英語訳
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At the time of Ansei 2 (1855), year of the Wood Rabbit, on the 2nd day of the 10th month, at the fourth and half hour of night (around 11 PM), an earthquake occurred, causing immediate turmoil throughout the Kantō region with devastating consequences. The people were terrified and fled to the main streets, praying to heaven for salvation, and those who barely preserved their lives finally regained their composure only after seeking benevolent aid from the government.
Section 1: Wadakura Interior, Daimyo-koji, Ote-mae, Hibiya Interior
First, the locations of shaking and fires were from Wadakura Interior Babazaki area.
Matsudaira Higo-no-kami (Aizu, 230,000 koku) burned down, Matsudaira Shimosa-no-kami (Musashi Oshi, 100,000 koku) burned down.
Then Naito Kii-no-kami (Echigo Murakami, 59,000 koku) burned down. In this area, the residences below Nishinomaru and Sakurada Interior all suffered extensive collapses and damage.
At the northern corner of Tatsuno-kuchi, Morikawa Dewa-no-kami (Shimosa Ikimi, 10,000 koku) burned down.
Then the opposite residence burned down, and Sakai Gakutō-no-kami (Himeji, 150,000 koku) burned down, though the front gate remained. Around here, the residences of Saemon-no-jō Ogasawara Ukyō-dayū, Matsudaira Echizen-no-kami, and those around Dōzanbashi all burned down completely, with terrible collapses. From here toward Mukōgawakishi, Hosokawa Etchū-no-kami was unharmed, but Akimoto Tajima-no-kami and residences in this area suffered many small collapses. Matsudaira Tamba-no-kami, Mizuno Iki-no-kami, and Matsudaira Echigo-no-kami all suffered small collapses.
On Daimyo-koji, both sides collapsed in places. On the western corner, behind Endō Tajima-no-kami (Ōmi Mikami, 12,000 koku), the designated fire brigade also burned down.
Matsudaira Sagami-no-kami (Inshū Tottori, 325,000 koku) burned down with some long houses remaining.
Inside Hibiya Gate, Honda Nakatsukasa-dayū (Sanshū Okazaki, 50,000 koku) burned down.
Nagai Tōtōmi-no-kami (Sesshū Takatsuki, 36,000 koku) burned down. The damage in this area was severe, with terrible losses along both Sukiya-bashi and Kaji-bashi streets.
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Section 2: Outer Sakurada area, Kōji-chō, Banchō, Saiwaibashi Interior, Yotsuya Akasaka, Aoyama area
In Outer Sakurada Interior, Geishū-sama's residence was unharmed, while Kuroda-sama's residence had its corner turret watchtower remaining, but the long houses collapsed up to the front gate. Many residences of various families in this area collapsed. To the south around Tameike, to the west around Akasaka Gate, Sannō, and Nagata-chō, various places collapsed. Furthermore, at the eastern corner inside Shinbashi, one long house building burned down inside Kamei Oki-no-kami's (Ishū Tsuwano, 43,000 koku) residence.
From there, Itō Shurinosuke (Hyūga Obi, 51,080+ koku) burned down, Matsudaira Tokinosuke (Washū Kōriyama, 151,300 koku) burned down. On the opposite side, Nanbu Mino-no-kami (Ōshū Morioka, 200,000 koku) and the front side of Sasshū-sama's costume residence burned down. Besides these, Arima-sama, Niwa-sama, Hōjō-sama, Ōoka-sama, Mizuno-sama, Nabeshima-sama all suffered many collapses. Uesugi-sama collapsed slightly, Chōshū-sama's rear gate interior burned slightly. Matsudaira Hizen-no-kami (Hizen Saga, 357,000+ koku) burned down after collapsing.
From there, inside Yamashita Gate, the long street area was completely destroyed, especially Abe Harima-no-kami suffered great collapse. From Ii Kamon-no-kami to Sangen-ya area, Hirakawa-chō had little collapse, while Kōji-chō street had collapses in places. Tani-machi Hayato and Yamamoto-chō suffered slight damage. Inside Yotsuya Gate, both Bishū-sama and Kishū-sama's residences had little collapse, and Banchō had no collapses. From here, Yotsuya Tenma-chō and Ichigaya, being on high ground, were fine, but low places like Samegabashi-chō suffered severe damage. At this location, the Jōsui Mannen water pipes were damaged and water overflowed, causing hardship for many people. Shinjuku, Naruko, Ōkubo area, and Sendagaya area had no particular problems. Aoyama and Akasaka had much damage in places, especially around Tamachi Tenma-chō with many collapses. Azabu, Ryūdo, Higakubo areas had no collapses at all.
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Section 6: Ueno Hirokoji, Sakamoto Kanasugi area, Nezu Ike-no-hata, Onari-dō Yamashita area
Tōeisan mountain interior was unharmed, but various lodging temples were damaged. Fire broke out from Ike-no-hata Kaya-chō 2nd block, and from Sakai Inari upward to Shichiken-chō and Nezu area, there were many collapses but no spreading fires. Kaya-chō's fire stopped at the 1st block gate area, with some remaining on the mountain side. Izumo-sama and Sakakibara-sama were safe. The townhouses below Kiridōshi suffered major collapse.
Tenjin-shita street had severe collapses, all of Osukiya-chō collapsed, Naka-chō had many collapses on one side, Ryōgae-chō had few. Hirokoji Yamashita area had many collapses. Fire broke out from the middle of the east side of Hirokoji, affecting Ueno Moto-Kuromon-chō, Kita-daimon-chō, Ueno-chō 1st and 2nd blocks, Shitaya Dōbō-chō, Shin-Kuromon-chō, and the northeast corner of Inoue Chikugo-no-kami's (Shimōsa, 10,000 koku) residence opposite the Ueno retainer residences burned slightly. Kurumazaka-chō, Daimon-chō, Chōja-chō 1st and 2nd blocks, Shitaya-chō 2nd block substitute land burned from here to Naka-okachi-chō street.
The opposite side residences of Chōja-chō, behind Ueno-chō, and the entire samurai district of Naka-okachi-chō burned down. Yamashita street Okachi-chō collapsed in places up to Izumi-bashi street. The front long houses of Tatembu-sama and Naito-sama at Tsumakoi-shita collapsed. On Shitaya Daimyo-koji, two residences of Ishikawa Tonomo-no-kami (Ise Kameyama, 60,000 koku) and Sakai Aki-no-kami (Bōshū Katsuyama, 10,000 koku) burned down.
From there, Shitaya Sakamoto's 2nd and 3rd blocks burned, and Kanasugi San-no-wa had many collapses. Daioji-mae and Negishi also shook slightly. Yanaka had nothing major. Also, around Kurumazaka-shita Yamazaki-chō and in front of Kōtokuji, there were slight collapses. From Shamisen-bori to Nanamagari area, most of the daimyo walls and storehouses collapsed. However, the Soto-Kanda border had nothing particular, and around Kyūemon-chō Etori residence there were slight collapses.
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Section 7: Entire Asakusa area, up to Shitaya border
To the north, Senju post town had many collapses, and Kozukappara-chō burned down completely. Sanya street and Shin-Torigoe had major temple collapses, fire broke out from Shin-Yoshiwara Edo-chō and all 5 blocks burned down. Asakusa Tamachi 2nd block, Yamashita-chō, Takemon Umamichi-chō temples all burned down, and from Shōten side street the theater district burned. On the east side, the houses of Morita Kanya, Uzaemon, Fukusuke, Shūga, Takezō, Kikunojirō and others remained. Shōten-chō mountain lodgings did not burn, and from Kuhonji the west side fire stopped after entering about half a block into Hanakawado.
From here, Kinryūsan Kanzeon was safe but the grounds had many collapses. Namiki Tahara-chō was mostly affected. Komagata had many collapses and fire broke out from the middle, affecting Suwa-chō, Kurofune-chō, Miyoshi-chō, and stopping at Omaya-gashi. From there to Okura-mae Asakusa Mitsuke, there were many collapses in places, and around Torigoe Shinbori Tera-chō there were collapses in places.
Fire broke out from the corner of Shin-tera-chō at Kikuya-bashi and burned into both sides for about half a block, burning Honryūji, Gyōanji, and Shōgyōji three temple gates. Behind this, Kōzuke-dayū's theater building was destroyed and then burned. Around the temple front, various places collapsed and were destroyed.
Furthermore, most temples in Hachiken-tera-chō and Yonken-tera-chō were destroyed. At Higashimon ruins, the main hall was safe but the grounds were severely damaged. The east and west gates fell down. Around Morishita Sanken-chō and Hotta-hara, there were many collapses and destructions in places. The Okage-chō group subordinate long houses were destroyed, Inadomi-chō and Tomizaka-chō had many destructions, and around Seigan-ji shop and Nichirinji shop there were collapses in places. Asakusa reservoir collapsed slightly. The nine-ring finial of Kanzeon's five-story pagoda bent northward. The thunder god of Raijinmon was damaged and fell.