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I am reading a book about the life of 国友一貫斎. For reference, the title is
「夢をまことに」. There is the following courtroom scene, in which reference is made
to 権現様, a Shinto-Buddhist term for a god. The full sentences are perhaps not
needed, but I included it in the second example for context. The story takes
place in the early 1800's.

How should these sentences, specifically the part with the word in question be
translated? Is it really "we cannot find that the gods have forbidden..." or
is it referring to something else, like the court?

> 権現様のころは、。。。
>
> じつは役人達に古い記録を調べさせたが、 **権現様** が諸大名の大小鉄炮張り立てを禁止したという法度が出てこなんだ。

I am also curious about the end of the second sentence. Is believe it is a
shortening of こんなんだ, as in 来ないのだ。
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Translation of 権現様: literally or not?
Based on the 新明解{しんめいかい}国語{こくご}辞典{じてん}, the term 権現{ごんげん} refers to a
bodhisattva, an avatar of the Buddha, or a Japanese god as a manifestation of
a buddha in Shintoism. 徳川{とくがわ}家康{いえやす}, the founder of the Tokugawa
Shogunate, was worshipped and called 権現様{ごんげんさま} or 東照{とうしょう}権現{ごんげん} by
people.

So the line you quoted is translated as follows;

> In the time of Gongen-sama (the Lord, Iyeyasu)…  
>  In fact, I had the bureaucrats check the old records, but no regulations to
> prohibit the storage of cannons and guns were found.

"出てこなんだ" is an old way of saying “出てこなかった,” meaning “It didn’t come out.”
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