翻刻
何程哉数限り無之由如来堂ニ泊り候旅人凡三拾人余是ハ無難ニ而立退
候へ共衣類其外路銀等も何れも焼失之由遠国之者抔別段
難渋ニおよひ候様子ニ御座候如来堂并山門而已相残其外ハ市中
一同焼失致候由承り申候死人等之儀は中々以難相分噂ニハ
善光寺町計ニ而弐三万人も有之由同町人別之者共廿五日
朝残り居候者漸弐三百人ならてハ無之趣噂御座候へ共是
とても逃去候ものも有之ニ付凡ニも人数ハ相分り兼候へ共
何れ大変之義ニ御座候
一 塩崎村西之方隣宿上田領稲荷山之儀も潰家之上出火ニ而
不残焼失致シ旅人其外即死人夥敷趣ニ御座候へ共是も
人数相知不申候噂ニハ弐三千人と申事ニ御座候其外とても焼失
致候宿々村々即死人多く有之候儀と申事ニ御座候
一 信州佐井川之儀廿四日夜大地震之節ハ流水留り候廿六日
昼頃私共彼地出立迄通水無之是迄丹波島宿辺ゟ
七八里行水内村辺ニ刎橋有之由右前後之辺山崩致シ
佐井川ヲふさき候由ニ而何時何方ゟ出火致候哉難計同川附
ハ勿論継場之者共追々逃去申候右ニ付往還えハ上田松代
ゟ出張致シ善光寺之方ニハ往還差留申候噂ニハ佐井川
之湛水信州松本辺潮水之躰ニ相成桔梗ケ原と申
所え水押開キ夫ゟ諏訪之潮水え入天龍川え流水
現代語訳
何程かは数限りなしとのこと。如来堂に宿泊していた旅人およそ三十人余りは、これは無事に立ち退いたものの、衣類その他路銀なども全て焼失したとのこと。遠国の者などは特に難渋に及んだ様子でございます。如来堂および山門のみが残り、その他は市中一同焼失したと承っております。死人などについては、とても分からず、噂では善光寺町だけで二、三万人もあったとのこと。同町の人別の者ども（住民）が二十五日朝に残っていた者は、わずか二、三百人ほどしかなかった趣の噂がございますが、これとても逃げ去った者もあるため、およそでも人数は分かりかねますが、いずれにしても大変な事態でございます。
一 塩崎村の西方の隣宿、上田領稲荷山についても、潰れ家の上に出火で残らず焼失し、旅人その他即死人が夥しい趣でございますが、これも人数は分かりません。噂では二、三千人ということでございます。その他の焼失した宿場や村々でも即死人が多くあったということでございます。
一 信州犀川については、二十四日夜の大地震の際に流水が止まり、二十六日昼頃、私どもがその地を出立するまで流水がありませんでした。これまで丹波島宿辺りから七、八里行った水内村辺りに刎橋があったとのことですが、その前後の辺りで山崩れがして犀川を塞いだとのことで、いつどこから出火したかは計り難く、同川沿いはもちろん継場の者どもも追々逃げ去りました。これにより往還へは上田・松代から出張して善光寺の方への往還を差し止めたとのこと。噂では犀川の湛水（溜まった水）が信州松本辺りで潮水の体になり、桔梗ケ原という所へ水が押し開き、それから諏訪の湖水へ入り天竜川へ流水したとのこと。
英語訳
The number of deaths was countless. Approximately thirty-some travelers who had been staying at the Nyorai Hall managed to evacuate safely, but their clothing, travel money, and other belongings were all lost to fire. People from distant provinces were particularly in distress. Only the Nyorai Hall and the main gate remained, while the rest of the town was completely burned down, as we have been told. Regarding the dead, the numbers are impossible to determine, but rumors say there were twenty to thirty thousand deaths in Zenkoji town alone. Among the registered residents of that town, only about two to three hundred remained on the morning of the 25th according to rumors, but even this number is uncertain as some may have fled, making it impossible to estimate even roughly. In any case, it was a tremendous disaster.
Item: Regarding Inariyama in Ueda domain, a neighboring post town to the west of Shiozaki Village, houses collapsed and then fires broke out, burning everything down completely. There were countless immediate deaths among travelers and others, but the exact numbers are unknown here as well. Rumors speak of two to three thousand deaths. Other post towns and villages that suffered fires also had many immediate deaths.
Item: Regarding the Sai River in Shinano Province, the water flow stopped during the great earthquake on the night of the 24th, and there was no flowing water until we departed from that area around noon on the 26th. Previously, there had been a cantilever bridge in the Minochi Village area, about seven to eight ri from Tanba Island post town, but landslides in the surrounding areas blocked the Sai River. It was difficult to determine when or where fires broke out, and people from relay stations along the river gradually fled. As a result, officials were dispatched from Ueda and Matsushiro to the highways, and travel toward Zenkoji was prohibited. According to rumors, the dammed water of the Sai River formed tide-like waters around Matsumoto in Shinano Province, the water burst open toward a place called Kikyogahara, then flowed into Lake Suwa and eventually into the Tenryu River.