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一松平飛騨守知行所信州更級郡千曲川通塩崎村辺御普
請見分并仕立為御用同役高崎兵八一統江彼地江罷出候処去月廿四日
夜四ッ時頃承伝二も無之大地震二而右塩崎村高千九百石餘
之村方二而惣家数六百軒余有之候由之処本家 并土蔵物置
放家其外二も潰家捨候立候棟数二千四百軒分通二而凡
六七分通り潰家之趣地頭用人凡取調申聞候怪我人之
義は多人数二而即死人凡六拾人程有之候趣申聞候得共
彼地出立迄二も追々潰家之中ゟ掘出候死人有之由尤
旅人之儀は人数早速相分兼候趣二御座候私共旅宿之儀も
塩崎村之儀は出火も無之家数弐三軒焼失而已二御座候
大地震之節ハ四方遠近一時二出火大煙り一同二相成夜中
何ヶ度と無之崩震人声夥敷岩崩落候音響強田畑往還
とも中々弐三尺ゟ四五寸位迄 竪横二裂水吹出又は泥水等吹出し
無も減如く致候義二御座候右地割候場所弐尺位段違二相成
泥砂を吹出し候場所匂ひ甚悪敷硫黄之気二も有之哉尤水
吹出し候場所匂ひ無御座候
一去月十日ゟ善光寺開帳二付諸国ゟ参詣之旅人夥敷多泊り候
節は壱軒之旅籠屋千弐百四拾人泊り有之内千弐百人は
は旅籠銭請取残り四拾人は無賃二而泊候由右様群集之折柄
大地震二而善光寺町荒増震潰其外出火二而死人何程歟
現代語訳
一、松平飛騨守の知行所である信州更級郡千曲川沿いの塩崎村周辺において、国役普請の見分および仕立てのご用のため、同役の高崎兵八一行とともに現地へ赴いたところ、去る月の二十四日夜四つ時（午後十時）頃、前触れも全くなく大地震が発生しました。塩崎村は石高千九百石余りの村で、総家数六百軒余りあるとのことでしたが、本家をはじめ土蔵・物置・離れ家その他を含めた潰れた建物の棟数は二千四百軒分にのぼり、そのうちおよそ六、七割が潰れた様子と、地頭の用人がおおよその調査結果として報告しました。怪我人については多数おり、即死者はおよそ六十人ほどとのことでしたが、当地を出発するまでの間にも、次々と潰れた家の下から掘り出された死者がいたとのことです。なお旅人については、人数が早急には把握しかねる状況でございました。私どもの旅宿については、塩崎村では出火もなく、焼失した家は二、三軒のみでございました。
大地震の際には、四方遠近一斉に出火して大きな煙が上がり、夜中に何度となく崩れ落ちる震動と人々の叫び声が激しく、岩が崩れ落ちる音響が強く響き渡り、田畑や道路一帯は、縦横に二、三尺から四、五寸ほども地面が裂け、水や泥水などが噴き出し、まるで（地が）無くなってしまうかのようでございました。地割れした場所では二尺ほどの段差が生じ、泥や砂を噴き出した場所は匂いが非常に悪く、硫黄の気があるかのようでした。ただし水が噴き出した場所には匂いはございませんでした。
一、去る月の十日より善光寺の開帳のため、諸国から参詣の旅人が非常に多く、多く泊まっていた夜には一軒の旅籠屋に千二百四十人が泊まっており、そのうち千二百人は旅籠銭を払い、残り四十人は無賃で泊まっていたとのことです。このように大勢が集まっている折に大地震が発生し、善光寺町はおおむね震潰され、さらに出火もあり、死者が何人いるかは（不明でございます）。
英語訳
One item: For the purpose of inspecting and preparing the national construction work (kokueki fushin) in the area of Shiozaki Village along the Chikuma River in Sarashina District, Shinano Province, which is the domain of Matsudaira Hidano-kami, I had traveled to that location together with my colleague Takasaki Hyōhachi and his party. Around the hour of the fourth watch (approximately 10 p.m.) on the twenty-fourth of last month, without any prior warning whatsoever, a great earthquake struck. Shiozaki Village is a village with a rice yield of over 1,900 koku, said to have a total of over 600 households. However, including main houses, storehouses (dozō), storage sheds, outbuildings, and other structures, the total number of collapsed buildings reached 2,400 units in all, with approximately 60 to 70 percent having been destroyed, as reported to us in a general survey by the domain's chief retainer (jitō yōnin). Regarding the injured, there were a great many, and we were told that there were approximately 60 people killed instantly. Furthermore, even up until our departure from the area, bodies continued to be found as they were dug out from under collapsed buildings. As for travelers, their numbers could not be quickly ascertained. Regarding our own lodgings, in Shiozaki Village there was no outbreak of fire, and only two or three houses burned down in total.
At the time of the great earthquake, fires broke out simultaneously near and far in all directions, with great plumes of smoke rising together. Throughout the night, the rumbling collapses and the screaming of people occurred countless times, and the sound of crashing rocks reverberated powerfully. In the fields, paddies, and roads throughout, the ground cracked both lengthwise and crosswise, splitting open by as much as two to three shaku or as little as four to five sun, with water and muddy water spurting out, as if the very ground itself were disappearing. In the places where the ground had cracked, steps of about two shaku in height formed, and the places where mud and sand were ejected had a terrible smell, seemingly containing sulfurous gases. However, the places where water alone spurted out had no such smell.
One item: From the tenth of last month, due to the opening of the Zenkōji Temple's special exhibition (kaicho), there were a great many pilgrims traveling from all provinces. On nights when many were lodging, one inn alone had 1,240 people staying, of whom 1,200 paid lodging fees while the remaining 40 stayed free of charge. In the midst of this great gathering of people, the earthquake struck, and Zenkōji Temple town was largely destroyed by the shaking and collapsed, and additionally fires broke out, resulting in deaths of an undetermined number...