Hyougemono 2

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１５７８年９月
和泉国・堺
（大阪府堺市）
September, 1578
Sakai, Izuminokuni
(Sakai City, Greater Osaka)

な……
Wh...

なんだこれは……
What is this...

こ……この「ゴバァッ」とした巨大さ……
Th...this giant of a "goba"...

まるで海に浮かぶ龍宮城ではないか……!!?
Isn't it as if the Palace of the Dragon were floating on the sea...!!?

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第二席　黒く塗れ!!
The Second Ceremony: Paint It Black!!

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見事だ　九鬼嘉隆！
It's splendid, Kuki Yoshitaka!

はっ
Sir!

この大安宅船気に入った！
I like this Ooatakebune!

好きなだけ黄金を与える！
Just because I like it, I'll give you gold!

毛利水軍の小船などこいつで木っ端微塵にしてくれるわ！
This thing will smash the little boats of Mouri's fleet into smithereens!

おう　左介っ
Hey, Sasuke!

わざわざ見にきたかっ
Did you come just to see it?

大安宅船の観船式をなさると聞き山城より馬を走らせましたっ
When I heard of the spectacular boat style of Ooatakebune, I made my horse race from Yamashiro

しかしまさかこれほどのものとは……
But this great of a thing is...

フッ　お前らしいわ
Heh. That's just like you.

……どうだ？
...How is it?

平グモの茶釜などとは比べものになるまい
It can't be compared to the likes of the teakettle, Hiragumo.

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俺の望むものとはこういうものよ
The things that I want are this sort of thing.

そりゃあ誰だって欲しいわな
Anybody could have that if they wanted to

金さえあれば
For enough money.

これは失礼致しました
Excuse my rudeness.

たかが商人の戯言でございます
It was just a merchant's joke.

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本音なら撤回するな
If it was your real intent, don't withdraw it.

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お……
Wi...

恐れながら上様……
With all due respect, my lord...

平グモは大安宅船と等しく素晴らしいものでございました
Hiragumo was just as splendid as Ooatakebune.

ものの良さと尺の大小は係わりなしと存じまする
I think that a thing's virtue and size have no connection.

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生意気言いおって左介め！
Brazenly said, Sasuke, you rascal!

よう言うた！金玉縮こませながらよう言うたぞ左介！
Well said! Well said while protecting your precious object, Sasuke!

津田宗及！今井宗久！
Sougyuu Uda! Soukyuu Imai!

千宗易！
Soueki Senno!

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あの船……お前ら茶坊主はどう思う
That boat... what do you tea-servers think of it?

いや　このような巨大なものは南蛮船でも見たことがございません
Well, that enormous of a thing isn't even seen among the boats of the southern barbarians.

外板に鉄を張りつけ非貫通性と防火性を持たせる
It has iron attached to its outer planks for armor and fire prevention.

軍船として見事というほかございません
As a warship, you can't call it anything but splendid.

お前はどうだ　宗易
What do you say, Soueki.

いささかもの足りのう存じます
I think there is a little something lacking.

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一切を黒く塗られるのがよろしいかと
If everything were painted black it would be fine.

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なるほど「黒」は「死」を匂わす……
I see. "Black" smells of "death"...

毛利水軍にとってこの船は「死神」に映るかもしれんな
For the Mouri fleet, this ship will perhaps seem like a "death god"

面白い！
Interesting!

大安宅船のみならず軍船をすべて黒く塗れ!!
Paint not just Ooatakebune, but all the fleet black!

宗易！
Soueki!

今日はお前が荼を点てろ！！
Today, you will make the tea!!

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さすがは信長様
Just what you would expect of Nobunaga-sama.

良かれと思うことはすぐお採り入れになる
If he thinks something is good, he immediately adopts it.

それにしても
Nevertheless

あの見事な船を「もの足りない」などと……
To say that splendid boat was "lacking something"...

いや
No

それ以上に一切を黒に塗るという大胆な発想
More than that, the daring concept of painting everything black

あれが
That was

巷で「才人」と言われる千宗易か……
Was Soueki Senno called a "genius" in public?...

御名は？
Your name?

山城国　上久世庄　代官
I am the magistrate of Kamikuzenoshou, Yamishirokuni,

古田左介と申す
Sasuke Furuta.

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山城国
上久世庄
（京都府京都市南京区）
Yamashirokuni
Kamikuzenoshou
(Minamikyuu-ku, Kyoto City, Greater Kyoto

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うん
Yup

いつもながら左介殿の茶はうまい
Just like always, Sasuke-dono's tea is delicious.

この中川清秀
I, Kiyohide Nakagawa,

信長様のお口添えとはいえ良い義弟を持ったと自負しておる
got a good brother-in-law at Nobunaga-sama's recommendation, if I do say so myself.

いい男に嫁いだな　おせん
You married a good man, Osen.

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めっそうもござらん
Don't be absurd.

それがしは中川家ほど名門の生まれではないゆえ……
Since I was not born to such a noble family as the Nakagawa clan...

名器の一つも出せず義兄上には毎度失礼致しております
I am always an embarassment to my brother-in-law, who never throws out any famous utensil.

それがいいのだ
That's fine.

武人は清貧をもって良しとせねば
Since it is well for a military man to exist in honorable poverty,

私など茶の湯にうとい者に名器を出されてはかえって困る
For such as I to give out a famous utensil to a man not interested in the tea ceremony is always a woory.

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主君・荒木村重様の茶会などはもう大変でな
The tea parties of my overlord, Murashige Araki-sama, are a pain.

様々な名器を自慢げに出されるのだが……私には返す言葉がなく四苦ハ苦しておる
He boasts of having a variety of famous utensils, but... I'm in dire straights, with nary a word to say in return.

さ……様々な名器……
A... a variety of famous utensils...

中川様そろそろ……
Nakagawa-sama, it's time...

いや　近頃は本殿寺勢との争いが激しくてな
Well, lately the struggle with the forces of Honganji has been intense.

こうして会いにくるのもままならぬ
I won't be free to come and visit like this.

馳走になった
It was delicious.

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いつも忙しそうだな　義兄上は
Your brother always seems to be busy.

兄上は……
It's because...

一本気な性格ですので……
my brother has a one track mind...

こうと決めたことや……
The things he's made up his mind to do, and...

道理の通らないことなどは……
irrational things, are...

しかし俺にはうらやましい限りだ
But for me, it's enough to make me envious.

嫌なのですよ
It's something I dislike.

やはり武人なら千軍万馬を従えて
As I'd expect, being a military man is accompanied by many battles.

だから……
And so...

常に敵と力でせめぎ合うのが本分
It's your duty to constantly use your power to struggle against enemies.

どんなにきつい命令でも……
No matter how difficult the orders are...

そういうふうにいられれば出世も早いのだが……
If it's like that, your promotion will be faster...

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忙しさにかまけることなく果たそうとするのです
If you aren't busy, you can try to do that.

かといって戦場でも目がいくのは景色だったりするのだがな
But then, even on the battlefield, my eyes would be on the scenery.

戦場で景色を見ていては……
Looking at the scenery on a battlefield is...

危のうございますよ
dangerous.

あ
Oh

そうそう
That's right.

左介殿の故郷美濃の窯大将から
This came from Sasuke-dono's hometown, Kamadaishou in Mino.

志野茶碗が……
It's a Shino tea bowl...

なに！きたか！！
What! It came?!!

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う～ん……
Yeah...

いまだ日の本では出し難い良い白が出ておる……
A nice white that is hitherto has been difficult to produce in the land of the Rising Sun has appeared...

でかしたな……
It came out...

※唐物の透き通るような白ではないが……
Isn't it the clear whiteness of the karamono*?...

※主に中国で製作されたさまざまな輸入品の総称。
*General term for various import goods mostly manufactured in China.

もぐさ土と長石釉だけでよくぞここまで……
Just moxa earth and feldspar glaze is good, this much...

美濃へ礼は贈ってくれたか？
Did you send an expression of my gratitude to Mino?

これだけのものを作るにはさぞ散財したろうに……
I am sure that making just this thing was expensive...

それが……
That was...

今はあいにく……
Now, unfortunately...

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金子のほうが……
Funds are...

とどこおっておりますの
delayed.

すまんな　おせん……
Sorry, Osen...

義父亡き後この領地を継ぎ代官になったとて……
After your father died and you inherited the domain of the magistrate...

もらう禄は知れたもの……
The stipend you would receive was known...

俺に甲斐性があればこんな苦労はかけまいに……
If I were resourceful, this kind of hardships wouldn't multiply...

苦労より……
Rather than hardships...

勝っていますよ
we have won.

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こんな乱世でも子はすくすくと
Even in these troubled times, children come quick

私はこのようにぴんぴんと
I am quick with child.

夫・左介殿はひょうひょうとしているおかしさのほうが
My husband, Sasuke-dono's peculiar aloofness

勝っています
has triumphed.

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あ
Oh

左介殿
Sasuke-dono

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……このうっすら火照った緋色の肌に……
... On this skin slightly flushed with scarlet...

真白く「はにゃあ」とした佇まい……
A shape in pure white is "hanyaa"...

そうだ……
That's it...

これはまるで……
This is truly...

志野……
Shino...

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あの良さの根源はここにあったか……
The source of that goodness is right here...

いや……待てよ
No... wait.

志野は「はんっ」という感じ……
Shino has a feeling of "hann"...

「はんっ」と「はにゃあ」どちらが欲しいかといえば……
If I were to say which I wanted, "hann" or "hanyaa"...

「はにゃあ」のほう……
it would be "hanyaa"...

なるほど乳房には画竜点睛乳首がある
I see, the nipples make the eyes on the picture of a dragon that are the breasts.

今焼の志野が古の唐　高麗名物に匹敵するには……
Now, for fired Shino to rival Inishie no Kara, that famous product of Korea...

濃い赤色の何かが要る
A strong red color of something is needed.

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失礼つかまつる！古田殿！
Excuse me, Furuta-dono!

それがし織田の使い番にござる！
I am a messenger from Oda!

……なんだ
... What is it?

石山本願寺攻めの陣中にあった摂津守荒木村重が謀反！己が城へ籠ったとの報がありました！
Tettsunokami Araki Murashige, who was encamped for the attack on Ishiyama Honganji, has rebelled! There was news that he has taken refuge in your castle!


かねてより毛利勢本願寺勢と通じ反乱の機をうかがっていた由にござる！
Even more than before, the chance that Mouri and Honganji will join forces in their rebellion is the reason for this inquiry!

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た……
E...

たった今荒木の家臣中川殿が……
Even though just now, Araki's vassal Nakagawa...

本願寺征伐ヘ向かったというのにか……!!?
said that he was headed for the conquest of Honganji...!!?

荒木の意が家中にあまねく及んでいるとは限りませぬ！
Araki's thoughts do not extend to reaching his entire family!

とにかく古田殿は信長様の直臣！
In any case, Furuta-dono, you are the direct vassal of Nobunaga-sama!

ただちに織田軍に合流してくだされ！
Immediately join forces with the Oda army!

まずい……
This is bad...

あ……荒木方にはつかないでくれ義兄上……
Oh... please don't join with Araki, brother-in-law...

もしつかば……
If you do...

義兄上は敵……！！
You will be my enemy...!!