別れの宴

別わかれの宴うたげ

討幕以外日本とうばくいがいにほんを救すくう道みちはなしと決意けついした松陰しょういんは、老中間部詮勝ろうちゅうまなべあきかつを討うち果はたすために、大砲たいほう・弾薬だんやくの貸与たいよを藩はんに申もうし出でた。勤王派きんのうはを自認じにんする周布政之助すふまさのすけにしても、この無謀むぼうな計画けいかくに同調どうちょうするはずもなかった。「寅次とらじは学術純がくじゅつじゅんならず、人心動揺じんしんどうようす」となって、松陰しょういんは再ふたたび野山獄のやまごくに投とうじられた。獄ごくに入はいっても、松陰しょういんの活動かつどうは止やまなかった。義挙ぎきょは時期尚早じきしょうそうだと門人達もんじんたちから自重じしゅを求もとめられたが、松陰しょういんは「僕ぼくは忠義ちゅうぎをするつもり、諸友しょゆうは功業こうぎょうをなすつもり」と悲痛ひつうな手紙てがみを書かいた。最早もはや、藩はんも幕府ばくふも頼たのむに足たりぬ、草莽崛起そうもうくっきによって討幕とうばくの大業たいぎょうを果はたそうとした。一方いっぽう、幕府ばくふによる安政あんせいの大獄たいごくの嵐あらしは吹ふきすさび、遂ついに松陰しょういんは江戸えどに護送ごそうされることになった。死しを免まぬがれぬと知しった松陰しょういんはその前夜ぜんや、送別そうべつの宴うたげで、門弟もんていの松浦松洞まつうらしょうどうに描かかせた肖像画六枚しょうぞうがろくまいに賛さんを書かいた。

Farewell party

Yoshida Shoin, who had resolved that there was no way to save Japan other than overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate, offered to lend cannons and ammunition to the domain to defeat senior councilor Manabe Akikatsu. Sufu Masanosuke, who considered himself a loyalist, could not agree to this reckless plan.
"Yoshida Shoin lacks academic knowledge and disrupts people's mind.” He was judged as this and was once again incarcerated to Noyamagoku Prison. Even in prison, Shoin's activities did not cease. His disciples urged him to exercise restraint, deeming the timing of a righteous uprising was still premature. However, Yoshida Shoin wrote a heartrending letter, stating, "I intend to be loyal, and my friends intend to achieve great deeds."
At this point, both the domain and the shogunate were no longer dependable, so Yoshida Shoin sought to achieve the great task of overthrowing the shogunate through a grassroots uprising.
Meanwhile, the storm of the Ansei Purge by the shogunate continued unabated, and Yoshida Shoin was ultimately transported to Edo. Realizing that he could not escape death, on the eve of his departure, Yoshida Shoin, during a farewell party, wrote praises on six portrait paintings of himself, which were commissioned by his disciple Matsuura Shodo.