この連名簿は、澄水が作成したもの。それ故、右とは別個に、九鬼宗伝之巻(天津蹈鞴秘文武道遍の別称)を直授された高塚理考氏あたりには異論があるかも知れない。けれども、いちおう澄水執筆のままをここに再録し た。
Kono renmei-bo wa, Chōsui ga sakusei shita mono. Sore yue, migi towa bekko ni, Kuki Sōden-no-maki (Amatsu Tatara *Hibun/Hibumi Budō-hen no besshō) wo jikijusareta Takatsuka Michitaka-shi atari ni wa iron ga aru kamo shire-nai. Kere domo, ichiō Chōsui shippitsu no mama wo koko
ni sairoku shita.
This register was drawn up by Chōsui. As a consequence, people such as Mr. Takatsuka Michitaka, who received the Kuki Sōden-no-maki (also known as Amatsu Tatara *Hibun/Hibumi Budō-hen) might have a different opinion. However, for the most part it is written here again as Chōsui wrote.
因みに、澄水が九鬼隆治閣下宛に送った書簡によると、彼は『本体九鬼神流澄水派』を唱えることを申し述べ、隆治にその了解を求めている。
Chinami ni, Chōsui ga Kuki Takaharu kakka-ate ni okutta shokan ni yoruto, kare wa [Hontai Kukishin-ryū Chōsui-ha] wo tonaeru koto wo mōshi-nobe, Takaharu ni sono ryōkai wo motomete iru.
Incidentally, according to a letter sent by Chōsui to his Excellency Kuki Takaharu, he stated that he advocated “Hontai Kukishin-ryū Chōsui-ha”, and was asking for Takaharu’s consent.
[In a letter from Takamatsu Chōsui to general Kuki Takahara, it is written that Takamatsu proposed to formulate a new school and called his branch Hontai Kukishin-ryū Chōsui-ha. He was asking permission to start his own branch for various reasons.]
これは、講道館柔道が全国的に普及し、九鬼本来の古道的体術では立ちうち出来かねることを認め、拳当・唐手術(今日の空手道)を加味した九鬼神流柔体術を『九体鬼神道流澄水派』として、世に広める意図によるもの であった。(昭和25・5・15は高松書簡)
Kore wa, Kōdōkan jūdō ga zenkokuteki ni fukyū-shi, Kuki honrai no kodō-teki taijutsu dewa tachi-uchi dekaneru koto wo mitome, kobushi-ate - *tōdejutsu/karatejutsu (kyō no karatedō) wo kami shita Kukishin-ryū jūtaijutsu wo [*Kutaiki/Kuki Shintō-ryū Chōsui-ha] toshite, yo ni hiromeru ito ni yoru mono de atta. (Shōwa-25 5-15 wa Takamatsu shokan)
It was because of his intention to make it public due to Kōdōkan jūdō spreading nationwide, the recognition that Kuki’s primary old-way taijutsu could not compete, kobushi-ate, *tōdejutsu/karatejutsu (today’s karatedō) added to Kukishin-ryū jūtaijutsu as “*Kutaiki Shintō-ryū Chōsui-ha” that he sought Takaharu’s consent. (Takamatsu’s letter dated Shōwa-25-5-15 [May 15th 1950])
[One of the main reasons was that Kōdōkan jūdō was prevailing nationwide and Chōsui admitted that it was difficult to compete with them using the old kobudō system, which was that the case case with Kukishin-ryū. Chōsui said that he added karate tōtejutsu (now known as karate) to Kukishin-ryū jūjutsu. Chōsui was thinking of calling it Hontai Kukishin-ryū Chōsui-ha and making it very popular to the public. Shōwa 25 May 15 (Circa 1950)]