Roshi Bunkyu Hokoku Kiji (Shinjimbutsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The "Ronin Bunkyu Hokoku Buki" is a three-volume memoir written around 1875 by Nagakura Shinpachi, who was the second in command of the Shinsengumi and was always active in the first battle of the war. Although it is recognized as a first-class historical document that became the basis for countless Shinsengumi books to be produced in later years, the actual book was lost in the Meiji period, and has since been passed down as a miraculous record. This book recounts the history of the Shinsengumi from the formation of the Roshintai, assassination of Serizawa Kamo, Ikedaya Incident, defeat of the Koyo-Chintai, to the dissolution of the Shinsengumi, in three parts: the original text deciphered from the original photographic plates, the readings with detailed explanations, and a plain modern translation.

『浪士文久報国記事』は、新選組二番組頭として常に戦闘の第一戦で活躍した永倉新八が、戊辰戦争の硝煙が消えやらぬ、明治八年頃に書き記した三冊の回顧録である。後年、無数に輩出される新選組本の基本文献となった第一級の史料であることが認められながら、実物は明治期に人手に渡り行方不明となり、以後、幻の記録として語り継がれた。浪士隊の結成、芹沢鴨の暗殺、池田屋事件、甲陽鎮撫隊の敗戦から新選組の瓦解までの実戦史を、写真原版から解読した原文、詳細な解説を付した読み下し文、平易な現代語訳の三部構成で再現。