翻刻
凡弐里半程川上真田信の守領分平林村地内字虚
空蔵山凡弐拾丁程之山抜崩犀川え押出シ埋り
川中ヲ〆切候間流水ヲ堰留水湛当時川上平地へ水
冠り候へ共湛溜切候ハヽ自然と押埋候〆切場所水力
ニ而押崩可申其時如何様之洪水ニ可相成哉気遣
敷支配所千曲川縁村々申越候ニハ信の守家来ゟ
掛合在之右故当時千曲川平水ゟ七八尺減水致居
川筋村々心配致シ山添高場え立退居切開候ハヽ
如何可在之又候水災之異変出来可申と殊之外人気
不穏心配仕候義ニ御座候間前書申上候災害難渋ニ
陥候次第得と御賢察被下相続方并自普請
之所用水路大破ニ付金弐千五百両書面之村々え
拝借被 仰付被下度左も無之候てハ迚も相続筋ハ
無之万一此上難渋ニ付且心得違之人気立候様
成候而ハ恐入深く心配仕候義ニ御座候所支配村々之者共
義昨年来同国他之支配所ニ無之
御国恩を定め増米上納相願候実心之節民共
穴敷退転為致候段歎敷奉存候
御仁恵之御沙汰ヲ以永年賦拝借被成下候様仕度
奉存候然ル上ハ右拝借金高村ニ応シ割賦貸渡
現代語訳
およそ二里半ほど川上の真田信濃守領分平林村地内字虚空蔵山で、およそ二十町ほどの山が崩落し、犀川に押し出して埋まり、川の流れを堰き止めたため、流水が堰き留められて水が溜まり、現在川上の平地に水が冠水している。しかし、この堰き止めが決壊すれば、自然と押し埋められた堰き止め箇所が水力によって押し崩され、その時どのような洪水になるか心配である。
支配所の千曲川沿いの村々が申し越すには、信濃守の家来から掛け合いがあり、そのため現在千曲川は平水より七、八尺減水している。川筋の村々は心配して山添いの高い場所に立ち退いており、堰が切れ開けばどうなることか、また水災の異変が起こるのではないかと、格別に人心が不穏で心配している次第である。
前述のように申し上げた災害で困窮に陥った次第をよくご賢察いただき、復旧方法並びに自普請の用水路大破につき、金二千五百両を書面記載の村々へ拝借を仰せ付けていただきたく、そうでなければとても復旧の筋道はなく、万一この上困窮につき、また心得違いの人心が立つようになれば、恐れ入って深く心配する次第である。
ところで、支配村々の者どもについては、昨年来同国他の支配所にはない御国恩を定めて増米上納を願い出た誠心の折、民どもが穴居して退転したことは嘆かわしく存じている。御仁恵のお沙汰をもって永年賦拝借を成し下されるよう仕りたく存じている。そうすれば、この拝借金高を村に応じて割賦で貸し渡し
英語訳
About two and a half ri upstream, in the territory of Sanada Shinano-no-kami at Hirabayashi Village, in the area called Kokūzō-san, a mountain section of approximately twenty chō collapsed and was pushed out into the Sai River, burying it and blocking the river flow. This has dammed up the flowing water, creating a reservoir that is currently flooding the flatlands upstream. However, if this dam breaks, the naturally buried dam site will be washed away by water pressure, and we worry about what kind of flood this might cause.
The villages along the Chikuma River under my jurisdiction report that there has been communication from Shinano-no-kami's retainers, and as a result, the Chikuma River is currently seven to eight shaku lower than normal water levels. The villages along the river are worried and have evacuated to high ground near the mountains, concerned about what will happen if the dam breaks open, and whether water disasters and abnormal events might occur. The people's mood is particularly unsettled and anxious.
I ask that you carefully consider the situation of disaster and hardship I have described above, and please authorize a loan of 2,500 ryō in gold to the villages listed in the written report for recovery methods and major repairs to irrigation channels damaged by private construction work. Without this, there is no way forward for recovery, and if hardship continues and misguided popular sentiment arises, I am deeply worried and concerned about what might happen.
Regarding the people of the villages under my jurisdiction, it is lamentable that last year, when they petitioned with sincere hearts to increase rice tribute in recognition of imperial benevolence that was unmatched by other jurisdictions in the province, the people had to live in dugouts and abandon their homes. I would like to request that through your benevolent consideration, you provide a long-term installment loan. In that case, this borrowed amount would be distributed to villages according to their capacity through installment lending.