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居城飯山町城下は支配所最寄ニ有之候処町家不残ゆり潰し
候而所々ゟ出火ニ而城下町家焼失致候由ニ御座候以上
未三月 髙木清左衛門
御勘定所江
大地震急難御救拝備窺書
御代官所 惣高五万八千三百六拾五石九斗弐合五勺 中野村外
当分御預所 内高壱万七千七百七拾六石弐斗九升弐合 八拾壱ヶ村無難之分
一 村高四万千弐百八拾六石九斗壱升弐勺
潰家弐千九百七拾七軒
内七拾七軒身元ヶ成之者無難分助合候村々之分除之
一 潰家弐千九百軒
内拾六軒土中埋相知不申潰家弐千百六拾
三軒半潰家七百三拾七軒
但半潰家之分木品窓打砕不用立潰家同様ニ御座候
御高札場 拾弐ヶ所 御郷蔵 弐拾弐ヶ所 御堂宮寺 六拾六ヶ所
御土蔵 三百三拾壱ヶ所 御物置 九百拾四ヶ所
右者当三月廿四日夜大地震ニ而私御代官所当分御預所信州高井水内郡
村々災害之始末不取敢御届申上置早速手附手代共手配差出し私儀も
廻村仕村々災害之様子見分仕候処誠ニ以言語ニ候奇変之体恐怖仕見ニ不忍
地面割裂七八寸ヨリ五六尺余数十間宛筋立開き右割目ゟ夥敷黒赤色
之泥水吹出歩行相成兼候場所多く有之其上所々山崩レ土砂雪水等
押出シ大石転落田畑共悉ク変地致シ多分之損地相見へ村々用水路は
所々欠落及大破或は床違ニ相成候場所も有之水乗不申絶々に相成候村々
多く有之谷川等之分大石土砂押出シ震埋所々欠崩大破ニおよひ水行ヲ
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居城飯山町城下は、支配所の最寄りにございますが、町家がすべて揺れ潰れ、各所から出火し、城下の町家が焼失した由にございます。以上。
未年三月 髙木清左衛門
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大地震急難御救拝備伺書
御代官所 総高五万八千三百六十五石九斗二合五勺 中野村ほか
当分御預所 内高一万七千七百七十六石二斗九升二合 八十一ヶ村被害なしの分
一 村高四万一千二百八十六石九斗一升二勺
潰家二千九百七十七軒
内七十七軒は、身元のしっかりした者が被害を免れ、互いに助け合える村々の分を除く
一 潰家二千九百軒
内十六軒は土中に埋まり所在が不明。潰家二千百六十三軒半、半潰家七百三十七軒
ただし、半潰家については、木材・窓などが打ち砕かれ使用に堪えず、全潰家と同様にございます。
御高札場十二ヶ所、御郷蔵二十二ヶ所、御堂宮寺六十六ヶ所、
御土蔵三百三十一ヶ所、御物置九百十四ヶ所
以上は、当三月二十四日夜の大地震により、私の御代官所・当分御預所である信州高井・水内郡村々の災害の始末について、取る物も取り敢えず御届けを申し上げておき、早速手附・手代たちを手配して差し出し、私自身も各村を巡村して村々の災害の様子を見分いたしましたところ、誠にもって言語に絶する奇変の有様で、恐怖を感じ、見るに忍びないものでございました。地面が割れ裂け、七、八寸から五、六尺余り、数十間にわたって筋立って開き、その割れ目から夥しい量の黒・赤色の泥水が吹き出し、歩行もままならない場所が多くございました。その上、各所で山崩れが起き、土砂・雪水などが押し出し、大石が転落し、田畑はことごとく地形が変わり、多大な損地が見受けられます。村々の用水路は各所で欠落して大破し、あるいは床違いとなった場所もあり、水が通らず途絶えがちになっている村が多くございます。谷川などは大石・土砂が押し出し、震動で埋まり、各所が欠け崩れて大破し、水の流れを
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The castle town of Iiyama, where the lord's castle is situated, is located near our administrative territory. Every townhouse was shaken and collapsed, and fires broke out in various places, resulting in the burning of the castle town's residences. That is all.
Third month, Year of the Sheep [1847] Takagi Seizaemon
To the Office of Accounts (Okanjōsho)
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Petition Regarding Emergency Relief for the Great Earthquake Disaster
Magistrate's Office territory Total assessed yield: 58,365 koku, 9 to, 2 gō, 5 shaku Nakano Village and others
Temporary custodial territory Inner yield: 17,776 koku, 2 to, 9 shō, 2 gō 81 villages with no damage
Item: Village yield of 41,286 koku, 9 to, 1 shō, 2 shaku
Collapsed houses: 2,977 units
Excluding 77 units belonging to households of means that suffered no damage and could assist neighboring villages.
Item: Collapsed houses: 2,900 units
Of which 16 units are buried underground and their condition unknown; fully collapsed houses: 2,163 units; half-collapsed houses: 737 units.
Note: The half-collapsed houses have their timber and windows smashed and are unusable, and should be regarded the same as fully collapsed houses.
Official notice board sites: 12 locations; Village granaries: 22 locations; Halls, shrines, and temples: 66 locations;
Storehouses: 331 locations; Storage sheds: 914 locations
The above concerns the calamities that befell the villages of Takai and Minochi Districts in Shinshū [Shinano Province], under my magistrate's office and temporary custodial territory, as a result of the great earthquake on the night of the 24th day of the third month. Having submitted an initial report without delay, I immediately dispatched my assistants and deputies, and personally toured the villages to inspect the extent of the damage. What I witnessed was truly beyond words — a terrifying and extraordinary spectacle that I could barely bring myself to look upon. The ground had split and cracked open in lines stretching dozens of ken, with fissures ranging from seven to eight sun up to over five or six shaku in width, from which enormous quantities of black and reddish-brown muddy water gushed forth, leaving many areas impassable on foot. Furthermore, landslides occurred in numerous locations, with soil, debris, and snowmelt pushing outward, large boulders tumbling down, and farmlands utterly transformed in topography, with extensive damage to agricultural land apparent throughout. The irrigation channels in the villages suffered widespread collapse and major damage, with some sections having shifted out of alignment, leaving many villages without a reliable water supply. In the mountain streams and valleys, large rocks and sediment were pushed out, channels were buried by earthquake debris, and sections collapsed and were severely damaged, obstructing the flow of water—