
bigomura
kusugyumura
sanagimuraoochimuraozurumurayokoomurashitsurumura

tsujimuranagaomura

agariomura

munakatamura

itimurakuwamotomura

kitagatamura
akanomuratabarumura

yokosemura

kashiwanomura

ikenouemura
onigasemura

yamanakamura
ozurumuratamachimura
kubarumura

shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
matsudanimura
32.288 matsudanimura
32.288 matsudanimura
32.288 matsudanimura
92.165123.061 yamanakamura
123.068 yamanakamura
123.068 yamanakamura
123.068 yamanakamura
166.3582
155.621 ozurumura
105.24 ozurumura
105.24 ozurumura
105.24 ozurumura
156.621194.345 tamachimura
228.718 tamachimura
228.718 tamachimura
228.718 tamachimura
228.7187
168.158 kubarumura
112.142 kubarumura
112.142 kubarumura
115.2607 kubarumura
168.158
yamakatamura
116.913Ōita District
109.32 ikenouemura
96.541 ikenouemura
96.541 ikenouemura
99.2258 ikenouemura
108.687
182.511 onigasemura
171.1498 onigasemura
171.1498 onigasemura
175.9095 onigasemura
182.511
togyoumura
78.868 togyoumura
78.868 togyoumura
81.0613 togyoumura
78.868171.914 kashiwanomura
171.9142 kashiwanomura
171.9142 kashiwanomura
176.6951 kashiwanomura
171.9142
434.1175
1,100.78 yokosemura
1,102.62 yokosemura
1,133.29 kamiyokosemura
1,102.62 yokosemura
shimoyokosemura
669.8867
394.94 kitagatamura
394.944 kitagatamura
394.944 kitagatamura
405.9274 kitagatamura
394.94338
224.361 akanomura
149.583 akanomura
149.583 akanomura
153.8407 akanomura
150.0
394.28 tabarumura
394.25 tabarumura
394.25 tabarumura
405.2141 tabarumura
394.28serimura
194.545 serimura
199.9553 serimura
194.653531.462 itimura
531.462 itimura
336.917 itimura
349.5485 itimura
337.154218.484 kuwamotomura
218.484 kuwamotomura
218.484 kuwamotomura
224.56 kuwamotomura
219.798
shimomunakatamura
416.316 shimomunakatamura
416.316 shimomunakatamura
427.8937 shimomunakatamura
522.781,036.03
hachimandamura
76.928kamimunakatamura
419.712 kamimunakatamura
419.712 kamimunakatamura
431.3842 kamimunakatamura
444.426
kawabarumura
31.3335 kawabarumura
31.3335 kawabarumura
32.2049 kawabarumura
51.003224.5381 agariomura
118.3595 agariomura
118.3595 agariomura
121.6511 agariomura
173.5353
kagenokimura
74.057 kagenokimura
74.057 kagenokimura
76.1165 kagenokimura
99.95
daitomura
77.57 daitomura
77.57 daitomura
79.6295 daitomura
106.769
nagahatamura
147.618
okumura292.3295
468.789 nagaonomura
861.667 nagaonomura
861.667 nagaonomura
885.63 sugiharamura
310.0184
hagiomura259.3191
257.977 tsujimura
855.6705 tsujimura
257.974 tsujimura
265.1483 tsujimura
358.396
kamishitsurumura
133.8897
539.1165 shitsurumura
359.411 shitsurumura
359.411 shitsurumura
369.4061 nakashitsurumura
116.1864
shimoshitsurumura
142.0232
217.079
tukigatamura
293.1395 tukigatamura
301.2917 tukigatamura
365.557
401.54
miyaomura
304.557 miyaomura
313.0267 miyaomura
401.54325.536 harumura
325.5361 harumura
325.5361 harumura
334.5893 harumura
325.5361
425.8156 fukuramura
388.3834 fukuramura
388.3834 fukuramura
399.1843 fukuramura
426.1086
573.669 toshimitsumura
271.468 toshimitsumura
271.468 toshimitsumura
279.0175 toshimitsumura
366.95369.247 kawatokomura
369.247 kawatokomura
369.247 kawatokomura
369.247 kawatokomura
538.428380.0765 ichimura
803.165 ichimura
434.368 ichimura
434.368 hetsugiichimura
434.368
422.5407 bigomura
336.676 bigomura
336.676 bigomura
336.676 bigomura
426.9747
484.668
kusugyumura
484.668 kusugyumura
498.1466 kusugyumura
657.09923
421.786
sanagimura
368.797 sanagimura
379.0532 sanagimura
421.786
270.4922 oochimura
93.103 oochimura
93.103 oochimura
95.6923 oochimura
269.843375.582 ozurumura
761.583 ozurumura
276.915 ozurumura
284.616 ozurumura
375.582774.582 yokoomura
566.539 yokoomura
566.539 yokoomura
582.2944 yokoomura
776.2693

keicho 11(1606)
souontakakashiraonchou

92keicho 11(1606)
shoho 4(1647)
genroku 14（1701）
tenpou 5(1834)
meiji
souontakakashiraonchou
shohoonchou
genrokuonchou
tenpouonchou
kyutakakyuryotorishirabechou
morimura
802.509
morimura
802.509 morimura
802.509 morimura
802.509
morimatimura
955.077 morimatimura
1,757.59 morimatimura
955.077 morimatimura
981.6377 morimatimura
955.077
inomura357.004 inomura
357.104 inomura
357.104 inomura
367.0351 inomura
357.104
koikebarumura
374.967 koikebarumura
374.9001 koikebarumura
374.9001 koikebarumura
385.3261 koikebarumura
374.9681
iejimamura
103.438 iejimamura
70.0 iejimamura
70.0 iejimamura
71.9467 iejimamura
60.4525
katsuragimura
148.7759 katsuragimura
148.7759 katsuragimura
275.4079 katsuragimura
275.4079 katsuragimura
148.7759
made by AHIKIRO SATO

List of Usuki Domain's village unit （bunsei ６・１８２３）
District

Unit

Villageskaizoemura・uchibatamura・harumura・niouzamura・fukuramura・kogawachimura・hirasouzu・nanatusemura
ootomarimura・kazanashimura・fukaemura・
ootomarikumi
tsuboemura・itachiyamura
matsusakimura・kegoyamura・tokuura・matsusakikumi
nagamemura・kataura
michinoomura・matsukawamura・kazurahatamura・harumura・onimarumura・
akagimura・kakigomorimura・hiraiwamura・
michinookumi
naganomura・kozonomura・monzemura・
sakoguchimura・okamura・dogomorimura・
shitemura・kuratomimura
nomura・fukatamura・taigasakomura・nomurakumi
mochizukimura・badaimura
ienomura・aratamura・hidanzurumura・
ienokumi
nakaomura・hirowaramura
kakidakimura・yamajimura・otomimura・kakidakikumi
takazumura・kogirihatamura・hisageuchimura・
daikugawamura
higashikonomura miyamotomura・cyumura・kawarauchimuraemutamura・tashinomura・monzemura・emutakumi
tomuromura・ichihamamuraAmabesuehiromura・kugionomura・matsubaramura・District
suehirokumi
kayoimura・nakanokawamura
iwayagawamura・saikuramura・
iwayagawakumi nakanoharumura・hanzamura・hazaokamura・syoganmura・inouemura・yoshionomura
oonomura・kagiemura・hiraokamura・oonokumi
shibaomura・taimurasasyumura・toudamura・meakimura・sasyukumi
fujinoomura・shitanoemura・kuroiwamura・
nakatsuuramura・oohamamura
inomurakumi
inomurafujigawauchimura・kitanokawamura・
tanokuchimura・miyonomura・matsugatakemura・tokunoomura・
fujigawauchikumi
ootsubomura・tanakamura・yamaguchimura・koidemura・abegawachimura・hirabarumura・
hatamuraoyamagumi
oyamamura・ichinoomura
niyuubarugumi harumura・kudomura
ichigikumi
ichigimura・satomura
okakumiokamura・seiganjimura・kamikujyomura
kujyokumi
shimokujyomura
keimura・ootsurumura・miyagawauchimura・keikumihirouchimura
kaizoekumi

kibinokumi

kibinomura・hinatamura・terakojimura・sakomura・tsutsuimura・akasakomura・
sugamutamura・ikebarumura・nagaonomura・kuwabatamura・fukubarumura・hiranomura・makibarumura・hazukumura・kitokoromura

93

Head of village unit

Productivity（koku 石）torigoesyokurō

672.96060

kameikoyata

310.84880

onomonzaemon

456.65130

nakanosahē

730.16580

konakagenemon

1445.14630

adachizentarō

1293.03720

onoshinzaemon

1043.24302

hirotadenemon

304.23340

hirakawajōemon

2164.51165

yoshidakōji

1669.94021

satōsatarō

868.3740

etōichizaemon

1568.16730

kameigouzaemon

1002.40680

hirayamagunzaemon

1022.54913

endōyasudayu

1584.82899

sugizakibunzaemon
ikemiheiemon
kotoyasōemon
fujitasukezaemon
tomikugenzaemon

817.84600
1347.03150
1411.75770
733.01750
562.38750

takenakayodayu

1831.89710

sadowaramotoemon

1893.33060

District

Unit

Villages

Head of village unit

Productivity（koku 石）shonoharukumi

nakayamamura・mochidamura・kirigimura・
teradamura・kogirihatamura・wakayamamura・
hanabarumura・shibaomura・tarawaramura・
shiogashiwamura・nazukamura・shonoharumura

hirotatanba

1893.33060

tanakakumi

tanakamura・saibarumura・mizuchimura・
mochimarumura・takebemura・tsukadamura・kasaragimura・taragimura・tamarimizumura・oochimura・iwasemura・kurazonomura・
fukusedamura・matsuomura・kumasakomura・hachikumamura・tanohiramura・bigoomura・shoyagawamura・shozakimurakaminosōbē

1872.71626

ochidanimura・ichimura・itayamura・
noguchimura・kurotsuchimura・warabinomura・nakanomura・iwayamura・toyokuramura・ochidanikumi
shiraiwamura・sozubarumura・imabyomura・（kawanoborikumi）
iwasakimura・tashiromura・tomarimura・uchibiramura・kakigawchimura・takeshitamura・nishigonomura・tookubarumura

hirotakageyu

1969.14460

akamineiwasaburō

1621.20445

sadowarayohē

1296.64780

nanbakihachirō

1299.50060

tuchiyaumadayū1083.08145

kandamagozaemon

1920.37170

tamadagunzō1418.69823

tadaryōzaemon

1094.99350

tadakango

1568.95330

hirotakojūrō

1979.63140

Ōno
District

yoshiokakumi

yoshiokamura・toshinomura・omuremura・uchigawamura・syonomura・hirowaramura・shimofujimura・arasemura・maegawachimura・
hitotsugimura・sasaedamura・kawahiramura

yamaokumura・nagaonomura・amatemura・
takamatsumura・akaminemura・tonouemura・yamaokukumi
nagatanimura・kurosakamura・kubarumura・
ogiwaramura・hosoguchimura・sodamura・matsubaramura・goryozonomura・nabetamura
miyaomura・mataimura・utaizemura・
miyaokumi
asozumura・fukanomura
sugokumi
sugomura・ashikarimura・morisakomura
momoedamura・hosenanmura・muremura・momoedakumi tawaramura・nishibarumura・kawabemura・mukonomura
tamachimura・ozurumura・fukatamura・kamitamadakumi yamadamura・yamakatamura・Ōno
nakatamadamura・shimotamadamura
District
kubarumura・nakaomura・yamadamura・shimotamadakumi fukatamura・nakatamadamura・shimotamadamura
ichibamura・kimoirimura・hatobumura・
ichibakumi
onizukamura・akaminemura・kamiakaminemura
osakamura・uchidamura・matsuomura・
hirosemura・takayamura・matsudanimura・
osakakumi
yamanakamura・konakayamura・kujiramura・uchiyamamura・washidanimura・shimowashidanimura

94

District

Unit

Villages

Head of village unit

Productivity（koku 石）shimohatagumi

shimohatamura・takewakimura・shiibaramura・
hosoedamura・izuruhamura・tanakamura・
tsutsumiisimura・tokojimura・onoubarumura・okubatamura・oritatemura・tsurumura・ouchigawamura・yamanokuchimura・obarumura・tanigahiramura・ishinouemura・kazasemura・tochiharamura・tokuzemura・irikitamura・shiraiwamura

akaminesigenojō

1682.48029

nogamisakuemon

70.0

shinodadengorō

1478.82100

katsuragikinbēsatōjinzaemon
andōyasaburō
kugimiyaheibē

802.50900
1133.37330
751.60500
1039.13400

miyazakiyajibē

1086.44300

andōmonta
kuwaharamongorō
ikunoichirōji
hoashikakuemon

1498.20420
1065.21100
965.35270
1090.18723

takahashikyusaemon

798.20730

kugimiyakōzaemon

1401.38430

kugimiyagorōemon
kugimiyakameji

1047.48910
825.64800
made by Akihiro Satōiejimakumi
morimachikumi
morimurakumi
yokookumi
wasadaichigumi
munakatakumi
akanokumiŌitaDistrict

yokosekumi
sanagikumi
kawatokokumi
hetsugiichikumi
toshimitsumura
nagaonokumi
harumura
miyaokumi

iejimamura
morimachimura・koikebarumura・katsuragimura
morimura
yokoomura・futamegawamura・inomura
ichimura・kuwamotomura・serimura
kamimunakatamura・shimomunakatamura
akanomura・kitagatamura・togyoumura・
ikenouemura・onigasemura・kashiwanomura
yokosemura・tabarumura
sanagimura・ozurumura・oochimura
kawatokomura・bigomura
ichimura・kusugyumura
toshimitsumura・kawabarumura・agariomura・kagenokimura・daitomura
nagaonomura・shitsurumura・sugiharamura・okumura・hagiomura
harumura・tsujimura・tsukigatamura
miyaomura・fukuramura

95

96

明和4年閏9月13日

安永6年正月18日

寛政2年2月21日

寛政9年6月11日

文政9年正月11日

矢野八郎右衛門重堅

吉田三郎兵衛正村服部六郎右衛門徳充

久保田周蔵盛教

石井与七郎邦房

天保10年9月11日

弘化元年9月4日

安政2年6月11日

益田藤九郎休政

那波三郎四郎直守

石井与七郎清房

天保9年ヵ

宝暦2年11月28日

宇野仁右衛門古光

小笠原六左衛門孝長

享保10年6月朔日

大脇儀右衛門重直

天保3年正月11日

享保6年3月23日

服部六郎右衛門正照

北原九郎大夫利見

延宝5年2月18日

元禄9年6月28日

石田弟右衛門好勝

寛文7年閏2月

吉田清右衛門正幸

中村雲八重頼

寛文5年

着任年月日

高宮八右衛門正勝

就任者名

石高

70石

100石

100石

100石

150石家督100石家督100石家督

130石

100石

100石

system１

慶応4年ヵ

安政2年6月11日転慶昌院様御用達

安政元年11月18日転御旗本御使番

嘉永6年7月23日死

天保10年正月10日有故免

天保7年3月朔日依願免

150石

100石

150石

150石

100石

150石

文化13年正月11日御使番転(文政9の誤り) 100石

寛政9年6月11日隠居

寛政2年2月21日転郡奉行

安永5年10月7日死

明和4年閏9月13日転大目付

宝暦3年5月朔日依病免

享保10年6月朔日免

享保6年3月23日免

元禄9年12月5日免

延宝4年9月2日死

寛文7年閏2月免離任年月日

List of Usuki Domain’s Religion Magistrate’s (shūmon bugyō)

始軍五郎

始袈裟之丞

始三人扶持、長右衛門正紹祖父

始左七、角弥正善祖父

始市之進、八郎右衛門重英父

始源之丞、仁右衛門包光祖父

始長次郎、権作重明祖父

十之丞徳等養父

後重香、十郎右衛門復歩父

弟之進詮勝曾祖父

新蔵栄賢祖父

定兵衛安勝祖父

就任者備考

大小姓ゟ席大目付格

郡目付ゟ

大小姓ゟ

岡田九馬善正組平番ゟ大小姓ゟ

岡部十左衛門氏治組平番ゟ

大脇傳左衛門重詮組平番ゟ

栗屋五右衛門勝憲組平番ゟ大坂留守居ゟ大坂留守居ゟ大坂留守居ゟ前職

97

天保10年6月11日

安政元年5月21日

慶応3年ヵ

芝崎多仲宗理中村雲八

天保6年8月21日

片切権六為栄太田喜助永重文政11年10月9日

日下左冲秀勝文化6年11月朔日

成水鐶直房

文政5年正月23日

寛政5年11月21日

矢野八郎右衛門重英

箕浦弥惣右衛門勝由

天明5年6月11日

高田半助重敦文化12年11月23日

安永2年6月11日

久保田藤作盛昭

太田喜助徳重享保18年11月6日

享保7年11月4日

岡部喜之助忠寅

宝暦3年6月6日

享保2年4月21日

斎藤新兵衛利徳

久保田貞之丞盛品

延宝6年7月22日

岩手六左衛門重猶

加納小兵衛与也

寛文5年春

着任年月日

岡部忠兵衛忠俊

就任者名

慶応4年ヵ

慶応3年ヵ

安政元年4月23日死

天保10年6月11日隠居

不明

150石

100石

100石

200石

150石

文政7年聞番副役同11年10月9日転
聞役番

天保6年ヵ

100石

150石

100石

150石

100石

100石

100石家督100石家督150石家督100石家督

150石

石高

文政9年ヵ

文化12年11月23日転町奉行

文化6年11月朔日依願免

寛政7年正月27日依病隠居

天明5年6月11日転大目付

安永2年6月11日転大目付

宝暦3年6月6日隠居

享保18年11月6日免

享保７年８月１1日死

享保2年4月21日免

延宝6年7月22日免

離任年月日

system２
稲葉伊賀吉任組使番ゟ寛文2年7月朔日為本役其以前加役之前職賄三人扶持名指玄勝手方ゟ

祝髪号徹心、始六蔵傳兵衛、金兵衛
重若父

郡目付ゟ

郡目付ゟ

大小姓ゟ

徒頭ゟ

岡田典膳善正組平番ゟ栗屋斎宮勝昇組平番ゟ

大脇傳左衛門重詮組平番ゟ

岡田九馬正村組平番ゟ周蔵盛教父

始村次、傳三郎説也祖父

周蔵盛教祖父

享保8年正月11日三左衛門改

長左衛門利房祖父

隠居料三人扶持号良節、庄左衛門重高曾祖
父実祖父、此時後岩手之名字初稲葉九郎三 山田縫殿俊常組平番ゟ郎ト云

忠兵衛良忠祖父

就任者備考

98

享保5年6月27日

享保17年正月11日

宇野仁右衛門旬正加納弥太左衛門貞也

明和元年6月4日

天明4年2月21日

寛政3年11月11日

寛政10年5月18日

寛政11年6月27日

河村義大夫修孟石井与七郎紀房

中村権左衛門重長

加納小兵衛奥也

石井与七郎充房

箕浦弥平治勝富

離任年月日

文政4年ヵ

文化3年7月23日

文政4年6月11日

天保9年正月11日

嘉永元年9月4日

安政2年6月11日

小笠原善治充長

遊佐郡兵衛教甫

久保田安左衛門盛積

石田重郎治運勝

種田勘九郎正幸

石高

150石

130石

150石

150石

150石

70石

150石

150石

100石

100石

150石

100石

100石

150石家督100石家督150石家督

150石

150石

200石

就任者備考

名山翁

始兵吾勘四郎豊松

始正峯正尚、長右衛門正紹父

始幸之進幸三郎、弥惣右衛門勝由父

与七郎邦房父

始次郎左衛門、傳三郎説也父

始勝三郎、九右衛門重奉祖父

与七郎邦房祖父

始隼之進、権七郎修綿曾祖父

権六為景曾祖父

小兵衛興也養父

後継光、源之丞古光父

太右衛門吉陣父

初七右衛門、小兵衛興也祖父

勘八邦親父

又左衛門光忠祖父

前職

席御鉄砲頭

郡目付ゟ席組鉄砲頭之次

大小姓ゟ

大小姓ゟ

大脇十蔵重用組平番ゟ稲葉九郎左衛門通忠組平番ゟ栗屋宇左衛門勝邦組平番ゟ

武具方

岡部隼人惟忠組平番ゟ

武具方ゟ

岡田九馬良在組平番ゟ

片岡主水直武組平番ゟ

村瀬忠左衛門吉尚組平番ゟ稲葉宮内元吉組平番ゟ

稲葉伊賀吉任組平番ゟ加納帯刀清也組鎗奉行ゟ

臼杵藩宗門奉行は、寛文5年に任命された高宮（①）・岡部（②）・伊藤（③）の三系統を基本とし、諸執役前録・続前録でも三系統に則って記述されているが、天保期より四名が就任している時期があり、諸執役後録では系統が記述されておらず、記述も粗くなる。そのため、本表では、池見家文書やマレガ文書の記述から系統を推定して記入したが、天保期以降については推測であることをことわっておく。

本表は、臼杵藩の役職補任記録である「諸執役前録」「諸執役続前録」「諸執役後録」（いずれも臼杵市文化財管理センター所蔵）をもとに作成し、池見家文書（大分県立先哲史料館寄託）、マレ
ガ文書で適宜補訂した。

慶応4年ヵ

嘉永5年閏2月4日転大御目付

嘉永6年6月11日隠居

天保8年ヵ

文化3年7月23日弘通公奥様用達ニ転享和2年12月8日死

寛政11年4月17日死

寛政10年5月18日転大目付

寛政3年11月11日依病免天明4年2月21日転大目付

明和元年6月4日転郡奉行

宝暦3年6月6日隠居

享保18年正月7日赴長崎於途中自殺

享保17年正月17日免

享保5年4月16日依病自殺

宝永3年12月4日免

元禄2年5月29日死

天和3年3月朔日免

享和3年9月26日

服部長右衛門正鉉

享保18年3月27日

宝暦3年6月6日

片切善左衛門為秀

武藤又助惟次加納藤左衛門時也

天和3年3月朔日
貞享4年11月10日加役元禄2年7月9日本
役
宝永3年12月4日

矢野兵左衛門要親

着任年月日

寛文5年春

就任者名

伊藤又左衛門正忠

system３

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石高

延享4丁卯年1月11日隠居料200石

寛永19壬午年成組頭ゟ兼帯

享保16辛亥年2月27日成御番頭ゟ兼帯

稲葉図書政重稲葉九郎左衛門 延享4丁卯年12月18日成御番頭ゟ準直兼帯

岡田九馬良在後藤半右衛門利
享保3戊戌年6月28日
徳稲葉儀太夫重利 元禄7甲戌年閏5月5日

渡辺五郎兵衛久
延宝9辛酉年3月10日
忠

延宝4丙辰年8月6日隠居料200石
元禄7甲戌年閏5月5日致仕隠居料200石
享保1丙申年10月朔日免而隠居
料200石
享保13戊申年1月11日免而隠居
料200石

寛永8辛未年

寛永17庚辰年7月24日死

300石

左門光為曽祖父、信通公御代寛永19年之秋御城代被仰付、慶安4辛卯年隠居料賜100石20人扶持、明暦元年9月13日死 享年80

弥七兵衛悦吉曽祖父 本姓小川

稲葉弥七兵衛悦吉高祖父、慶長5年冬ゟ御家老御番頭兼

子孫断絶

与三父

就任者備考

御番

前職

石高
就任者備考
前職
於美濃300石、於臼杵700 三右衛門重賢高祖父、重賢ハ光重弟之子
石孫
本家之子孫断絶、寛永14丁丑年3月13日
700石家督ゟ組頭兼帯500石家督、後200石加、 弾正重利祖父、本名岩手、延宝6年1月16
組頭
都而700石日死
天和2壬戌年1月4日迄組頭兼帯、五郎兵500石家督組頭
衛在忠曽祖父
400石家督、後100石加、 元禄9丙子年6月9日迄組頭兼帯、享保3戌
組頭
都而500石
年3月25日死
450石家督、後50石加、都半右衛門利陣父、享保18年7月19日死
御用人500石
典膳照在父、享保20丁（ママ）卯年7月23400石家督日組支配之儀免、同年9月19日死、享年 番頭
71
寛延1戊辰年6月18日組支配之儀免、寛政番頭
1年1月21日死

system３

稲葉左馬近重寛永8辛未年10月29日死

離任年月日

慶長6辛丑年2月15日成御番頭兼

着任年月日

寛永4・5年頃成稲葉左馬光重就任者名小川伊賀吉正平野内膳三奥那波與三

慶安4年隠居3600石
又秀吉公御朱印高1981
貫600文

system１

水谷式部三治離任年月日

稲葉右衛門助吉
元和3年春於江戸成成

着任年月日

文禄2癸巳年9月5日於朝鮮陣中3600石
病死于時15歳
慶長13戊申年2月27日有故被誅 於臼杵500石
於美濃400石
元和2丙辰年2月2日病死
於臼杵700石
700石家督
寛永5年8月10日死
部屋住料150石家督之時、直ニ賜之都而850石

那波和泉直治

就任者名

List of Usuki Domain’s Chief Retainer(Karō)

100

着任年月日

慶長6辛丑年2月1日

寛永20癸未年

寛文11辛亥年岡部隼人秀治

渡辺主殿親忠片岡外記秀清粟屋斎勝昇

村瀬忠左衛門吉尚
粟屋宇左衛門勝
奥

山田縫殿豊後

粟屋五右衛門勝憲

後藤半右衛門利
兼

於臼杵500石

延宝7年3月朔日依病以上使免600石
隠居
延宝7己未年12月3日於江戸死、
300石
享年44
350石
組頭ゟ兼帯延宝9年3月11日迄
家督後500石ニ成

寛文10庚戌年7月2日死、享年69 度加増、都而500石

寛永20癸未年10月3日死

石高
1380石
天正16戊子年9月19日死于濃州
又一説2500石
慶長3戊戌年1月晦日病死、享年400石
90400石（父平左衛門久
天正19辛卯年9月3日死于濃州 跡）、追加増都合1000石
云伝
文禄2癸巳年7月10日於朝鮮陣 千1380石
中病死于時14歳跡断一説2500百石

離任年月日

就任者備考

御城代御近
侍

前職

七左衛門秀彜祖父、寛文11辛亥年成、御御用人
用人ゟ准家老同12年御番頭、延宝9年死後縫殿豊後父
御用人

五郎兵衛在忠曽祖父、慶安1戊子年11月3信通公御部
日ゟ組頭兼帯屋御用人

隼人治好6代祖、寛永16六己卯年組頭免

弥七兵衛悦吉6代祖

稲葉弥七兵衛悦吉7代祖、享禄4辛巳（ママ）年ゟ御家ニ奉仕

才六弘次父

四郎太夫元直曽祖父、元禄7甲戌年7月10組頭
日死
半右衛門利陣祖父、始 知通公御部屋ノ内、貞享4丁卯年5月22日補御家老職、元 知通公御部
元禄11戊寅年6月5日免隠居料 初350石
元禄7甲戌年8月22日
禄7甲戌年10月15日組頭兼帯、同9丙子年 屋
200石
後100石増、都450石
6月9日組頭免斎勝昇父、元禄13年11月1日御番頭免、
元禄11戊寅年6月6日成御番頭兼
宝永8辛卯年2月4日依病免500石
正徳4甲午年7月5日隠居料50俵
兄新左衛門豊後死去ニ付賜之、正徳4甲
初300石、後50石加、又50
午年12月22日有故被預于川崎藤八重昌 番頭
正徳3癸巳年2月21日成御番頭ゟ兼石増、都而400石
跡断正徳4甲午年10月27日成御番頭ゟ 享保4己亥年3月9日免而隠居料 300石、後50石増、又50石 熊五郎吉武曽祖父、享保14年2月22日
番頭
兼帯
200石
増、都而400石
死、享年84350石、後50石加、五郎右衛門勝美養父
享保甲辰年閏4月28日於江戸成
享保18癸丑年3月7日死御用人
都而400石元文4己未年6月2日於江戸組支配之儀
享保20乙卯年5月4日成御番頭ゟ兼500石
免、延享1甲子年3月18日於江戸、斎宮ト 番頭
帯
二字ニ改

山田八右衛門之延宝6戊午年6月22日
後
延宝8庚申年2月8日
稲葉頼母通名（此時150石加増）

天正16戊子年ゟ当職歟

古江才六弘次小川弥兵衛

小川平左衛門久 御家老成之年月未詳

古江加兵衛弘正

就任者名

system２

101

着任年月日

800石家督500石

天和1辛酉年2月晦日死
延宝2甲寅年6月28日免而為用人
貞享3丙寅年8月3日死

大津留角右衛門
寛永18辛卯（ママ）年成伴重

正保4丁亥年成

寛文4甲辰年9月9日成組頭ゟ兼帯

山田縫殿後常加納伊織清也

後藤市郎右衛門
寛文1辛丑年5月25日
隆連

岡田九馬正在後藤半右衛門連
貞享4丁卯年5月22日
兼

天和2壬戌年1月4日成

寛永18辛巳年8月16日於江戸殉
400石
死、34歳
正保3丙戌年1月2日於江戸狗病
200石家督、後500石
ニ而自殺
延宝5丁巳年2月18日隠居料200500石
石

小川内蔵助可列 寛永9壬申年成此時350石500石家督300石、後500石

寛永7庚午年5月19日於江戸死石高
於美濃200石
於臼杵340石、後570石

system５

御用人

前職
一通公御部
屋
一通公御部
屋

後縫殿豊後祖父、貞享2年10月24日死 享年79
外記演也祖父、信通公御代准家老、景通公為本役
信通公之命被附 景通公為御部屋之御家老、是加納伊織清也継父為組頭兼奉仕于 大組御鉄砲信通公故之也、延宝2甲寅年6月28日免而 頭
為用人、100石余加増也
九馬良在祖父、依 景通公命 知通公御番頭
部屋之時御家老半右衛門利陣祖父、依 景通公之命 知通公御部屋之時御家老、知通公御治世之 知通公御部
始直ニ本家老ト成、故ニ前之稲葉頼母通 屋
名次ニ出也

清太夫職重曽祖父

後内蔵助可奠父

九馬良在高祖父

傳左衛門重政6代祖

就任者備考

延享1甲子年11月27日於江戸但見ト改、明番頭
和2年1月27日死

300石養父家督、後50石
加、元文4己未年8月6日
50石加増都400石

岡田長兵衛正勝

離任年月日

宝暦13年1月11日致仕料200石
剃髪

番頭

番頭

前職

四郎太夫元直養父

就任者備考

500石祖父頼母家督

寛永7庚午年8月4日死

着任年月日

元文1丙辰年8月9日成御番頭ゟ兼帯

享保15庚戌年10月29日死

離任年月日
石高
正徳4甲午年12月22日、有故小川長七吉孝ニ御預ケ此時御名字 700石家督
被除

大脇武兵衛重政 慶長6辛丑年成

就任者名

岡部隼人氏治稲葉九郎左衛門
享保12丁未年8月23日
職直稲葉弥七兵衛悦
正徳3癸巳年2月21日
吉

就任者名

system４

102

宝暦6丙子年4月11日隠居

宝永7庚寅年10月11日成享保2乙卯（ママ）年9月4日

享保16辛亥年2月27日

元文1丙辰年8月9日

加納外記演也

粟屋斎宮勝拝岡田九馬良在岡部但見惟忠天明1辛丑年9月13日死

明和5戊子年6月26日於江戸死

後藤市郎右衛門
宝暦8戊寅年7月26日
利隆

大脇十蔵重敷

明和8辛卯年6月21日
安永3甲午年4月11日

岡田九馬善正粟屋波江勝衡村瀬庄兵衛吉峰 安永4乙未年8月26日

天明6丙午年10月11日死

明和5戊子年9月16日

加納帯刀用也

800石

500石

400石

安永3甲午年2月14日於江戸死 400石
寛政2庚戌年12月11日死
500石
寛政1己酉年7月6日有故御免転
400石
御番頭

寛政1己酉年4月晦日死

後藤志津摩利尋 明和3丙戌年5月6日

宝暦13癸未年1月11日

600石

明和5戊子年4月8日死
450石

400石

500石

400石
400石、内50石元文4年8月6日加

宝暦8戊寅年6月6日死

安永4乙未年8月24日有故隠居

宝暦13癸未年1月11日隠居

延享4丁卯年1月11日隠居

500石

800石家督375石、後75石加増、都450石

粟屋五郎右衛門宝暦3癸酉年6月6日
勝盤
片岡主水秀直宝暦6丙子年2月21日

延享4丁卯年12月18日

元文2丁巳年7月4日隠居料200石、唯叟ト号、此後モ会所出席

後藤市郎右衛門 宝永5戊子年8月9日成利熈
（此時75石加増）

稲葉頼母通侃

宝永7庚寅年12月14日死

渡辺弥兵衛豊忠 元禄9丙子年6月9日成明和4丁亥年10月4日隠居

200石家督、後450石

元禄7年9月16日死
500石家督600石家督石高

天和2年御免離任年月日
延宝7己未年2月13日隠居料200
600石
石

就任者名
着任年月日
粟屋五右衛門勝
延宝2甲寅年6月28日成長
粟屋十郎左衛門延宝8庚申年2月8日成勝久
渡辺七右衛門忠元禄7甲戌年閏5月5日成直after 1673

組頭

番頭

番頭

庄兵衛吉義祖父

番頭

主水秀勝祖父
番頭
市郎右衛門利晋祖父、明和2乙酉年8月18日御勝手方惣元乄月番御免、同5年12月
番頭免、宝暦13癸未年1月11日迄組支配御預
ケ
多膳重澄祖父、明和3丙戌年1月11日迄組
番頭
支配御預ケ
内記利成祖父、明和5戊子年6月9日迄組
番頭
支配御預ケ
外記純也父、明和5年11月13日迄組支配
番頭
御預ケ
為次郎直正曽祖父
番頭
波江勝直祖父
御用人

宇左衛門勝精祖父九郎左衛門通忠父、延享5年戊辰6月11日
番頭
迄組支配御預ケ隼人治方曽祖父、明和2年1月27日死

市郎右衛門利邑父、享保18癸丑年8月6日
ゟ御番頭兼外記純也高祖父、明和2乙酉年11月25日
番頭
死
波江勝直曽祖父、元文4年6月2日迄組支
番頭
配御預、安永8己亥年12月6日死
為次郎直正6代祖、同年9月9日死
番頭

五郎兵衛在忠祖父、元禄11年御番頭兼免 番頭

権八忠澄祖父

就任者備考
前職斎勝昇曽祖父、延宝2年12月15日御番頭 信通公御部兼、元禄2年9月26日死屋斎勝昇祖父、延宝8年10月19日組頭役
御用人兼、元禄3庚午年8月13日死

103

寛政6甲寅年3月1日

寛政11己未年6月9日
文化4丁卯年6月11日

加納外記純也

後藤内記利成大脇多膳重澄天保4癸巳年3月23日

天保8丁酉年3月11日
弘化2乙巳年4月18日
弘化4丁未年6月13日

加納雅楽皆也
稲葉頼母和直村瀬庄兵衛吉包
片岡長左衛門秀重嘉永1戊申年4月12日

天保六乙未年十月

粟屋静衛勝澄岡部左太夫治教 天保4年6月12日

片岡伊織秀教後藤志津摩利寛 文政10丁亥年10月9日

村瀬庄兵衛通吉 文政9丙戌年6月4日

文化13丙子年9月23日
文政2己卯年2月23日
天保3壬辰年閏11月15日死
弘化1甲辰年5月1日於江戸転御備頭
弘化2乙巳年4月18日於江戸転御備頭
弘化3丙午年閏5月23日病気依歎免隠居料賜100俵
天保9戊戌年10月4日
天保9戊戌年10月4日依歎免隠
居賜5人扶持弘化4丁未年6月1日死
嘉永6癸丑年3月4日転御備頭
嘉永1戊申年1月23日死
700石

800石
500石
600石

400石

400石

700石

500石

600石

400石
500石

450石

文化11甲戌年2月21日

文政12年1月御免

500石

稲葉九郎左衛門通忠
後藤市郎右衛門利晋
岡部隼人治方稲葉頼母通理

400石

500石
400石

文化10癸酉年6月11日

文化11年10月25日卒去

岡田長兵衛観正 文化7庚午年4月23日

文政9年3月23日卒

400石

寛政9丁巳年6月21日病受依願免

寛政1己酉年9月11日

大脇十藏重用800石

400石

文化4丁卯年5月4日死

450石

400石

岡田長兵衛周正 寛政1己酉年4月18日

文化8辛未年閏2月10日死

離任年月日

寛政10戊午年9月10日死

安永6丁酉年8月6日

着任年月日

後藤市郎右衛門
天明2壬寅年1月11日
利匡

岡部但見周忠就任者名

after 1673
石高

御用人

番頭

御勝手惣元締御勝手惣元〆助役

嘉永5壬子年3月16日死

番頭

番頭
番頭

番頭

天保7丙申年11月4日加100石、嘉永1戊申
番頭年6月2日死番頭

番頭

組支配御預ケ番頭
文政12己丑年1月21日御勝手向引受
番頭
御勝手惣元〆、天保7丙申年11月4日200
番頭
石加知

組支配御預ケ

多膳重澄父、寛政3辛亥年1月11日迄組支番頭
配御預ケ
享和1辛酉年8月4日御勝手向三ヶ年之間
番頭
引受
享和3癸亥年9月26日迄組支配御預ケ番頭
文化4年ゟ御勝手向引受
番頭
為次郎直正父、文化7年6月1日迄組支配
番頭
御預ケ
御番頭御老中格ゟ成、席御老中之最上ト 御番頭御老成
中格

爲次郎直正祖父、享和1辛酉年在中之事ヲ引受、寛政3辛亥年6月11日迄組支配御 番頭
預ケ、寛政3辛亥年6月11日御勝手向引受

市郎右衛門利晋父

就任者備考
前職
隼人治方父、天明7丁未年6月5日迄組支
番頭
配御預

104

嘉永5壬子年5月23日

安政4丁巳年1月25日

岡部隼人治常加納左馬親也

400石

500石

万延1庚申年10月26日於江戸死 800石
文久2壬戌年4月20日有故御役
450石
儀免
500石

離任年月日
文久2壬戌年2月1日病気依歎、御勝手惣元〆申談之儀免石高

同3亥年3月23日病気依歎隠居3人扶持

番頭

番頭

就任者備考
前職
御勝手惣元〆申談、文久3辛亥（ママ）年
番頭
10月19日死
文久2壬戌年2月1日、御勝手筋之儀惣元
番頭
〆申談
番頭

本表は、臼杵市文化財管理センター所蔵「諸執役前録」「諸執役続善録」「諸執役後録」をもとに、一部、同センター所蔵「御家中諸役系譜」で補訂して作成した。
延宝期までは系統が設定されているが、以後、系統が設定されていないため、以上の様に表を編成した。
濵島実樹・三野行徳作成

村瀬庄兵衛吉武 文久3辛亥（ママ）年3月23日

後藤市之丞利也 文久1辛酉年6月11日

嘉永4辛亥年4月20日

着任年月日

粟屋浪江勝英

就任者名

after 1673

105

着任年月日
延宝2年7月1日
延宝4年12月1日
天和2年1月4日
元禄5年7月9日
宝永2年1月15日
正徳3年1月18日
正徳4年6月5日

享保4年3月11日

享保9年12月18日
享保19年1月23日

享保20年5月5日

元文3年3月4日
延享3年7月23日
延享5年5月4日

宝暦12年7月27日

安永6年6月11日
天明6年1月11日
天明8年1月11日

寛政5年6月11日

享和2年8月4日

就任者名
後藤太郎右衛門忠門
後藤半右衛門利兼
小川弥兵衛吉治
稲葉武右衛門直邑
岡田甚兵衛正明
片岡八郎左衛門勝秀
渡辺平三郎忠栄

宇佐美十蔵祐賢

後藤勝士忠雄伊藤惣左衛門良忠

清水安右衛門義陣

稲葉市之丞良重
稲葉武右衛門直代
加納源太夫尚也

稲葉佐左衛門均久

稲葉馬左衛門秀雄
岡田長太夫昭在
村井権太夫昌勝

大津留才兵衛房重片岡八郎左衛門秀延

享和2年5月6日死

天明6年1月11日隠居
天明8年1月11日免寛政5年6月11日隠居

明和9年1月11日隠居

元文4年6月
延享5年1月27日免
宝暦12年5月2日死

延享3年8月23日隠居

享保19年1月23日免
享保20年5月5日免隠居

翌年（享保5）免離任全月日
延宝4年8月6日免
天和2年1月4日免
元禄5年7月9日致仕
宝永2年1月15日免
正徳3年1月18日免而隠居
正徳4年6月5日免
享保4年3月11日免List of Usuki Domain’s Temple and shrine Magistrate’s(jisha bugyō )

200石

300石

250石
250石
180石

250石

200石
200石
200石

200石

320石
200石

300石

清太夫尹重父馬左衛門秀邦父
甚兵衛正偏父
喜昌太佐勝祖父

對助久躬曽祖父

勘平栄重父
和七直張父
源太夫由也祖父七郎左衛門義明養父

甚太夫忠原養父
又左衛門光忠父

喜又祐真養父

system１
石高
就任者備考
320石 甚太夫忠原曽祖父
200石 半右衛門利陣祖父
弥惣左衛門治種祖父
200石 武右衛門直代祖父
250石 藤馬周有養父
200石 八左衛門掁秀祖父
250石 権八忠澄父
役職備考
公事聞役ゟ
御旗奉行ゟ兼稲葉宮内元吉組副番ゟ御弓頭ゟ兼大組御鉄砲頭ゟ御旗本鑓奉行ゟ兼
御弓頭ゟ兼
御弓頭ゟ助
直向役片岡勝秀死後、跡役勤之享保9年2月10日再勤、同年12月18日免
御弓頭ゟ助
大組御鉄砲頭ゟ助始助役、
元文3年3月4日本役
元文4年5月6日（略）江戸ゟ還、6月ゟ月番相勤
安右衛門義陣江戸往ニ付、御弓頭ゟ助役
助役御長柄頭ゟ
御旗奉行ゟ兼御長柄頭ゟ再兼
明和2年8月16日於江戸本役
御旗奉行ゟ再兼
御旗奉行ゟ兼御弓頭ゟ兼御長柄頭ゟ成寛政6年12月23日転御籏奉行当役兼御長柄頭ゟ兼文化3年1月11日本役

106

着任年月日
延宝2年7月1日
延宝6年7月22日
延宝7年4月

元禄4年3月1日

元禄7年12月22日
元禄8年8月25日
元禄11年6月5日
元禄15年8月15日

宝永2年12月29日

宝永4年2月4日

正徳4年12月28日
正徳5年2月21日
享保5年5月
享保7年1月27日
享保8年1月23日
享保17年2月1日
享保18年8月6日
元文1年4月18日

元文4年5月6日

寛保2年10月20日

延享4年2月4日

延享4年6月9日

宝暦3年6月6日
宝暦4年2月21日
宝暦6年1月11日

宝暦7年6月26日

安永2年1月11日

天明2年6月11日

就任者名
岡田九馬正在井上左平太利令
稲葉角左衛門均治

渡辺左太夫忠房

岡田三左衛門正盈
村瀬忠左衛門吉尚若林仁左衛門直興
加納直右衛門也政
大脇伝左衛門重詮

岡田九郎兵衛正村

中嶋七兵衛重治

水谷左門光高片岡八郎左衛門勝秀
宇佐美十蔵祐賢
稲葉甚五兵衛秀直
大津留清太夫職重井上瀬兵衛利太
大津留清太夫職重稲葉武右衛門直代

稲葉市之丞良重

加納源太夫也尚

稲葉九兵衛良重

小川左内季重

稲葉佐左衛門均久
稲葉馬左衛門秀雄
小川又市久忠水谷市助徳高片岡八郎左衛門秀盛

加納忠助庸也

寛政6年11月15日死

天明2年5月18日死

安永6年6月11日免

宝暦4年2月21日江府依趣免候
宝暦6年1月11日免
宝暦7年6月26日免

宝暦3年6月6日隠居

正徳5年2月21日免
享保5年5月5日死
享保7年1月27日免
享保8年1月23日免
享保17年2月1日免
享保18年8月6日免
元文1年4月18日免
元文4年江戸往ニ付、2月18日助役免
寛保2年10月19日就武州荒川筋御普請御手伝罷越候付免
源太夫江戸行ニ付、延享4年2月4日免
延享4年6月4日死

宝永4年5月30日迄相勤

宝永4年2月4日免

元禄9年6月9日免
元禄8年8月25日免
元禄9年6月9日免隠居
元禄15年8月15日免
正徳4年12月28日免

元禄7年12月22日免離任全月日
延宝4年12月1日免
元禄4年3月1日免
延宝8年6月解役

200石

200石

350石

250石
250石
150石

150石

200石

200石

源太夫内也父八郎左衛門秀延父

市助陣高父

對助久躬曽祖父馬左衛門秀邦父
宇源太久重父

左内紀久祖父

和七直張父

200石
200石

八左衛門掁秀祖父
喜又祐真養父
十右衛門秀雄祖父
清太夫方重父多忠利張父

七兵衛直重祖父

長兵衛宗在祖父

九馬良在父
熊五郎吉武曽祖父
儀左衛門興任祖父
源太夫尚也父
傳左衛門重以祖父

左太夫忠居養父

就任者備考
九馬良在祖父
瀬兵衛利太祖父
佐左衛門均久祖父

300石
200石
300石
250石
300石
250石

200石

400石

400石
300石
200石
200石
500石

150石

石高
500石
250石
250石

system２

助役御長柄奉行ゟ助役御長柄奉行ゟ
寛延2年6月11日寺社奉行本役ト成
御長柄頭ゟ兼御長柄頭ゟ兼御弓頭ゟ兼家督御小姓頭ゟ成
宝暦12年７月27日転御旗奉行当役兼御長柄頭ゟ成天明2年6月11日ゟ同3年6月11日迄、伊藤五郎
太夫政春助役
同3年6月11日御旗奉行ゟ兼助役御旗奉行ゟ

役職備考
御旗奉行ゟ兼御旗奉行ゟ兼左平太利令依赴江府助役
渡辺五郎兵衛豊忠組鑓奉行ゟ、左平太病気養生中助
御旗奉行ゟ兼御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ兼忠左衛門吉尚依赴江府御弓頭ゟ助
御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ兼御旗奉行ゟ兼伝左衛門重詮依赴江府御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ助九郎兵衛正村右同断（依赴江府）ニ而、大組御鉄砲頭以前ゟ助御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ助
御旗本無役衆ゟ助御弓頭ゟ助御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ助大組御鉄砲頭ゟ助御弓頭ゟ助御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ兼助
御旗本御鑓奉行ゟ助清水安右衛門義陣江戸ゟ罷帰候、以後市之丞儀月代りニ相勤107

寛政6年12月23日

寛政10年5月18日

文化8年6月23日ゟ助役

稲葉七右衛門重置

岡田甚兵衛正編

着任年月日

種田亘孝起

就任者名

文化8年6月23日依江戸趣免

寛政10年5月18日恃御側

離任全月日

system２

250石

200石

300石

石高

就任者備考

役職備考
御長柄頭ゟ兼寛政7年6月11日本役
寛政10年5月18日転御側
御長柄頭ゟ成享和1年8月6日御小姓頭兼
文化3年1月11日転御旗奉行当役兼文化10年6月11日御長柄頭ゟ兼帯

108

文政2年5月13日

文政2年5月13日
文政6年1月11日
文政11年1月11日

天保3年1月11日

天保9年1月11日

天保9年1月11日

天保9年10月4日
天保11年1月11日
天保13年2月21日
天保14年7月11日
弘化2年1月11日
弘化3年1月11日
弘化4年1月11日
嘉永2年1月11日
嘉永5年1月11日
嘉永6年6月11日

嘉永6年6月11日

岡田甚兵衛正編

稲葉馬左衛門秀邦
後藤勝士重武小倉五郎八嘉建

若林九左衛門尚興

川崎造酒重房稲葉馬左衛門秀香

稲葉角左衛門久躬
稲葉茂右衛門直之
後藤衛士重柯
三村四郎兵衛保親
上川三之助助元
岡田甚兵衛正氏
長瀬又右衛門正明
宇佐美儀平祐郷
清水又太夫充義
渡辺左太夫忠條

村井次郎右衛門敏勝

250石
270石
250石

250石

石高

250石

安政4年1月21日死

180石

天保9年10月4日転御籏奉行、御軍帳方兼 300石
天保10年11月13日有故免転大小姓御番
250石
勤
天保13年2月21日転御籏奉行250石
天保14年7月11日転御籏奉行200石
弘化2年1月11日転御籏奉行270石
弘化3年1月7日死
150石
弘化4年1月11日転御籏奉行200石
嘉永2年1月11日転御籏奉行
250石
200石
嘉永6年6月11日隠居
300石
嘉永6年6月11日隠居
200石
安政1年1月11日転御籏奉行200石

天保9年1月11日転御籏奉行、御軍帳方兼 200石

文政6年1月11日隠居
文政10年8月15日死
天保3年10月4日転御側役

離任全月日

after1819

200石

300石

石高

稲葉徳一郎直好
安政1年1月11日
安政4年6月4日死
200石
稲葉對助久賢安政4年閏5月11日
250石
片岡八郎左衛門秀候 安政4年8月4日
200石
稲葉實重岸
安政5年10月4日
200石
本表は臼杵市文化財管理センター所蔵「諸執役前録」「諸執役続前録」「諸執役後録」より作成した。
文政以前は2系統が確認できるが、文政以降は系統が判然としないため、別表とした。
濵島実樹・三野行徳作成

着任年月日

就任者名

文化8年6月23日ゟ助役

岡田甚兵衛正編

文化8年6月23日依江戸趣免

寛政10年5月18日

稲葉七右衛門重置

離任全月日

寛政10年5月18日恃御側

寛政6年12月23日

着任年月日

種田亘孝起

就任者名

system３

就任者備考

就任者備考

安政4年11月4日転御籏奉行当役兼
御弓頭ゟ成
御弓頭ゟ成

御附役御小姓頭兼安政3年1月11日御籏奉行順席御准役御小姓頭兼免

嘉永5年1月11日転御籏奉行、寺社奉行兼

役職備考
文政6年1月11日転御旗奉行、
寺社奉行兼
御軍帳方兼
御軍帳方兼
御小姓頭、御軍帳方兼
御軍帳方兼

役職備考
御長柄頭ゟ兼寛政7年6月11日本役
寛政10年5月18日転御側
御長柄頭ゟ成享和1年8月6日御小姓頭兼
文化3年1月11日転御旗奉行当役兼文化10年6月11日御長柄頭ゟ兼帯

109

慶安3年

慶安3年9月
延宝4年3月8日再成
延宝9年2月9日再成 此時役
料50俵
元禄11年6月25日

村尾八郎兵衛良継吉水太郎兵衛三堅益田久左衛門直政

享保6年3月23日

延享2年5月1日

明和2年7月11日

安永8年6月11日

天明2年5月18日

寛政2年2月21日

文化2年12月18日

林角左衛門正栄

吉田新蔵栄賢中村権兵衛悠久

益田五兵衛軏政

吉良官兵衛昭氏

吉田三郎兵衛正村三浦弥五左衛門孟成

成水平吉直好大脇十左衛門重好

寛永8年

着任年月日
慶長5年9月頃之書付ニ有之於濃州也
年月日不詳貞通公ゟ典通公御代迄
寛永7年2月6日（100石加増）

溝口五郎兵衛重安

日比野小左衛門貞重

片切音蔵主為俊
宇佐美弥右衛門祐直

国枝杢右衛門小川又左衛門

就任者名

石高

150石

150石

100石

100石

150石

150石

100石

200石

文化3年9月ゟ山林方上聞兼、100石
文化6年6月11日隠居

寛政元年12月16日死

天明元年10月10日死

安永8年6月１1日隠居

明和4年10月4日隠居

延享4年1月11日隠居

享保6年3月23日免

元禄11年6月25日免杢右衛門政勝父

子孫不知

就任者備考

公事聞役ゟ
始正保4年ゟ慶安3年迄ハ副郡代役
稲葉図書政重組平番ゟ景通公御部屋衆ゟ

稲葉兵部政重組平番ゟ

町奉行ゟ年寄御役儀免

町奉行ゟ兼帯役職備考

太郎兵衛重三祖父
久左衛門秀数祖父
養子又六重光代正徳5年12月4大坂御留守居ゟ
日依狂病於江戸自殺跡断甚三郎直規父
片岡伊織直武平番ゟ
隠居料3人扶持号唯無后辰成
大目付ゟ 席大目付上五郎作辰方父実祖父
始平次郎 賜3人扶持剃髪号胡微
見習ゟ本役
角弥正音祖父
賜3人扶持剃髪号融然
御郡目付ゟ成権九郎軏久祖父
大坂御留守居ゟ成、御勝手方
始亀太郎
兼、席御旗
藤九郎三政父
本御使番次
始定九郎、九十九、秀氏
御勝手方ゟ成、先役兼
定九郎美氏父
始左七
隠居賜5人扶持剃髪号雪征
宗門奉行ゟ成、席大目付之次
角弥正音祖父
御勝手方ゟ見習、文化3年7月
始万平、佐久右衛門
23日本役先役兼、席御旗本御使番之格

与次左衛門良堅父

才兵衛頼安曽祖父

無嗣跡断

50石5人扶持 善左衛門為秀曽祖父ノ兄
300石
㐂又祐真高祖父

新地150石500石

system１

慶安3年3月27日死、此役御免
250石
ハ此前成ヘシ
慶安4年免
200石
明暦3年免 慶安3年ゟ明暦2・150石
3年之頃迄ハ同役6人ニ而相勤
延宝4年3月8日免150石家督
延宝9年2月9日免
150石

離任全月日

List of Usuki Domain’s Local administration Magistrate’s( kōri bugyō )

110

着任年月日
一通公御代

慶安3年

慶安3年9月

寛文10年8月25日

寛文12年6月23日
元禄8年7月22日

享保1年9月11日

享保18年11月6日

元文3年1月11日
延享2年5月1日

宝暦4年12月12日

安永2年2月18日

明和6年2月27日

天明7年4月9日

天明7年5月13日

寛政12年12月9日

文化10年6月11日

就任者名
伊藤又左衛門清忠

矢野源太郎定吉

大脇又右衛門重孝

安宅藤兵衛吉加成水三四郎宗直
吉田弥太右衛門政敦

藤澤善六治他

廣瀬甚蔵之辰吉良官兵衛義氏
成水甚三郎直矩

河野安左衛門員久

品川太兵衛陣次成水儀助直基箕浦弥惣右衛門勝周

河村義太夫脩清若林右衛門太国興宇野仁右衛門包光

100石

150石

石高
400石

system２
就任者備考
又左衛門光忠曽祖父
元稲葉伊賀吉任組ニ属 勘八
邦親祖父
又右衛門重郷祖父
某子加右衛門於家中小姓相勤切米故願之延宝6年9月22日他
出而之干尾州甚三郎直規祖父
新蔵栄賢父

稲葉伊賀吉任組平番ゟ稲葉兵部政重組平番ゟ御代官役免而已後

役職備考
加納玄蕃作也組平番ゟ100石

大小姓ゟ当役見習、文化11年1月11日本役

権七郎脩錦祖父

御勝手方ゟ当役見習、
享和1年8月6日本役

御勝手方ゟ成、席大目付之次150石
岡部隼人長治組平番ゟ
100石
郡目付ゟ
初郡奉行ニ相加勤候故、弥太50俵
号如山料2人扶持 繁之丞安英
右衛門ゟ次ニ系之 仕送方ゟ後50俵増、合祖父
席御勘定頭ノ次
100俵
料2人扶持号淨無 初正辰 宇
50俵3人扶持
郡目付ゟ
源太隆業養父
150石
九十九祖父
郡目付ゟ
150石
環直房祖父
御郡目付ニ而当役見習ゟ本役
初冨之助 賜3人扶持号香涛
御郡目付ゟ成 席大御目付之100石
稲葉八郎員矩祖父
上
大坂御留守居ゟ成、席御旗本
150石
太兵衛胤次祖父
御使番格
御郡目付ゟ当役見習、
150石
環直房父
安永5年4月15日本役
御郡目付ゟ成、席御旗本御使
150石
弥惣右衛門勝由祖父
番之格

享和2年9月27日ゟ先役兼文化100石
3年7月23日隠居賜5人扶持
享和3年9月26日御勝手方兼帯免、文化12年11月13日転大目 100石付

寛政1年12月12日依病免天明7年4月9日有故御取揚

安永6年12月21日死

安永3年1月11日隠居

延享2年4月24日死
宝暦5年5月13日依病免

元文3年1月11日免而隠居

享保18年11月6日免而隠居

元禄8年9月3日死
享保2年10月13日免

寛文12年4月4日家依貧窮自殺 100石

明暦2年免

承応3年免

離任全月日
寛永15年1月27日死111

安永5年4月11日

寛政4年1月11日

文化6年6月11日

芝崎多仲惟珪稲葉司書員重小川左内紀久

延享2年8月23日

芝崎弥一兵衛善記

明和2年7月11日

正徳1年7月23日

太田六郎兵衛重澄

伊藤平左衛門重翊

天和3年3月1日
元禄6年6月15日

清水与右衛門政時
西尾又七忠匠明和1年6月4日

寛文3年7月1日再成

大脇又右衛門重孝

河村義大夫脩孟慶安3年9月10日

益田久左衛門直政

宝暦8年2月1日

正保3年2月安野平右衛門吉治

太田陶八員重

着任年月日
一通公御代

就任者名
後藤茂兵衛元利

石高
就任者備考
役職備考
150石
才兵衛次男 子孫断絶
稲葉兵部政重組平番ゟ200石、内50
稲葉九郎左衛門昌言組平番ゟ
寛文3年7月1日免石万治2年12 大八良明曾祖父
渡辺主殿親忠組鑓奉行ゟ兼帯
月28日加増150石、父久万治1年12月28日免景通公御 馬数政知行
久左衛門秀数祖父
渡辺主殿親忠組平番ゟ300石之内150
部屋附ニ成石家督
100石、延宝6
号元無、元禄5年7月23日賜5人
年9月23日50扶持是嫡儀左衛門死、孫幼少 稲葉兵部政重組平番ゟ
天和3年6月1日免而隠居石増、都150
故5人扶持賜也石
元禄6年12月15日免150石
長右衛門義英祖父
大坂御留守居ゟ
正徳1年7月23日免
150石
十太夫忠祐父
片岡伊織直武組御使番ゟ
延享3年8月23日老衰依願
50石、後50石
陶八員重父
郡目付ゟ
隠居
加、都100石
明和2年3月24日死
150石
多忠宗般曾祖父
見習ゟ本役
御郡目付ゟ見習、宝暦11年8月
明和1年6月4日転御勝手方
100石
㐂助徳重父
26日本役、山林
方上聞兼始隼之進
安永6年7月21日依病免100石
宗門奉行ゟ成権七郎脩錦曽祖父
始直四郎、九郎左衛門
明和6年2月27日転大目付
100石
郡目付ゟ成
小源治令終祖父
御勝手方ゟ成、先役兼、席御旗寛政4年閏2月22日死
150石
多忠宗般祖父
本御使番格
始安左衛門、徳之進、文太夫
文化6年6月11日隠居
100石
賜5人扶持
御勝手方ゟ、席大目付次八郎員矩父
御勝手方ゟ成、席御長柄頭之150石
始左馬太、周助、搥之助
格

離任全月日
寛永10年有故御暇

system３

112

文政12年10月9日

天保2年6月11日

天保3年1月11日

天保4年3月4日

天保8年6月11日

弘化4年9月18日

嘉永1年1月11日

嘉永4年1月11日

嘉永4年6月13日

嘉永5年閏2月4日

安政2年6月11日

芝崎官左衛門勝當

福田源助吉真加納傳三郎鋭也

三村土蔵親意丸毛太郎左衛門頼勝

吉田角弥正青狭間安太夫成盛武

飯沼源五兵衛叔屋

日下蔵之丞秀遐

牧田弥三郎房常

清水右門治義安政3年7月7日死

安政3年1月11日

嘉永5年4月24日死

嘉永4年1月27日

天保4年春

天保1年9月23日

離任全月日

200石

150石

200石

100石
40俵上下2人
扶持
100石

200石

150俵

100石

100石

200石

石高
100石
150石

after1820

高橋瀬左衛門重起

安政3年9月23日

40俵上下2人扶持
本表は臼杵市文化財管理センター所蔵「諸執役前録」「諸執役続前録」「諸執役後録」より作成した。
文政以前は3系統が確認できるが、文政以降は系統が判然としないため、別表とした
濵島実樹・三野行徳作成

着任年月日
文政3年1月
文政7年1月11日

就任者名
稲葉八郎員矩三村四郎兵衛保親

就任者備考

御郡奉行勤方、席給格、勤役中100俵之御渡方

御勘定奉行兼海岸防禦懸り
席大組頭

御郡奉行勤方御勘定奉行兼、勤役中100俵之御渡方、席給格
御勘定奉行兼御勘定奉行兼、席大組頭
安政3年1月11日転御小姓頭

天保1年9月23日転御勝手方
文政12年10月9日席大目付
天保3年12月4日御勝手方兼
天保6年6月11日席御旗本御使番格
天保4年春転御勝手方
天保3年1月11日見習
天保4年3月4日本役
天保7年2月21日御勝手方兼
天保4年3月4日見習
天保4年8月21日本役
天保8年6月11日見習
天保9年5月27日本役
嘉永4年1月27日転御旗本御使番

役職備考

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Oita Prefecture Area for each Domain Schematic
ColourTokiedaUsa Shinto
shrineTateishi

Kumamoto

Nobeoka

Shimabara

Bakuhu

Mori

Oka

Saiki

Usuki

Funai

Hiji

KitsukiNakatsu

DomainModern Oita prefecture

Part Ⅱ Selected Documents of the Fonds Marega
A1-A2455

A1 ①From“Copy of Kanbun 1 Year of the Ox [1661] Nagasaki [Magistrate] Correspondence” (1) i [い](A1.8.1.1)

1i [イ]I am sending you a letter. Two days ago on the twenty-forth, an edict of Edo rōjū [老中 (senior councilors)] arrived,
which had instructions regarding Christianity. They sent a separate order regarding the Christians that Kurokawa Yohē gave [to the
Usuki Domain] to keep in custody and the Christians who, having been accused of being such by someone, [should] be caught andsent [to Nagasaki]. Just as this order states, immediately capture [those listed] and send them here [to Nagasaki].
There are two Christians in Watanabe Sōkaku’s territory. Since Watanabe's territory is small and thus there is no one thatcan properly deal with it, please get hold of them there [on your side in the Usuki Domain], and hand them over when the retainerof Hosokawa Ecchū-no-kami [Tsunatoshi] comes to get them.
With regard to Kudo Village's Jūemon, since he is being summoned to Edo, please quickly have a person [official] fromyour domain come [to Nagasaki] to pick [Jūemon] up and be in charge of watching over him while he is brought to Edo. Regarding
arrangements [during the trip to Edo] for ocean boatman as well as laborers and horse exchange at post stations on land, an attestation
with orders has arrived here [in Nagasaki] from the rōjū, and I will hand it over when the prisoner [Jūemon] is picked up.
Thus are the orders given by the rōjū.
[Magistrate in Nagasaki] Tsumaki Hikoemon(Seal)

Twenty-sixth day of the third month [of Kanbun 1]
To

Inaba Zusho
Watanabe Tonomo
Yamada Nui [Karō (Chief Retainers) of Usuki Domain]“I am sending an attestation addressed to the local residents regarding those to be arrested in Watanabe Sōkaku's territory.

I think it would be best if those who go to arrest them carry it.”
There is a separate sheet listing the number, etc. of the prisoners found in the above letter.
(Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 [Historical Documents Regarding Bungo Christians, vol. 2], p. 56).

116

一
一
「一「
（
別右
付可囚よ海請其久請其有渡搦書召宗被到越筆尚表紙
紙之如申人り陸取元土取元之部捕付捕門仰来申令々）
ニ御此候う被船被ゟ村ニゟ候宗、差越之越仕候啓渡「三有状
申、け仰頭申宰十可召不覚爰越被も候吉間上部
寛
月之之
候右取付・江領右参捕知知元申申の、利召候宗
文
候趣山渡稲廿
、之被候宿戸之衛候置故行へ候候、依支捕、覚丑元囚田部葉六
恐旨申御次へ仁門間細、所可間吉幷之丹被然知之人縫主図日惶、候証之可早儀相川慥ニ致此利訴黒宗参者行年之殿殿書
謹従刻文儀致々江渡越成類差書支人川門候、所
長
数殿殿殿
言老、爰ハ送御戸越中も門越付丹有与之衆一召
崎
中相元御届越へ可守の之候之之之兵儀持昨捕共書
被渡へ老候、被被家も者
通も候衛、参廿者よと
仰し到中、
候
召申来無両
早の間預従被四之り遣
物
寄候
越
之人
来
々別新置御申日儀之取状
候候
紙規被老可御ニ
一
候
候
妻
写
通
間
間
ニニ申中然奉付
間
木
、
候
存書百
彦
候
姓」
右
」
中
衛
へ
門
証
文
判
」

117

A1 ②From“Kanbun 1 Year of the Ox [1661]: Copy of Letter Sent from Here [Usuki Domain] to Nagasaki”(6)Ni (A1.8.1.2)

2
Ni [ニ]I am sending you a letter. I am happy to have heard from Chaya Jinbē. [Usuki Domain purveyor merchant] that there [inNagasaki Tsumaki] Hikoemon is doing well.
Of the fourteen people returned here [to Usuki] in the twelfth month after their lives were spared due to their renunciationof Christianity, Mori Village’s Jin’ emon [Niemon], who was forty-two years old last year, died on the first of this month due toillness. As for his religion, he was a parishioner of the Pure Land Sect temple Ryūgenji. After a thorough inspection, we had him
buried there. Please share this with Hikoemon when you have a chance. Details will be provided by Chaya Jinbē. If there is anything
we can do, please say so.
I will contact you again.
Nui
Zusho
Fifth day of the seventh month
To Retainers of Hikouemon
Kawashita Kanbē
Sakashita Zenbē(Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 [Historical Documents Regarding Bungo Christians], p. 53).

118

一に
「
節御委右に病去十志方御筆
寛彦
丑文
候用細之て死年四たゟ機令
右之之茶段御仕之人ん申嫌啓
衛七恐儀や年
座候年此類越能上
門月惶も甚彦候、付方門、被候
ノ様五謹御兵右ニ宗四へこ珍成、長
御日言座衛衛付門十御ろ重御其崎
内え
候方門、ハ二返ひ奉座御此ハゟ様弥浄、シ申存候地
坂河方
ヽ可へ相土右被、候旨
下下ゟ可被御改宗之成命、、彦
善勘
遣
被申次土龍仁候を然茶右兵兵状
仰上而葬原右内御ハや衛写
衛衛付候之ニ寺衛、助去甚門
様様」候、刻取と門森被年兵様、自被置申今村成き衛弥
尚然仰せ寺月仁、り、此上申之朔右極期筋可候旦日衛月
後被、那ニ門ニ
図縫
音
下
と
書殿
之
候
申
、
者
、

[Explanation]
A1.8.1.1 (Marega 403) and A1.1.2 (Marega 413) are twothin booklets recording the correspondence between Nagasaki andthe Usuki Domain (Edo and Usuki). They provide us with a pictureof how Christians were found and handled during Kanbun 1 (1661).
Let us go over the chain of events found above. Here, we will referto the letters in the booklets using numbers assigned to them basedon their chronological order. Of them, (1), (6), and (9)-2 have beentranslated. Please see the Japanese-language version as well.
During this year the feudal lord Inaba Noto-no-kami(Nobumichi) was in Edo, and in Usuki the heir of the lord Ukyō-nosuke (Kagemichi) and his retainers dealt with the Nagasaki
Magistrate. (The post of Religion Magistrate in Usuki Domain had
not yet been created.)
Watanabe Tonomo (Chikatada), Inaba Zusho(Masashige), and Yamada Nui (Toshitsune) appear in Shoshitsuyaku
zenroku [諸執役前録] as chief retainers.
Tsumaki Hikouemon was appointed as Nagasaki
Magistrate in the sixth month of Manji 3 (1660), and arrived in
Nagasaki in the ninth month of the same year. There were two
Nagasaki magistrates who switched yearly between Nagasaki andEdo.
Kurokawa Yohē resided in Nagasaki until the ten monthof Manji 3 (1660), and gave the Christians uncovered during thistime (according to [2], twenty people and a baby) to the Usuki
Domain to be put in a prison. In letter (1), based on orders from rōjū
in Edo, Tsumaki tells Usuki Domain chief retainers to send these
Christians as well as other people newly identified as Christians toNagasaki.
At the time, Katsuragi Village was part of three different
territories: Usuki Domain (over 148 koku[石]), Oka Domain (over23 koku), and the 100 koku area given to Tokugawa Ieyasu’s gun
caster Watanabe Sōkaku. Hosokawa Ecchū-no-kami (Tsunatoshi),the lord of the Kumamoto Domain, also had territory in Bungo. We
can see that in Watanabe Sōkaku’s territory the uncovering ofChristians was left to the neighboring feudal lords.
Tsumaki Hikoemon was appointed as Nagasaki
Magistrate in the sixth month of Manji 3 (1660), and arrived in
Nagasaki in the ninth month of the same year. There were two
Nagasaki magistrates who switched yearly between Nagasaki andEdo.
Kurokawa Yohē resided in Nagasaki until the ten monthof Manji 3 (1660), and gave the Christians uncovered during thistime (according to [2], twenty people and a baby) to the Usuki
Domain to be put in a prison. In letter (1), based on orders from rōjū
in Edo, Tsumaki tells Usuki Domain chief retainers to send these
Christians as well as other people newly identified as Christians toNagasaki.
At the time, Katsuragi Village was part of three different
territories: Usuki Domain (over 148 koku), Oka Domain (over 23koku), and the 100 koku area given to Tokugawa Ieyasu’s gun caster
Watanabe Sōkaku. Hosokawa Ecchū-no-kami (Tsunatoshi), the lordof the Kumamoto Domain, also had territory in Bungo. We can seethat in Watanabe Sōkaku’s territory the uncovering of Christians
was left to the neighboring feudal lords.
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A1 ③From “Copy of Kanbun 1 Year of the Ox [1661] Nagasaki [Magistrate] Correspondence” (9)-2 Ho(A1.8.1.1)

3
Ho [ほ]
I read your letter dated the twenty-first that arrived here now.
According to it, Sakon (from Otozu Village in the shogunate’s territory) bought the house that Jūzaburō (of Watanabe
Sōkaku's territory in Katsuragi Village [and who had been brought to Nagasaki last year]) had lived in. When demolishing the house,in the straw that had been used as roof material, there were four pieces of paper with writing on them, so Sakon gave them to theVillage Unit Headman Sōzaemon of Sōkaku's territory. Sōzaemon brought the four sheets to the Morimachi Village Unit Headman
Jirobē (of Noto-no-kami's territory) and explained the situation. You said that you had carried out a general investigation into thesituation and that you would send [to Nagasaki] a document stating that the eight men and women written [on these papers] are being
held as well as the four pieces of paper from the roof. I have certainly received them.
Sorry to trouble you, but order the person from Noto-no-kami’s territory to advise the Village Unit Headman to be carefulthat these individuals do not go anywhere. Direct him to do so until we send more instructions after looking into this thoroughly here
[in Nagasaki]. I will share details orally with Nakanishi Jūrōemon, who has come as a messenger.
Tsumaki Hikoemon(Seal)

Twenty-sixth day of the seventh month
To Yamada Nui
Inaba Zusho[p.s.]“You should next also inform the [Edo] rōjū, carefully and quickly as you having been doing. Be all the more careful, and until there
are more instructions, hold onto [these eight individuals] as you are doing now.”
There are two separate sheets regarding the content of the above letter.
(Zoku Bungo Kirishitan shiryō 続豊後切支丹史料 [Historical Documents Regarding Bungo Christians, vol. 2], p. 59-60).

120

After receiving (1), the Usuki Domain indicated via (2)that it had understood the content of the letter, and the next dayreported on the situation in (3). One of the individuals whose arrest
was newly ordered had moved to Satsuma. Someone was quickly
sent to do so and the individual was directly brought to Nagasaki.
The magistrate then contacted the domain (4) to state that the person
had arrived, and a letter expressing thanks for this notice was sentfrom the domain (5). On the other hand, the Usuki Domain feudal
lord Noto-no-kami (in Edo) was also informed about the content ofletter (1) by rōjū, and Noto-no-kami reported that the rōjū had done
so to Tsumaki, who was in Nagasaki ([1]), and attached a copy of theelder’s instructions. Tsumaki also shared the situation surrounding
the arrests by corresponding with the Usuki Domain (second
translated letter above [6]), and when Jūemon arrived in Edo, Notono-kami let Tsumaki know ([3]).
Some of the people sent to Nagasaki the previous year
had renounced Christianity. Their lives were thus spared and they
were returned home. However, they continued to be watched, andtheir deaths were reported to Edo via the Nagasaki Magistrate (6, 7).
Documents related to Christianity were found in thehouse of someone who had been arrested for being Christian andsent to Nagasaki. Immediately Nagasaki was contacted, and themagistrate sent a reply about how to handle these documents (8, 9).

右
之
七
状
意稲山月
趣葉田廿
ハ図縫六
別書殿日
紙様様
ニ
二御
通報
有
之
候

ほ
「
口可吟様付弥申屋書持御乙書彼之然去弥尚
上被味ニ何能候ね付参領津物家家ハル被々ニ仰仕御方登、ゟ之仕分村四をを渡廿入被申付、領へ殿此出人様森た枚ほ
部一御入
達候重分も御も申数子町を在と公宗日念御候、而之不領の候男為庄方之き領覚之重念、委御者参分共書女申屋ゟ候申乙知貴而早
恐細左ニ候ゟ之付八聞次相ニ候津行札御々惶ハ右被様彼儀四人候郎渡付処村所、左被謹御申仰ニ庄ハ枚預ニ兵申則、た葛只右仰言使迄付心屋御御リ付衛ニ宗屋を木今申越者ハ可添ニ六越手有方付覚ねと村到迄候
中右被油能ケ慥形増へ惣庄ニ申之来ハ通西［下断被敷請幷僉右左屋敷者十令只追十候不仰儀取右儀四衛惣申買三拝今付郎、仕ニ
之被枚門左候取郎見之御右］爰候
候
成之能衛［、跡候分老
衛
元
得
書登門す
職、ニ中
妻
而へ
門
共
付守方ゝ
木
可も
へ
殿へ内
彦
ニ
被相
右
差達
衛
カ
置可
門
］
候申
候
判
以、
上
」

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When, for example, the nameof someone identified as a Christian was
uncertain, correspondence regarding the
progress of additional surveys was carriedout ([10], A1.8.2.1). Some of theindividuals arrested were brought all theway to Edo (A1.8.3.1).
From these letters relating to
the uncovering of Christians, it can be seenthat during this time in Usuki Domain,
detailed instructions were given by the
Nagasaki Magistrate based on the ordersof rōjū, who formed the core of the
shogunate. These instructions included
detailed information, such as the names of
specific people to be arrested. On the
Usuki Domain side, the domain lord Notono-kami (who was in Edo), the chiefretainers (who were in Usuki), and thedomain lord's son Ukyō-no-sukeexchanged letters with the rōjū and theNagasaki magistrate, trying to carry out the
instructions they have received without
fail.

A2 ①[Kanbun 8 / 1668] Memo [Report to Edo Shogunate’s Head of Religious Inquisition from Usuki Domain Lord

1
Memo
The other day I was informed by letter that Nagasaki Magistrate Matsudaira Jinzaburō
instructed that thirty [suspected] Christians in my territory be arrested and imprisoned

保北
田條
若安
狭房
守守
様様

九
月
廿
五
日

near the castle. Since of the thirty people, three have already died due to disease, I
arrested the remaining twenty-seven and imprisoned them near the castle. I havecreated this document to inform you of this.
In the third month of last year, Nagakuma of Kudo Village accused his
mother, younger sister, and younger brother of being a Christian. He returned to thevillage after appearing in Nagasaki. Again on the sixth of this month Nagakuma
accused thirteen people of being Christian. One of these thirteen people was includedin the above-mentioned thirty people about which a notification came from Nagasaki.
Thus, I informed Hiramatsu Jinzaburō about this, and imprisoned the remaining
twelve people near the castle. I ask that you also look at this document regarding
Christians.
The other day I informed you that there were instructions from Nagasaki
Magistrate Matsudaira Jinzaburō that sacred pictures imase [いませ] are in theresidence of Chōemon who lives in Ino Village and thus should be looked for. Whensearching based on Jinzaburō’s instructions, four sacred pictures were found andbrought to me from there, so I sent them to Nagasaki.

122

稲
葉
能
登
守

付従近越
已而奉年中
上、行私守
、則衆領留
在当分守
所月ニ居
江廿帰方
申三居へ
付日申被
遣被候申
候申付達
、越、候
候
由
、

Regarding Arrest, Imprisonment, and Thorough Investigation of Suspected Christians](A02.2.3.1.1)

一
一
一
一
一
候茂以横病申長井則四申段申候井付舎只此申訴者訴三久籠仕申候三被九付兵前尾死来崎野長つ越、候之野茂申今段参人ニ人月土舎、入之拾申月、衛細村仕候江村崎御候先様間村則付城、候仕而仕其村申残候様人越二
長与川茂候へ可作江座所日に致長進置下則三候御、身長付ル、に捕、日覚崎申越助付共差兵遣候穿申与穿右之候ニ長拾、座其之熊置貳右と之私長
奉者中子、、遣衛之而鑿入、鑿衛申、右崎人此候節母与候拾三被、領崎行之守吉則彼候女申従申候従長門候右之甚之内、長・申、七拾申城内従衆下領松其女旨房候在付、甚崎屋、之拾三内壱当崎妹者則人人越下切松
よ人内与段房、、、所候甚三江敷類二郎ニ人六江・、書召之候ニ支平りニ下申甚当松御差へ三郎差ニ門人殿而者日参弟是付捕内段籠丹甚而徳者三八平尋越ハ郎殿越い之茂へ御右又罷三者進、三、舎類三
ま罷丸、郎月甚之候、殿被書籠申座長類帰人去之城人先申門郎
せ
在村此殿十三儀
故いゟ申達候崎門候を年申下者日付之殿
有
へ三郎有
、ま被越
、、ゟ拾
候
病以置者
之
申日殿之
せ
候
三
、
死書
達ニゟ候
人
状
間
候
、
Nagasaki Magistrate Matsudaira Jinzaburō instructed that the wife of Sakubē, who lives in Ino Village, be brought toNagasaki for questioning. However, she died of disease on the thirteenth day of the eighth month of this year. I thus informed
Jinzaburō of this.
Yoshimatsu, the child of Mosuke who lives in Yokoo Village, had lived in Shimo Tokumaru Village in the territory ofEcchū-no-kami. I was informed by the Nagasaki magistrates [Matsudaira Jinzaburō and Kōno Gon’emon] on the twenty-third dayof this month that when they contacted the rusui [留守居] of Ecchū-no-kami, they were told that Yoshimatsu had in recent years
returned to my territory. Therefore I issued instructions [to investigate and arrest] Yoshimatsu on the ground. (End)Twenty-fifth day of the ninth month

Inaba Noto-no-kami

To:
Hōjō Awa-no-kami
Yasuda Wakasa-no-kami

123

A2 ②[Kanbun 8 / 1668] Memo [Report from Usuki Domain Retainer Itō Matazaemon to Rusui Regarding Measures for Suspected

伊
藤
又
左
衛
門

( )

九
月
十
吉岡九
田部日
清忠
右兵
衛衛
門殿
殿

一
一参成可長奉御者市御様罷不仕籠申仕端罷 其右聞
左度ほ仕崎行断之浜心子出被置舎上候々越 村之候
右とと由へ衆申由村得之候仰可被候儀致由 之申様
可申其御参へ上ニ与ニ段も候申申へハ風に も付ニ
被候元内候得度付吉而早の、由付ハ中聞而 のをと仰ハニ意而御と籠女御々有惣被置、々候せ ニ相、越ゝ而ニハ内申舎房座長之而仰候御難様ん も背常候先御而如意分仕た候崎候此、へ両成子た 申、々、押と候何候之候つ間江ハ長長ハ所わニさ 聞今申
以へめ間敷処通付、、窺ゝ熊崎一被け御せ度聞
上置可、思、、、今内申先儀へ段仰ニ座く 、訴置、、有た召と是此度々様隠ニ被能候而候な 其人候
此候つ候か又与与左ニ密不召候者御故ど 上仕処方、申間く長吉吉様とニ限寄間、座、を 追候ニ
迄其分、加崎儀類ニの仕、候、右候沙も 付様、其上有成様ニハ門可候此儀先之通汰仕 長子此様ニ之程之而長之被而已ハ其わ、な、 崎共長
子而候不者御崎、後如通け具し其 へも熊も共参ニ
訴何ニニにニ村
相
儀
而
所
達、様
而
人様
意
ハ
候
之
而
ニ
ニ共
得
へ
者
候
者
も
、
、

124

Christians, Handling of the Accuser Nagakuma, and the Treatment of Tatsu, the Wife of Ichihama Village’s Yokichi](A02.2.8.1)( )一不審之預類彼申致申右申も之前召申度籠上様籠申致 去
仕成も置門も付訴上之越の儀廉捕上事舎候子舎上到 ル
候儀の可之の候人候段候方者ニ、候ニ不へ、申、十而有共申由共儀候得をニゟ、御訴ハ思申者松付并着 四覚宗之ニ様ニ在者者者も付長能左人、召付、平候長、 日門候内も而所如共、申、熊登右共此候候御甚段熊即 爰
奉ハ々無長久何ハ御上幸致守申ニ以由而両三、訴日 元行ゝ申御崎土与其奉候私訴島上長前、先所郎又人御 致
方、渡座へ村被村行様使人原た崎ゟ被内被様長仕奉 発
迄其置候被之仰ニ衆ニニ候ニるへ致仰証仰・熊候行 足
届村候、召儀候預被と罷様罷儀早訴候此候河儀拾所 、出所ハ其寄者、置仰能越子有者々人、方ハ野ハ弐へ 同
隠ニ、上た大其候候登候島候無召候就へ、権在人罷 十密而宗能るか時て者守へ原へ御連も夫一拾右所之出 六ニハ門登跡た拙可、申者迄ハ座参の拙左弐衛ニ者御 日
使 長申曽之守の不者然右付、、候候ハ者右人門召之 崎
而儀領儀残又ニ之候乍
留、終早
有之様置
趣 へ
沙ニ分ニ
申、長由次
主今ニ速
之者へ候
汰付
候
上籠熊
而
居度
と一
不
ハ
候舎
之
も々
、
ハ
ハ申
、

125

2
Memo
On the fourteenth I left here [Shimabara] and arrived in Nagasaki on the sixteenth. On that day I appeared at the Nagasaki
Magistrate’s Office, and stated that I am visiting as an envoy of my master [Inaba Noto-no-kami]. I described in detail to the
Nagasaki magistrates Matsudaira Jinzaburō and Kōno Gon’emon how the twelve people territory resident Nagakuma accused ofbeing Christian are imprisoned and that Nagakuma has been confined to his residence. The two magistrates said, “We wanted tobe first be informed privately without the twelve individuals being imprisoned.” I then said to the Nagasaki magistrates, “It has
been established that accused individuals should be quickly arrested and swiftly brought to Nagasaki along with their accuser.
Nagasaki is not contacted in advance. What happened this time is for the following reason. Since the lord Noto-no-kami was [notin his home of Usuki but] in Shimabara [to watch over Shimabara castle due to the scrapping kaieki [改易] of the Shimabara
Domain lord Kōriki Takanaga], it was decided that those watching over the [Usuki] domain would report Nagakuma’s accusation
to [the lord Noto-no-kami in] Shimabara, and I went to Shimabara as an envoy. I was told by the lord Noto-no-kami that [since I
was serving as an enjoy from Usuki that] I should also go to the Nagasaki magistrate and report the above.” The Nagasaki
magistrates then said, “Why were the people that Nagakuma accused arrested despite the proper measure being entrusting them totheir village of residence?” In response, I explained in detail, “The vast majority of the residents of Kudo Village, where this group
lives, were accused of being Christians, and have been brought to Nagasaki, so [the accused] cannot be handed over [to the village
where they live]. Furthermore, the residents of Noto-no-kami’s territory have been constantly told that when there is somethingsuspicious regarding Christians, it should definitely not be handled at villages. They should notify the domain’s religion magistrate,reporting it in secret. However, that dog Nagakuma did not follow this, told people in the village about his accusations, and, during
this time, saying that he was going to Nagasaki, even investigated [other people in the village]. It appears that village people aregossiping all over. For this reason, it's difficult to leave [Nagakuma] alone.” Having done so, the two Nagasaki magistrates said,“If that's those are the circumstances, it was indeed an appropriate measure to imprison [the accused Christians]. Please keep them
imprisoned.” In the end they did not give any orders regarding the bringing [of the accused Christians] to Nagasaki. Please knowthat the Nagasaki magistrates’ view was not only with regard to Nagakuma but in general that if there is a person who accuses
someone of being a Christian, first handle it privately, and quickly inquire to Nagasaki regarding what should be done.
As for the wife of Yokichi who lives in Ichihama Village, when he was imprisoned because of the accusation of beinga Christian, she said that she wants to go to Nagasaki to explain that he is not a Christian. Upon asking the Nagasaki magistrates
what to do, they were of the view, “Someone like that coming to Nagasaki is a problem. Make sure that this kind of thing definitely
does not happen.” Therefore, even if Tatsu petitions, no matter what stop her in her home [Usuki]. If even then she says that by any
cost she wants to go to Nagasaki, force her to stop and report the situation to me. (End)The nineteenth day of the ninth monthItō Matazaemon
To:
Okabe Chūbē
Yoshida Seiemon

126

A2 ③[Kanbun 8 / 1668] [Nagasaki Magistrate Letter Instructing the Usuki Domain Lord to Arrest and Imprison Yoshimatsu, theChild of Mosuke of Yokoo Village] (A02.10.1)

稲
葉
能
登
人守
々様
御
中
在
判

河
野
権
右
衛
門

九
如留申寅
月
廿
此守候十
御居之月
二
日松座ゟ旨横
平候申越尾
甚、越中村
三恐之守江
郎惶候殿戻
謹付
在
言、
判
、

一
留人領右さ差丹卯茂貴筆
守ニ下吉せ顕宗拾助様啓居而徳松籠置門八子御上
江罷丸儀舎之之歳吉領候
申有村者可候由、松分、遣候茂細被間此此与横然之付兵川仰、已者申尾者
候、衛越付御前切も村、処越下中候搦ゟ支の
、中
守、
守
殿
殿

3
I am sending you a letter. The other day it became clear that the eighteen year-old Yoshimatsu, the child of Mosuke, wholives in your territory’s Yokoo Village, is a Christian, so please order that he be arrested and imprisoned. Since thisYoshimatsu was a servant of Mohē, who lives in Shimotokumaru Village in Hosokawa Ecchū-no-kami’s territory, we
contacted Ecchū-no-kami’s rusui, but received the reply in the ten month of the year of the Tiger he had returned home tohis village of Yokoo. Thus we are contacting you. Sincerely.
The twenty-second day of the ninth monthMatsudaira Jinzaburō (Signature)
Kōno Gon’emon (Signature)

To
Inaba Noto-no-kami

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A3 ①Document [Report Regarding the Death of Christian](A3.6.3.1)

1Document [Report Regarding the Death of Christian]Toshimitsu Village’s Shichizaemon (80 years old), the parent of Nizaemon andwho had been a Christian but converted to Buddhism, died due to disease on thetwenty-ninth day of the ninth month of Enpō 6 [1678]. The village unit headman
and village headman and members of the five household unit checked the corpse
and I laid him to rest. There was nothing suspicious. For future evidence, I havewritten the above.
The first day of the tenth month of the year of Enpō 6 [1678]
Hetsugi-ichi
Myōshōji Temple (Seal)To:

Itō Matazaemon
Ishida Teiemon
Iwate Rokuzaemon

128

一
仍拙其こ利
延而僧節ろ光
宝為取庄ひ村岩石伊六後置屋、仁御手田藤午年日仕弁延左書
六弟又ノ如候指宝衛物
左右左十件、五六門之
衛衛衛月
少人年親事
門門門朔
も組九七
殿殿殿日
不慥月左
審ニ廿衛
成死九門
儀骸日、
無見ニ年
御届病八
戸
座、死拾
妙次
候
仕、
市
正
、
候古
寺
、き
り
㊞
志
丹

A3 ②Memo [Report Regarding Change in Parishioner Temple](A3.8.1.1)

2
Memo [Report Regarding Change in Parishioner Temple]
When Miya lived in Fukura Village, she was a parishioner of this Pure
Land Sect temple. However, she ended up moving to Hatobu Village in
Mie, and asked to become a parishioner of the same sect’s Jōunji temple,
and I approved this. For future evidence, I am recording this and affix myseal.
The third day of the eleventh month of the year of Kanbun 12 [1672].

Ryūgenji Temple
Jakuyo (Seal)

To: Magistrate
Itō Matazaemon
Magistrate
Okabe Chūbē
Magistrate
Yoshida Seiemon
129

一
日申参当此
同
同
御
寛判付候寺ミ奉文形而て檀や吉岡伊行
拾、、同那、覚子二仍浄宗ニ寄田部
藤ノ年而運浄て元
清
忠
又
十
右
兵
左
如寺運御福
一
衛
衛
衛
件之寺座良
月
門
殿
門
檀之候村
三
殿
殿
那檀へ江
日
ニ那共居
ゆ成、申
龍
る度三時
原
し旨重は
寂寺
申届羽浄
誉
候
飛土
㊞
、
村宗
為
へ則
後

A3 ③Memo [Report Regarding the Person Born to Christian Before Renunciation](A3.7.3))

Christians Sent to Kumamoto(

Draft of Report Regarding Changes in Family Members of Former
Reported to Kumamoto When making the Record Booklet for theSecond Half of Hōreki 10 [1760]
The Death by Disease of Shingorō[Main Text]
Memo [Report Regarding the Person Born toChristian Before Renunciation]
Regarding Shingorō (56 years old, of Nakao Village, Mie, Ono
District in this territory [Usuki Domain] and the child of Jinshichi),
who was the great-grandchild of Shinshirō’s wife, who was born toa Christian before renunciation and of Higo Domain’s territory’s
Sekikado Village
This person died of disease on the nineteenth day of the sixth
month of this year. His Zen sect parishioner temple Sairenji in
Fukata Village, Mie, Ōno District, Usuki Domain laid him to rest.
That is all.
The twenty-ninth day of the tenth month of the year of
Hōreki 10 [1760].

130

「端
熊
裏
宝本
暦
十
年
熊
冬
本
帳
へ
之
差
節
遣類
申
候族
遣
替
御
目
済
下
新
書
五
郎
病
死
」

)

[Note on the Edge of the Back Side]

一
肥
当
西臼此
後
領
辰
御朱
蓮杵者
大
領書
寺領、
野
十
月以取大当
関
郡
門「
三
廿上置野辰
九
村覚
申郡六
重
本」
候三月
中
日
、重十
尾
人
深九
村甚同
七然
田日
新子新
村病
五
四
禅死
郎
宗、
郎
妻
旦
那五当
曾
孫
寺拾辰
六
歳

(

3

A4 ①Memo[Regarding Items Being Immediately Reported](A4.15.16)

This is a set of notes urgently sent to the Office Of Religious Affairs
by Kyūzaburō, the head of the Nyūbara village unit to which Kudo
Village belonged, that Kudo Village’s Tarohachi, who was born to a
Christian before renunciation, had died. Individuals born before aparent had renounced Christianity were referred to as honnin dōzen[本人同然(lit. “good as Christian”)]. It can be seen that when arelative of a former Christian died this was immediately reported to
the Office of Religious Affairs the next day.

131

一
右座長旦夜久享者候崎那ル土
卯保肥ニへ、五村
岡服宇
三八後付被此つ太御部部野
月年領御召者戌郎注
三六仁
六
類注捕之ノ八進左郎右日
族進候父上七申
衛右衛ニ申ニ久刻拾上
門衛門
出上付土病七ル
様門様申候彼村死歳覚丹様候、太甚仕病
生
以郎助候症
原
上八切、中
村
本支禅風
庄
人丹宗煩
屋
同宗当卯
久
然門陽三
三
之之寺月
郎
者由
六
㊞
日
ニニ
而テ
御

「端
久裏
土
村
本
人
同
然
太
郎
八
病
死
注
進

)

Memo Regarding Items Being Immediately Reported
Kudo Village's Tarohachi, seventy-seven years old, hadbeen sick and his cold worsened, leading to his death around 19:00 on
the sixth day of the third month. This individual was a parishioner ofthe Zen Sect temple Tōyōji. We have heard that his father Jinsuke wasa former Christian captured in Nagasaki. Since Tarohachi was born to
Jinsuke before renunciation, we are sending this immediate report.
Tarohachi originally was from Kumamoto Domain.
The sixth day of the third month of Kyōhō 8 [1728]
Nyūbara Village Unit Head Kyūzaburō (Seal)
Uno Jin’emon
Hattori Rokurōemon
Okabe Sanzaemon

(

1

三
月
七
日
」

A4 ②Memo [Maegawachi Village Relatives of Former Christian Sōjirō and His Daughter Tsushi](A4.15.3)

2[Maegawachi Village Relatives of Former Christian Sōjirō and His Daughter Tsushi.To be read in March]
Memo
Sōjirō. Forty-eight years old this year (Grandchild of Maegawachi Village’s Seihachi, a former Christian)This individual is a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Songanji, and is not a relative of a former Christian fromanother territory.
Sōjirō’s Daughter Tsushi. Eleven years old this year. Great-grandchild of the above mentioned individual [Seihachi].
This individual is a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji, and is not a relative of a former Christian fromanother territory.
Since the above Sōjirō and his daughter Tsushi left around the twenty-forth day of this month and as of the twenty-sixth day have
not returned, we checked with their neighborhood relatives, who said that recently they have not come by. Therefore, we sent
someone all the way to the boundaries of the village unit, and we received a report from a Maegawachi Village official that recently
no one has seen them. Therefore, we told nearby village units to also check and continued searching until yesterday (the 27th), but
we do not know at all the whereabouts of the two of them. They might have suddenly run away, so it might be necessary to checkthe borders of the domain. Since these two individuals are relatives of a former Christian, we have first contacted you privately.
The twenty-eight day of the third month of Tenpō 8 [1728]
Hirohara Village Unit Head
Heiemon (Seal)To:
Uno Jin’emon
Hattori Rokurōemon
Okabe Sanzaemon

132

走「端
リイ裏
内
証

)

133

(

御弥欠吟聞無ニ共頃右一一古
座御落味せ御付方ゟ惣右前転
卯候境仕仕候座組相罷次此同
此河本
岡服宇
三ニ目候候ニ候境尋出郎者人
者内人
部部野
覚
月付相儀得付由迄候廿幷真曽
真村三六仁
廿御尋も共、前人得六ニ宗孫
宗清
左郎右八内さ可弥近河遣共日娘万尊八衛右衛
日証せ有行組内尋近迄つ仁願孫
門衛門
申可御方相村候日罷し寺
寺様門様
上申座相尋弁得ハ帰弐旦
旦様
那候と候知候指共参り人那、奉哉不様方近不不共他
他
領
以存と申ニゟ日申申ニ領上候奉候申私見候候当類
類
右族
前、存、付方申由ニ月族
惣ニ
河
類候与昨江も承付廿ニ
次出広内族、風廿申の候近四出
郎不
原
村
ニ
七
村日不
娘申惣
村
申
而
日
一
兵庄
迄
類
候つ
候次
右屋
し
郎
当
衛
当
門
拾卯
四卯
㊞
壱
拾
歳
八
歳

前
河
内
村
類
族
惣
次
同郎
人
娘
つ
し
三
月
廻
ス
」

A4 ③Memo Regarding Items Being Reported (A4.60.9)

(

一一
一
一
「端
右右右寛右
猪
猪裏
享之之之文之此野
野
保趣者者八者者
村村
申本
八御他父申母卯本上人
年注領太年二ノ人
覚同
卯進類郎被目正真
同正申族儀召川月宗然然
月上ニハ捕村五専
七五候而類候太日想郎
日以者族、郎ニ寺
兵七二
上無ニ右助疼旦
衛郎目
御而女前症那名
妻
兵川
ハ
座御房女煩
病
ま妻衛村
候座不房病
死
太
森
き
候召切死
塩
村
郎
詰
捕支仕
吉庄
当助
以丹候
注
右屋
七卯娘
進
前之
衛
拾
出由
門
七
正
生ニ
㊞
歳
月
而
五
日
」

)

岡服宇
部部野
喜六仁
之郎右
助右衛
様衛門
門様
様

134

[Explanation]3
This is an immediate report regarding the death atseventy-seven years old of Ino Village's Maki, whose
mother had not yet renounced Christianity when she
was born. Thus she was classified as a honnin dozen(see previous letter’s explanation). In Jōkyō 4 (1687),
the shogunate ordered that the corpses of former
Christians and people born to a Christians before
renunciation be preserved with salt until a government
official carried out a postmortem examination. This
policy was closely followed in the Usuki Domain, and,as this document shows, Maki’s corpse was thus
preserved with salt until the Office of Religious Affairs
could examine it.

3[Immediate Report Regarding the Salt Preservation of the Corpse.Fifth day of the first month]
Memo Regarding Items Being Reported
Ino Village’s Maki, the daughter of Futamegawa Village’s Tarosuke who was born to a former Christian before renunciation.
Seventy-seven years old this year.
A parishioner of the True Pure Land Sect temple Sensōji.
This individual’s throbbing pain worsened and she died on the fifth day of the first month.
We have heard that her mother, the former wife of Futamegawa Village’s Tarosuke, was in the past a Christian. She was caught in
Kanbun 8 [1668]. This individual was born before her mother was caught.
Her father Tarō is a relative of a former Christian.
She is not part of a family of another territory related to someone who has renounced Christianity.
Thus concludes our immediate report.
Fifth day of the first month of Kyōhō 8 [1728]
Mori Village Unit Head Kichiemon (Seal)To:
Uno Jin’emon
Hattori Rokurōemon
Okabe Kinosuke[Explanation]
1
This is a set of notes urgently sent to the Office Of Religious Affairs by Kyūzaburō, the head of the Nyūbara village unit to which
Kudo Village belonged, that Kudo Village’s Tarohachi, who was born to a Christian before renunciation, had died. Individuals born
before a parent had renounced Christianity were referred to as honnin dōzen [本人同然 (lit. “good as Christian”)]. It can be seenthat when a relative of a former Christian died this was immediately reported to the Office of Religious Affairs the next day.
2
This is a memo privately sent by Maegawachi Village’s village unit head to religion magistrates because there was the suspicion
that Maegawachi Village’s Sōjirō (father) and Tsushi (daughter)—relatives of a former Christian—may have run away. We can seethat the search for them expanded from a Maegawachi Village official to the village unit head and then neighboring village units.
Hyōuemon, the individual who submitted this document, was the head of the village unit to which Maegawachi Village belonged,
and its addressees (Uno, Hattori, and Okabe) were religion magistrates. It is interesting that the Japanese expression hashiri [走り(escape)] is used to refer to them running away, and that they first reported this privately.

135

A5 ①Sect Survey Record of the Jodo Sect(A5.1.3.1)

(

酉

)

正
月
廿
三
日

表
紙
浄
宗土「
旨宗安
永
御
六
改
年
帳

(

年
吟号
味よ
済し

)

破
れ
」

(

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

)

以
下
１
５
４
名
略

幸
女八
房

平
七
兄
又
六

弐
拾
六
歳

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

五
拾
四
歳

浄浄
土土
宗宗
大大
橋橋
寺寺
旦旦
那那

六
女助
房
ま
つ

平佐
七市

七
拾
三
歳

四拾
拾九
六歳
歳

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

佐
平
男
子

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

佐
平
娘
け
し

佐
吉

拾
六
歳

拾
弐
歳

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

佐
平
男
子

浄浄浄浄
土土土土
宗宗宗宗
大大大龍
橋橋橋原
寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦
那那那那

佐
平
娘
き
ん

六
歳

五四五六
拾拾拾拾
歳壱歳歳
歳

Matsuzaki Village Official Ichibē (Seal)
Matsuzaki Village Official Sukeemon (Seal)
Matsuzaki Village Official Genzaemon (Seal)
Matsuzaki Village Official Nizaemon (Seal)
Matsuzaki Village Unit Head Eizaburō (Seal)

136

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

権
庄
吉
之
母助
女左
丞
衛
養
房
門
ゆ
佐清半は母と
平左七つ
よ
り
衛
門

Twenty-third day of the first month of the of An’ei 6, the year of the Rooster [1777]

To:
Kubota Tōsaku
Yoshida Saburobee
Ishii Yoshichirō

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

( )

は
つ

浄
土
宗
大
橋
寺
旦
那

五
拾
歳

四
拾
七
歳

松
崎
組

1
Sect Survey Record of the Pure Land Sect
First month of the twenty-third day of An’ei 6 [1777], the year of the Rooster
Matsuzaki Unit
Kichizaemon’s forty-seven year-old wife Yuri is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Shōsuke’s fifty year-old mother Toyo is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Gon-no-jo’s sixty year old adoptive mother Hatsu is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Ryūgenji.
Fifty year-old Hanshichi is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Forty-one year old Seizaemon is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Fifty-year old Sahei is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Sahei’s six year-old daughter Kin is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Sahei’s twelve year-old son Sakichi is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Sahei’s sixteen year-old daughter Keshi is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Sahei’s nineteen year-old son Saichi is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Forty-six year old Heishichi is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Rokusuke’s seventy-three year-old wife Matsu is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Heishichi’s fifty-four year-old older brother Mataroku is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
Kōhachi’s twenty-six year-old wife Hatsu is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji.
[Following 154 individuals omitted]
Of the 168 people total, eighty are male and eighty-eight are female.
Of them,
Seven are parishioners of the Pure Land sect temple Ryūgenji and listed in the first book.
One is a parishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Ryūsenji and listed in the third book.
160 are parishioners of the Pure Land sect temple Daikyōji and listed in the second book.
I have surveyed the unit I govern and as written above summarized my findings in a book for each temple, which I now present to
you.
137

吉久石
田保井
三田与
郎藤七
兵作郎
衛
様様様

安
酉永
六
正
年
月
廿
三
日
松
松
松
松
松
崎
崎
崎
崎
崎
村
村
村
村
村
庄
弁
弁
弁
弁
屋
指
指
指
栄
仁
源
助
市指
左
三
左
右
兵
郎
衛
衛
衛
衛
㊞
門
門
門
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

138

人
百壱七
数
相右六人人内
合
認私拾
百
差組人
六
上中
拾
申遂浄浄浄
八
候吟土土土
人
、味宗宗宗
内
以一大龍龍
女
男
上宗橋泉原
八
八
一寺寺寺
拾
拾
冊旦旦旦
八
人
宛那那那
人
ニ
二三一

A5 ②Regarding Sect Attestation(A5.1.4.2.1)

2Regarding Sect Attestation
Kiyo, the daughter of Nakamura Heizaemon of Shokujō Town in
the Funai Domain, is a follower of the Pure Land sect and aparishioner of this temple. She is not a relative of a former
Christian. For future purposes I attest to the above.
Funai Raigōji Temple (Seal)
The first month of Kyōhō 17 [1732], the year of the Rat.
To: Suketarō, Katashima Village

139

一
如尤浄府
件邪土内
宗宗領
享
門門塩宗
片保
類ニ九門
嶋十
族而升手
村七
ニ当町形
助
子
而寺中之
太
年
も檀村事
郎
正
無那平
殿
月
御ニ左
座其衛
候紛門
、無娘
府
為御き
内
其座よ
来
後候
迎
證、
寺
㊞

A5 ③Report Regarding Births / Deaths and Moving to and from Village Unit(A5.1.5.3.1)

病迫病同病中廿赤同桐病同病名真同病持死村死村死山八迫月木死村死塚宗村死田
仕源仕儀仕村病村廿村仕沢仕村尊伝仕村候兵候兵候兵死吉日藤候治候甚形治候庄真衛禅衛真右仕左病吉真子真左寺孫真左宗娘宗父宗衛候衛死後宗秀宗衛旦ゆ宗衛
妙な普仁正門禅門仕家正治正門那り了門女
正み現兵光子宗子候父光五光娘
五因孫八寺四寺衛寺仙普菊真善寺歳寺る
歳寺友人
旦歳旦七旦太現五宗利旦同旦せ
同旦五
那同那拾那郎寺郎了七那月那五
月那郎
弐旦四仁拾
歳
十
歳
五
月
廿
歳那拾寺弐
同
同
歳
三
十
五
同
月
五旦歳
月
同
日
一
日
月
廿
歳那
七
十
ニ
日
病
廿
九
同
日
五
死
日
四
月
ニ
日
仕
日
候

日北石遊
下原井佐
左九与郡
冲郎七兵
様大郎衛
夫様様
様

一
一
午天右
組
山他
十保之旦十此筒内廿萩日奥組
二五外那二者井出日原当組江月年生ニ月下村入遣村村ニ出晦
死罷十長定壱申五新掛壱日
出成六小治人候三左り人
入申日野妹女禅郎衛
女
之候受村か
宗子門
黍者
込善つ
普勘妹
野無
申左弐
源治こ
組御
候衛拾
寺女ま
大座
ニ門壱
旦房弐
付女歳
那ニ拾
佐庄候
真房
十参
土屋、
以
宗ニ
二歳
原
上
了
月此
基
仁
者
右
寺
衛
門
㊞

140

一
死
失
拾
八
人
内
男
拾
人

一
一
吉
江
竹
他
出
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真左禅娘禅治死之死吉仕兵真左真子日娘
宗衛宗た宗娘仕丞仕子候衛宗衛宗並蓮な
了門普み普な候子候今真孫善門妙五宗か
仁孫源四源か禅温真吉宗元法娘正郎法九寺き寺歳寺四宗五宗六正吉寺も寺六音歳
旦た旦同旦歳普郎了歳光七旦と旦歳寺同那八那月那同源弐仁同寺歳那六那同旦月歳
廿
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日
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八
九
日
日

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Report Regarding Births / Deaths and Moving to and from Village Unit
Three people were born. All are female.
On the tenth day of the twelfth month, a daughter Mume was born to Sadashichi of Haduku Village. This daughter become aparishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
On the twentieth day of the twelfth month, a daughter Tami was born to Ichizaemon of Tarahara Village. This daughter becamea parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month, a grandchild Koto was born to Buhē of Hirano Village. This grandchild became aparishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Zenpōji.
Three people moved from another village unit to this one. Two are male and one is female.
Individual Registered to the Takewaki Unit
The child of Sadaji of Takewaki Village, Denji, thirty-four years old. This person came on the ninth day of the twelfth
month as the adoptee of Mochida Village's Giemon, and became a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
Individual Registered to Emuta Village
The child of Yasoji of Emuta Village, Kimi, eighteen years old. This person was accepted on the second day of the twelfth
month as the wife of Yaeji, the child of Ikehara Village's Ukichi, and became a parishioner of the True Pure Land secttemple Shōkōji.
Individual Registered to the Yoshioka Unit
The child of Heikichi of Shimofuji Village, Kidenji, fifteen years old. This person came on the twenty-first day of thetwelfth month to the pawnshop of Akasako Village’s Kichizaemon [as a laborer]. He is a parishioner of the True Pure
Land sect temple Ryōninji.
Eighteen people died. Ten of them are male and eight of them are female.
Tomogorō, the five year-old grandchild of Mochida Village's Shōzaemon, died of disease on the fifteenth day of the twelfth
month. Tomogorō was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōenji.
Yuri, the five year-old grandchild of the same Mochida Village’s Denji, died of disease on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth
month. Yuri was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Songyōji.
Ruse, the five year-old daughter of Nazuka Village’s Jinzaemon, died of disease on the seventh day of the twelfth month.
Ruse was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
Hideji, the five year-old child of Nazuka Village’s Sawaji, died of disease on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month. Hideji
was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
Yoshitoshi, the seventy-two year-old father of Kiriki Village’s widow Tōkichi, died of disease on the twentieth day of thetwelfth month. Yoshitoshi was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji
Kikugorō, the forty-five year-old child of Akasako Village’s Kichizaemon, died of disease on the twenty-eight day of thetwelfth month. Kikugorō was a parishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.

142Sentarō, the two year-old child of Nakayama Village’s Heiemon, died of disease on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth
month. Sentarō was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
Nihei, the seventy year-old father of Nakayama Village’s Gihē, died of disease on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month.
Nihei was a parishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
Nami, the four year-old daughter of Sako Village’s Genbee, died of disease on the eleventh day of the twelfth month. Nami
was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Myōshōji.
Naka, the nine year-old daughter of Sako Village’s Shinzō, died of disease on the fifteenth day of the twelfth month. Naka
was a parishioner of the Nichiren sect temple Hōonji.
Namigorō, the six year-old child of Sako Village’s Furi, died of disease on the twentieth day of the twelfth month. Namigorō
was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Myōshōji.
Moto, the six year-old daughter of Hirano Village’s Shinzaemon, died of disease on the eight day of the twelfth month. Moto
was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Zenpōji.
Genkichi, the seven year-old grandchild of Shiogashiwa Village’s Heibē, died of disease on the third day of the twelfth
month. Genkichi was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Shōkōji.
Imakichi, the six year-old child of Kibino Village’s Onokichi, died of disease on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month.
Imayoshi was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji.
Atsugorō, the twenty one year-old child of Makibaru Village’s Ume-no-jō, died of disease on the first day of the twelfth
month. Atsugorō was a parishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
Naka, the four year-old daughter of Makibaru Village’s Kuniji, died of disease on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month.
Naka was a parishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
Tami, the four year-old daughter of Makibaru Village’s Rikichi, died of disease on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month.
Tami was a parishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
Kita, the eight-year old grandson of Kitokoro Village’s Kichizaemon, died of disease on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth
month. Kita was a parishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji.
There was one person, a female, who moved to another unit.
Registered at Yamaoku Village
The younger sister of Hinata Village’s Shinzaemon, Koma, twenty-three years old. This person became the wife ofKanji, the child of Hagiwara Village’s Gosaburō, on the twentieth day of the twelfth month. Koma is aparishioner of the Zen sect temple Fugenji.
There was one person, a female, who moved to another village within the unit.
The younger sister of Tsutsui Village’s Sadaji, Katsu, twenty-one years old. This person became the wife of
Shimonagaono Village’s Zenzaemon on the sixteenth day of the twelfth month. She thus became a parishioner of
the True Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji.
There is no one else besides those above that has been born, died, or moved.
The thirtieth day of the twelfth month of Tenpō 5 [1834]
Kibino Village Unit Head Sadohara Kiemon (Seal)
To:Yusa Gunbē
Ishii Yoshirō
Kitahara Kurōdayū
Kusaka Sachū143

A6 ①Preface to Oath Document Used in Christian Inquisition(A6.2.1.1.1)

1
Preface to Oath Document Used in Christian InquisitionI, as well as my wife and children, have not become Christians. We are parishioners of the True Pure Land sect temple
Zenbōji. Frequently there are Christian inquisitions, and last year and the year before we created documents, and received andsubmitted proof that we are followers of Zenbōji temple. Now, a strict prohibition [of Christianity] was issued by the shogunate,
so I again had the Zenbōji head priest certify this oath [on the back of it]. There is no one in our residence or family—old, young,man, woman, child—who is not part of this oath. People are concerned that perhaps within their heart someone maintains
Christian belief, so I created this oath.
[If there is a lie in this oath, then we] will be punished by Deus, Jesus Christ, St. Mary, angels, and saints, and fall to hell
for eternity. Our conscience makes this pledge and does not lie. If we have lied even one bit, then with dread we will be punishedby Japan’s gods, Hachiman Daibosatsu, and Atagosan Daigongen; in Bungo Province Yusuhara Hachimangū, Sekirokusho
Gongen, Gion, Gozu Tennō, and especially the tutelary deities. Our oath is as written above.
The tenth day of the eleventh month of Kan’ei 12 [1635].
Naka-no-gawa Village: Tahē (Seal, Blood Seal), His Wife (Blood Seal), His Son Kuma (Blood Seal), His Son Senchiyo(Blood Seal), His Daughter Miya (Blood Seal), His Servant Ichizō (Blood Seal), Dependent Farmer
Nago[名子] Ichirō (Blood Seal), Dependent Farmer’s Wife (Blood Seal)
The total of eight people of Tahē’s household (including Tahee) are parishioners of this temple.
Zenbōji (Seal) Shōeki (Signature Seal)To:

Itō Heidayū, Kamikawa Seibē

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文罰薗は薩日若し永りて間申座此家裏付今御年候罷私き
寛如可牛由愛本少やクやいき儀候起之判又度座も、成儀り拾永件罷頭原宕国もしいあうりも、請内を右従候書度候妻し蒙天八山中偽ゆんんすし御若ニ老取之
旨物々、子た一拾者王幡大大於らへしせた座心は若上寺公證仕御真共ん
月弐
也殊宮権小申めるよすん可中つ男申之儀文彼改宗ニ宗
十年、ニ関現神上んのへき起有ニれ女候住御を寺被善終門
日仍氏六當祇はとにやり請かき申わ、持法取之成法ニ御起神所国八忝少落とし文とり者ら我此度差旦候寺き改
請各権ニ幡もも可のとを被し壱ん等起稠上那、旦りニ
御現而大
偽申御さ仕入た人へ屋請被申ニ去那し付
祇菩
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A6 ②Pledge Document for the Christian Inquisition Being Carried out Again(A6.2.2.3.1)

2
Pledge Document for the Christian Inquisition Being Carried out Again
Frequently there are surveys to find Christians, and while we have submitted documents, a strict prohibition [of Christianity]
was issued by the shogunate, so we had each person—down to old, young, male, and female servants, as well as children—create
oaths stating that they do not hold any Christian belief. There is no one in any household—old, young, man, woman, child—who is
not covered by these oaths.
Each household created an oath, and the ten household units were ordered to create documents. We take these documents,and every month tell household unit heads and village officials to always be attentive. We have the ten household units report if there
is anyone suspicious within them, down to their servants. If there was anyone colluding to harbor Christian belief within the ten
household units, we would report this to the intendants gundai [郡代].
If a missionary came to our territory, we would report this. We were told that a reward would be given of 20 gin[銀] for this,
10 gin for finding out about and reporting a non-ordained Christian monk, and a suitable reward for those who found out about a
Christian. We will fully inform everyone of this, down to servant men and women.
We carefully investigated, having people in the village show us around everywhere from temple and shrine buildings to caves,
not omitting anywhere. There were no suspicious persons. We will continue to constantly check all such places and report to theintendants if there is anything suspicious.
As you can see we investigated various people, from people who left behind their land rōnin [牢人] to merchants, doctors,
government officials, beggars, and hinin [非人] outcastes. There were no suspicious people. We will continue to be more and more
careful and carry our investigations. When there is a person who went somewhere else after leaving behind their land and thenreturned, or someone who came here from another place, we will go to investigate them and, if they are trustworthy, put them in aten household unit. Since the above content cannot have even the slightest mistake, how should we create the pledge ukejō [請状]If I hear from someone else that there is someone under my jurisdiction who is Christian or someone who has not notified me aboutsuch a person, it goes without my saying that the village unit head should be punished. Thus is our pledge for your future reference.
The second day of the eleventh month of the twelfth year of Kan’ei.
Ichi-no-o Village: Shōemon (Signature Seal), Sadajirō (Seal), Sanzō (Signature Seal)
To:

Tsuchiya Jirōzaemon, Makita Yazaemon

146

一
一
一
一重
者当申男下申銀銀承若可不し其御召組置組銘つ男唯守へ使御仕度而
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無宮随至被者枚拾可之御ヲお人ハ男指条物起者ら申旨心々稠申りし残岩分迠
ニ宗枚申内事入たなヽ女共常被請壱ん候人中之被候した
文人へ、別ニ老所窟聞右仰も門入上へ
承もか組ニニニ処たん御な立之出相之満候ば出ちら中至可油仰をもニ其ニき若仰今ん宗案と可通候応者ヲ、てシ申申ゟ迠申断付仕無至家起り男出度宗門
内村申り、之を聞御れ御者合可不渡不其上御迠々請し女ニ従門被被成
者中御く召御聞出ほん
郡も心申審ス仕書申座起ニ文たわ付
仕之事わ使ほ出しう参
代御中出成候様物其候請有之んら面公成御念し申うシ申ひ候
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A6 ③Oath for Christian Inquisition(A6.2.7.5.1)

3

Oath for Christian Inquisition
Myself, my family, and my servants total seven people, and six of us are of the Ikkō (True Pure Land) sect, and one of us are of
the Hokke [Nichiren] sect. Frequently there are Christian inquisitions, and last year and the year before we created documents, andreceived and submitted proof that we are parishioners of the above [sects’] temples. Now, a strict prohibition was issued from theshogunate, so I again had the head priests of the above temples attest on [the back] of this oath. While this is the case, perhaps within
their heart someone maintains Christian belief, so we're making this oath.
[If there is a lie in this oath, then we] will be punished by Deus, Jesus Christ, St. Mary, and angels, and saints, and fall to hell for
eternity. Based on our conscience we make this pledge and are not speaking even a bit of falsehood. Of course, as we said we are not
Christians. If there is anything that is even slightly incorrect, then with dread we will be published by Japan’s gods, Hachiman
Daibosatsu, and Atagosan Daigongen; in Bungo Province Yusuhara Hachimangū, Sekirokusho Gongen, and especially the tutelary
deities. In this way we are not stating falsehoods even one bit. We also have understood that if we confirm that someone is Christianand report it, we will certainly be able to receive the awards in the previous letter. We will tell everyone down to servants that [if theyfind a Christian] they should quickly report [them].
The second day of the eleventh month of Kan’ei 12 [1635].
Living in House Rented from Chūemon in Tatamiya Town
Ikkō Sect Temple An’yōji (Seal)
Shōhachi (Signature Seal) (Blood Seal)“
Wife (Blood Seal)“
Mother (Blood Seal)“
Child
Kamematsu (Blood Seal)““
Kiku (Blood Seal)
Servant Wakamatsu (Blood Seal)
Ikkō Sect An’yōji Temple
Maid
Man (Blood Seal)
Of the above individuals Wakamatsu is of the Hokke sect, which I attest to with my seal.
Hōonji Hokke [Nichiren] Sect (Seal) Nichigyō (Signature Seal)
Six of the above seven people are parishioners of this temple. (End) Keisei (Signature Seal)
There are a total of seven people, three of which are male and four of which are female.
To: Tatamiya Town Tazaemon, Shōzaemon
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清衛
村
名
女
四 ね
村
清
つ房七門
月
七
庄
娘
ね 当
当 十
伴屋
未
未 四
之
日
廿
三
丞
」
四
拾
㊞
歳
九
歳

Memo
Kiyoshichi of Ōtsuru Village, thirty-nine years old this year. This
individual is not a relative of a former Christian. He is a parishionerof the Pure Land sect temple Ryūsenji. This is his first marriage.
Tsune, the daughter of Kei Village's Tokiemon and the wife of theabove Kiyoshichi, twenty-four years old this year. This individual is
the grandchild of Zen-no-jō, a former Christian of Kei Village. She
has no relatives in other territories [besides Usuki Domain]. She is aparishioner of the Pure Land sect temple Ryūsenji. This is her firstmarriage.
The above two individuals married on the twentieth day of the fourth
month of this year. This serves to notify you of this.
The twenty-fourth day of the fourth month of the twelfth year of
Kyōhō 12 [1727].
Kei Village Unit Headman Tomo-no-jō(seal)
To:Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs Shūmonkata [宗門方]Uno Jin’emon
Okabe SanzaemonŌwaki Giemon
The above’s wedding was filed on the nineteenth day ofthe second month of this year.

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享
保
大岡宇十
脇部野二
儀三仁未
右 右左右年者 衛衛衛四門門月当門
二 様様様十
四
月
日
十
九
日
御
願
申
上
候

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A7 ②Memo(A7.6.3.9)(

2

The above individual asked to go to Setouchi to engage in business. He
will return at the end of the first month of next year. I ask for yourinstructions regarding this.
Thirteenth day of the seventh month of the year of the Sheep, Sashiu
Village Unit Headman, Heiemon (seal)
To:[Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs]Ōwaki Giemon
Katagiri Zenzaemon
Kubota Sada-no-jō

151

)

Memo
Zensaku. This individual is a relative of someone from Kuroiwa Village
who has renounced Christianity.

一
端
可奉右黒
裏
申願之岩
「
候申者村
未
、候為類覚○
二
久片大七
此、商族
行
保切脇月
段来売
田善儀十
御申瀬
貞左右三
窺正戸
之衛衛日
申月内
丞門門
上下ヘ
様様様
候旬参
黒
、ニ度
岩
以罷旨
村
善
上帰
壱
作
リ
人
佐
志
生
村
平庄
七
右屋
月
衛
十
門
七
㊞
日
」

A7 ③Document(A7.6.4.5)

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Document
San-no-jō of Ikuno Village, forty-six years old. San-no-jō died in prisonon the eleventh day of the ninth month. This individual’s great grandfather
from the same village was a former Christian. He was a parishioner of theTrue Pure Land sect temple Ryōninji, and has no relatives in other
territories [besides Usuki Domain]. I will add the above information
regarding San-no-jō to the record for former Christian’s family members
and give it to you. (End)Fourteenth day of the ninth month of the Genbun 4 [1739], Yoshioka
Village Headman, Dan’uemon(seal)
To:[Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs]Ōwaki Giemon
Katagiri Zenzaemon
Kubota Sada-no-jō

右
一
○端
元之転相生
三裏
未文三本果野籠
久片大九四之人申村死「保切脇月年丞ニ候三御之元
田善儀十
類而、之書者文
四
族御此丞物
貞左右四
未
之衛衛日
御座者四之
九
帳候曽拾事
丞門門
様様様
生月
前、祖六
野
之真父歳
吉趣宗同此
村
三
岡書了村三
村付仁次之
之
丞
庄差寺右丞
團屋上旦衛籠
右
申那門屋
衛
候他切ニ
門
、領支而
㊞
以類丹九
上族宗月
九
ニ門十
月
一
十元
出
不
日
一文
ニ
日四
申
年
候
」

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A7 ④Memo(A7.8.5.1.2)

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153

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The above individual was originally a parishioner of this True Pure Landsect temple [Kōrenji], however he requested and was given permission
to become a parishioner of his adoptive father Magoemon’s parishioner
temple Zenshōji temple (also of the True Pure Land sect), so for futurereference I am informing you of this.
The fourth day of the fifth month of An’ei 6 [1777]
Kōrenji Tengan
To:[Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs]
Ishii Yoshichirō
Kubota Tōsaku
Yoshida Saburobē)

Memo
Shōkichi, twenty-eight years old this year. This individual is the servantof the former Christian Hayashi Saburō-shiro, and the great-greatgrandchild of the wife of Jirobē. He is son of Noemon (the adopted childof Fukura Village’s Seihachi), and the adopted child of Niōza Village’s
Magoemon.

一
○端
本福
三裏
安
人良
寺「
永由養右林村六願父之三清覚替
酉申孫者郎八年候右元四養仁
吉久石
王
五ニ衛来郎子
田保井
座寺
月付門浄下野三田与
村替
四差同土人右ペ郎藤七日免然真次衛
ン
兵作郎
申同宗郎門
書
衛殿殿
候宗当兵男
殿
小
、善寺衛子
吉孫
為正旦妻仁
後寺那玄王
右
五衛
日旦ニ孫座
月門
之那而小村
光如ニ御吉孫
六養
蓮件罷座
日子
右
天寺
成候当衛
度所酉門
岸
」
㊞
弐養
拾子
八
歳

A8 ①Memo[Child born Tatsu, Daughter of Mieno Village’s Kitarō, twenty-forth day of the seventh month](A8.3.6)

154

端
裏
「

)

長
九
郎
㊞

一
他三
一父右領重
腹方之類野
覚
ニ之者族村
兄寺辰ニ作
弐禅七而之
人宗月無丞
御福廿御曾
座聚二座孫
候院日候
間旦ニ
喜三
此那出
太重
段ニ生
郎野
申仕仕
娘村
上候候
善
た
候、、
右
つ
、此宗
衛
已者門
壱当門
上之ハ
藤
歳辰男
川
子
内
村
庄
屋
禅
宗
福
聚
院
旦
那

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)

Tatsu. Daughter of Kitarō, son of Mieno Village’s
Zen’emon, the great-grandchild of Mieno Village’s Saku-nojō. 1 year old in this year of the Dragon. Parishioner of the Zen
Sect Temple Fukujuin.
This individual is not a relative of someone who hasrenounced Christianity of another territory.
This individual was born on the twenty-second day of theseventh month of the year of the Dragon [Shōtoku 2 / 1712?].
As for her religion, Tatsu is a parishioner of the Zen Sect temple
Fukujuin, her father’s temple. This person has two older
brothers from the same mother, so I am notifying you of this.
That is all.
Twenty-forth day of the seventh month of the year of
the Dragon [Shōtoku 2 / 1712?]
Fujikawa-uchi Village unit Head Chōkurō (Seal)
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Nakamura Kumohachi
Mutō Matasuke

武中岩
藤 村 手 辰正
又雲六 徳
助八左 ２
様様衛 年
門 、
様 マ
レ
ガ
推
ノ定
七
月
廿
四
日

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1
[Note on Edge of Back Side] Child born Tatsu, Daughter of
Mieno Village’s Kitarō, twenty-forth day of the seventh month.

出
生
子
三
重
野
村

喜
太
た郎
つ娘
七
月
廿
四
日
」

A8 ②Document Regarding Christian Investigation(A8.5.1.1)

2[Note on the Edge of Back Side] The check of the group that Ōwaki Tazen rules over has been completed.
Document Regarding Christian Investigation
We pledge to firmly follow the prohibition against Christianity.
Everyone in our household was ordered to do fumie, and we all, both men and women, did so. Thus, there is nothing suspicious
about us at all.
We investigated the religion of everyone in our household: from men to women and servants. We had our parishioner temples’
priest attest that we are each undoubtedly parishioners of their temples.
We pledge to completely follow the above. We are writing this here for future reference.
The twenty-third day of the first month of Tenpō 9 [the year of the Dog, 1838]Ōwaki Tazen (Signature Seal)
Miura Manpei (Signature Seal)
Kusaka Sachū (Signature Seal)
Nanami Samonta (Signature Seal)Ōshima Matasuke (Signature Seal)
Yamaguchi Kumagorō (Signature Seal)
Itō Heidayū (Signature Seal)
Tachikawa Kotōji (Signature Seal)
Uno Jin’emon (Signature Seal)
Ogawa Samatarō (Signature Seal)
Mutō Magosuke (Signature Seal)
Watanabe Jūsuke (Signature Seal)
Inagawa Seiki (Signature Seal)
Niwa Itsuki (Signature Seal)
Okabe Genzaburō (Signature Seal)
Wakabayashi Kanzaemon (Signature Seal)
Koyake Ainosuke (Signature Seal)
The above is the results of my investigation into the religions of the members of the group I rule over. I have checked the certificatesfrom their parishioner temples. There are no mistakes above.
Ōwaki Tazen (Signature Seal)
To:
Kitahara Kurōdayū
Katagiri Gonroku
Kubota Anzaemon
Ogasawara Rokuzaemon
155

小久片北
笠保切原
原田権九
六安六郎
左左殿太
衛衛
夫
門門
殿
殿殿

判右
形私
見組
届中
申宗
候門
、相
以改
上銘
々

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小若岡丹稲
宅林部羽川
相勘源斎清
之左三宮記
助衛郎花花
花門花押押
押花押
押

(
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大
脇
多
膳
花
押

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)

天
一
一
一
端
保
相家無不我申切
裏九相右改内御残々候支「
年守之寺男座為家御丹戌申趣請女候踏内事宗切済
正候少手下御申男
門支
月、茂形々事候女
御丹大
廿為相取迄
処共
法宗脇
三後違置弥
度門多
少踏
日日無申宗
茂絵
之御膳
如御候門
趣改組
不被
件座御之
審
慥ニ」
相付
事事
成仰
儀付
守御
書
物
之
事

(
(
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(

渡武小宇立伊山大那日三大辺藤川野川藤口嶋波下浦脇重孫左仁古兵熊亦左佐万多
助助馬右藤太五助門仲平膳
花花太衛治夫郎花太花花花
押押郎門花花花押花押押押
花花押押押
押
押押
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157

A8 ③Preface to Oath Document [Pledge to Gods and Buddhas](A8.3.15.1)

3
Preface to Oath Document [Pledge to Gods and Buddhas]
Having been ordered to carry out fumie[踏絵] to prove that we are not Christian, all old, young, men, and women in Tenaga,
Tsunagi [part of Kumamoto Domain’s territory]—peasant farmers, as well as blind people, hinin [非人] and eta [えた] outcastes,and beggars—carried out fumie, and we have written this in the registry. We sent our oaths with seals of the village head to the
feudal lord. Therein it is written that if even one person who did not do fumie is being hidden or if anyone is left out of the registry,
I will be punished. Therefore, if there is even one person left out of the registry, please punish me.
In the investigation registry, I have attached a tag next to the names of people who due to being a samurai servant or a businesstrip were unable to do fumie. I also wrote their names on a separate piece of paper and submitted it to the feudal lord.
I have written on a separate sheet of paper and submitted to the feudal lord the names of a person who is a samurai servant
with the Edo Rusui [留守居] and was unable to do fumie.
If there are any falsehoods in the above content, I will be punished by Bonten Taishaku Shitennō and all tutelary deities in theover sixty provinces in Japan large and small, especially Kumano Daigongen, Kasuga Daimyōjin, Tenman Daijizaiten, the tutelarydeity of this [Higo] province Aso Daimyōjin, and Fujisaki Hachiman Daibosatsu. In this life I will get the serious illness of whitened
and blackened skin, and in the next life fall into the hell of endless suffering and suffer the greatest possible torment. Thus I write
this oath.
Fourth month of Tenpō [11], the kanoe [庚] year of the Rat
Akazawa Utarō (Signature Seal) (seal)
To:
Yoshida Kezaemon
Kōzuma Han’emon

158

如獄黒各鎮春余梵
一一一件更癩罷守日州天別御紙分影御申申と書書有御今天
不重蒙阿大大帝
紙留ニ者踏侍候候の落載人百度
保
可病御蘇明小釈
差守面人之方段、村申申男姓切
十有於罰大神之四右出居附改時ニ被然庄候候女其支起
一
浮来於明天神大之仕御之之分奉聞上屋儀、老外丹請
庚
世世今神満祇天通上中小御居公召者連御若若盲影文子
者者生藤大別王偽申小前帳不仕付有判座壱壱目踏前年
也随者崎自而惣於候姓帳面申候候人之候人人非を書
四、在受八在者而申事列差夫影もハ壱誓ハニ茂人被之月
仍無白幡天熊日上
以上々踏のヽ人詞ヽ而不穢成事
起間癩大神野本者
下申付不并私ニ書越茂残多候
請地
菩当大六
影候札仕遠越而物度隠影乞ニ
文
薩国権十
踏事仕者方度もをニ置踏食付之現
被上之ニ可御取被又帳ニ津差候
参被改り仰者ニ至奈
除違仰帳差付影、迄木候
尤
今付ニ上候踏
手
分
度事書
永
別
様帳
落
ニニ

上吉
妻田
半毛
右左
衛衛
門門
殿殿

(

赤
沢
宇
太
郎
花
押 ㊞

)

159

A9 ①Memo [Image of Kesaji, the Child of Ichihama Village Relative of a Former Christian Heihachi](A9.1.2.5.4.1)

太小久
田笠保
喜原田
助善周
様治蔵
様様

文
卯政
九二
月年
十
日
江
無
田
丈庄
右屋
衛
門
㊞

一一一一一一一一一
右市
之小た其言び眼耳鼻眉せ年濱通倉て節舌ん中常筋毛い弐村
ニ嶋し之早厚す躰通薄高拾類覚
御古ま衣キキるりキキ三族
座き古類方方と
方方歳平
候方草木
き
八
、、物綿
方
子
以但を浅
今
上し着黄
朝
無し、
治
腰、肌
人
帯着
相
書

1
[Note on the Back Edge of the Document]“Description
1
Religion Government Office
Returned the Eight Day of the Ten Month of Bunsei 2 [1819], the year of the Rabbit”
Memo
Image of Kesaji, the Child of Ichihama Village Relative of a Former Christian Heihachi
Age: Twenty-three years old
Tall.
Thin eyebrowsA well-defined nose.
There are no problems with his hearing.
He has relatively good sight.
His hair at his temples is on the thick side.
He speaks on the quicker side.
At the time his clothing was cotton and light yellow, and undergarments were vertically striped yellowish green. His obi[帯] was an
old one from Kokura.
He was not carrying a sword at his waist.
The above is his description. (End)Tenth day of the ninth month of Bunsei 2, the year of the Rabbit
Emuta Village Unit Headman Jōemon (Seal)
To: Kubota Shūzō
Ogasawara ZenjiŌta Kisuke160

A9 ②Memo[Letter of Inquiry Regarding Fumie Upon Hama Town’s Gihei Returning from Uwajima](A9.1.3.2.7.1)

2
Second Month of Kaei 3 [1850] Letter of Inquiry Regarding Fumie Upon
Hama Town’s Gihē Returning from Uwajima
MemoGihē of Hama Town’s [Usuki Castle Town]
The above individual went for business to Uwajima [Uwajima, Iyo Province;
present-day Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture], and returned home today.
Therefore I am would like to ask [for instructions] regarding [him carryingout as of yet his not completed] fumie. (End)Kan’ei 3 [1850]
First day of the second month of the year of the Dog
Hama Town Elder Toshiyori [年寄] Ushijima Gonzaemon (Seal)
Hama Town Elder Itō Kyūemon (Seal)
To: Nawa Saburōshirō
Kubota Yasuzaemon
Ōta Kisuke
Ishida Jūrōji

161

石太久那
田田保波
重喜田三
郎助安郎
治様左四
様
衛郎
門様
様

嘉
戌永
二三
月年
朔
日

同
濱
伊
牛町
東同嶋年
久
権寄
右
左
衛
衛
門
門
㊞
㊞

今右一
日之
罷者
帰商
覚
り売
候ニ
ニ付
濱
付宇
町
踏和
絵嶋儀
之表兵
儀罷衛
御越
窺申
申候
上処
候
、
以
上

A9 ③Document[The Examination of the Corpse of Ino Village's Kichijūrō, Who Died From Disease: Written Report Jointly Sealedby the Village Unit Head, Village Official, and Five Person Unit](A9.1.3.3.1.2.1. 2)

矢石岩
野田手
兵弟六
左右左
衛衛衛
門門門
様様様

貞
享
卯四
ノ年
七
月
廿
七
日

同
同
同
同
同
猪
森
村
村
村
村
村
野
村
左同三同専同三五惣同市村理庄
断太断右断郎人右断兵弁兵屋
衛
右組衛
指
助
郎
門
衛
門
衛
衛
㊞
㊞
㊞
門
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

162

一
合相専無寄旦邪候古廿猪之添想御合那宗処こ七野者差寺座死に門ニ路日村
共上住候骸て之男ひ病吉御連申持ニ相御由子ニ死十書
判候之付改座ニ羽而仕郎物
仕、手専申候而右無候五之
上為形想候、被衛御、拾事
候後ヲ寺処尤召門座右八御日取御ニ庄捕女、之歳
書庄唯取少屋申房尤吉ニ
物屋今置茂弁候之其十而
仍弁仕被不指、母身郎貞如指上成審五宗森古父享件五御候成人門村こ猪四
人書、儀組者長ろ野年
組物則合真助ひ村卯ニ之宗女ニ五ノ者専房而郎七
想
無左月
寺
御衛
座門
夫
婦

3
Seventh month of Jōkyō 4 [1687]
The Examination of the Corpse of Ino Village's Kichijūrō, Who Died From Disease:
Written Report Jointly Sealed by the Village Unit Head, Village Official, and Five Person Unit
Document
Kichijūrō of Ino Village [Ōita District, Bungo Province; present-day Ino, Ōita City]
Died at the age of fifty-eight on the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month of Jōkyō 4 [1687], the year of the Rabbit. While theabove Kichijūrō's father of Ino Village Gorōzaemon and Gorōzaemon’s wife are not former Christians, and he himself is not aformer Christian, the mother of the wife of [Kichijurō’s] son Uemon—this mother is the wife of Chōsuke of Mori Village [ŌitaDistrict, Bungo Province; present day Mori-chō, Ōita City]—was arrested for being Christian. As for his religion, he was aparishioner of the True Pure Land sect temple Sensōji [present-day Mori-chō, Ōita City]. Of course, the village unit headman, village
officials, and someone from his five household unit came together to inspect his corpse, but there was nothing suspicious in theslightest, so Sensōji interred the body.
We immediately had this certified by Sensōji Temple’s head priest, and are presently sending you this certification alongwith this document. This document was sealed and made for future reference by the village unit headman, a village official, andsomeone from his five household unit.
Twenty-seventh day of the seventh month of Kyōhō 4 [1687], the year of the RabbitMori Village Unit Headman Rihē (Seal)
Ino Village Official Ichibee (Seal)
To: Iwate Rokuzaemon
Ino Village Official Sōuemon (Seal)
Ishida Otoemon
Yano Heizaemon[Explanation]
1
Documents such as this that describe a criminal, missing individual, etc. are referred to as ninsōgaki [人相書]. This one, which isabout Kesaji, the child of the Ichihama Village (present-day Ichihama, Usuki City) relative of a former Christian Heihachi, wassubmitted by Jōemon, the Emuta Village (Ama District, Bungo Province; present-day Emuta, Usuki City) Unit Headman to theofficials at the domain’s Office of Religious Affairs: Kubota, Ogasawara, and Ōta.
While ninsōgaki were generally distributed within territories to search for criminals along with letters distributed to villages tocommunicate information (called kaijō [廻状]), this one does not mention any crime. Furthermore, on the edge of its back side one
finds “Returned the Eight Day of the Tenth Month of Bunsei 2 [1819], the year of the Rabbit”: it appears that Kesaji returned home
one month later.
Based on the above, it is highly possible that this ninsōgaki was created to find out the whereabouts of Kesaji—a relative of a former
Christian—after he had run away. It appears that after returning home a month later, this matter was settled.
This was submitted to religion magistrates (and is thus referred to as a ninsōkaki-age [人相書上]) because Kesaji was a relative of
a former Christian.
2
The village unit official in this document is referred to as shōya [庄屋]. In other areas, the term oojōya [大庄屋] was used. Similarly,
while here the village official is referred to as benzashi [弁指], in other areas the term shōya [庄屋] is used. This document isaddressed to the domain’s religion magistrates. Iwate Rokuzaemon worked as religion magistrate from the twenty-second day ofthe seventh month of Enpō 6 (1678) to the twelfth month of Genroku 9 (1696), and Ishida Otouemon from the second month ofEnpō 5 (1677) to the twelfth month of Genroku 9 (1696). Yano Hyōzaemon as the Religion Magistrate there from the third monthof Tenna 3 (1683) to the eleventh day of the fifth month of Genroku 2 (1689).
3
The village unit official in this document is referred to as shōya [庄屋]. In other areas, the term oojōya [大庄屋] was used. Similarly,
while here the village official is referred to as benzashi [弁指], in other areas the term shōya [庄屋] is used. This document isaddressed to the domain’s religion magistrates. Iwate Rokuzaemon worked as religion magistrate from the twenty-second day ofthe seventh month of Enpō 6 (1678) to the twelfth month of Genroku 9 (1696), and Ishida Otoemon from the second month of Enpō
5 (1677) to the twelfth month of Genroku 9 (1696). Yano Hyōzaemon as the Religion Magistrate there from the third month ofTenna 3 (1683) to the eleventh day of the fifth month of Genroku 2 (1689).

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A10 ①[As part of the Christian inquisition I wrote out the names of everyone in our unit—men and women, notleaving out a single person—and had them do fumie] (A10.3.16.1)

1[First Part Missing]As part of the Christian inquisition I wrote out the names of everyone in our unit—men and women, not leaving out a single
person—and had them do fumie.
In the case that even though we have carried out the above investigation there is still a suspicious person, we will report themwithout fail. If we hide them or there is an accusatory report from someone else, we should be punished. We thus record this as evidence
for future use.
The ninth day of the second month of Ansei 3 (year of the Dragon) [1856]
Arata Village Official [kojōya 小庄屋] Heiemon (Seal)
Arata Village Official Keisuke (Seal)
Hiroharu Village Official Sōshirō (Seal)
Ieno Village Official Enpei (Seal)
Ieno Village Official Gonshichi (Seal)
Sazuru Village Official Saiemon (Seal)
Sazuru Village Official Sōzaemon (Seal)
Nakao Village Official Katsuemon (Seal)
Nakao Village Official Heiemon (Seal)
Ieno Unit Headman Adachi Zenzō (Seal) (Seal)
To: Taneda Kankurō
Shibasaki Tachū
Ishii Yoshichirō

164

(

可可以男右
被申上女者
安仰上ニ壱切政付候而人支石芝種
井崎田
辰三候若茂茂丹與多勘二年、隠疑不宗前為置鋪残門欠
七仲九
月
後脇者書御
郎様郎
九
日ゟ御出改
様
様
日
如被座踏ニ
件聞候絵付
召ハ仕私
候ヽ申共
ハ規候組
ヽ度、中
曲
事
荒
田
家
同
中
同
左
同
家
廣
同
村
野
村
尾
村
津
村
野
原
村
小
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勝村惣
斎留権
円村惣村恵
兵庄
立大右同右
左同右村七同平
四
助同右屋
善庄衛
衛同衛
衛
㊞
㊞同郎同㊞
衛
蔵屋門
門
門
門同
㊞
門
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

)

165

A10 ②Memo Regarding Number of Maidservants in Household(A10.1.3.1.65)

加岩石
納手田
藤六弟
左左右
衛衛衛
門門門
殿殿殿

Six High-Ranking Maidservants jōrō [上臈]Sixteen Lower Ranking Maidservants hanjo[半女]Total: Twenty-two people.
(End)
The twenty-fifth day of the first month of Genroku 4 [1691]
Imizu Mokuzaemon (Signature Seal)
Saji Yaichirō (Signature Seal)
To:(

Ishida Teiemon

佐井
治水
弥杢
市左
郎衛
花門
押花
押

(

)

Iwate Rokuzaemon)

Kanō Tōzaemon

166

「端
裏
御
奥
方
人
数
付

)

Report on Number of Maidservants in Household

(

一一
右
未之
拾六
正通合六人奥
方
月ニ弐
女
廿御拾
中
五座弐
日候人半上人
女臈数
以
分之
上
覚

2

井佐
水治
杢弥
左一
衛郎
門
」

A10 ③Monthly Document / Memo Submitted Monthly as Part of Religious Inquisition [Memo Regarding Births, Deaths, and Moves](A10.3.39.1)(

3
In terms of the five-household unit investigation reports andthe laws that have been promulgated, there has been nothingsuspicious, so we are not reporting anything in particular. If there isa report of a suspicion from someone else regarding this unit, weshould be investigated and punished.
If in the future there is anything even slightly suspicious, wewill report it immediately.
Furthermore, we certainly understand the instructions thathave been given regarding the deaths, etc. of former Christians andthe families of those born to a Christian before renunciation.
The thirtieth day of the eleventh month of Tenpō 11 [1840]

167)

Report Submitted Monthly for the Christian Inquisition

一
表
被本早此於疑至従紙
天仰人速以申敷迄右保付并可後上事被五切
宗「子門十候本申少ル無仰人支子一通人上ニ者御付組丹十御天十年無同候而御座候御宗
一改保
一
月ニ十
相然附茂穿候御書門
月
晦付一違類り不鑿ニ法物御晦日毎年
相族此審被付度仕改日
月
心死以成成不之上ニ得失後事曲申趣候付
仕上
罷等切御事上今趣毎
在之支座可候日并月
五人
候義丹候被若迄前仕、ニ転ハ仰シ者々上
組
御江以付
者付余少ゟ御
上兼
大書無
候人茂に書
尓物
庄物田
、ゟ
々
組
今之
屋
事平
川
源
内
」

Total of Seventy-two Five Person Household Units

Emuta Village Unit

Total of 369 Persons
We report that we went around to the above villages, closely surveyed them, and foundnothing suspicious at all.
Twenty-third day of the eleventh month of Tenpō 11 Emuta Unit Headman
Hirakawa Gennai (seal)
To:

Kubota Yasuzaemon
Ōta Kisuke
Masuda Tōkurō

168

天
惣
保無右
組
益太久
十御之人合
田田保
一座村数七
藤喜田
年候々合拾
九助安
子間江三弐
郎様左
十一罷百組
様
衛
一筆越六
門
月如堅拾
様
晦斯相九
日御改人
座毛
候頭
、不
以審
上成
義
江
無
江
田
無
田
組
大
村
庄
組
平屋
中
川
源
内
㊞

覚
出生 八人 内 男三人
女五人
一市浜村喜惣右衛門ニ十一月三日男子出生仕名
与市与付代々善正寺旦那ニ付申候
一同村藤五郎ニ十一月三日女子出生仕名たま与付
代々安養寺旦那ニ付申候
一門前村伝吉ニ十一月十一日女子出生仕名きよ与
付代々善法寺旦那ニ付申候
一同村源右衛門子永太ニ十一月十六日女子出生仕名とよ与付代々安養寺旦那ニ付申候
一戸室村八百蔵ニ十一月四日男子出生仕名直五郎与付代々福聚寺旦那ニ付申候
一同村幸右衛門子幸治ニ十一月十日男子出生仕
名重次郎与付代々安養寺旦那ニ付申候
一同村利八ニ十一月十五日女子出生仕名すか与付
代々福聚寺旦那ニ付申候
一同村義助子対治ニ十一月廿八日女子出生仕名
ふじ与付代々安養寺旦那ニ付申候
他ゟ入 壱人 女
藤河内組ニ懸り
一市浜村善左衛門子熊治女房ニ田中村千代治
妹とめ弐拾九歳此者十一月晦日受込申候
奉公帰 三人 内 男壱人
女弐人
一門前村武兵衛娘しか弐拾壱歳此者
林次郎左衛門様へ奉公仕候処御暇被下十一月二日罷帰候
一市浜村善右衛門娘ちせ三拾弐歳此者
上川三之助様へ奉公仕候処御暇被下十一月廿五日罷帰候
一同村孫八子玄蔵弐拾歳此者川崎
造酒様へ奉公仕候処御暇被下十一月八日罷帰候
他ニ出 六人 内 男三人
女三人
一江無田村安右衛門姉しか三拾七歳此者今村
兵次殿妻ニ十一月五日引越申候
海添組ニ掛り一市浜村御組甚平妹ゑち弐拾壱歳此者
内畑村金兵衛家内ニ十一月廿三日差遣申候
同組ニ懸り[Tsugi-gami [継紙]/ Page comprised of pasted together sheets of paper]
Memo
No. of people born: Eight (Three males)(Five Females)
On the third day of the eleventh month, a boy was born to Ichihama Village’s Kisōemon, and was named Yoichi. This household hasfor generations been parishioners of Zenshōji temple.
On the third day of the eleventh month, a girl was born to Ichihama Village's Tōgorō, and was named Tama. This household has forgenerations been parishioners of An’yōji temple.
On the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a boy was born to Monzen Village's Denkichi, and was named Kiyo. This household hasfor generations been parishioners of Zenhōji temple.
On the sixteenth day of the eleventh month, a girl was born to Eita, the son of Monzen Village's Gen’emon, and was named Toyo.
This household has for generations been parishioners of An’yōji temple.
On the fourth day of the eleventh month, a boy was born to Tomuro Village’s Yaozō, and was named Naogorō. This household hasfor generations been parishioners of Fukujūji temple.
On the tenth day of the eleventh month, a boy was born to Kōji, the son of Tomuro Village’s Kōemon, and was named Jūjirō. This
household has for generations been parishioners of An’yōji temple.
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一 一 一 一一
一 一 一 一一 一
一一右善同病同病市病戸
庄戸 喜右村市九戸三門 申此同ち同寺御同同次同天之法村死村死浜死室
左室 右善瀬浜助室之前 候者村の村小組村組兵村
益太久 保外寺重仕友仕村仕村 死衛村同衛右庄村様村助村奉 不御入又路源御ニ衛御田田保 十生被吉福助安藤候政 失門幸組門衛兵善ニ太様武公 縁氷聟四組内組懸弟組
藤喜田 一死取三聚子養五雲治
養右出様門衛右十兵ニ兵出 ニ郡ニ郎ニ養孫り寅常
九助安 年出置拾寺卯寺郎臺子 四女衛入江娘様衛一衛十衛
付方十弟掛子八 治蔵郎様左 子入候歳被之被女寺元 人ニ門 十と江門月娘一娘四 才手一惣りニ子 女妹様 衛 年無 此取助取房被助
十娘壱一さ十娘廿さ月し人 原附月左 十〆 房さ門 十御 者置弐置弐取壱 内一な人月拾一ち八よ廿か女 村庄廿衛 一蔵 ニよ様 一座 十候歳候拾置歳
月か女廿八月せ日四日弐
兄左三門 月弐 十弐
月候 一 此 五候此女男廿拾 六歳廿三ゟ拾ゟ拾
惣衛日三 廿拾 一拾
晦以 月 者 歳 者壱三八三 日此六拾奉壱奉壱
左門差拾 三歳 月五日上 廿 十 此 十人人日歳 ゟ者日弐公歳公歳
衛養遣七 日此 廿歳
五 一 者 一
引此 奉伊ゟ歳仕此仕此門子申歳 差者 三此日 月 十 月越者 公東奉此候者候者
方源候此 遣海 日者江
病 八 一 四申同 仕 公者 遊 上ニ治 者 申添 差内
無
死 日 月 日佐 川
候村 候 仕十弐 野 候村 遣畑
田
仕
七
候
一拾 津
申村
組
日
月七 市
候
廿歳 村
平大
三
川庄
日
源屋
差
内
返
㊞
On the fifteenth day of the eleventh month, a girl was born to Tomuro Village's Rihachi, and was named Suka. This household has forgenerations been parishioners of Fukujūji temple.
On the twenty-eight day of the eleventh month, a girl was born to Taiji, the son of Tomuro Village’s Gisuke, and named Fuji. This
household has for generations been parishioners of An’yōji temple.
No. of people who moved from other places: one female
On the thirtieth day of the eleventh month, Tome, the younger sister of Tanaka Village’s Chiyoji (twenty-nine years old) came to marry
Kumaji, the son of Ichihama Village’s Zenzaemon.
No. of people who returned from being a laborer: Three (One male)(Two females)
On the second day of the eleventh month, Shika (twenty-nine years old), the daughter of Monzen Village’s Buhē, returned to thevillage from working for Hayashi Jirōzaemon.
On the twenty-fifth day of the eleventh month, Chise (thirty-two years old), the daughter of Ichihama Village’s Zen’emon, returned to
the village from working for Kamikawa San-no-suke.
On the eighth day of the eleventh month, Genzō (twenty years old), the son of Ichihama Village’s Magohachi, returned to the village
from working for Kawasaki Shuzō [Brewery].
No. of people who moved away: Six (Three males)(Two females)
On the fifth day of the eleventh month, Shika (thirty-seven years old), the older sister of Emuta Village’s Yasuemon, went to marry
Imamura Heiji.
On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Echi (twenty-nine years old), the younger sister of Ichihama Village’s Jinpei, went tomarry Uchihata Village’s Kinbē.
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On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Kiyo (twenty-five years old), the younger sister of Ichihama Village’s Tsunezō, went
to marry Toraji, the younger brother of Uchihata Village’s Jihē.
On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Shimezō (twenty years old), the child of Ichihama Village’s Magohachi, was adopted
by Kaizoe Village’s Gennai.
On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Sōzaemon (thirty-seven years old), the younger brother of Ichihama Village’s
Matashirō, went to marry Notsu-ichi Village's Chino.
On the twenty-third day of the eleventh month, Genji (twenty seven years old), the adopted child of Ichihama Village’s Okōri
Katatetsuke [御郡方手附] Shōzaemon, was sent back to his older brother Sōzaemon in Saibaru Village due to adoption ties being broken
off.
No. of individuals who went to work: Four females
On the twentieth day of the eleventh month, Shika (twenty-one years old), the daughter of Monzen Village’s Buhē, went to work for
Kawakami San-no-suke.
On the twenty-eight day of the eleventh month, Sayo (forty-one years old), the daughter of Tomura Village’s Tahē, went to work for
Yusa Kyūsuke.
On the twenty-sixth day of the eleventh month, Chise (thirty-two years old), the daughter of Ichihama Village’s Zen’emon, went towork for Murase Shōbē.
On the twenty-sixth day of the eleventh month, Tosa (eighteen years old), the daughter of the above Zen’emon, went to work for Itō
Kiemon.
No. people who moved within the same village: One female.
On the twenty-eighth day of the eleventh month, Naka (thirteen years old), the daughter of Tomuro Village’s Koemon, moved to
become the adopted child of Shōzaemon.
No. of deceased individuals: Four (Three males)(One female)On the fourth day of the eleventh month, Gensuke (one year old), the child of Tomura Village’s Seiji, died of disease and was laid torest at Undaiji temple.
On the seventh day of the eleventh month, the wife (twenty five years old) of Ichihama Village’s Tōgorō died of disease and was laid
to rest at An’yōji Temple.
On the eighth day of the eleventh month, Unosuke (two years old), the child of Ichihama Village’s Yūsuke, died of disease and waslaid to rest at Fukujūji Temple.
On the twenty-fifth day of the eleventh month, Ichihama Village's Jūkichi (thirty years old) died of disease and was laid to rest at
Zenhōji Temple.
There is no one else besides those above that has been born, died, or moved.
Thirtieth day of the eleventh month of Tenpō 11 [1840], the year of the Rat
Emuta Village Unit Headman
Hirakawa Gennai (seal)
To: Kubota Yasuzaemon
Ōta Kisuke
Masuda Tōkurō
171

A11 ① “Document (Letter of Inquiry Regarding the Preservation in Salt of the Body of Funai Domain Maki Village’s Jin’emon.

1[Annotation] “22nd day of the 12th month; A letter from Kisuke; Replied.”
I saw your letters from the 4th day and 18th day of last month and the 7th day of this month. I am glad to hear that you
are performing your work better than ever.
On the 20th day I sent to the Tsukiban Yanagisawa Hachirōemon a letter of inquiry regarding the preservation insalt of the body of Funai Domain Maki Village’s Jin’emon, and was told to do as is always done.
The “Record Book Regarding Two Periods” arrived yesterday. I was instructed to check it, and am currently doing
so in detail. I will carry this out so that there are no mistakes. At this time a document regarding preserving the corpse insalt arrived, so I will contact you with the details at a later date.
With regard to Kyūdayū, I will send it tomorrow, the 23rd. Otherwise, nothing has changed.
22nd day of the 12th month
Ueda Kisuke (Jōkyū Signature Seal)
To:
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Nakamura Unpachi
Mutō Matasuke

172

Sent to Tsukiban Yanagisawa Hachirōemon. Regarding the Record of the Person Preserved in Salt” (A11.2.4.2.9).

(
)

端
裏
「
十
返二
事月
済廿
二
日

(

一
一
一
早儀差九可達取奉相只則二毎柳之塩府之仕七先十々無立太申候置存違今引季之沢御詰内旨候日月
武中岩
藤村手二申御被夫上、之候之吟合御通八日御領珍、之四
月上座成儀候委者、儀味仕帳被郎付伺牧重弥貴日
又雲六
助八左
廿候取候、
細御右無仕候一仰右ニ書村奉御札同
二、込、明
様様衛
之書之御候様昨出衛而、甚存堅相十日恐候別廿
儀出節座、ニ廿候門御去右候固達八
門様惶故而三
追相塩様何被日
様月廿衛
御拝日
定植謹
相日
而
詰ニと仰着
え番日門
勤見去
休田言
替御
とそ付仕
御
仕
ル
喜
候
差
花助
、
出
押
、
)

喜
助
方
ゟ
書
状
」

173

A11 ② “Document (Reporting Having Sent to Both Magistrate’s Offices Certificates Regarding the Handling of Funai Domain Maki
Village’s Jin’emon and Sato Village’s Shōjirō, an Inquiry Regarding Iwaya Village’s Kichizaemon, an Inquiry Regarding Notsu
Shiraiwa

2[Annotation] “Letter from Kisuke; 21st day of the 2nd month of the year of the Tiger; Replied.”
I extend my greetings. On the 20th, I sent the following five items to both magistrate’s offices: certificates regarding the handlingof Funai Domain Maki Village’s Jin’emon and Sato Village’s Shōjirō, an inquiry regarding Iwaya Village’s Kichizaemon, an
inquiry regarding Notsu Shiraiwa Village’s Seizaemon, and a notification regarding Kudo Village’s Satarō running away. I wastold to do as is always done. Therefore, I submitted four drafts.
Comparing to the record book here a notification regarding the running away of the fourth oldest daughter of Shirobē (aformer Christian from Mori Village) that was in a draft you submitted, I found that she is listed as the third oldest daughter. I
therefore corrected it to third oldest daughter and sent it. This was also written in the official document.
21st day of the 2nd month
Ueda Kisuke
To:
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Nakamura Unpachi
Mutō Matasuke

174

Village’s Seizaemon, and a Notification Regarding Kudo Village’s Satarō Running Away; About Correcting the Fourth Oldest Daughterof Mori Village’s Shirobē, a Former Christian, to Third Oldest Daughter)” (A11.2.4.2.21.2)

端
裏
「
寅喜
二助
月方
廿ゟ
一来
日状
)

175

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一
右此三三爰其古欠四被御御右左清御御里領追武中岩二如段女女元元切落通仰差日五太左伺証村牧而
藤村手月此本ニニ御ゟ支御進出出付通郎衛書文庄村啓
又雲六廿御書直て帳之丹届之候被ニ去欠門、、次甚上
助八左一座ニし有見御四書候、成而ル落御野岩郎右仕様様衛日候も差之合下郎森
依候両廿御伺津屋取衛候、相出ニ候書兵村之処御日届書白村置門、門
様
己認申付処ニ衛御ニ奉之書、岩吉
取然
上候候、
有四
下例行
、久村左
置者
植
へ、則
之女
書之所
土
衛
、府
田
共
候と
通え
村
門
内
喜
、
助

返
事
済
」

A11 ③ “Certificate of Death of a Descendant of a Former Christian (15 Record Book: Yosuke’s Descendants) (Maki Village’s
Jin’emon, the Oldest Legitimate Son of Katsuragi Village’s Yosuke Born Before Yosuke’s Renunciation of Christianity and Sending toNagasaki)” (A11.2.4.2.21.5)

3
15 Record Book: Yosuke’s Descendants
The child of a former Christian born before renunciation Jin’emon{born in Maki Village, Ōita District, Bungo Province before his father
Yosuke was brought to Nagasaki}, the oldest son of Yosuke, who was(a former a Christian and) a farmer in Katsuragi Village, Ōita District,
Bungo Province, died from illness at the age of 82 on the 12th day of
the 11th month of the year of the Ox. They contacted me saying that
instructions were given to preserve his corpse in salt, and I relayedthese instructions to the Funai Domain. Kōsaiji, his True Pure Land
Sect parishioner temple in the area around Funai Castle, then reported
that he was buried.
20th day of the 2nd month of Hōei 7(Two Seals)(Two people from the Government Office)(Sending to two Government Offices)176

十
申於対彼致本出与豊五宝
来浄馬地病人生助後之永候土守ゟ死同、嫡国帳
七、真方申候然松男大与庚
為宗え来、甚平父分助
寅
其光申候依右対長郡系
年
如西遣ニ之衛馬崎葛〃月 二 此 寺 候 付 死 門 守 え 木
御 〃日 月 御 土 処 、 骸 去 領 不 村
御 当廿座葬、相塩丑内被百両 所日候取旦伺詰十「召姓所 御、置那御申一同寄古
え 両以候寺差付月国以切
御 人 御上由同図置十」前支
両
差
城之候二同
丹
判
出
下通由日郡
八牧
拾村
弐百
歳姓
ニ
而

A12 ① “Document” (A12.1.18.14.2)

1
Document Okakimono no koto [御書物の事]
Kuni, the 69 year-old wife of Gonsuke (from Oita District’s Mori
Village), died from illness on the 2nd day of the 2nd month of
Kyōhō 4 (year of the Boar). The cause was a sickness around herchest and belly. Kuni’s mother-in-law, the wife of Yozō (also from
the Mori Village, part of Usuki Domain), was a Christian in the past.
Kuni was born to an Oka Domain former Christian before theirrenunciation of Christianity, and it was ordered that her corpse bepreserved with salt. Her corpse has been preserved with salt and set
aside. From the Oka Domain Ueno Jinsuke came as an inspector.
Since at this time, the village unit head, village officials, people from[her] five household unit, and this priest confirmed that there was noproblem, I buried her according to the customs of the Zen sect, andcarried out a ceremony at her grave. We are reporting the above for
future reference.
11th day of the 4th month of Kyōhō 4 (year of the Boar) [1719]
Ōno District Mie Fukada Village Zen Sect
Sairenji Gikon (Seal)
Nakamura Unpachi
Mutō Matasuke
Saitō Shinbē177

一土拙指可御御御四大享葬僧越仕座座当年分
亥保墓立被旨候候領亥郡
斎武中
四四礼合成被ニニ森二森御藤藤村
月年仕別就仰付付村月村書
新又雲十候条夫付死右与二権物
兵助八
一為無庄為骸権蔵日介之衛殿殿
日
後御屋御塩介妻病妻事殿
日座弁検詰妻切死く
大如候指使被岡支仕に野
件ニ五上仰御丹候六郡
付人野付領宗煩拾三
禅組甚置本門膈九西重
宗合介今人本此歳蓮深如之殿度同人者享寺田
法者御取然ニ姑保
村
式
置ニ而
冝禅
而
崑宗
㊞

A12 ② “Document” (A12.1.18.14.1)

朱端
「裏
ゝ「
」竹
森田
妻村朱
く権
に助「
六
当
領
拾
也
九
」
歳
享
保
四
年
亥
二
月
二
日
病
死
( )

㊞

(
)
( )

一
土大被仕御御御四大享葬野成旨座座当年分
亥保被郡就被候候領亥郡
斎武中
四四取三夫
ニニ森二森御藤藤村
月年置重庄仰付付村月村書
新又雲十
候深屋付死右与二権物
兵助八
一
為田弁為骸権蔵日助之
衛様様
日
後村指御塩助妻病妻事様
日禅五検詰妻切死く
如宗人使被岡支仕に件西組上御丹候六同同同同同同同同森
蓮合野仰領宗煩拾村村村村村村村村村
寺之甚付本門膈九庄同同同弁同同同五住者助置人本此歳屋断断断指断断断人
持旦殿今同人者享組
立那御度然ニ姑保
吉弥利庄与惣善与合
合寺指取ニ而
右右右左右
左越置而
衛衛衛衛衛助助衛喜
可
門門門門門
門太
㊞㊞㊞㊞㊞㊞㊞㊞郎

西
蓮
寺
」

178

2
Document Okakimono no koto [御書物の事]
Kuni, the 69 year-old wife of Gonsuke (from Oita District’s Mori Village), died from illness on the 2nd day of the 2nd monthof Kyōhō 4 (year of the Boar). The cause was a sickness around her chest and belly. Kuni’s mother-in-law, the wife of Yozō
(also from Mori Village, part of Usuki Domain), was a Christian in the past. Kuni was born to an Oka Domain former Christian
before their renunciation of Christianity, and it was ordered that her corpse be preserved with salt. Her corpse has been preservedwith salt and set aside. From the Oka Domain Ueno Jinsuke came as an inspector. At this time, the village unit head, village
officials, people from [her] five household unit, and the priest from her Zen sect parishioner temple Sairenji (Mie Fukada
Village, Ōno District) were also present. Subsequently she was buried. We are reporting the above for future reference.
11th day of the 4th month of Kyōhō 4 [1719]
Mori Village Five-Household Unit
Kitarō (Seal)
Mori Village Five-Household Unit
Yozaemon (Seal)
Mori Village Five-Household Unit
Zensuke (Seal)
Mori Village Five-Household Unit
Sōsuke (Seal)
Mori Village Official
Yoemon (Seal)
Mori Village Official
Shōzaemon (Seal)
Mori Village Official
Riemon (Seal)
Mori Village Official
Yaemon (Seal)
Mori Village Unit Head
Kichiemon (Seal)
To:
Nakamura Unpachi
Mutō Matasuke
Saitō Shinbē

179

A12 ③ “Memo” (A12.1.23.4.1)

The wife of Riemon is the daughter of the former Christian
Unosuke, the son of Fujita Village’s Rihē.
Keshi, the great-grandchild of Riemon’s wife (Fujita Village, Higo
Domain), who was born to a former Christian before theirrenunciation of Christianity
Born in the year of the Boar, and in her first calendar year
The above Keshi was born on the 11th day of the 5th month of thisyear of the Boar. Her religious affiliation is the True Pure Land sectparishioner temple of her mother, Zenhōji. She has an older brotherand older sister. Both are listed in the record book of descendants
of former Christians. I notify you of the above.
14th day of the 5th month Kyōhō 4 (year of the Boar)
Sashiu Village Unit Head
Heishirō (Seal)
To:
Nakamura Unpachi
Mutō Matasuke
Saitō Shinbē

180

( )

Shimura Munenobu Tsuma Myōjun, and Keshi is the daughter of

端
裏
「
肥
後
朱
「
ゝ
」
出
生
子

)

Memo

一肥
此此母右
肥後
享段者方け
後領
亥保申兄之し領本斎武中
五四上姉寺当本人覚
藤藤村
月年候も真亥
人志
新又雲
十
同村
以御宗五
兵助八
四
上座善月
然宗
衛様様
日
藤信
候法十
様
而寺一
田妻
村妙
御旦日
帳那出
利淳
右娘
ニニ生
出仕仕
衛
門藤
居申申
申候候
女田
房村
候
宗
門
曽利
佐
孫兵
志
衛
躮
生
村
宇
之
庄
平屋
介
四
娘
郎
け
㊞
亥し
壱
歳

(

3

藤
田
村
宇
之
助
娘
け
し
五
月
十
四
日
」

A13 ① “Report Record” (A13.3.2.7)

To :Uno Jin’uemon
Hattori Rokurōzaemon
Okabe Sanzaemon
181

一
端
不道被万右
本
裏
享出薗達治安此人
岡服宇「
保、村候三右者
同部部野本
八右五、年衛享
然
申人
三六仁
卯之郎此子門保浄
上同左郎右
年趣兵者七親八土
横覚然
衛右衛
正御衛他月小年宗
尾門衛門
横月注従領被右卯龍
村様門様
晦進弟類召衛正泉
尾様
村
日申、族捕門月寺安小安
上外ニ、切晦旦右右右候ニ而長支日那衛衛門門衛、他者崎丹痰
横以領肥え宗症
子
門
尾上之後
門ニ
病
儀村
卯
死
類御
之而
左庄
七
族領
由病
請
衛屋
拾
□
ニ死
門
三
而仕
注
㊞
歳
進
、候
)

Yokoo Village Unit Headman
Gizaemon (seal)(

1[Annotation] “Report that Yokoo Village’s Yasuemon, Born to a
Former Christian Before Renunciation, Died from
Illness on the 30th day of the 1st month”
Report Record
Child of Yokoo Village’s Koemon
Yasuemon, born to a former Christian before renunciation.
73 years old in this year of the Rabbit
A parishioner of the Pure Land Sect Temple RyūsenjiThis individual died in the 1st month of Kyōhō 8 (year of the
Rabbit) due to phlegm.
The above-written parent of Yasuemon was a Christian, and wastherefore arrested in the 7th month of Manji 3 (year of the Rat),and sent to Nagasaki. With regard to Yasuemon’s relationship todescendants of Christians in other domains, he is a younger
cousin of Gorobē of Higo’s Dōen Village. Otherwise there is no
one who is a descendant of other Christians [who he is relatedto]. I report the above.
30th day of 1st month of Kyōhō 8 (year of the Rabbit)

正
月
卅
日
」

A13 ② “Document” (A13.4.18.1)

端
裏
「
朱
於
江「
戸ゝ
病」
死山
禅奥
宗村
忠小
岸傳
寺次
取廿
置九
」歳
、
元
禄
十
四
年
巳
十
月
九
日
在
小
人
仕
候
、
) ( )

182

(

一
為五忠御本病旦山
元後人岸座人死那奥
巳禄日組院候同仕、村十拾如合被付然候在傳御一四件之取、ニ、小六書
月年者置則而此人「物九御手於御者御小之日
書形江座父奉傳事
物参戸候同公次
仕候西、村仕事差付之死甚、」上、久骸兵江当
申庄保不衛戸巳候屋禅審切へ弐
同
同
同
同
同
同
山
、・宗成支参拾
村
村
村
村
村
村
奥
弁
儀丹、九
村
指
無宗当歳
・
門十、
庄
同
同
同
同
同
五
月禅
与屋文弁甚
助
六
半
与人
九宗
七
之指兵
三
左組
日普
郎
丞
衛
市
蔵
郎
衛
現
門
寺
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

他
領
類中加岩
族村納手
ニ雲藤六
而八左左
無様衛衛
御
門門
座
様様
候

2
[Annotation] “The 29 year-old Kodenji of Yamaoku Village worked as a kobito in Edo, where he died from illness
on the 9th day of the 10 month of Genroku 14, the year of the Snake.
Corpse was checked at the Zen Sect temple Chūganji in Edo.
Document Okakimono no koto [御書物の事]
Yamaoku Village’s Denroku (the actual name of Kodenji), 29 in this year of the Snake, was a parishioner of the
Zen Sect temple Fugenji. He worked as a kobito[小人] of the Usuki Domain, and was in Edo. During this time, hedied due to illness on the 9th day of the 10th month of this year. His father Jinbei was born to a Christian before
renunciation. Therefore, materials confirming that his corpse was checked arrived from the Zen Sect temple
Chūgan’in in Edo’s Nishinokubo, and materials will be submitted by his village unit head, village officials, andfive household unit members. For future reference I write down the above.
9th day of the 12th month of Genroku 14 (the year of the Snake)Yamaoku Village Five Household Unit
Yozaemon (Seal)
Yamaoku Village Five Household Unit
Hanzaburō (Seal)
Yamaoku Village Five Household Unit
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Rokuzō (Seal)
Kanō Tōzaemon
Yamaoku Village Five Household Unit
Nakamura Unpachi
Sukeichi (Seal)
Yamaoku Village Five Household Unit
Jinbē (Seal)
Yamaoku Village Official
Bunnojō (seal)
Yamaoku Village Unit Head
Yoshichirō (Seal)

183

A13 ③Letter(A13.3.1.13)

(

端
裏
「
イ
)

左御御別則宗御御御岡六様代座紙類門用足蔵
部月ニ官候進族御番軽方
三十御方節申組改被格下
左一心ゟ者候合七仰此代衛日得可附、之人付方先門
可申之相書組候共頃
様
被達
替付ニ、支、
下候
義
申就配
候間
付夫、
候
藤、、
沢已
、
善上
六

并藤
ニ沢
類善
族六
之方
分ゟ
系下
書代
致足
来軽
」格
五
人
組
合

3
[Annotation] “Document Subordinate Low Rank Official Five Household Unit and Descendants of Christians
Bunkeisho Arrived from Fujisawa Zenroku”
A law-ranked officials of Okurakata were recently assigned to Asigarukaku and were under our rule. They
worked as Goyōban, and then became the head of a seven person unit for checking whether people are Christian.
Thus, I am again attaching to this report a list of units of Christian descendants. Please understand that if there
are any changes in the units, the Daikan-kata will report this.
11th day of the 6th month
Fujisawa Zenroku
To Okabe Sanzaemon

184

A14 ①Letter(A14.4.1.9)

(

(

)

追
表
筆
書
「
「
猶
朱出
々
生
出
「子
生
ゝ
日十」屋
今月武敷
月十□家
五二藤来
日日
東
出
又九
生
助右
申
様衛
上
門
候西五子
」村嶋九
助源市
左八郎
衛
門

)

( )
( )

以仕申男屋御以十上候候子敷勤手、、出御可紙月
十
彼則生家被致者寺、内成啓二日
類法名東と上族音九九奉候ニ寺市右察、付旦郎衛候弥如那と門、御
此
改
然堅
御
者固
座
候
、

｣

1
[Front of Letter] “Regarding a Born Child: Kuichirō, Child of Residence Retainer Azuma Kyūemon”
To Mutō Matasuke, From Gotō Genpachi and Nishimura Sukezaemon
12th day of the 10th month”
The birthday is 5th day of this month.
I present you with a letter. I hope that you are working in good health. A boy was born to Azuma Kyūemon, a retainer
at my residence. He was named Kuichirō. He was registered as a follower of the temple Hōonji. I have informed youof this because Azuma Kyūemon is a descendant of a former Christian.
12th day of the 10th month185

A14 ②Letter(A14.6.20)

(

表
書
「
大○
脇二
義行
右
衛今
門七
様
八
岡月
田七
藤日
馬
」
)

此右才下類家明
八旨様助旬族頼八
月尚御とニニ今日七又存申罷付七湯日為知者帰御と平御も世候断申へ
知被忰、申者入申成ニ右入召湯進可而之候連罷候被御者、候越、下座海当、候以候候添月此、
上得、組
者
共
、

2
[Front of Letter] “7th day of the 8th month
To Ōwaki Giemon, From Okada Tōma”
Tomorrow, the 8th, I will go to Yunohira for hot spring bathing. I will bring
the retainer Imashichi. I am informing you of this because this person is a
descendant of a former Christian. I will return to my house towards the end of
this month. He is the son of the Kaizoe Unit’s Saisuke. While I believe you
already know this, I am informing you of it again.
7th day of the 8th month186

A14 ③Draft about the question(A14.5.2.3.1)

端
裏
「
類
族
伺出
書家
他
御出
下
書
御
名
)
( )

187

(

[Additional Note] “This inquiry was closed on the 6th day of the
4th month of this year.”
Only submitted to the person in charge that month.

一平六
相増龍右
弁兵之
安願上泉弁前英衛帳
朱
永候寺寺英名玄「四、え弟、弟
孫海
未御乙御当子豊五部
四宛未差未、後郎郡
月所年図年此国
毛宝吉井六御月次よ者海
日両
暦五村
第り為部
九郎転
御所
可五学郡
年倅切
伺
申年向毛
卯
済
支
付逗江井
御候留戸村
五
」
丹
御
名、罷
月
平
浄
月
御以越
出
兵
土
番
無上度
生
衛
宗
計
判
系
旨
御
差
出

( )

3
Ben’ei is a descendant—a great-great-grandchild —of Heibē(the former Christian of Amabe District’s Kei Village), is the sonof Kichigorō, was born in the 5th month of Hōreki 9, and wasformerly named Teigorō.
He is in the sixth record book. He is a disciple at the Pure
Land Sect temple Ryūsenji, and for study he wants to reside forfive years, starting in this year, at the temple Zōjōji in Edo. Pleaseprovide your instructions regarding this.
An’ei 4
(Please write) name of author (here) Do not stamp seal.
Two recipients.

」

朱
「
弁
英
」

A15 ①“Memo” (A15.2.1.1)

188

端
裏
「
出
生
子

)

Kaizoe Unit

朱
「
本生
人帳
同一
然之
海内
部臼
郡杵
海城
添下
村平
左清
之水
助町
子切
」支
丹
与
四
兵
衛
類
族
之
内

(

( )

1
[Annotation] Regarding a Child Born

( )

( )

( )

一
類
見朱右新
元族
星「作本
夘禄ニ
寺父太人
中加岩ノ拾出覚
旦同郎平
村納手正二不朱那然元清雲藤六月年申
ニ」禄水
八左左四
候「仕
十町
様衛衛日
、父申
二初
門門
為同候
年兵
様様
御然、
卯衛
断」今
正孫海
書
度
月
添
付
初
三
村
指
而
日
本
上
之
ニ
人朱
海申
子
出
同「
ニ
生
添候
然左
村、
而
仕
御
禅作才
之
庄以
弥屋上
座
宗太介
男助
夫
候
次
郎子子
清
」
郎
、
右
他
㊞
壱
衛
領
歳
門

海
添
正
月
四
日
」

4th day of the 1st month

Memo
Sakutarō, the son of Kaizoe Village’s Saisuke and the descendant of Hatsubē of Hirasōzu Town, who
was late in renouncing Christianity. In the 1st calendar year of his life.
This Sakutarō was born on the 3rd day of the 1st month of Genroku 12. He is a parishioner of the Zen
Sect temple Kenshōji. This is Saisuke’s first child. He is not, for example, registered as a descendant of
a former Christian in a domain besides Usuki. I am sending you this document for you to check.
4th day of the 1st month of the year of Genroku 12 (year of the Rabbit)
Kaizoe Village Unit Head
Yajirō (Seal)
To:
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Kanō Tōzaemon
Nakamura Unpachi
Husband Seiemon

189

A15 ② “Memo” (A15.4.9.1)

端
裏
「
出
生
帳
者

)

190

(

一
申引右
本
大岡宇
享
人
上越甚
右脇部野
未保
候申八禅
川
之儀三仁
二十
覚
床
、候義宗
御右左右
月二
已ニ畳願
村
願衛衛衛
廿年
惣
上付屋行
今門門門
四
、町寺
兵
月様様様
日
衛
今半旦
十
度六那
妻
九
玄
新養他
日
類子領
孫
畳
申
族ニ類実
上
屋
ニ仕族父
町
候
罷、ニ川
、
畳
半
成今不床
屋
已
同
同
同
り月出村甚六
上
町
銀八養
申廿
年
六
子
候二
寄
男当
、日
原
子未
多
近
枡
此
市品与江又屋甚野
拾
旨
屋
右屋市屋兵
四
衛
郎
衛
歳
七
門
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

畳
屋
町
半
六
養
子
甚
八
二
月
廿
四
日
」

2
[Annotation] “Record Book Regarding Birth
Hanroku 24th day of the 2nd month”

Jinpachi, The Adopted Child of Tatamiya Town’s

Memo
Jinpachi, the great-grandchild of the wife—a former Christian—of Kawatoko Village’s Sōbē, theadopted child of Tatamiya Town’s Hanroku, the actual child of Kawatoko Village’s Jinroku. In thisyear, Kyōhō 12, he is in his 14th calendar year.
He is a parishioner of Zen Sect temple Gangyōji, and is not, for example, registered as a descendantof a former Christian in a domain besides Usuki. This Jinpachi became the adopted child of Tatamiya
Town’s Hanroku, and moved on the 22nd day of this month. Thus he will be newly registered as adescendant of a former Christian. I inform you of the above.
24th day of the 2nd month of Kyōhō 12Tatamiya Town Toshiyori [年寄] Harano-ya
Jinshichi (Seal)
Tatamiya Town Toshiyori [年寄] Masu-ya
Matabē (Seal)
Tatamiya Town Toshiyori [年寄] Ōmi-ya
Yoichirō (Seal)
Tatamiya Town Toshiyori [年寄] Tashina-ya
Ichiemon (Seal)To:
Uno Jin’emon
Okabe SanzaemonŌwaki Giemon

191

A15 ③“Document” [okakimono no koto 御書物之事] (A15.6.61.1)

端
裏
「
丹
生
原
村
清
九
郎
子
弾
七
二
歳
貞
享
四
九
月
此十
者六
祖日
父病
久死
土当
村陽
八寺
兵取
衛置
被
召
捕
」
)

192

(

一
形庄儀清此死御十丹
貞を屋ハ九者骸取六生
享相弁長郎之見置日原
夘四添指崎長儀届則ニ村御ノ年指五ヘ崎切ヶ庄疱清書
九上人被戻支少屋瘡九物
月ヶ組召リ丹も弁ニ郎之十
申書捕、転不指而男事七
候物候同ニ審五病子日、尤故前而成人死弾
為頼、祖ハ儀組仕七
後寺別父無無合候、
日之テ久御御之、二仍住念土座座者但歳丹
而持を村候候寄禅ニ
生
御手入八得、合宗テ
同
同
同
同
同
同
同
同
同
原
吟兵と
書
当夘
断
断
断
断
村
断
断
断
村
村
味衛も
物
陽九
五
弁
庄
仕
如
父
寺月
伊
清
作
圓
四人仁
加
杢
与指久屋
件
之
九
郎組兵
左
左
八
三
介
郎
兵合衛
衛
衛
郎
郎
八
正
衛之
門
門
㊞者㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
矢岩石
野六田
兵左弟
左衛右
衛門衛
門殿門
殿
殿

3
[Annotation] “Danshichi, Child of Nyūbaru Village’s Seikurō, In His 2nd Calendar Year, Died of Illness on the 16th
Day of the 9th Month of Jōkyō 4, Corpse Stored at the Temple Tōyōji. This Individual’s Grandfather
Hachibē, of Kudo Village, Was Once Arrested”
Document Okakimono no koto [御書物の事]
Danshichi, the son of Seikurō, who lives in Nyūbaru Village, died of illness on the 16th day of the 9th month. The
cause of death was smallpox. His corpse was buried at his Zen Sect parishioner temple Tōyōji. At that time the headof the village, village officials, and people from his five-household unit came together and examined his corpse.
There was nothing suspicious at all. While Danshichi himself was not someone who had renounced Christianity,
his father Seikurō was sent to Nagasaki for interrogation because he was suspected of being a Christian. His
grandfather Hachibē, who lived in Kudo Village, was also arrested as a Christian and set to Nagasaki. Therefore,
being cautious, the corpse was checked. This will be written down and submitted along with an attestation from
Seikurō’s parishioner temple. The above is correct.
17th day of the 9th month of Jōkyō 4, the year of the Rabbit
Nyūbaru Village Unit Head
Kyūzaburō (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Official
Yohachirō (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Official
Mokuzaemon (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Official
Kazaemon (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Official
Jinbē (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Five Household Unit
Shirobē (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Five Household Unit
Enshō (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Five Household Unit
Ishida Teiemon
Sakuhachi (Seal)
Iwa Rokuzaemon
Nyūbaru Village Five Household Unit
Yano Heizaemon
Seikurō (Seal)
Nyūbaru Village Five Household Unit
Inosuke (Seal)

193

A16 ① “Memo (Paper: Use and Remaining Amounts)” (A16.4.1.3.2 (4))

1Memo
3 soku [束], 8 jō [帖] of paper
Of the above:
1,363 sheets: For cleanly copied record books
25 sheets: For covers of cleanly copied record books
98 sheets: Sheets upon which mistakes were made34 sheets: Damaged
Total: 1520 sheets
As written above. End.
2nd month of the year of the Horse
Takahashi Sezaemon

一
右紙
三
午之〆三九弐千束
宗二通千拾拾拾三
門月御五四八五百内八座百枚枚枚六
帖覚
御方
候弐
役
拾
、拾
所
三
以枚
枚
上
高
橋
瀬
左
欠書同清
損上帳
衛
門
紙

To Office of Religious Affairs[Explanation]
1
In the Usuki Domain, every year from the end of the 1st month into the 2nd month domain officials would go around to towns
and villages in its territories and have people carry out fumie. They would create records of doing so called fumie-chō [踏絵帳]. Papers used for these books were provided by the domain. After creation, the person in charge had to report how this paper
was used as well as the amount of paper used.
Takahashi Sezaemon, who was in charge of the fumie inquisition, addressed this document to the Office of Religious Affairs,
writing the amount of paper he received and the amount of paper he used. He received 3 soku and 8 jō of paper (one soku is
10 jō, and one jō is 40 sheets). He divided them into four categories—paper used for the pages of record books, paper for thecovers of record books, paper upon which mistakes were made, and paper unable to be used due to damage—and reported theamount of paper in each category.

194

A16 ② “Memo (Draft of Fumie Money Receipt to be Replaced)” (A16.4.1.3.2 (20))

2. “Memo (Draft of Fumie Money Receipt to be Replaced)” (A16.4.1.3.2 (20))

一
銭
申請右弐
印酉
候取者貫
、申踏五
御文正
以候絵百覚
銀「月
承上、御目
奉仮廿
追改也
行渡八太届
印 承 日 田
而御
□
届
御用
喜
弁慥
抹追山助
消而本㊞
用ニ
差
本伝抹
手右消
出
可
形衛
可門
引㊞
替抹
」消
抹
消
印
□

(

(

(

)

)

(
)

Memo
Copper coin zeni [銭] 2 kan [貫] 500 me [目] [Approx. 9.4 kilograms]
I have received the above silver as funds for the fumie inquisition. At a later
date I will submit documents regarding expenses. End.
[Regarding the payment and receipt of the silver] Approved.
Ōta Kisuke (Seal) (Crossed out)
The 28th day of the 1st month of the year of the Rooster
Yamamoto Den’emon (Seal) (Crossed out)
(Seal) (Seal text: “Tentative payment approved. Replace with official receipt atlater date) (Crossed out)
Currency Official (Seal) (Crossed Out))

[Explanation]
2
This document was submitted by Yamamoto Den’emon to the currency official, who was in charge of the payment and receipt ofmoney, upon the reception of an advance payment of 2 kan 50 me in silver. While one finds the character zeni in the document, in
this case it was not copper coin but silver that was paid. Silver currency in the Edo period was based on weight.
Ōta Kisuke, who approved payment and receipt of funds, worked as religion magistrate from the 6th month of Tenpo 10 (1839) tothe 4th month of Ansei 1 (1859). We know that this document was made in Kaei 2 (1849) because it is dated the year of the Rooster.
A square seal has been stamped in the area above the names of Yamamoto (the sender) and the currency official (the receiver), whichstates that this document should be replaced with an official receipt (hon tegata [本手形]) at a later data. It appears that after the fumie
inquisition concluded Yamamoto submitted this official document, and then all of the seals were crossed out, indicating that they
were no longer valid.

195

A16 ③ “Document for Submission (Document Stating that There are No Christians, Former Christians, or Fuju Fuse Nichiren Sect
Members”*Funai Domain Document (A16.8.2.5)[Explanation]
3
This document reports that the prohibition of Christianity is being followed as well as that there are no Christians or former
Christians living in the town. One also finds titles (shukurō[宿老], funai shōya[府内庄屋], sōshukurō[惣宿老], etc.) that did
not exist in the Usuki Domain. Furthermore, the addressees of this document were not part of the Usuki Domain’s Office ofReligious Affairs. This all suggests that it is from another domain.
Marega collected documents relating to the prohibition of Christianity from not only the Usuki Domain but also other domains
in Bungo Province: Funai, Oka, Saiki, and so on. Looking at the “Marega Catalogue” (A16.4.4.1.1), one finds the note “Funai”
in reference to this document. We can thus see that Marega saw it as being from the Funai Domain as well. In A16.8.2 as well
one finds documents from the Funai Domain.

196

曲右
一一
一
天事三不耶耶具耶
卯保可ヶ受蘇蘇ニ蘇四十被条不宗宗町宗月四仰之施門門内門
岩佐中
廿年付通之転之之御指下藤村
八候少日之者男制上
与甚卓
日、も蓮者壱女禁一
兵内三為偽宗壱人不之札
衛殿郎
後不壱人も断事之殿
殿
日申人も無申被事
仍上も無御聞而候無御座候仰惣府
宿内同同
革如、御座候事渡老
庄候
町
屋件若座候事
屋
趣
宿
町
於候、
芦
岩
新老賢
善組
、
偽事并
刈
田
頭
ニ
新
兵
者
右
善
衛
三
衛
治
作
門
郎
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

3
Submitting one document
People in the town are always informed of the details of orders regarding the prohibition of Christianity.
There are no Christians in the town.
There is also no one who has renounced Christianity in the town. There are also no members of the Nichiren Sect’s Fuju Fuse
School.
Nothing in the above three items is false. If there is falsity, may I be punished. I am submitting this document for future proof.
28th day of the 4th month of Tenpō 14 (the year of the Rabbit)
Kawaya Town Unit Head
Zensaku (Seal)
Kawaya Town Unit Head
Kenji (Seal)
Kawaya Town Shukurō
Shinbē (Seal)
Funai Shōya
Iwata Zenzaburō (Seal)
Sōshukurō
Ashikari Shin’emon (Seal)
To:
Nakamura Takusaburō
Satō Jinnai
Iwashita Yohē

197

A17 ① “Regarding the Five Person Unit Religious Inquisition Materials Submitted Monthly” (A17.1.2.7.1)

1Tenpō 5, year of the horse
Regarding the Five Person Unit Religious Inquisition Materials Submitted Monthly
Thirtieth day of the third month
Yoko Town
Regarding the Christian Inquisition Materials Submitted Monthly
Following the rule of submitting materials monthly about the religious inquisition, we have put together the fivehousehold unit materials. Furthermore, there was nothing suspicious up to today regarding the prohibitions that have been issued
from the past to present. There is therefore nothing to report. If there is a person on the outside who makes a claim, please
investigate it and punish us. We intend to immediately inform you if there is anything that is even a little suspicious. Also, we
understand the instructions that have already been provided regarding the death, etc., of Christians, honnin dōzen [本人同然(children born to a former Christian before the parent’s renunciation of Christianity]] as well as ruizoku [類族 (descendants ofChristians]]. (End)The thirtieth day of the third month of Tenpō 5, year of the horse
Kōrenji parishioner Jinzaemon (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Saki (seal)
Fukujuji parishioner Gisuke (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Waki (seal)Sensōji parishioner Tokuemon (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Natsu (seal)
Total: 6 people

Kōrenji parishioner Seizaemon (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Iwazō (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Denpachi (seal)
Myōshōji parishioner the widow of Riemon (seal)
Renjōji parishioner Tokubē (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Jizaemon (seal)
Total: 6 people
198

大専大福善光
橋想橋聚法蓮寺寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦旦那那那那那那〆六
人な徳わ儀さ仁
つ右き助き左㊞衛㊞㊞㊞衛門
門㊞㊞
大蓮妙光光光橋城正蓮蓮蓮寺寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦旦〆那那那那那那六人
治徳利傳岩清左兵右八蔵左衛衛衛㊞㊞衛
門㊞門
門
㊞
後
㊞
家
㊞

天
保
五
午
年
三
月
晦
日

一
被幷早仰余少尓従
本速付人シ今右切仰人可候よも至五支
付同申、り疑迄人丹候然上此於鋪被組宗御門通・候以申事、類、後上無仰書御無族附少者御付物改
相死りニ御座候仕ニ違失此而穿候御上付
相等以も鑿ニ法候毎
心之後不被付度趣月
得儀切審成不之幷仕
罷ニ支成曲申趣前上在付丹事事上、々御候、転御可候今よ書、兼本座被、日り物
若迄
之
以々人候
ハ
シ者
上
事
ヽ

199

「
宗
門
三御天
月改保
晦ニ五
日付午
毎年
月
仕
上
五
横人
町組
御
書
物
」

1
Hōonji parishioner Shōjirō (seal)
An’yōji parishioner Naka (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Kisuke (seal)
An’yōji parishioner Gorohachi (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Sōemon (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Kikuzō (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Yashirō (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Shin’emon (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Kane (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Rokubē (seal)

Hōrenji parishioner Kizaemon (seal)
Zenshōji parishioner Zenbē (seal)
Hōonji parishioner Genkichi (seal)
Myōshōji parishioner Bunji (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Miyokichi (seal)
Total: 5 people

Sensōji parishioner Ichirobē (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Zen’emon (seal)
Ryūgenji parishioner Kasuke (seal)
Ryūgenji parishioner Sata (seal)
An’yōji parishioner Genzaemon (seal)
Ryūgenji parishioner Sashirō (seal)
Total: 6 people

200

光妙法善宝
蓮正音正蓮
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
那那那那那

〆
五
人三分源善喜
代治吉兵左
吉㊞㊞衛衛
㊞
㊞門
㊞
龍安龍龍大専原養原原橋想寺寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦旦那那那那那那〆六人佐源さ加善市
四左た助右郎郎衛㊞㊞衛兵
㊞門
門衛
㊞
㊞㊞

光安善安法
蓮養法養音
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
那那那那那
惣五喜な庄
右郎助か治
衛八㊞㊞郎
門㊞
㊞
㊞
善善大善善
法法橋法法
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
那那那那那
六か新弥菊
兵ね右四蔵
衛㊞衛郎㊞
㊞
門㊞
㊞

1
Daikyōji parishioner Keibē (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Hachiemon (seal)
Ryūkenji parishioner Sasuke (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Gihē (seal)
Total: 4 people

Daikyōji parishioner Yaemon (seal)
An’yōji parishioner Jingorō (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Kanbē (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Chūemon (seal)
Hōrenji parishioner Tōzaburō (seal)
Total: 5 people

Daikyōji parishioner Heihachirō (seal)
Myōrenji parishioner Seibē (seal)
Gedatsuanji parishioner Shōemon (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Manzō (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Tōji (seal)
Total: 5 people

Kōrenji parishioner Tomibē (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Genbē (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Ichibē (seal)
Daikyōji parishioner Kijūrō (seal)
Hōrenji parishioner Hachi (seal)
Hōonji parishioner Teiemon (seal)
Total: 5 people

201

大善解妙大
橋法脱蓮橋
寺寺闇寺寺
旦旦寺旦旦
那那旦那那
〆
那
五
人藤萬庄清平
治蔵右兵八
㊞㊞衛衛郎
門㊞㊞
㊞
法宝大大善光音蓮橋橋法蓮寺寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦旦那那那那那那〆五人弟つ喜市源富右ち十兵兵兵衛㊞郎衛衛衛
門
㊞㊞㊞㊞
㊞

光龍大大
蓮原橋橋
寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦
那那那那

〆
四
人儀佐八恵
兵助右兵
衛㊞衛衛
㊞
門㊞
㊞
宝善善安大
蓮法法養橋
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
〆那那那那那
五
人
藤忠勘甚弥
三右兵五右
郎衛衛郎衛
㊞門㊞㊞門
㊞
㊞

1

Thirtieth day of thethird month of Tenpō 5

Yoko Town representative
Hoteiya keibē (seal)
Yoko Town representative
Aburaya Seizaemon (seal)
Yoko Town representative
Masuya Jin’emon (seal)

To
Yusa Gunbē
Ishii Yoshichirō
Kitahara Kurōdayū
Kusaka Sachū

天
保
五
午
年
三
月
晦
日

日北石遊
下原井佐
左九与郡
冲郎七兵
様太郎衛
夫様様
様
同
升
屋
仁
右
衛
門
㊞

202

同
油
屋
清
左
衛
門
㊞

横
町
布年
袋寄
屋
惠
兵
衛
㊞

1
Hōonji parishioner Yahē (seal)
An’yōji parishioner Denbē (seal)
Ryūgenji parishioner Kōsuke (seal)
Kōrenji parishioner Yūji (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Teikichi (seal)
Total: 5 people

Kōrinji parishioner Gonbē (seal)
Kōrinji parishioner Sōzaburō (seal)Zenpōji parishioner Kahē (seal)
Jōkōji parishioner Kihē (seal)
Songyōji parishioner Shirosuke (seal)
Total: 5 people

There are a total of 12 units and 63 people.
We have thoroughly investigated as written above. There was nothing that waseven a little suspicious, and we have therefore written this document. (End)

203

一右
筆之
如通
斯堅
御相
座改
候毛
、頭
以不
上審
成
儀
無
御
座
候
間
、

惣
組
数
合
拾
弐
組
人
数
合
六
拾
三
人

善光龍安法
法蓮原養音
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
那那那那那

〆
五
人弟祐幸傳弥
吉治助兵兵
㊞㊞㊞衛衛
㊞㊞
尊浄善香香
形光法林林
寺寺寺寺寺
旦旦旦旦旦
那那那那那

〆
五
人四喜加惣権
郎兵兵三兵
助衛衛郎衛
㊞㊞㊞㊞㊞

1
List of Births, Deaths, and Movement
Sadaichi, the son of Yoko Town’s Ōkumaya Shōemon, eight years old this year
This person died of illness on the third day of the third month. As for their sect, he was buried as a parishioner of the Zen
Sect temple Gedatsuanji.
Michi, the daughter of Yoko Town’s Aiya Jingorō, three years old this year
This person died of illness on the twentieth day of the third month. As for their sect, this person was buried as a parishionerof the Shin Sect temple An’yōji.
Ichisaburō, the son of Yoko Town’s Hoteiya Keiji, two years old this year
This person died from illness on the twenty-second day of the third month. As for their sect, they were buried as aparishioner of the Jōdo Sect temple Daikyōji.
As described above. (End)Yoko Town Representative
Hoteiya Keibee (seal)
Yoko Town Representative
Thirtieth day
Aburaya Seizaemon (seal)of the third month
Yoko Town Representativeof Tenpō 5Masuya Jin’emon (seal)
Yusa Gunbē
Ishii Yoshichirō
Kitahara Kurōdayū
Kusaka Sachū
204

日北石遊
下原井佐
左九与郡
冲郎七兵
様太郎衛
夫様様
様

天
保
五
午
年
三
月
晦
日
升
屋
仁
右
衛
門
㊞

同

油
屋
清
左
衛
門
㊞

同

横
布町
袋年
屋寄
惠
兵
衛
㊞

一
大此横
橋者町
寺当布
旦月袋
那廿屋
ニ二慶
而日治
取病男
置死子
仕仕市
申申三
候候郎
、当
宗午
門弐
者歳
浄
土
宗

右
之
通
ニ
而
御
座
候
、
以
上

205

一
安此横
養者町
寺当藍
旦月屋
那廿甚
ニ日五
而病郎
取死娘
置仕み
仕申ち
申候当
候、午
宗三
門歳
者
真
宗

一
解此横
脱者町
闇当大
寺月隈
旦三屋
那日庄
ニ病右
而死衛
取仕門
置申男
仕候子
申、定
候宗市
門当
者午
禅八
宗歳

生
死
出
入
御
書
上

A17 ② “Notifications Regarding Births, Death from Illness, and Moving” (A17.3.2.1.17)

一
原同
村村
虎嘉
吉八
女姉
房ち
ニと
十、
一弐
月拾
十七
四歳
日、
引此
越者
申御
候領

一
御小
領池
原原
村村
久作
兵右
衛衛
女門
房妹
ニも
十ゑ
一、
月四
十拾
四四
日歳
引、
越此
申者
候

縁
之
出
女
弐
人

一
病森
死町
仕村
、鉄
尤次
真祖
宗母
専、
想八
寺拾
被弐
取歳
置、
申十
候一
月
十
九
日

一
尤同
真村
宗喜
専五
想郎
寺母
被、
取六
置拾
申四
候歳
、
十
一
月
十
五
日
病
死
仕
、

2
Breakdown of Four People who Died from Illness

一
病同
死村
仕直
、右
尤衛
真門
宗子
専宣
想次
寺子
被皆
取吉
置、
申三
候歳
、
十
一
月
十
八
日

一
病小
死池
仕原
、村
尤丈
真助
宗父
専忠
想右
寺衛
被門
取、
置六
申拾
候七
歳
、
十
一
月
八
日

女
弐
人

病
死
四
人
内

男
弐
人

Two Males
Two Females
Chūemon, the father of Koikebaru Village’s Jōsuke, died from illness on the eighth day of the eleventh month at the age of sixty-seven.
His corpse was buried at the Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
Minakichi, the son of Senji, who is the son of Koikebaru Village’s Naoemon, died from illness at the age of three on the eighteenth dayof the eleventh month. His corpse was buried at the Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
The mother of Koikebaru Village’s Kigorō died from illness on the fifteenth day of the eleventh month at the age of sixty-four. Her corpse
was buried at the Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
The grandmother of Morimachi Village’s Tetsuji died from illness on the nineteenth day of the eleventh month at the age of eighty-two.
Her corpse was buried at the Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
Two Women Left the Village Due to Marriage
Moe (forty-four years old), the daughter of Koikebaru Village’s Sakuemon, moved on the fourteenth day of the eleventh month because
she had become the wife of Kyūbē of Haru Village in the shogunate’s territory.
Chito (twenty-seven years old), the older sister of Koikebaru Village’s Kahachi, moved on the fourteenth day of the eleventh month
because she had become the wife of Torakichi of Haru Village in the shogunate’s territory.

206

一
宗同
門村
者丈
家右
代衛
々門
真娘
宗、
専十
想一
寺月
旦十
那八
ニ日
罷出
成生
申仕
候、
名
者
さ
と
、

一
罷名同
成者村
申て利
候る右
、衛
宗門
門子
者貞
家兵
代衛
々娘
真、
宗十
専一
想月
寺十
旦六
那日
出
生
仕
、

一
宗同
門村
者仁
家兵
代衛
々娘
真、
宗十
専一
想月
寺十
旦五
那日
ニ出
罷生
成仕
申、
候名
者
き
ぬ
、

一
宗同
門村
者宣
家次
代子
々、
真十
宗一
専月
想十
寺八
旦日
那出
ニ生
罷仕
成、
申名
候者
栄
之
介
、

一
宗同
門村
者為
家右
代衛
々門
真子
宗、
専十
想一
寺月
旦十
那七
ニ日
罷出
成生
申仕
候、
名
数
五
郎
、

一
罷柴森
成五町
申郎村
候、廣
宗右
門衛
者門
家子
代、
々十
真一
宗月
専十
想五
寺日
旦出
那生
仕
、
名
者

出
生
六
人
内
女
三
人

覚

男
三
人

2
Notifications Regarding Births, Death from Illness, and Moving
Breakdown of the Six People Born Three Males
Three Females
A son was born to Morimachi Village’s Hiroemon on the fifteenth day of the eleventh month. His name is Shibagorō. He
belongs to his ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
A son was born to Morimachi Village’s Tameemon on the seventeenth day of the eleventh month. His name is Kazugorō.
He belongs to his ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
A son was born to Morimachi Village’s Senji on the eighteenth day of the eleventh month. His name is Einosuke. He belongs
to his ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
A daughter was born to Morimachi Village’s Jinbē on the fifteenth day of the eleventh month. Her name is Kinu. She belongs
to her ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
A daughter was born to Jyōbē, the son of Morimachi Village’s Riemon, on the sixteenth day of the eleventh month. Her
name is Teru. She belongs to her ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji.
A daughter was born to Morimachi Village’s Jōemon on the eighteenth day of the eleventh month. Her name is Sato. She
belongs to her ancestral Shin Sect temple Sensōji

207

益太久那
田田保波
藤喜田三
九助安郎
郎
左四
様衛郎
門
様
様
様

弘
化
二
年
巳
十
一
月
森
町
篠組
田大
政庄
五屋
郎
㊞

〆
右
之
外
生
死
出
入
無
御
座
候
、
以
上

2
(End)
There is no one else who has been born, died due to illness, or moved. (End)Morimachi Unit Village Representative
The eleventh month of Kōka 2 [1845], the year of the snake Shinoda Masagorō (seal)
To:
Nawa Saburōshirō
Kubota Yasuzaemon
Ōta Kisuke
Masuda Tōkurō

208

A17 ③ “Christian Fumie Inquisition Household Record Book [Organized by household]” (A17.3.2.30.1)

3
Tenpō 15 (1844)
Christian Fumie Inquisition Household Record Book [Organized byhousehold]Year of the dragon
Twenty-third day of the first month Higashi Kōno Unit
Document about Christian Inquisition
We stepped on the image fumie [踏絵 (portrait)] because we are
not Christians, and have written a Christian oath kishōmon [起請文]because there is not even a small amount of Christianity in the depthsof our hearts or minds. If this is untrue, we will be punished by Deus,
padres [Catholic priests], the filio [son], the spirito sancto [holy spirit],
as well as St. Maria [the holy mother], the anjos [angels], and [St.]
Beatrice, reach our end in Deus’s torture, lose the strength of our heartand mind and die suddenly like Judas, be tormented by the suffering ofinferno [hell], and become unable to rise.
In the unlikely event that we hear something about a Christian,
we will without fail report it.

209

一
一
自へすの初て切少我
然るの罸、う支も等切
切野こ蒙さす丹き共支
支のと、ん伴之り儀丹
丹苦くてた天起し切宗之患たうま連請た支門儀ニのすりひ文ん丹御承責ものやい書之ニ改候らしか諸り戴儀而ニ
ハれをら々よ申心無付
ヽ浮失きのす候底御御可事ひ責あい、ニ座書
申有終ニんり此含候物
上間頓絶しつ旨不ニ之候鋪死果よさ相申付事
事事仕しへん違候、、うや等御ニ影
ゐたと
座付を
ん
候、踏
、
ハ
ヽ
、

切
辰支
丹天
正
宗保
月
門十
廿
踏五
三
絵年
日
御
改
東
ニ
神
付
野
家
組
内
帳

3
12 more males
17 more people in the spring
5 more females
858 males
Breakdown of total of 1645 people
787 females
There were no births after the appointed time. One
female died from illness after the appointed time.
We have written above all names of males and females
in our unit, not leaving anyone out, and carried out fumie
for the Christian inquisition. Even having done so, wewill be sure to report any suspicious person. Pleasepunish us if you hear anything from outside our unit
about us hiding a suspected Christian. Thus concludes
our oath.

曲申此男右
事上上女者
可候ニ壱切
被、而人支
若もも丹
仰隠疑不宗
付置鋪残門
候脇者書御
、ゟ御出改
為被座踏ニ
後
候絵付
日聞ハ仕、
如召ヽ申私
件候規候共
ハ度、組
ヽ可
中
ニ

210

御御
日日
限限
以以
後後
病出
死生
壱無
人御
女座
候

惣
合
千
六
百
四
拾
五
人
内
女男
七八
百百
八五
拾拾
七八
人人

春
ニ
拾
七
人
増
女男
五拾
人弐
増人
増

天
保
十
五
辰
年
正
月
廿
三
日

不
可
有
浮
期
者
也
、
仍
而
起
請
文
如
件

3
We will strictly follow the prohibitions that have been already issued.
We are not Christians and therefore are submitting a Japanese oath [an oath to
the gods] as well. Those who lie will be punished by Bonten, Taishaku, Shitennō, allof gods large and small throughout Japan, the Gongen of Izu and Hakone, Mishima
Daimyōjin, Inari / Kamo / Kasuga / Sumiyoshi Daimyōjin, Atagosan Daigongen,
Yusuhara Hachimangū of this province [of Bungo], Rokusho Gongen, Gion, Gozu
Tennō, and, particularly, family tutelary deities. None of their wishes to the gods andbuddhas or the Three Treasures [of Buddhism (the Buddha, the Dharma, and theSangha)] will be granted. In the next life, they will fall into not only the eight cold andeight hot hells and the Avīci Hell of endless suffering [阿鼻無間 (abimuken)], butalso Great Hell, and not be able to rise up for everlasting eons in the future. Thus
concludes our oath.
The twenty-third of the first month of Tenpō 15, year of the dragon

211

一一
阿雖牛大稲神梵起我前
鼻諸頭権荷祇天請等々
無願天現・、・文共ゟ間為王・賀伊帝を儀被令一、当茂豆釈以切況不殊国・箱・申支仰
堕可氏由春根四上丹付
大叶神原日両天候ニ候
地、之八・所王、而御
獄於御幡住権、偽無法、後罸宮吉現惣於御度
至世罷、大・而申座之未者蒙六明三日上候趣
来八、所神嶋本者ニ、
永寒仏権、大国、付堅劫八神現愛明中忝、相熱三、宕神大も又守
日申、宝祇山・小
園
之
本候
之事
、

3

The seventh dayof the second monthof Tenpō 15,
year of the dragon

益太久
田田保
藤喜田
九助安
郎様左
様
衛
門
様

Kawaramono Village Head
Man’emon [seal]
Tadano Village Head
Magozaemon [seal]
Tadano Village Head
Kōemon [seal]
Takamoto Village Head
Sadenta [seal]
Miyamoto Village Head
Itsuemon [seal]
Higashi Kōno Unit Head
Takahashi Tōdayū [seal]

天
保
十
五
辰
年
二
月
七
日
東
宮
高
忠
同
河
神
本
本
村
ノ
原
野
村
村
村
同
物
組
小
同
同
村
大
庄
高庄逸屋左
幸
孫
万小
橋屋右
傳
右
左
右庄
東
衛
太
衛
衛
衛屋
太
門
㊞
門
門
門
夫
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

To:
Kubota Yasuzaemon
Ōta Kisuke
Masuda Tōkurō

212

A19 ① “Record Regarding the Death of a Ruizoku 類族 [descendant of a Christian]” (A19.2.9.1)

213

右
浄武中岩
雪藤村手
、又雲六
他助八左
領様様衛
類
門
族
様
ニ
出
不
申
候

被取先当黍
取置住午野御置之玄二村書候様順月真物、子妻廿宗之為私切九了事
後共支日仁
日見丹痰寺
証届宗煩隠
同 黍文、門相居村 野如了転果浄
村件仁ニ候雪庄 弁 寺而、、屋 指 住御此六
与 留
持座者拾
七 兵
火候之弐
郎 衛
葬ニ祖歳
㊞ ㊞
付母、
、
正
午徳
三四
月年
朔
日

端
裏
「
廿黍
九野
日村
病了
死仁
、寺
了隠
仁居
寺浄
」雪
、
六
拾
弐
歳
、
正
徳
四
年
午
二
月

)

Record Regarding the Death of a Ruizoku 類族 [descendant of a Christian]Jōsetsu, a retired priest at Ryōninji, a Jōdo Shin Sect temple in Kibino Village, diedof a respiratory illness on the twenty-ninth day of the second month of this year at
the age of sixty-two. Jōsetsu’s grandmother was the wife of the previous head priest
Genjun. She was formerly a Christian. Since Jōsetsu was the descendant of a
Christian, we village officials observed the handling of the corpse. Here we certifythat Ryōninji’s head priest did cremate Jōsetsu.
The first day of the third month of Shōtoku 4[1714]
Kibino Village Representative Ryūbē (seal)
Kibino Village Unit Representative Yoshichirō (seal)
To
Iwate Rokuzaemon
Nakamura Kumohachi
Mutō Matasuke
Jōsetsu is not registered in another domain as a ruizoku.

一(1[Underside of right edge / hashi ura [端裏] “Priest Retired at Kibino Village’s
Ryōninji, Jōsetsu, 62 years old, died of illness on the twenty-ninth day ofthe second month of Shōtoku 4 [1714], Ryōninji”

A19 ② “Record Regarding the Death of a Ruizoku 類族 [descendant of a Christian]” (A19.3.1.48.1)(

形私御家光「※仕見座内村右付
候届候ニ御之紙」之付而庄者
判、屋利)2
The seventh day ofthe seventh month of Kyōhō 6 [1721]

Saitō Shinbē
Uno Jin’emon
Hattori Rokurōemon

Toshimitsu Village Five Household Unit
Genbē (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Five Household Unit
Tōbē (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Five Household Unit
Sansuke (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Five Household Unit
Sanzaemon (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Five Household Unit
Bunshichi (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Representative
Gonnai (seal)
Toshimitsu Village Representative
Denkichi (seal)[Attached piece of paper]Kawatoko Village Unit head
Tōemon (seal)[Attached Piece of Paper]
Since Sumi was the Toshimitsu Village Unit head’s family member, I, the Kawatoko Village Unit
head, observed Sumi’s burial and stamp my seal to attest to this in place of the Toshimitsu Village
Unit head.
Sumi is not registered in another domain as a ruizoku.

214

右
之
享
服 宇 斉
保
す
部 野 藤
六
み
六 仁 新
、
年
郎 右 兵
他
丑
右 衛 衛
領
七
衛 門 様
類
月
門 様
族
七
様
ニ
日
而
者 ※
無 川 同 同 同 同 同 同
利
村 村 村 村 村
御 床 村
光
弁
同
同
同
同
弁
座 村
村
指
指
候 庄
屋 傳 権 文 三 三 藤 源 五、 藤 吉 内 七 左 助 兵 兵人
已 右 ㊞ ㊞ ㊞ 衛 ㊞ 衛 衛組
上 衛
門
㊞ ㊞
門
㊞
㊞

215

端
裏
「
七利
日光
病村
死
九
願兵
行次
寺娘
」す
み
、
三
歳
享
保
六
年

)

Record Regarding Death from Illness of a Ruizoku
Sumi, the daughter of Kuheiji, who is the younger brother of Toshimitsu
Village Unit Head Genbē, was three years old this year [based on her age
being one year at birth and gaining one year upon each new year]. On theseventh day of the seventh month she contracted an illness involving stomach
pain and died. Her great-grandfather Kyūzaemon of Toshimitsu Village wassomeone who had renounced Christianity. A priest from Gangyōji, the Zen
Sect temple to which Sumi belonged in Hetsugi’s Sayanagi Village, and thevillage unit head, village unit head’s assistant, and members of the Kuheiji
five household unit, examined her corpse. Since no problems were found, she
was buried at Gangyōji. We acquired a death report from Gangyōji's priest,
and are therefore submitting it. There are no mistakes in the content of thisreport.

一
仕 改 庄 旦 利 七 利
候 、 屋 那 光 月 光、 別 弁 寺 村 七 村
則 条 指 戸 九 日 源
住 無 五 次 左 病 兵 御持 御 人 佐 衛 死 衛 書
証 座 組 柳 門 煩 弟 物
文 候 合 村 切 虫 九 之
取 付 之 禅 支 気 平 事
差 、 者 宗 丹 、 次
上 願 出 願 宗 此 娘
候 行 合 行 門 者 す、 寺 死 寺 転 之 み
為 被 骸 住 ニ 曽 、
後 取 相 持 而 祖 当
日 置、 御 父 丑
三
如 土
座
歳
件 葬
候
、
付
、

(

2

丑
七
月

A19 ③“Moving Notification” (A19.4.6.3.1)

3[Underside of right edge / hashi ura [端裏]]“○ 3 Moving, Niōza Village, The Daughter of Chōshichi
Sen Tenth Day of the Sixth Month”
Moving NotificationSen
The daughter of Niōza Village’s Chōshichi and the great-grandchild ofHama Town’s Jiemon, a honnin [本人 (Christian) ]. 26 years old thisyear.
She is not registered in another domain as a ruizoku. She belongs to
Nichiren Sect Temple Hōonji.
I am reporting here that Sen has moved to the residence of Yufu Sukezō
on the seventh day of the sixth month of Kyōhō 4 [1719] to work as alive-in servant while Sukezō is away.
The tenth day of the sixth month of Kyōhō 4 [1719]
Kaizoe Village Unit Head Shōkurō (seal)[Usuki Domain Religious Affairs Magistrates]
To
Mutō Matasuke
Nakamura Unpachi
Saitō Shinbē

216

一
「（
享此油右他本○端亥保段布之領人三裏
斉中武六四御助者類濱）引
藤村藤月年断蔵、族町
覚
越
新雲又十
申殿享出次
兵八介日
上留保不右
衛様様
候守四申衛
仁
様
、居年、門
王
已奉亥日曾仁座
上公六蓮孫王
座
村
、月宗
海
村
引七法
添
長
長
越日音
村
七
七
申、寺
娘
候
旦せ娘
庄庄
屋
ん
せ
那
、
九
ん
郎
当
㊞
亥
六
廿
月
六
十
才
日
」

A20 ① “Moving” (A20.2.1.1.9)

1
Jinzaburō, thirty-one years old this year, the grandchild of Tarosaku’s (Fukura
Village) wife, a former Christian
Jinzaburō, a male, is the child of Taemon, who is the child of Fukura Village’s
Sugiemon
Jinzaburō is not a descendant of Christian from another territory. He is aparishioner of the Jōdo Sect temple Daikyōji.
The above individual moved to the household of Fukura Village’s Kyūhachi on
the twenty-ninth day of the second month. I am informing you of this.
The second day of the third month of Hōreki 5 [1755], the year of the boar
From Kaizoe Unit Head Sadaemon (seal)To
Uno Jin’emon
Kawamura Gidayū
Kanō Kohē

217

一
「（
宝申右
本
○端
亥暦候之他人三裏
加河宇三五、者領福）覚引
納村野月年此二類良
小儀仁二
段月族村福
越
御廿ニ太良
兵太右日
衛夫衛
断九出郎村
臼
申日不作杦
杵
様様門
様
上福申妻右
福
候良候曾衛
良
、村
村
孫門
以久
子
上八浄仁太
仁
家土三右
三
内宗郎衛
海
郎
へ大
門
添
三
引橋
男
庄
月
越寺当子
貞屋
四
旦亥
右
日
那三
衛
」
門
拾
㊞
壱
歳

A20 ② “Request for Extension of Stay” (A20.2.1.1.16.3)

2
This temple’s disciple Chikan is a ruizoku. This individual had planned to stayat the Kyoto headquarters Zenrinji to engage in training for five years, until the
upcoming year of the rat. However, he would like to extend it for five more
years, and I request that you agree to this. (End)Daikyōji Chikyō (Seal)
Twenty-second day of the third month of Hōreki 5, the year of the boarTo
Uno Jin’emon
Kawamura Gidayū
Kanō Kohē

218

一
「（
宝
又罷為御当
○
端
暦
三
裏
五登学座寺
加河宇五
年居向候弟
）
納村野年
逗申来、子覚他
出
小儀仁亥
留候ル京知
兵太右三
直
仕処子都観
衛夫衛月
度ニノ本儀
逗
留
殿殿門廿
旨、年山、
殿二
奉来迄禅類
願
日大
大
願ル五林族
橋
橋
候子年寺ニ
智寺以、ノ逗江而
寺
亨
知弟
年留
上
㊞
観子
ゟ
直
三
ニ
月
廿
六
日
」

A20 ③ “Birth Notification” (A20.2.2.3.29)

3Kan’emon, the great-great grandchild of former Christian Yakichi of Ieno Village
The son of Kajirō, who is the child of Shōroku, who is the child of Ieno Village’s
Sajiemon, one year old this year
Parishioner of the Jōdo Sect temple Daikyōji
Kan’emon was born on the fourth day of the tenth month of this year. His parishioner
temple is that of his father. He is not a descendant of a Christian from another territory.
This is [his father’s] first son. (End)The tenth day of the tenth month
Ieno Village Head Zentarō (seal)of Kanpō 2 [1742],
the year of the dog
ToŌwaki Giemon
Katagiri Zenzaemon
Kubota Sadanojō

219

一
「（
他右
本
出
端
生
人
裏
領勘
類右
家
）
野
族衛
覚家
ニ門
村
弥家
野
而戌
村
無十
吉野
御月
村
玄左
加
座四
孫次
勘次
候日
右郎
、出
右
衛忰
始生
衛
門
而仕浄
門
之候土
子
男、宗勘庄
十
子父大右六
家ニ方橋衛子月野而之寺門加
十
村御宗旦
日
次
庄座門那
」
郎
善屋候ニ
男
太
当子
、仕
以候
郎
戌
㊞
壱
上、
歳

寛
久片大保
保切脇弐
田善儀年
貞左右戌
之衛衛十
丞門門月
様様様十
日

A21 ① “Memo (birth notification for Kane, the great-grandchild of Sōda Village’s Kyūsuke, a former Christian)” (A21.2.2.39).

The twenty-fourth day of the seventh month of Shōtoku 5 [1715], the year of
the goat
Tanaka Village Shōya [庄屋 (Village Representative)]
Zenbē (seal)
To
Iwate Rokurōzaemon
Nakamura Kumohachi
Mutō Matasuke
Kane is not a descendant of a Christian from another domain’s territory.

220

武中岩
右藤村手
之又雲六
出助八左
生様様衛
子
門
様
、
他
領
類
族
ニ
出
不
申
候

一本
端
申者右寒人
裏
正 候兄之田「徳 、与者村出
五 此九、久覚生
年 外郎未助子
未 兄・ノ曽ノ 弟杢七孫
七 無之月
岩
月 御丞廿
瀬
廿 座・二
村
四 候伝日
助
日 、之ニ
六
以丞出
娘
上、生
か
卯、
ね
ノ母
年方
以之
後寺
出真
七
生宗 同岩
月
仕妙 村瀬
田 、正か助村廿吉
中 三寺 六右 四
村 人旦ね娘衛 日
庄 共那当 門屋 ニニ未 子 」
善
存仕壱
命候歳
兵
衛
ニ、
居此
㊞
)

Memo
Kane, the daughter of Iwase Village’s Sukeroku (the child of Iwase
Village’s Kichiuemon), is the great-grandchild of Sōda Village’s Kyūsuke, aformer Christian. 1 year old this year.
Kane was born on the twenty-second day of the seventh month of Shōtoku
5 (1715). She became a parishioner of her maternal Shin sect parishioner
temple Myōshōji. Kane has the older brothers Yokurō, Mokunojō, andDennojō. They were born after the year of the rabbit (Hōei 7 / 1710). The
three of them are still alive. She does not have any other siblings.

(

1

A21 ② “Memo (report regarding earth burial of person who died from illness while traveling)” (A21.1.10.1.10)(

2

Toshimitsu Shōya

Ninth day of the twenty-third month of
Bunsei 13 [1830], year of the tiger
To
Yusa Gunbē
Ishii Yoshichirō
Kusaka Sachū

Yuizō (seal)

221

日石遊
下井佐
左与郡
冲七兵
様郎衛
様様

一
端
仕通往候御
裏
置被来処料
「
申
手、讃
イ
候仰形娘州
、付所ち那覚
此、持よ賀
段昨仕儀郡
御廿居俄江
達二申ニ内
申日候虫村
上土ニ気菊
九
候葬付差蔵
月
、取、起親
廿
以置佐、子
三
上仕柳去三
日
、村ㇽ人
利禅廿連
」
光宗日ニ
村願之而
之行夜、
内寺七利
字相ッ光
久頼時村
利
保、分沢
光
山取相吉
村
与置果方
庄
申仕申江
屋
所度候一
ニ旨、宿
唯
蔵
墓願国仕
所之許居
㊞
文
政
十
三
年
寅
九
月
廿
三
日

)

Memo
(notification regarding the earth burial of daughter Chiyo, who died from an
illness while traveling)
Kikuzō, of Enai Village, Naka District, Sanuki Province (a shogunateadministered territory), was staying at the residence of Toshimitsu Village’s
Kiwakichi with his wife and daughter. All of a sudden his daughter Chiyo came
down with mushike 虫気 [stomach pain?] and died around 4:00 AM on thetwentieth day of the ninth month. Her identity is clear, so after asking for
permission from the Zen Sect temple Gangyōji in Sanagi Village to bury her, it
was granted and she had an earth burial on the twenty-second day. Her burial
location is Kuboyama in Toshimitsu Village. I am contacting you about theabove.

A21 ③ “Memo (request for instructions regarding fumie)” (A21.1.10.1.41)

九
月
十
二
日

寅

Two People in Total
These two individuals have returned after having gone elsewhere andthey are asking that they are ordered to carry out fumie. I request yourinstructions.

222

仰
藤 津
付付
田 留
被箋
村 村
下
為
候「
蔵
様他〆
子
奉所弐
願行人
候」 与 仁、市 吉
此)Yusa Gunbē
Ishii Yoshichirō
Kusaka Sachū

佐
志
亀生
井村
庄
郷屋
左
衛
門
㊞

覚

(

Year of the tiger Twelfth day of the ninth month
Sashū Village Shōya
Kamei Gōzaemon (seal)

一

段右
御之
伺者
申共
上、
候他
、所
以ゟ
上罷
帰
候
ニ
付
、
踏
絵
御
改
被

端
裏
「
イ

)

1.

Memo (request for instructions regarding fumie)
Tsuru Village child of Tamezō
JinkichiFujita Village
Yoichi

日石遊
下井佐
左与郡
冲七兵
様郎衛
様様

(

3

九
月
十
二
日
」

A23 ① “Document (corpse inspection upon the death from high temperature of Shitsu, the daughter of Yaroku and the grandchildof Iwaya Village’s Kichizaemon, a former Christian) ” (A23.4.10.1)

元
巳禄
ノ拾
八四
月年
廿
八
日

落同同同同同岩
谷村
屋
村弁
村
庄指
五
屋
人
組
新又甚伊与吉権
右之内左太左之衛丞㊞衛郎衛丞
門㊞
門㊞門㊞
㊞
㊞
㊞

223

端
裏
「
岩
屋
村
弥
六
娘
し
つ
壱
歳
元
禄
十
四
年
巳
八
月
廿
七
日
病
死

)

中加岩
村納手
雲藤六
八左左
様衛衛
門門
様様

(

右
之
者
他
領
類
族
出
不
申
候
、

一
形届父岩
取申同屋
、候村村
相、吉吉
添少左左御
、も衛衛書
指疑門門物
上敷転男之
申儀本子事
候無人弥
、御、六
仍座就娘
而候夫し
御、庄つ
書真屋壱
物宗・歳
如了弁熱
件仁指病
寺・
五煩
土人、
葬組八
ニ之月
取者廿
置罷七
被出日
申、相
候吟果
、味申
則仕候
住、、
持死此
之骸者
手見祖

了
仁
寺
」

1
[Edge of paper’s back side]“On the twenty-seventh day of the eight month of Genroku 14 [1701], the year of the snake, Shitsu (1 year old), the daughter of
Iwaya Village’s Yaroku, died from illness. Buried by Ryōninji temple.”
Document(notification regarding the death from illness of Shitsu, the daughter of Iwaya Village’s Yaroku)
Shitsu (1 year old), the daughter of Yaroku, who is the son of Iwaya Village’s Kichizaemon, came down with a very hightemperature and died on the twenty-seventh day of the eighth month. The grandfather of this daughter Shitsu is Iwaya Village’s
Kichizaemon, a former Christian. Therefore, the shōya [庄屋]and benzashi [弁指] village officials, as well as five-household
unit members, checked her corpse. There was nothing at all unusual about the corpse, and therefore she was earth buried by thehead priest of the Shin sect temple Ryōninji. A certificate of this has been received from the head priest and it is therefore attached
for submission. The above is written as evidence for the future.
Genroku 14 [1701]
Iwaya Village Five Household Unit Gonnojō (seal)
Twenty-eighth day of the eighth month
Iwaya Village Five Household Unit Kichizaemon (seal)
Iwaya Village Five-Household Unit Yotarō (seal)
Iwaya Village Five-Household Unit Izaemon (seal)
Iwate Rokurōzaemon
Iwaya Village Five-Household Unit Jinnai (seal)
Kanō Tōzaemon
Iwaya Village Benzashi Matanojō (seal)
Nakamura Kumohachi
Ochidani Village Shōya Shin’uemon (seal)
Shitsu is not a descendant of a Christian from another domain’s territory.

2[Edge of paper’s back side]“On the fourth day of the eighth month of Genroku 14 (1701), the year of the snake, the wife (47 years old) of Shimofuji Village’s
Heibē died. Buried by Ryōninji temple.”
Document(notification regarding the death from illness of the wife of Shimofuji Village’s Heibē)
The wife (47 years old) of Shimofuji Village’s Heibē died on the fourth day of the eighth month of this year from chūfū [中風(half body paralysis or a cold)]. This wife’s mother (the wife of Shimofuji Village’s Yaemon) was given birth to by a Christian
before conversion to Buddhism. Therefore, the head priest of the Shin sect temple Ryōninji (in Kibino Village, Ōno District), theshōya [庄屋] and benzashi [弁指] village officials, and five-household unit members checked the corpse of Heibē’s wife. Nothing
was suspicious, so Ryōninji gave her an earth burial. A certificate of this has been received from the head priest and it is therefore
attached for submission. The above is written as evidence for the future.
Genroku 14 [1701]
fourth day of the eighth monthShimofuji Village Five Household Unit Mansuke (seal)
Shimofuji Village Five Household Unit Rokubē (seal)
Shimofuji Village Five Household Unit Chōjūrō (seal)
Shimofuji Village Five Household Unit Chōhachi(seal)
Shimofuji Village Five Household Unit Heibē (seal)
Iwate Rokurōzaemon
Shimofuji Village Benzashi Ruzaemon (seal)
Kanō Tōzaemon
Shimofuji Village Benzashi Sukezaburō (seal)
Nakamura Kumohachi
Hirowara Village Shōya Mokunojō (seal)
The wife of Heibē is not a descendant of a Christian from another domain’s territory.

224

A23 ② “Document (corpse inspection upon the death from chūfū [中風] illness of Heibē’s wife, who was the child of Shimofuji
Village Yaemon’s wife, who was born to a Christian before conversion) ” (A23.4.14.1)

(
)

一
端
日 座 宗 弥 下裏右元 如 候 了 右 藤
之 中 加 岩巳 禄 件 ニ 仁 衛 村「
女 村 納 手八 十
付 寺 門 平 御 置 下、 住 妻 兵 書 」 藤
房 雲 藤 六月 四
了 持 切 衛 物
他 八 左 左四 年
村
仁 ・ 支 女 之領 様 衛 衛日
平寺 庄 丹 房 事類
兵門 門
取 屋 宗 四族
様 様衛
置 ・ 門 拾ニ妻
、 弁 転 七而
四
土 指 本 、
無拾葬 ・ 人 当御七
仕 五 同 巳座
歳
候 人 然 八候元
、 組 ニ 月
禄
則 合
四
十
而
住 之
日
四
御
持 者
ニ
廣 同 同 同 同 同 同 下
巳
座
証 出
病
八
原 村 村 村 村 村 村 藤候
文 合死
村 同 弁 同 同 同 同 村
月
ニ
を 、
、
五
四
庄
指
付
煩
取 死
屋
人
日
骸 、 中
、
組
病
差 相 大 風死野上 改、
杢 助 留 平 長 長 六 万
ケ 、 郡 此之 三 左 兵 八 十 兵 助
了
候 別 黍 者
仁丞 郎 衛 衛 ㊞ 郎 衛 ㊞、 条 野 母㊞ ㊞ 門 ㊞㊞ ㊞
寺
為 無 村 同
取㊞
後 御 真 村225

A23 ③ “Document (corpse inspection upon the death from illness of Jirosaku, who is the son of Shinkurō, who is the child of
Mukōno Village’s Shinnai, who is the grandson of Tahara Village Kyūsaku’s wife, who is a former Christian) ” (A23.4.15.1)

226

端
裏
「
向
野
村
新
九
郎
子
次
郎
作
三
歳
元
禄
十
四
巳
八
月
十
八
日
病
死

)

一
寺 死 付 煩 向中 加 岩
之 骸 、 死 野
元 証 相 庄 申 村
村 納 手
雲 藤 六
巳 禄 文 改 屋 候 新八 左 左八 拾 ヲ 申 ・弁 、 内 御様 衛 衛
月 四 取 候 指 此 子 書
門 門
十 年 、 所 ・ 者 新 物
様 様九
相 、 五 之 九 之日
添 少 人 高 郎 事、 も 組 祖 男
差 不 合 母 子
上 審 之 田 次
申 成 者 原 郎
候 儀 幷 村 作
、 無 旦 久 当
為 御 那 作 巳
後 座 寺 妻 三
日 候 真 切 歳
向御 ニ 言 支 、百同野
書 付 宗 丹 元枝村村
物 、 蓮 宗 禄村
弁
五
、 取 城 門 拾庄
指人
仍 置 寺 転 四屋 同 同
同 同 同 同 組
而 、
立 本 年
如 土
合 人 八
葬
件 仕 、 ニ 月別茂 太 善 吉 新 太 源 吉 九
候 而 而 十左 郎 八 之 内 七 七 兵 左、 念 御 八衛 兵 ㊞ 丞 ㊞ ㊞ ㊞ 衛 衛
則 を 座 日㊞
㊞ 門門 衛
蓮 入 候 疳㊞ ㊞㊞
城 、 ニ 虫

(

右
之
次
郎
作
元
禄
拾
弐
年
卯
六
月
ニ
出
生
仕
候
、
他
領
類
族
ニ
ハ
出
申
候
、
已
上

蓮
城
寺
」

3
[Edge of paper’s back side]“On the eighteenth day of the eighth month of Genroku 14 [1701], the year of the snake, Jirosaku (3 years old), the son of
Mukōno Village’s Shinkurō, died of illness. Buried by Renjōji temple.”
Document(notification regarding death from illness of son of Mukōno Village’s Heibē)
Jirosaku (3 years old this year), the son of Shinkurō, who is the child of Mukōno Village’s Shinnai, died from kannomushi[疳虫 (pediatric disease of the nerves) ] on the eighteenth day of the eighth month of Genroku 14 [1701]. The grandmotherof Jirosaku’s grandparent was the wife of Tawara Village’s Kyūsaku, a former Christian. Therefore, the shōya [庄屋] andbenzashi [弁指] village officials, five household unit members, as well as the head priest of the Shin sect temple Renjōji towhich he belonged, carefully inspected Jirosaku’s corpse. There was nothing suspicious at all, so he was given an earth
burial. A certificate of this has been received from the head priest of Renjōji and it is therefore attached for submission. The
above is written as evidence for the future.
Genroku 14 [1701]
nineteenth day of the eighth month
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Kyūzaemon (seal)
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Kichibē (seal)
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Genshichi (seal)
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Tashichi (seal)
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Shinnai (seal)
Mukōno Village Five Household Unit Kichinojō (seal)
Mukōno Village

Zenhachi (seal)

Mukōno Village

Tarobē (seal)

Momoeda Village Shōya Mozaemon (seal)
To Iwate Rokurōzaemon
Kanō Tōzaemon
Nakamura Kumohachi
Jirosaku was born in the sixth month of Genroku 12 (1699), the year of the rabbit. Jirosaku is not a descendant of a
Christian from another domain’s territory.

227

A24 ① “Memo (corpse inspection certificate upon the death of Yokō Village’s Yōemon, a former Christian)” (A24.16)(

1[Edge of paper’s back side] “Yokō Village’s Yōemon”
Memo

)

一
端
屋候横
裏
未寛同、尾
伊吉岡
ノ文前宗村覚「
藤田部
四七ニ旨与
又清忠
月年死者右
左右兵
一
廿
骸浄衛
衛衛衛
三
を土門
門門様
日
見宗、
様様
届毛古
ケ井き
横
、村り
尾
右龍し
村
之泉旦
与
住寺こ
右
持旦ろ
衛
御那ひ
門
取ニ、
」
置而年
被御五
成座十
候候八
、、に
為則て
後住、
日持四
同同同同同
横之・月
五弁
尾、五廿
人指
村仍人二
組
而組日
作総市甚六九甚如・ニ
兵右兵兵左郎左件弁病
衛衛へへ衛兵衛指死・仕㊞門㊞㊞門衛門㊞㊞㊞㊞
庄(notification regarding the death from illness of Yokō Village’s Yōemon, a former Christian)Yōemon (58 years old), a former Christian from Yokō Village who converted to
Buddhism, died from illness on the twenty-second day of the fourth month of Kanbun
7 [1667]. Yōemon was a parishioner of the Kei Village Jōdo sect temple Ryūsenji.
Therefore, the head priest of Ryūsenji, members of the five person unit, the benzashi[弁指] village official, and the shōya [庄屋] inspected Yōemon’s corpse, andRyūsenji’s head priest buried it. The above is written as evidence for the future.
Twenty-third day of the fourth month Kanbun 7 [1667]
Yokō Village
Jinzaemon (seal)
Kurōbē (seal)
Yokō Village Benzashi
Rokuzaemon (seal)
Yokō Village Five Household Unit Jinbe (seal)
Yokō Village Five Household Unit Ichibē (seal)
Yokō Village Five Household Unit Sōuemon (seal)
Yokō Village Five Household Unit Sakubē (seal)
To
Okabe Chūbē
Yoshida Seiuemon
Itō Matazaemon

228

A24 ② “Memo (corpse inspection certificate upon the death of Yokō Village’s Yōemon, a former Christian)” (A24.34)

(

一
宗 横
未 寛 当 尾伊 吉 岡 ノ 文 寺 村 覚
藤 田 部 四 七 旦 与
又 清 忠 月 年 那 右左 右 兵 廿・ 衛
則 門
衛 衛 衛 三門 門 殿 日
庄 、
屋 古
殿 殿
・ き
弁 り
指 し
・ た
五 ん
人 こ
組 ろ
ニ ひ
死 、
骸 年
お 五
見 十
せ 八
、 、
拙 四
僧 月
慥 廿
ニ 二
取 日
毛 置 ニ
井 仕 病
村 申 死
候 仕
龍 、 候
為 、
薫 泉
宗
玄 寺 後
日 門
花
如 者
押
件 浄
土

2
Memo
(notification regarding the death from illness of Yokō Village’s Yōemon, a former Christian)Yōemon (58 years old), a former Christian from Yokō Village who converted to Buddhism, diedfrom illness on the twenty-second day of the fourth month of Kanbun 7 [1667]. Yōemon was aparishioner of my Jōdo sect temple. Therefore, I had the shōya [庄屋] and benzashi [弁指] village
officials, as well as members of his five household unit, inspect his corpse, and then I buried it. The
above is written as evidence for the future.
The twenty-third day of the fourth month Kanbun 7 [1667]
Kei Village’s Ryūsenji temple
Kungen (signature seal)
To
Okabe Chūbē
Yoshida Seiuemon
Itō Matazaemon)

229

A24 ③ “Document (notification regarding the switching of parishioner temple of Shōkichi, the adopted child of Kakie Village’s
Tōuemon, from Ryūsenji to Zenshōji)” (A24.47.16)

「 端
硴 裏
江
藤
右
衛
門
養
子
庄
吉
」
)

230

(

岡 吉 伊
部 田 藤
忠 清 又
兵 右 左
衛 衛 衛
殿 門 門
殿 殿

一
実 文 理 座 而 硴
寛 正 拾 候 候 御 江 御六 文 也 弐 ら ニ 座 村 書
月 拾 、 年 へ 付 候 藤 物
廿 二 為 六 者 而 へ 右 之
六 年 後 月 、 、 共 衛 事
日日 廿 無 龍 、 門
如 六 別 原 藤 養
件 日 儀 寺 右 子
ゟ 御 ニ 衛 庄
同 座 宗 門 吉
宗 候 旨 真 、
当 ニ 之 宗 浄寺 付 儀 善 土
旦 、 捨 正 宗
那 藤 免 寺 龍
ニ 右 被 旦 原善
正
仕 衛 成 那 寺
届 門 下 ニ 檀寺
浄
申 与 様 而 那
智処 寛 ニ 御 ニ㊞

3[Edge of paper’s back side]“Shōkichi, the adopted child of Kakie Village’s Tōuemon”
Document(notification regarding parishioner temple change of Kakie Village’s Shōkichi)
Shōkichi, who was a parishioner of the Jōdo sect temple Ryūgenji, was adopted by Kakie Village’s Tōuemon,
who belongs to the Jōdo Shin sect temple Zenshōji. Therefore, he requested to change his parishioner temple toZenshōji. This is not a problem, and I, therefore, gave my approval to become a Zenshōji parishioner starting on
the twenty-sixth day of the sixth month of Kanbun 12 [1672]. The above is written as evidence for the future.
Twenty-sixth day of the sixth month Kanbun 12 [1672]

Zenshōji
Jōchi (seal)To
Itō Matazaemon
Yoshida Seiuemon
Itō Matazaemon

231

This book integrates and redacts Archival Sources from the Marega Collection in the Vatican
Library Outlines and Selected Documents vol.1 published in January 2017, Archival Sources from the
Marega Collection in the Vatican Library Outlines and Selected Documents vol2 in February 2019,and Archival Sources from the Marega Collection in the Vatican Library Outlines and Selected
Documents vol.3 in March 2020. We are deeply grateful to following cooperators for their dedication
with our survey and editing.
WriterMatsui Yōko Historiographical Institute The University of Tokyo, Professor
Matsuzawa Yoshiyuki Historiographical Institute The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor
Satō Akihiro Taketa History and Culture Museum, Director
Mino Yukinori

National Institutes for the Humanities, National Museum of Japanese History,

Visiting Associate Professor
Fujita Junichirō Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives, Senior ResearcherŌtsu Yūji Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives, Director
Miyama Junichi Chuo University, Faculty of Letters, Associate ProfessorŌhashi Yukihiro

Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences,

ProfessorŌtomo Kazuo

National Institutes for the Humanities, National Institute of Japanese Literature,

Professor
Kudō Kōhei Tokyo Metropolitan Archives, Historiographer
Kawahara Akihisa Oita Prefectural Usa high school, Teacher
Okamura Kazuyuki Agency for Cultural Affairs, First Cultural Properties Division, Senior Cultural
Properties Specialist
Sakurai Nariaki Oita Prefecture Ancient Sages Historical Archives Senior Researcher
Watanabe Kōichi National Institutes for the Humanities, National Institute of Japanese Literature,
Professor (Director)
Hirai Yoshito Hiji Town historical Museum and Hoashi Banri Memorial Museum, Director
Ōta Naohiro

National Institutes for the Humanities, National Institute of Japanese Literature,

Associate Professor
Shimizu Yūko Meiji University, School of Arts and Letters, Associate Professor
Namie Takeo Chiba Prefectural Archives, Fiscal Year Appointed Employees
Satō Takayuki The University of Tokyo, Professor Emeritus
Nishimura Shintarō National Institutes for the Humanities, National Institute of Japanese Literature,
Associate Professor

Contributors
Araki Jiro

Ishida Nanako Oka Asako Oka Mihoko Okamoto Makoto Ogawa Takashi Ono

SayakaKawamura Shinzo

Shiori

Sugimori Reiko

Kurushima Hiroshi

Takagi Madoka

Takada Ayako

Nomoto Teiji Hamashima Miki Hino Kumiko
Fuchita Yuka

Horikoshi Momoko

Koike Syunsuke

Sasaki Sunao

Takahashi Nobuko

Tsutsui Yayoi

Hiruta Akiko Hiruta Hirokazu Fukawa Kanta

Matsuo Yusuke

Matsukata Fuyuko

Matsumoto Chika

Matsumoto Hinako Murai Sanae Murakami Mizuki Muramoto Jun Yamada Motoko
Wada Asako
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Silvio Vita Italian School of East Asian Studies
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