土佐(とさ)から京都(きょうと)への約五十日間の(やくごじゅうにちかんの)船旅(ふなたび)で、人々が(ひとびとが)別れを(わかれを)惜しんで(おしんで)涙ながらに見送って(みおくって)くれた

The content of the diary records a journey of about fifty days by ship back to the author's home in Kyoto after finishing his duty as a provincial governor in Tosa Province (modern Kochi Prefecture). On the day of departure, people of Tosa who had been close for many years gathered to regret the parting, drinking sake, composing poetry, and weeping as they saw him off, conveying the warmth of human feelings.