英語訳
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7th Year of Kaei, Year of the Tiger
Record of Great Earthquakes and Fires in Various Provinces
Nara
On the night of June 14th in the year of the Tiger, shaking began around the 8th hour (around 2 AM) and continued with small tremors until the 6th hour of morning (around 6 AM). On the morning of the 15th, starting from the 5th hour (around 8 AM), a great earthquake occurred. Not a single townhouse remained undamaged, and of course, no one could stay inside their homes. Everyone spent the night in fields or at Kofukuji Temple and other wide open spaces. Not a single person traveled the main roads. Everyone barricaded their doors, and it was impossible to know where anyone was. Every night was spent sleeping outdoors in a pitiful state.
In the southern Shimizu district, houses collapsed. From Honji crossroads westward, about ten houses collapsed. In Narukawa-cho, two-thirds of the street survived.
In the northern Nishi-tegai district, one-third remained. North Handa-cho and Tegai street suffered major collapses north to south. Kawakubo-cho suffered major collapse with only two houses remaining. In the central area, Hosokawa-cho, Kitamuki-cho, and Kita-furo-zushi-cho - these three towns suffered particularly severe collapse with only two houses remaining. Even among these, north of Sanjo street had only minor collapse. The great damage throughout Nara was an unprecedented disaster.
Deaths: approximately 250 people, children: 50 people
Injuries: countless
In Furuichi and Kizu, only four or five houses remained. By the evening of the 16th, there had been 73 major earthquakes.
Iga
In Ueno, the great earthquake began shaking from the 9th hour of the night on the 14th (around midnight). The castle's main gate was severely damaged, and approximately six-tenths of the city collapsed while four-tenths tilted at angles. Fire broke out from Kagi-no-tsuji and burned as far as Kuromon-mae. From Shimagahara to a place called Okawara, ground fissures created what looked like a sea of mud, and the chaos was indescribable.
By the evening of the 16th, there had been 75 earthquakes.
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Kyoto, Osaka, Sakai, Kawachi, Kishu, Banshu, Tanba, Tango and other provinces had some minor differences, but generally experienced simultaneous earthquakes of the same magnitude - truly a rare phenomenon.
By the evening of the 16th: 73 times
Koriyama and Southern Yamato
On the night of June 14th, slight shaking began from the 9th hour, and at the 8th hour came the great earthquake. From Yanagi-cho 1st district to the 4th district, approximately 38-39 houses collapsed. In addition, about one-third of the city's houses collapsed, and the rest was the same as Nara.
Deaths: approximately 120-130 people, children: 17 people
Many injuries
Truly pitiful in the extreme. This also shook 73 times by the evening of the 16th. Southern Yamato began shaking at the same time, with some injuries, no deaths, and houses suffered minor damage but nothing collapsed.
Omi Province
On the night of June 14th, slight shaking began from the 9th hour, and from the 7th hour it became a great earthquake. From below Miidera to a place called Obanagawa, over a hundred houses collapsed. Additionally, Zeze castle suffered minor damage, and in Tsuchiyama, four or five houses each collapsed in seven or eight locations. Of the people in these areas, six-tenths were crushed to death and four-tenths survived.
At Ishiyama, particularly large rocks also collapsed, causing truly great damage. Other castle towns and rural towns also suffered major damage. This also shook 68 times, large and small, from the evening of the 16th.
Yokkaichi in Ise Province
On the night of June 14th, shaking began at the 4th hour (around 10 PM), and from the 6th hour it became a great earthquake. Over 300 houses collapsed, and fire broke out at the 5th hour of day, burning over 400 houses. Deaths: approximately 140-150 people, missing persons: over 200 people. Additionally, Ise Province, Owari Province and surrounding provinces suffered great damage.
Fukui in Echizen Province
From the 5th hour on June 13th, fire broke out from Shio-machi and Kajiya-machi, completely burning east, west, north and south. That morning, due to strong winds, an area of about 200 blocks from Tsukumo Bridge, 100 temples, and both Honganji temples burned down, and approximately ten nearby areas were consumed by fire.
The fire was extinguished at the 4th hour that night.
Then from the 8th hour on the night of the 14th came a great earthquake. Even the rice fields became like seas of mud, houses collapsed everywhere, and deaths numbered approximately 40-50 people. Truly, truly, the chaos was indescribable.
By the evening of the 16th, it shook 17-18 times, large and small.