英語訳
1. When the Ago village duty boats experience flooding or are late, official net boats are sometimes dispatched. Since these are official boats, only retainers should ride them. However, currently the people of the upper bridge lower town have been appointed to handle this, so this matter does not apply.
1. Same 20th year, Year of the Rabbit, late June 22nd: Reports were made of crop damage totaling over 28,715 koku due to flooding.
1. Genbun 5, Year of the Monkey: Reports were made of crop damage in administered territories and domain lands.
1. Enkyō 2, Year of the Ox, spring: Due to unprecedented heavy snow, villages in the mountainous areas of the upper domain were buried by snow with many fatalities, leading to official reports.
1. Tenmei 3, Year of the Rabbit, 6th day of intercalary 5th month: Reports made due to flooding.
1. Same 9th year, Year of the Rooster, 16th day of 6th month: Fellow official Sano the boatman reported that "due to flooding since yesterday, official duties are hindered, so please dispatch one official boat." This was reported to the senior councilors, and instructions were given to the head boatman to handle it as before. However, since official boats were already deployed, it was decided to send around the official vessel. Since taking the boat overland would require many people and cause various delays, it was desired to have it cross over the moat. Since there are regulations about this matter, further instructions were requested. When this was reported, it was replied that since there were precedents, crossing the moat would be acceptable. Henceforth, when dispatching official boats, it should be communicated that crossing the moat is acceptable.
1. Kansei 7, Year of the Rabbit, 8th month: Reports of crop damage due to flooding.
1. Same 8th year, Year of the Dragon: Due to house collapse from wind, the following loan was made:
- 8 bales of rice, 20 koku, to Matsuzawa Gōzaemon
However, at this time it was perhaps within 20 monme per bale
1. Kansei 12, Year of the Monkey: During the great flood, there are records of official boats being sent around to the vicinity of Odawara-chō.
1. Same 13th year, Year of the Rooster, 11th day of 1st month: Due to flooding making castle attendance difficult, the chamberlains requested that additional boats be sent to Dōgata, which was communicated to the head boatman.
1. Kyōwa 2, Year of the Dog, 17th day of 5th month: The castle town was gradually flooding with traffic disrupted in various places, as reported by the foot inspectors and group members. Following precedent, several official boats were ordered to be dispatched to transport people from urgent damaged areas, as communicated to the head boatman. However, the currently available small boats were damaged and insufficient, and new boats were not yet completed, so it was reported that one official boat could be directed anywhere needed. One group member was assigned to accompany one boat, and it was ordered through the squad leader to patrol from the upper bridge to the Katsumi area, outer Nakajima, Jizō-chō area, Esashi-chō, Kannon-chō, and inner Nakashima areas. Around 9 PM that night, the water gradually receded, the official boat was withdrawn, and the group members returned to report that there were no injuries.
Communicated by letter: Due to flooding in the castle town, from the upper bridge to Katsumi area, outer Nakajima, Jizō-chō, Esashi-chō, Kannon-chō, and inner Nakajima areas were flooded and traffic was disrupted, so several official boats should be dispatched as per previous precedent. This is reported as such. The above. 17th day of 5th month, Eguchi Genzaemon
To Kawamura Bunpei
To Hongō Saburōemon
Additionally, group members will be dispatched as per previous precedent, so please be aware. The above.
1. Due to the above flooding, regarding Esashi-chō {{marginal note: under Sugihara Zenzaemon's supervision}}, the inspector group squad leader reported: "Due to the flood, the embankment near our colleagues' area is extremely dangerous..."