翻刻
【右丁】
一 白米壱斗外に金弐朱つゝ 地面内一軒へ 駒込丁 酒店 高崎屋某
△本郷通大破損追分崩所有 駒込冨士(こまごみふじ)前丁同所 吉祥(きちじやう)院門前丁片丁 浅嘉(あさか)丁白
山辺大破損崩家有△鶏声(けいせい)が窪(くぼ)御 駕篭(かご)丁辺大破損△遠坂丁同 身替(みかはり)地蔵
辺大破損崩所多し△上野御林同南方万足稲荷無異同所四軒寺丁の四方
小屋敷大破崩所あり
【漢数字丸囲み】卅五 水道橋より小石川御門外大破損△水戸侯 泰(たい)平此三方武家町家大に崩れ
潰家多し同所西方立菱橋東方にて野中 飯塚(いひづか)牧 熊谷(くまがへ)荒(あら)川氏迄半丁余焼
此近辺武家大破損同所裏方町家崩所もつとも多し
【漢数字丸囲み】卅六 牛(うし)天神下半丁焼る△伝通院本堂其外破損同所裏門辺崩家多し
△音羽(おとは)護持(ごぢ)院大塚辺大破損崩家有水道丁辺大破損△目白不動△鉄砲(てつほう)
坂 関口台(せきぐちだい)丁 雑司谷(さうしがや)丁四辻迄の間大破損武家民家共破損所多し△雑司谷
鬼子母(きしぼ)神本堂無異同所門前破損△鼠(ねづみ)山法印住居地破損 練馬(ねりま)道ゟ上板橋
【左丁】
△牛込 矢来下(やらいした)の辺(ほとり)に東次といへるものあり是に狐(きつね)の魅(つき)て有しが右十月二日午刻
近辺の人に告(つげ)て云やう今夜かならず天 災(さい)あらん何れも心して危(あやうき)を逃(のがれ)給へ我は
安全の地へ立 退(のか)んといふゆへ其 訳(わけ)を尋(たづね)んと止る人々を刎退(はねのけ)つき倒(たふし)駈(かけ)出し行方知
ず成けり因之(これによりて)心有人々は荷物を取片付色々用心の体を見て嘲笑(あざわり)つゝ狐つきの
戯言(たはこと)を信(しん)じ今より立 騒(さは)ぐ事いとおかしと大に誹(そしり)たるに其夜彼地震有しかば
東次の詞(ことば)を始てさとり後悔(かうくはい)せし人も多かりけり扨又地震しづまりて後もかの
狐魅(きつねつき)の家に返らざる間はいまだ余 動(どう)も有ならんと此事を伝へ聞たる人迄安き心は
なく猶又所々の火災(くはじ)も有しことゆへ崩家(くづれや)又は傾(かたむき)たる所より荷物 家財(かざい)等を持出し
襖(ふすま)障子(せうじ)等を壁(かべ)とし戸を以屋根となし些(わづか)に寒気を凌(しのぐ)のみにて人々枕にも着(つか)
ず夢の暮なるうち彼狐つき返きたりしかば人々 偖(さて)はもはや難もなかるべしと思ひ
狐魅の東次に足下は何所へ逃行しと問に 微笑(びせう)して凡俗(ぼんぞく)の知事ならず等(なと)いゝしが各
安 堵(ど)して其家を取 繕(つくろひ)素(もと)のことく家 業(げう)をなしける尓(しかる)に右狐も脱(のき)て元の身と成しとぞ
現代語訳
【右丁】
一 白米一斗、そのほかに金二朱ずつ 地面内一軒へ 駒込町 酒店 高崎屋某
△本郷通りは大きな破損があり、追分には崩れた箇所あり。駒込富士前町・同所吉祥院門前町(片側)・浅賀町・白山辺りに大きな破損があり、崩れた家あり。△鶏声が窪・御駕籠町辺りに大きな破損あり。△遠坂町・同じく身替地蔵辺りに大きな破損があり、崩れた箇所が多い。△上野御林ならびに南方の万足稲荷は異常なし。同所四軒寺町の四方にある小屋敷は大きな破損があり、崩れた箇所あり。
【丸三十五】 水道橋より小石川御門外にかけて大きな破損あり。△水戸侯・泰平、この三方の武家・町家は大いに崩れ、潰れた家が多い。同所西方の立菱橋東方にて、野中・飯塚・牧・熊谷・荒川氏まで半町余り焼けた。この近辺の武家は大きな破損を受け、同所の裏方の町家には崩れた箇所がことのほか多い。
【丸三十六】 牛天神の下、半町ほど焼けた。△伝通院は本堂その他が破損し、同所の裏門辺りには崩れた家が多い。△音羽・護持院・大塚辺りに大きな破損があり、崩れた家あり。水道町辺りも大きな破損あり。△目白不動。△鉄砲坂・関口台町・雑司ヶ谷町の四つ辻までの間に大きな破損があり、武家・民家ともに破損した箇所が多い。△雑司ヶ谷の鬼子母神は本堂に異常なし。同所門前は破損あり。△鼠山の法印の住居地に破損あり。練馬道から上板橋(へかけて)……
【左丁】
△牛込の矢来下の辺りに東次というものがいた。この者には狐が憑いていたが、十月二日の午の刻(正午頃)に近隣の人々に告げて言うには、「今夜かならず天災があるだろう。皆、心して危険を逃れてくださいませ。私は安全な場所へ立ち退く」と言った。そのわけを尋ねようと引き留める人々を、はねのけ突き倒して駆け出し、行方がわからなくなった。これによって、思慮ある人々は荷物を取りまとめ、さまざまに用心している様子を見て、人々は嘲り笑いながら、「狐憑きのたわごとを信じて、今から大騒ぎするとはなんとおかしなことだ」と大いに非難した。ところがその夜、あの地震が起きたので、東次の言葉をはじめて悟り、後悔した人も多かった。さて、地震が収まった後も、あの狐憑きの者がその家に戻らない間は、まだ余震もあるだろうと、この話を伝え聞いた人々までも安心できず、さらにまた各所に火災もあったことから、崩れた家やあるいは傾いた家から荷物・家財などを持ち出し、襖や障子などを壁代わりにし、戸を屋根代わりにして、わずかに寒さをしのぐばかりで、人々は枕にもつかず、夢うつつのうちに過ごしていたところ、あの狐憑きがついに戻ってきた。人々は「さては、もはや難事もあるまい」と思い、狐憑きの東次に「あなたはどこへ逃げて行ったのか」と問うと、東次は微笑んで「凡俗の知るところではない」などと言った。そこで人々はそれぞれ安堵して、その家を取り繕い、元のように家業を営んだ。こうして、例の狐も抜け出て、元の(普通の)身に戻ったということである。
英語訳
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> One item: one *to* of polished rice, plus two *shu* in gold per household, distributed to each dwelling within the premises — *Takasaki-ya* [name unknown], sake shop, Komagome-chō
△ Along the Hongō thoroughfare there was extensive damage, with collapsed structures at Oiwake. In Komagome Fuji Maemachi, Kichijouin Monzen-chō (one side), Asaka-chō, and the Hakusan area, there was extensive damage and collapsed houses. △ In the Keisai-ga-Kubo and Okago-chō areas, there was extensive damage. △ In Tōsaka-chō and the vicinity of the Migawari Jizō, there was extensive damage with many collapsed sites. △ The Ueno御林 (shogunal forest) and the Manzoku Inari to the south suffered no harm. The small residences surrounding Shikkenji-chō in the same area sustained extensive damage with some collapsed structures.
**[Circle 35]** From Suidōbashi to outside the Koishikawa Gate there was extensive damage. △ In the three directions around the Mito domain lord's residence and Taihei [area], samurai and townspeople's houses collapsed extensively, with many totally destroyed. In the same area, to the west of Tatebishi Bridge on the eastern side, fires burned for over half a *chō* through the properties of the Nonaka, Iizuka, Maki, Kumagaya, and Arakawa families. Samurai residences throughout this vicinity sustained extensive damage, and the townspeople's houses to the rear of the same area saw particularly numerous collapses.
**[Circle 36]** Half a *chō* below the Ushi Tenjin Shrine burned. △ At Dentsu-in Temple, the main hall and other structures were damaged, and many houses collapsed near the rear gate. △ In the Otowa, Goji-in, and Ōtsuka areas there was extensive damage with collapsed houses. The Suidō-chō area also sustained extensive damage. △ [Near] Mejiro Fudō. △ Along the stretch from Teppō-zaka through Sekiguchi-daimachi to the crossroads of Zōshigaya-chō, there was extensive damage, with many damaged sites among both samurai residences and commoners' houses. △ At the Kishimojin (Hariti) Shrine in Zōshigaya, the main hall suffered no harm, though the shrine's precinct approach was damaged. △ The residence of the *hōin* at Nezumi-yama sustained damage. From the Nerima road to Kami-Itabashi…
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△ Near Yarai-shita in Ushigome, there lived a man called Tōji, who was possessed by a fox spirit. At around the Hour of the Horse (noon) on the second day of the tenth month, he announced to the people of the neighborhood: "Tonight, there will certainly be a natural disaster. Everyone, take care and flee from danger. I myself shall withdraw to a place of safety." He then shook off and knocked down those who tried to stop him and ask what he meant, broke into a run, and disappeared entirely from view. On account of this warning, some prudent people began gathering up their belongings and making various preparations; but seeing them do so, others laughed and mocked them greatly, saying: "To believe the ravings of a fox-possessed man and start making a commotion now — how utterly ridiculous!" But that very night, the earthquake struck, and there were many who, understanding the words of Tōji for the first time, bitterly regretted their scorn.
After the earthquake had subsided, as long as the fox-possessed man had not returned to his home, people thought that further aftershocks must be coming; and even those who had only heard the story secondhand felt no peace of mind. Moreover, since fires had broken out in various places, people pulled their belongings and household goods from collapsed or tilted buildings, used sliding doors and paper screens as makeshift walls, and fashioned roofs from wooden shutters, barely managing to keep out the cold. People did not lay their heads on pillows at all, passing the time in a state of half-wakefulness and half-dream, when at last the fox-possessed man returned. The people thought: "Well then, there must be no more danger now," and asked the fox-possessed Tōji: "Where on earth did you run off to?" He merely smiled and said something to the effect that "it is not a matter for ordinary mortals to know." Everyone then felt reassured, patched up their homes, and resumed their livelihoods as before. And it is said that the fox, too, departed from him, and he returned to his former self.