翻刻
五月
右之通相觸候可存其趣候
十四日 朝より快晴暑気風なし朝八ツ半
《割書：七十五度｜八時九十度 》 時地震つよし終日大暑夜中迄あ
つし
十五日 朝より快晴暑気大暑にて八ツ時
《割書：七十五度｜八十九度》 南風吹七ツ過止夫より少々くも
《割書：今日御町奉行様｜小金ゟ御送りニ 》 り北の方ニ雷聲少々あり夜五ツ
《割書：相成町中小金江｜詰居候もの不残帰ル 》 時雨降直止快晴
十六日 朝むら雲五ツ時ほろ〳〵雨直止
《割書：七十六度｜八十七度》 四ツ時より快晴暑気八ツ時位よ
《割書： ｜アメリカ人此節江戸 》 り少々風あり七ツ時ばら〳〵雨
《割書：市中を買ものニ行候｜由キウリナトナマニテタベ｜ルヨシ》直止夜中もむら雲暑気強
此辺暫雨も無之大暑ニ而氣候も至極宜此間
迄籾壹分ニ貳斗七八升位致居候處此節三斗
ゟ壹貳升位之由久慈川辺ハ餘ほと大雨有之
候や大水之よし中川も両三日ハ川幅【幡を見せ消す】一盃位
之水のよし
紅花買人ハ入込不申候一共早場品不宜此辺
現代語訳
五月
右の通り相触れ候、その趣存ずべく候
十四日 朝より快晴、暑気風なし。朝八つ半時地震強し。終日大暑、夜中まで暑し。
十五日 朝より快晴、暑気大暑にて八つ時南風吹く。七つ過ぎに止み、それより少々曇り、北の方に雷声少々あり。夜五つ時雨降るもすぐ止み快晴。
十六日 朝むら雲、五つ時にぽろぽろ雨、すぐ止む。四つ時より快晴暑気。八つ時位より少々風あり。七つ時にばらばら雨、すぐ止む。夜中もむら雲、暑気強し。
この辺しばらく雨もなく、大暑にて気候も至極よろし。この間まで籾一分に二斗七八升位していた所、この節三斗から一二升位の由。久慈川辺は余程大雨ありて大水の由。中川も両三日は川幅いっぱい位の水の由。
紅花買人は入り込み申さず候。一共に早場品よろしからず。この辺
英語訳
May
The above has been proclaimed, so this matter should be understood accordingly.
14th day: Clear weather from morning, hot with no wind. At half past the eighth hour of morning, strong earthquake. Extremely hot all day, hot until midnight.
15th day: Clear weather from morning, extremely hot weather. At the eighth hour, south wind blew. Stopped after the seventh hour passed, then became slightly cloudy with some thunder sounds from the north. At the fifth hour of night, rain fell but stopped immediately, becoming clear.
16th day: Morning with scattered clouds, light rain at the fifth hour, stopped immediately. Clear and hot weather from the fourth hour. Light wind from around the eighth hour. Scattered rain at the seventh hour, stopped immediately. Scattered clouds and strong heat even at night.
In this area, there has been no rain for some time, and despite the extreme heat, the weather conditions are extremely good. Until recently, rice hulls were trading at about 2 to 7-8 sho per 1 bu, but now they are at about 3 to 1-2 sho per unit. Around the Kuji River area, there was considerable heavy rain and flooding. The Naka River also had water filling the entire riverbed for the past few days.
Safflower buyers are not coming in. Early harvest products are generally not good quality. In this area...