Hyougemono 1

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Hyougemono
Volume 1 Chapter 1

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第一席　君は"物"のために死ねるか!?
Chapter 1: Can You Die For a "Thing"!?
第二席　黒く塗れ!!
The Second Ceremony: Paint It Black!!
第三席　碗LOVE
The Third Ceremony: Wan Love
第四席　茶室のファンタジー
The Fourth Ceremony: Tea Room Fantasy
第五席　天界への階段
The Fifth Ceremony: Stairway to Heaven
第六席　強き二人の茶事
The Sixth Ceremony: The Powerful Duo's Tea Party
第七席　京のナイト・フィーバー
The Seventh Ceremony: Kyoto Night Fever
第八席　カインド・オブ・ブラック
The Eighth Ceremony: Kind of Black
第九席　天下よりの使者
The Ninth Ceremony: Messenger from the Land

総織部、赤織部、志野織部……
織部焼にもいろいろありやすが、私が今欲しいのは織部黒という鯨のような茶碗です。
日常使いに、織部黒のきゅうすでも造って鯨が潮を吹くが如く湯飲みにお茶をそそぎ込みたいのもですなぁ

山田芳裕
Sou-oribe, Aka-oribe, Shino-oribe...
There are many types of Oribe ware, but what I want now is an Oribe-guro teacup that looks like a whale.
I want to make a Oribe-guro teapot for everyday use, and pour tea into the teacup just like a spouting whale.

Yoshihiro Yamada

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１５７７年８月
近江国・安土
（滋賀県安土町）
August, 1577
Azuchi, Ouminokuni
(Azuchi, Shiga Prefecture)

この古田左介……
I, Sasuke Furuta...

齢三十四を越え……
being over the age of 34...

この先をどう生きる!?
How can I keep on living like this!?

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第一席　君は"物"のために死ねるか!?
The First Ceremony: Can You Die For a "Thing"!?

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戦国の乱世に武人として生まれた以上……
Over and above having been born as a military man into the turbulent times of the warring states,

やはり目指すは天下にその名を轟かす大大名……
as one would expect, my objective is to be a great lord, whose name resounds throughout the land...

そう
So.

次々と他国を我がものにし……
One by one, the other lands will become mine.

帝より「蘭奢待」という香木まで賜り受けた
I will have been honored by receiving the fragrant wood called "Ranjatai" rather than the Emperor,

主君・織田信長様のように
Just like my lord, Nobunaga Oda-sama.

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俺も……俺も欲しい
I, too... I, too, want it,

「蘭奢待」が……！！！
"Ranjatai"...!!!

それにしても……
At any rate...

信長様はよいものを着ておられる
Nobunaga-sama is able to wear nice things.

あの南蛮服の見事さはどうだ……
How about the splendor of the clothes of the southern barbarians...

「びろうど」という不思議な光沢の布にうっすら浮き出る唐草牡丹
The arabesque of tree peonies that dimly appear in the wondrous luster of the cloth called "velvet".

斬新かつ見る者を夢心地にさせる信長様にぴったりなお召し物よ……
The novel clothing which also puts the viewer into a trance well suits Nobunaga-sama...

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それに比べてあの方の甲冑の工夫のないことぉ……
Compare that to the crudeness of that man's armor...

まるで「私は戦でも頭使えません」と表明してるようなものではないか
Doesn't that simply shout, "I can't use my head even in a battle"?

俺が戦奉行ならすぐに古くさい室町風を改めさせるな……
If I were the Minister of War, I would instantly change the antiquated Muromachi style...

胴は仁王銅袖は魚鱗の小びれのみ
The breastplate would be Twin Deva bronze; the sleeves only a small shawl of fish scales
{Devas are guardian deities that guard temples, with two statues of them flanking the temple gate. The statue style somewhat resembles classical Greek statuary.}

これだけで新進気鋭織田軍団にふさわしかろうに……
Only with this would it be suitable for the rising spirit of the Oda Army.

あ あ　こりゃあまただめだ……
Oh, this one is extremely bad...

精一杯当世風を示しておられるが心がついてきておらん……
He's trying with all his might to follow the latest fashion, but his heart isn't in it...

こういう方はいっそ「小心者」と開き直ったほうが潔かろう
This fellow would be braver if he openly declared himself a "coward."

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お互いいつ野垂れ死ぬかわからぬ身……
If they should die together unknown along a roadside,

死に装束が無様では追いはぎにも笑われまするぞっ
their appearance in death would be so uncouth that eventhe highwaymen would laugh!

左介え！！
Sasuke!!

何がおかしい！！
What's so funny!!

首をはねるぞ！！
Knock your head!!

はっ！！
Sir!!

たかが二百石の禄を食み浮かれておるか？
Is he making merry on a stipend of 200 koku?
{One koku of rice (about 150 kg or 330 pounds) was considered to be enough to feed one person for one year}

いやいや　十四も年下の嫁御をもらって舞い上がっておるのだろう！
No, no, he's flying high after getting a bride 14 years younger!

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う～ん　いかにも武人らしいもっさりした笑いだ……
Yes, indeed, unrefined laughing like military men...

けなす笑いは本人の得意げが後に残ってキレが悪い……
Mocking laughter leaves but poor scraps of a man's pride...

俺も気をつけよう
I, too, will be careful

左介をここに呼んだのはほかでもない
The reason I called Sasuke here is nothing other than this.

おまえは齢十七から使い番として俺に仕えてきたな
You have served me as a messenger since the age of 17.

はっ！
Sir!

殿の斬新極まりないご命令を
I have conveyed my lord's boundless new orders

時に後方部隊時に敵の本陣へと伝えて参りました
Sometimes to the rearguard, sometimes to the enemy headquarters.

おまえのその能力
Once again use give me a

今度も見事発揮してみろ
marvelous demonstration of that ability of yours

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短ってのとおりあの小狡い松永久秀めがまたも俺を裏切った
In short, that Hisahide Matsunaga has betrayed me once again.

北の上杉勢が京に攻め上ると知っての謀だろう
The plan seems to be for Uesugi's force to attack the capital from the north

松永は俺を退けんと西の毛利石山本願寺勢と手を組み信青山城に籠った
When Matsunaga withdrew from me, he joined forces with Mouri and Honganji Ishiyama and secluded himself at Shigisan Castle

使者を出したが少しも言うことを聞かん
I sent messengers, but he won't give them an audience.

もはや兵を出し信青山もろとも松永を潰すしかない
I have already sent troops; there is nothing to do but to smash Matsunaga along with Shigisan.

上杉勢
Uesugi force

本願寺勢
Honganji force

毛利勢
Mouri force

信貴山城
Shigisan Castle

安土城
Azuchi Castle

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して
So,

それがしへのご命令とは
My orders are...?

この出陣は倅の信忠に任す
I am entrusting this task to my son, Nobutada.

信忠が城を囲んだ時おまえはもう一度松永と交渉しろ
When Nobutada has surrounded the castle, you are to once again negotiate with Matsunaga.

「平グモの茶釜を俺に渡せば裏切りを許す」と！
Tell him, "If you turn over the Hiragumo teakettle to me, I will forgive the betrayal"!

ひ　平グモですと？！
The... the Hiragumo, you say?!

あの幻と言われる「平グモ」ですと！！？
The "Hiragumo" that is called a vision!!?

地をはうような異形が蜘蛛に似てると命名されたあの逸品ですと!!?
That article of rare beauty that is so named for its resemblance to a fantastic spider that is crawling the earth!!?

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能書きがうるさいわ
Boasting is annoying.

見たことでもあるのか？
Have you even seen it?

め……めっそうもございません！
Do... don't be absurd!

それがしごときがあの名器を見るなど
As if I would have seen that famous utensil

相変わらず数奇者だな
As usual, you are a person of refined tastes.

親父に似てるぞ
Like your father.

俺の側で茶を点てていたおまえの親父と
Your father who prepared tea by my side.

さあ！！
Now, then!!

すぐにあのジジイを落としてこい!!
Go and overthrow that old man immediately!!

長引けば許さん!!
I shall not forgive any delay!!

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左介
Sasuke

これは羽柴秀吉様
It's Yoshihide Hashiba-sama

平グモとはそんなに凄いのか？
Is the Hiragumo that amazing?

それはもう……
I already said so...

それが何か？
Why?

いや
Well

近頃　殿のカン高い笑い声を聞いておらんと思ってな
Lately, I didn't think I'd be hearing our lord's piercing laughter.

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同年１０月
大和国・信貴山城
（奈良県平群町）
October of the same year
Shigisan Castle, Yamatonokuni
(Heguri, Nara prefecture)

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それがし織田の使い番古田左介と申す!!
I am Oda's messenger, Sasuke Furuta!!

信長様のご意向を松永殿に伝えに参った!!
I have come to convey Nobunaga-sama's intentions to Matsunaga-dono!!

門を開けられい！！
Open the gate!!

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……見られる……
...I'll be able to see it...

あの大名物をこの目で……
That extremely famous object with these eyes...

いや　待てよ……
No, wait...

松永殿が本丸へ持ち込んでるとは限らんぞ
Matsunaga may not have brought it into the inner keep

ええい物のことは考えるなっ
Hey, don't think about the thing!

今は武功を得ることのみ考えよっ!!
Now is the time to think of nothing but achieving military exploits!!

俺の志はあくまで武人としての大成!
My intention to the bitter end is the accomplishments of a military man!

殿っ
My lord

織田の使い番が参りましたっ
Oda's messenger has come.

通せ
Let him in

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信長様の和睦の条件は……
The condition for reconciliation with Nobunaga-sama

松永様の持つ天下無双……
Is the peerless object that Matsunaga has, to wit, ...

ひら……
Hira...

平グ……
Hiragu...

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平グモはわしの魂じゃ
Hiragumo is my soul.

それを渡せということはわしに人形になれということ
Handing that over would be making me into a puppet.

誰が来ようが絶対に渡さん
I will absolutely not hand it over to anyone who comes.

う……映ってる……
It... it's being reflected...

この俺の網膜にしかと！！
Onto nothing other than my own retina!!

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わしの人生はわしが決める
My life is mine to decide

わしは心のままにこの乱世を生き抜いてきた
I have survived into these troubled times by doing what is in my heart.

将軍を殺し大仏殿を焼き欲しい物はすべて奪い取ってきた
The shogun has been killed, and the Hall of the Great Buddha burned and looted of whatever was desired.

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なんと艶めかしい黒鉄の地肌……
What a captivating iron texture...

なんと「のぺえっ」とした異形の……
It makes such a fantastic "Nopee"...

いや「どぺえっ」か……!!?
Or, no, is it a "Dopee"...!!?

フフ……しかし信長め……
Heh heh... but that upstart Nobunaga...

山上宗二という茶人が「良くない」と評したそうだが…
The Tea Master, Souji Yamanoue, is said to have commented, "It's not good", but...

何度裏切ろうとまだ許すとは
How many times will betrayal be forgiven

本当に実物を見たのか!!?
Am I truly seeing the real thing!!?

よほど死なせとうないようじゃ
It's almost as if I won't be permitted to die.

わしに己を見ておるのか　フフ……
Are you seeing yourself in me? Heh heh...

それとも俺の眼が「器気」に負けているのか！！？
Or are my eyes being defeated by a "bowl spirit"!!?

聞けきさまあ！！
Listen up, you worm!!

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フッ
Heh

おまえはよほどの数奇者と見える
It appears you are a man of refined tastes.

いや！それがしは武人！
No! I am a military man!

松永様同様力をもって成り上がりとうござる
I wish to rise up in the world and hold the same power as Matsunaga-sama.

ならばよく聞け
If you listen well,

いずれおまえも決めねばならぬ
Eventually you, too, must decide

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圧倒的な力を持つ者が現れた時
At the time when a person appears who has overwhelming power

わしの道を選ぶか　あきらめる道を選ぶかをな
If you will choose my road, or choose the road of giving up

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何事！？
What's this!?

下がっていいぞ左介
You may withdraw, Sasuke

後はこの羽柴秀吉が引き受けた
I, Hideyoshi Hashiba, will take over now.

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おうっ
Oh

戻ったか左介！
Have you returned, Sasuke!

松永はなんと!?
What did Matsunaga say!?

取引には応じぬと……！！
He didn't accept the deal...!!

その後すぐに羽柴隊が城内へ……!!
Right after that, the Hashiba company entered the castle...!!

秀吉が！？
Hashiba!?

命じておらんぞ！！？
Without orders!!?

信忠様！
Nobutada-sama!

羽柴隊が城から出て参りました！！
The Hashiba company is coming out of the castle!!

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うおっ！
Wow!

あれは!?
What's that!?

天守を見ろ!!
Look at the tower!!

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信長よ
Nobunaga

涅槃で待つ
Wait for Nirvana

な……何をする気だ！？
Wh... what do you intend to do!?

首から下げてるのはあの茶釜か！？
Is that teakettle hanging from his neck!?

ま……まさかあの導線は……
S... surely that fuse...

平グモに火薬を!!?
is going to gunpowder in Hiragumo!!?

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在りし日　おまえにくれてやった茶入「九十九髪茄子」
You who in days of yore was given the tea caddy "Tsukumonasu"

必ず土産に持ってこい！！
Will certainly bring a present!!

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羽柴秀吉めにござる
It's Hideyoshi Hashiba.

松永の件残念至極に存じまする
I know that the matter of Matsunaga is extremely unfortunate

茶釜とともに爆死などと
The tea kettle perished along with him in the bomb blast

何の用だ？
What is your business?

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恐れながらこの秀吉
With all due respect, I, Hideyoshi,

お気持ちお察しするに
judging your mood,

上様はハナから平グモなど眼中になかったのでは……と
that Your Highness had no interest in such things as Hiragumo...

上様が真に欲したのは……
And that what Your Highness truly desired was...

松永の心
Matsunaga's heart.

同じ下剋上の道を歩まれた「朋」としての証を所望されたのか……と
I thought that what was desired was evidence that he was a "companion" traveling the same path of supplanting seniors by juniors.

おまえごときに俺の肚が読めるとでも思ったか！！？
You thought you could read my intentions!!?

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松永めの末期の歌にござります
This is Matsunaga's deathbed poem.

「天下がもっと広ければお互いぶつかり合うことはなかったろうに」……
"If the land was larger we probably wouldn't collide with each other"...

戦友の惜別がありありと詠まれております
The last regrets of a comrade in arms are clearly being recited.

……サル知恵を働かせおって
...You are employing the wisdom of a monkey.

ご明察！それがしはしょせんサル
Such insight! I am, after all, a monkey

毛が三本足りん獣の戯事と思ってお納めくだされ！
A beast with not even three hairs who thought fit to fool around has been put back in its proper place!

では！
Well!

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サル
Monkey

おまえに毛利攻めの全権をやる
I give you full authority to attack Mouri.

負け続きの流れを見事変えてみろ
Try to change the string of continued defeats into something wondrous.

それにしても……
At any rate...

あの期でよく松永は歌を詠んだものだ……
It's a good thing that Matsunaga recited a poem at that time...

な～に雑作もないことよ
What! It wasn't any problem at all.

歌を詠まずば雑兵に斬らせる
If he didn't recite the poem, he would be killed by the soldiers.

詠むならば自害を許すと迫ったのさ
If he did recite it, he would be permitted to commit suicide.

かっこつけたがりの松永がいずれを選ぶかは明らか
It was clear which Matsunaga, who wished to appear a stylish, would choose.

しかしそれでは歌の中身が……
But in that case, the contents of the poem were...

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歌は俺がつくっておいた
The poem was made by me in advance.

上様
Your highness

なんだ　左介
What is it, Sasuke

ご所望の品を持参致しました
I have brought you the desired object

屑鉄ではないか
Isn't that scrap iron?

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平グモの蓋にござります
It is the lid of Hiragumo.

無残な姿になり果てました
It ended up in this atrocious condition.

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……ずっと厳しかった上様が……
... Our lord, who is always stern...

笑われた……！！
laughed...!!

火中の栗の皮を拾ったとほざくか
Talk about picking the shells of chestnuts from the fire!

左介の欲は俺より上だったようだな
It seems that Sasuke's desire overtops my own.

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くれてやる持っていけ!
I give it to you, take it away!

まったくひょうげた奴よ！
You are truly a funny fellow!

だが
However

何かやりそうな男ではある
He is a man who seems to do something.

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いかんともしがたい違いが
No matter what I do, it's not the same!