Prevod

In the province of Noto, there were said to be sixty men who gathered a kind of crude iron called sugane and delivered it to the governor. During the term of a governor named Sanefusa, the head of these sixty iron gatherers remarked to someone, “In the province of Sado, I once saw a place where gold was blooming.” Word of this reached the governor, who summoned the man, gave him gifts, and coaxed him into telling more. “There is indeed gold in Sado,” the man said. “I have seen the place myself.” “Then could you go and bring some back?” the governor asked. “If you send me, I shall go.” “Very well, I shall have a boat fitted out.” But the man replied, “Please give me no men. If you will provide just one small boat and a little food, I shall go there and see whether I can bring some back.” The governor did exactly as he asked, telling no one and giving him only a small boat and a little food. With these, the man crossed over to Sado. About a month passed, and the governor had all but forgotten the matter when the man suddenly appeared and caught his eye. Understanding his meaning, the governor did not send anyone to receive him but went out to meet him in person. Under cover of their sleeves, the man handed him something wrapped in a darkened scrap of silk. The governor took it, feeling its weight, slipped it inside his robe, and went back in. After this, the iron gatherer vanished, and no one knew where he had gone. They searched everywhere, but in the end could learn nothing of his whereabouts. No one knew what had prompted him to disappear. It was surmised that he might have feared being questioned about the place where the gold was found. The gold he brought was said to have amounted to some thousand ryō. Thus, the people of Noto used to tell how there was gold in the province of Sado.