THE CASE OF KANZAKI CHIKUGOKU
神崎竹石の場合
Kanzaki Chikugoku was Tea Master to Torii Mototada, and when the castle of Fushimi fell and his lord put an end to himself, he flung himself into the thick of the enemy, intending to die with him.
神崎竹石は鳥居元忠の茶頭でしたが、伏見城が陥落し元忠と自害を決意します。
But in this he did not succeed, for they took him alive and brought him before the commander Ishida Kazushige, who questioned him closely about the taking of the fortress.
しかし彼は捕らえられ、石田三成の元へ差し出され尋問されます。
When he had related all he had seen, Ishida expressed his great admiration for the splendid bravery of Mototada and then added, “and it would be a pity if his son Shintaro Tadamasa should not hear the whole story of his father's valiant end; so do you haste down to the East country and tell them the tale without delay.”
彼が全てを話した後、三成は元忠の勇敢さを賞賛し「彼の嫡男、信太郎忠正殿には是が非でも父の最後のお姿をお伝えしなければならない。そなたにその役目を託したいので直ちに東へ赴いてほしい。」と言いました。
And he set him free and provided him with horses, and he went down to Yahagi in Shimosa and there related how Mototada and his men had held the castle and had died when it fell.
彼は放免され馬に飛び乗り一目さんで下総矢作へ下り、城を守った元忠の姿と彼の最後を嫡男に話しました。