英語訳
## The Great Kantō Earthquake and Fires
No person worthy of the name is without forethought. Upon hearing of the great earthquake and fire in Edo, how immeasurable must be the grief and sorrow of distant parents, siblings, and relatives! In order to inform people as quickly as possible of the safety, survival, or death of their loved ones, I record the following in detail.
The time: the night of the 2nd day of the 10th month of the 2nd year of Ansei [November 11, 1855], past the Hour of the Boar [around 10 PM].
**[Around the Omaru (Inner Palace Area)]**
The residences of Lord Bingo-no-kami, Lord Honjo Jogeisei, Lord Honda Etchū-no-kami, and Lord Sakai Ukyō sustained minor damage. Lord Matsudaira Shimōsa-no-kami's residence burned down. Lord Matsudaira Higo-no-kami's residence and adjacent estate burned. Lord Matsudaira Iga-no-kami, Lord Naitō Kii-no-kami, and Lord Matsudaira Gemba-no-kami sustained minor damage.
**[Yayosu Riverbank Area]**
Lord Matsudaira Sagami-no-kami's residence, its annex, the firefighters' station, and Lord Endō Tajima-no-kami's residence were partially burned.
**[Inside Kajibashi Gate]**
Lord Matsudaira Mikawa-no-kami, Lord Torii Tamba-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Izumi-no-kami, and Lord Matsudaira Aki-no-kami sustained minor damage. Among these, Lord Mizuno Suō-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Tamba-no-kami, Lord Kuze Yamato-no-kami, and the Lord of Bizen sustained minor damage. Lord Hosokawa Etchū-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, Lord Akimoto Tajima-no-kami, and the Tenjū-no-Oyashiki estate sustained minor damage.
**[Daimyō-kōji (Lords' Avenue)]**
The residences of Lord Kawazu Ise-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Kurando-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Izumi-no-kami, and Lord Oda Gonshōsuke sustained only minor damage.
**[Inside Hibiya Gate]**
Lord Doi Ōi-no-kami, Lord Honda Nakatsukasa, Lord Matsudaira Ukyō, and Lord Nagai Tōtōmi-no-kami sustained minor damage. Lord Matsudaira Kawachi-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Tosa-no-kami, Lord Makino Bingo-no-kami, and Lord Matsudaira Shōzen-no-kami sustained minor damage.
**[Inside Tokiwabashi]**
Lord Matsudaira Echizen-no-kami, Lord Natsume Sakon-no-shōgen, Lord Manabe, Lord Ōta, Lord Ogasawara, Lord Sakai Saemon, and Lord Hitotsubashi sustained minor damage.
**[Inside Yamashita Gate]**
The residences of Lord Matsudaira Hizen-no-kami, Lord Abe, Lord Harima, and Lord Matsudaira Daizen-no-taiyū were damaged.
**[Soto-Sakurada]**
Lord Uesugi Danjō-no-daihitsu, Lord Itakura Suō-no-kami, Lord Ōoka Echizen-no-kami, Lord Ōkubo Suruga-no-kami, Lord Ishikawa Ōmi-no-kami, Lord Nishio Oki-no-kami, and Lord Sōma Daizen-no-ryō sustained minor damage. Lord Abe Inaba-no-kami, Lord Mizuno Dewa-no-kami, Lord Ogasawara Sado-no-kami, Lord Hōjō Mino-no-kami, Lord Matsudaira Hōki-no-kami, and Lord Miura Shima-no-kami sustained minor damage.
**[Kasumigaseki, Nagatababa, Sannō Area]**
Minor damage.
**[Inside Saiwai Bridge Gate]**
Lord Matsudaira Tokinosuke, the Satsuma Regent's residence, and Lord Nabeshima Kaga-no-kami sustained minor damage. Lord Arima Bingo-no-kami and Lord Tanba Nagato-no-kami sustained minor damage.
**[Inside Shinbashi]**
Lord Kamei Oki-no-kami and Lord Sanada Shinano-no-kami sustained minor damage.
**[Atagoshita Area, Umabashira, Shiba, Mita, Tamachi, Rinzen, Maekawa]**
Minor damage throughout.
To the south, in the Kawasaki-juku area, parts of the post town burned. Kanagawa-juku sustained minor damage.
**[Shin-Yoshiwara]**
The five blocks of the quarter largely collapsed; fire broke out from the East Quarter, and [the text is partially illegible] burned almost entirely. In another location, Kozukappara also burned.
Senju-juku sustained minor damage. Other areas — Tamachi area, [illegible] block, and Shiba Hatamachi 3-chōme — burned. One side of Yakusha Shindō survived. The Asakusa Kannon precinct sustained minor damage. Komagata-chō, Suwa-chō, and Kurofune-chō burned. The areas around Namiki-dōri and Monzeki-mae sustained little damage. Abegawa-chō sustained minor burns. Shinhori-bata, Hōtōhara area, Okura-mae-dōri, and Kayamachi area sustained minor damage.
In another location, the area of Shitaya, from around Ueno-chō 1-chōme through Hirokōji, Manseibashi-dōri, Chōja-machi, and the residences of Lord Ishikawa Kashira, Lord Kuroda, Lord Inoue, and Lord Ogasawara burned. Sendagi, Dangozaka, and surrounding areas sustained minor damage. Yanaka and Nezu sustained minor damage. In the Hongō area, Yushima sustained minor burns. Kikuzaka, Komagome area, Mukōyama, and Itabashi sustained minor damage.
At Sujikaibashi, the Kanda Sudachō area, and Imagawabashi-dōri, minor damage. Jikken-dana, Muromachi, and Nihonbashi-dōri sustained minor damage. South Denmachō 2-chōme and 3-chōme, Minami Kajichō, Gobee-chō, Daiku-chō, Gusoku-chō, Tatami-chō, Yanagi-chō, Tokiwa-chō, Kyōgi-chō, Shirauo Yashiki, Ōkonegashi, and Takegashi area — approximately ten blocks survived partially. Hachi-Hatchōbori, Teppōzu, and Tsukiji areas sustained minor damage. Tsukudajima sustained minor burns. The Hatchōbori area was particularly unaffected. Reiganjima, Minami Shinhori, and the Ōkawa riverside sustained slight burns. Eitaibashi sustained minor damage.
**[Fukagawa]**
Aikawa-chō, Tomiyoshi-chō, Nakajima-chō, Kitagawa-chō, Ōshima-chō, Hamaguri-chō, Kuroe-chō, Sainennji, Yugurashita, and the precinct before Eitaiji Temple burned. The main hall of Hachiman Shrine was unharmed, but areas within the temple precincts sustained minor damage. Sanjūsangendō sustained minor damage. The areas of Takabashi, Kiba, Yanagawa-chō, Rokkenbori, and up to Ōhashi Kiba collapsed. In Honjo, Tategawa-dōri, Ishiwara, Hayashi-chō, Lord Tsugaru's middle residence, and Midori-chō burned almost entirely.
**[To the West]**
Fire broke out from around Ogawamachi and burned as far as the Iidamachi vicinity. In the Koishikawa area, Lord Matsudaira Sanuki-no-kami's estate was slightly damaged, Lord Iwaki Shigorō's residence collapsed, and other lords sustained minor damage. Yotsuya, Akasaka, Kōji-machi area, Aoyama, and Azabu sustained minor damage.
This was an earthquake unprecedented in living memory. However, the castle itself was undamaged. Damage throughout the five-ri radius of Edo was extensive, but aftershocks subsided after three days and nights, and all people felt a sense of relief. How fortunate indeed!
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One item: By the benevolent grace of the Authorities, in order to provide relief to the poor and those sleeping outdoors, shelters were constructed: nine units outside Saiwai Bridge Gate, and seventy-one units at the Fukagawa Seaside, Daiku-chō, and Asakusa Hirokōji — three locations in total. The magnanimity and virtue of His Lordship are overflowing, and we are deeply grateful to the magistrate's office.
One item: The total number of town blocks in Edo is 5,723. On the day of the earthquake, the number of sealed storehouses (dozō) was 113,280-some. Shrines and temples were also damaged.
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**[Closing verse]**
*Ugoite / naki / miyo no / sakae wo masu kami / kakite zo inoru / Ise no kami e*
Moving, yet unmoving — to the god who increases the glory of this peaceful age, we write our prayers to the gods of Ise.