英語訳
## The Great Kantō Earthquake: Tales to Be Told for Generations
### Illustration of the Catfish Beneath the Earth
*(Poem accompanying the illustration)*
> Though the earth may tremble and shake, surely the keystone shall not slip free — so long as the god of Kashima endures.
**(Place names inscribed within the central bordered frame of the map)**
Sagami, Suruga, Tōtōmi, Mikawa, Owari, Ōmi, Suruga [illustration of Mt. Fuji]
Mutsu, Musashi (Edo), Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino, Lake [Biwa], Echigo, Hida, Echizen
**(Place names listed on the right side of the map)**
Hachijō, Nagato, Awaji
Shimōsa, Shimotsuke, Kazusa, Awa, Izu, Owari, Shima, Yamato, Kii, Awa, Shikoku
Tosa, Ōsumi
Ise, Kawachi, Izumi, Bitchū, Sanuki, Iyo, Hyūga, Satsuma
Iga, Settsu, Higo, Bizen, Aki, Mimasaka, Suō, Bungo, Higo
Yamashiro, Tanba, Tango, Harima, Bizen, Iwami, Nagato, Buzen, Chikugo, Hizen
Tsugaru, Nanbu, Dewa, Etchū, Noto, Ōmi, Kaga, Tajima, Wakasa, Inaba, Izumo, Chikuzen
Matsumae, Toshima, Shima, Sado, Oki, Takasago (Taiwan), Tsushima, Mimana, Iki
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○ Earthquakes occur because yang energy (yōki), lying beneath yin energy (inki), is suppressed by it and becomes unable to rise, causing the earth to move. Furthermore, the earth contains cavities within it, structured like a beehive, through which water flows and yang energy constantly moves in and out. When the yin and yang are in harmony, the state remains normal; however, if the yang energy becomes stagnant and cannot escape, accumulating over many months and years until it fills and overflows beneath the yin energy, and finally bursts forth, this causes the earth to shake and tremble. For this reason, the first tremor is violent and intense, while subsequent tremors are each progressively gentler, it is said.
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**[Marginal note in ink]**
Edo, Tadokoro-chō, Shōsuke residence, proprietor of Ōsakaya