翻刻
麓間近二而念仏寺村之内平沢組地京原村之上藤沢組横
道組伊折村之内太田組高福村之内栗木村都合拾一ヶ組
之内民家七拾軒 程人別百九拾九人馬三拾疋無跡形も土
中江押埋右組二多分之亡所二相成申候且又右村々近村之内二
も黒沢村之儀は家数四拾四軒人別弐百三拾五人之内潰家五軒
相残外三拾九軒人別六拾人余馬六疋并山田中村之儀家数
三拾九軒人別四拾弐人是又跡形も無之土中江押埋亡所に
相成候程之儀二付間近之村々 変地潰家死人殊之外夥敷御座
候趣二候得共未タ取調行届不申候前條村等ハ里地と違ひ村方
耕地も山路二相隔高目二不似合地廣二而物事手遠之上惣而
平常も厳石畳重候辺二而一歩通同様之険路二御座候処
此度之大災二而元之道形致滅却候故当分巨細之儀見分は
行届申間敷如何二も歎敷心痛之次第二付最寄災害不甚候
村方共相纏メ救方夫々手当申付候是迄も追々御届申上候得
ども右大姥山虫倉嶽麓之村々変災未曾有之次第就中甚敷
二付猶又此段先御届申上候以上
四月廿三日
真田信濃守
私支配所信濃国水内郡善光寺荒安村并更級郡八幡村
当三月廿四日夜亥之刻過大地震二而寺領社領堂領居家
現代語訳
（前ページより続き）山の麓近くに位置する念仏寺村の内・平沢組、地京原村の上・藤沢組・横道組、伊折村の内・太田組、高福村の内・栗木村、合計十一組の内、民家七十軒ほど、人口百九十九人、馬三十疋が跡形もなく土中に押し埋められ、これらの組の大部分が廃村となってしまいました。さらにまた、これらの村々の近隣の村の内でも、黒沢村については、家数四十四軒・人口二百三十五人のうち、残った家は五軒のみで、他の三十九軒・人口六十人余り・馬六疋、並びに山田中村については家数三十九軒・人口四十二人が、これまた跡形もなく土中に押し埋められ廃村となるほどの事態となりましたため、周辺の村々においても地形の変化・家屋の倒壊・死者が格別に夥しい状況とのことですが、いまだ調査が行き届いておりません。前述の村々は里地（平地の村）と違い、村の耕地も山道によって隔てられ、高地にあって土地の広さに不釣り合いなほど物事が手の届きにくい状況であり、そもそも
平常より巌石（がんせき）が幾重にも重なった地帯で、一歩通行と同様の険しい道でございましたところ、この度の大災害によって元の道の形が全て失われてしまったため、当面の間、詳細な見分（現地調査）は行き届きますまい。どのように考えましても嘆かわしく心痛の至りでございます。近くにあって被害が比較的少なかった村方ともにまとめて、救済策をそれぞれに手配・申し付けております。これまでも追々ご報告申し上げてきましたが、大姥山・虫倉嶽の山麓の村々の変災は未曾有の次第であり、とりわけ甚だしいため、重ねてこの段をまず御届け申し上げます。以上。
四月二十三日
真田信濃守
私の支配所である信濃国水内郡善光寺荒安村、並びに更級郡八幡村において、当三月二十四日夜・亥の刻過ぎに大地震があり、寺領・社領・堂領の居家（住居）
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英語訳
(Continued from previous page) In the areas situated close to the mountain foothills — namely Heizawa-gumi within Nenbutsuji Village, Fujisawa-gumi and Yokomichi-gumi above Jikkyōgahara Village, Ōta-gumi within Iori Village, and Kuriki Village within Takafuku Village — totaling eleven sub-village units (kumi), approximately seventy households, 199 persons, and 30 horses were buried without a trace beneath the earth, rendering the greater part of these settlements utterly destroyed and abandoned. Furthermore, among the neighboring villages: in Kurosawa Village, of its 44 households and 235 residents, only 5 households survived, while the remaining 39 households with over 60 persons and 6 horses, as well as the entirety of Yamada-naka Village with 39 households and 42 persons, were likewise buried completely beneath the earth with no trace remaining, reducing them to abandoned ruins. It appears that the surrounding villages have also suffered extraordinary numbers of topographical changes, collapsed houses, and deaths, though investigations have not yet been fully completed. The aforementioned villages, unlike lowland villages, have their cultivated fields separated by mountain paths; situated at high elevations, they are disproportionately vast in area and difficult to access under ordinary circumstances. Moreover, even in normal times, the roads pass through terrain piled with enormous boulders, making them as treacherous as single-file paths.
Due to this great disaster, the original road surfaces have been entirely obliterated, meaning that detailed on-site inspections cannot be carried out for the time being. This situation is, no matter how one considers it, deeply lamentable and a source of great anguish. We have organized relief measures for the nearby villages that suffered comparatively less damage, assigning assistance to each accordingly. Although we have been submitting reports progressively, the destruction visited upon the villages at the foot of Mount Ōba and Mount Mushikura is of an unprecedented scale and particularly severe, and therefore we submit this further preliminary report.
Respectfully submitted.
23rd day of the 4th month
Sanada Shinano-no-kami
In the territories under my administration — Kōan Village of Zenkōji, Mizuuchi District, Shinano Province, and Yahata Village, Sarashina District — a great earthquake struck past the Hour of the Pig (around 10 p.m.) on the night of the 24th day of the 3rd month of this year, causing damage to residences on temple, shrine, and hall lands...
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