戦艦武蔵から発見した文書を読み解いてみた

Paul Allen @PaulGAllen

Musashi a few new discoveries today, including more Japanese writing, any translation help appreciated pic.twitter.com/RlnQriN2p6

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@PaulGAllen Considering technical terms in this document, It seems to be the manual of MUSASHI's catapult.

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@PaulGAllen Most Left Colum is fully read. 九手入後ハ必ズ射出状態二復旧スベシ means #9. After the mainteinance, you must return launch mode.

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@PaulGAllen Next 2 coulums shows one continuous operation, and numbered 8. 八作動筒手入れ装置二依... 　子の手入ヲ行フベシ。

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@PaulGAllen It means #8 actual tube maitenance device... should maintain child(device?).

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@PaulGAllen Further next 2 columns show one continuous operation, and numbered 7. 七滑走車後端ノ 　子ヲ作動筒ヨリ抜出ス

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@PaulGAllen It means, #7 Behind the sliding wheels... ...eject child(devices?) from actuation tube.

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@PaulGAllen more 1 columns, nuimbered 6. 六滑車筒ト作動筒... It means. #6 Pulley tube and actuation tube...

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@PaulGAllen 7 columns from leftmost, top line is lost, so operation number is unknown,

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@PaulGAllen And further 2 columns are heavily damaged, so only some word is read fragmentary. 電力.....開始位置 前進

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@PaulGAllen It means, electric .... starting point (move) forward.

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@PaulGAllen Further next 2 colums (just below red "S" character), seems to be 2 separate operations, but uncertain because No. line is lost.

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@PaulGAllen It’s read ？？車筐下部子緩衝器ノ関連ヲ解ク ？離脱装置ヲ脱ス It means, Release the Child Bumper at the bottom of pulley? box. Release breakaway device.

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@PaulGAllen One column after blank, only 2 columns are read fragmentary. 復帰筒... 滑車筐下方二連結....滑車筐...

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@PaulGAllen It means, Returning tube(?)... ..connected at the bottom of the pulley box... pulley box.

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@PaulGAllen These are everything that I can read this photo. Thanks for showing (more) hi-res photo, And finding MUSASHI.

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@PaulGAllen I translated again based on more detailed decoding result twitter.com/kin_mokusei/st… and twitter.com/Gusoh/status/5…

金木犀 @kin_mokusei

.@PaulGAllen @robanchou @Mahler_Brahms 現状をアップしておきます。 We upload our works. pic.twitter.com/iQmShSJUea

2015-03-07 23:35:39

Gusoh @Gusoh

@PaulGAllen @tk_hartman 全く自信のない英訳を追加　戦艦武蔵カタパルト？銘板日本twitter暗号解読班まとめ #武蔵発見記念建造祭り #武蔵 pic.twitter.com/puHvDoFxJw

2015-03-07 22:28:16

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@PaulGAllen Title (the rightmost column) "The operation flow of maintaining inside actuation cylinder."

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@PaulGAllen ??? means undecoded char(s). #1? In the recoil cylinder ???

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@PaulGAllen #2? Disconnect ??? wire and pulley box connected at the bottom of pulley box.

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@PaulGAllen #3? Disconnect pulley box and piston bumper.

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@PaulGAllen #4? Remove releasing device.

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@PaulGAllen #5? Using electric recoil actuator, advance ??? to the static staring position.

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@PaulGAllen #6 Disconnect the connection of pulley box and actuation cylinder.

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@PaulGAllen #7 Recoiling ?? at the end of the carridge ?? pull ?? pulley box ?? connect ?? and remove the piston? from actuation cylinder.