翻刻
【右丁】
溢水いつれ之切込候哉難計多分ハ松代之方甚心配之趣
信濃国大地震先御届
川上金吾助
当月廿四日昼夜快晴ニ而至極穏之内ニ御座候処同夜
四時頃大地震ニ而信州中之条私陣屋構練塀所々震倒シ
其外陣屋元近辺村々農家手弱之分は下家廻シ震倒
厳敷震動いたし暫相立漸々相止候処夫々少々ツゝ之間を置
不絶震動陣屋ゟ北之方ニ当り雷鳴之如く響有之夜
【左丁】
明迄之内ニは凡八十度余之地震翌朝少々静ニ相成候得共
今以地震相止不申支配所水内郡村々之内ニハ潰家怪我人
等も有之由ニ御座候得共未訴出不申追々風聞之趣承り候処
同国川中島ゟ善光寺夫ゟ南へ当り山中と唱候一郷重之
地震と相見川中島辺ハ民家一村不残又は過半震倒シ
其上焼失いたし大造之即死怪我人等有之都而往還筋ハ
此節善光寺供養ニ付夥敷旅人泊り合居死人も多分御座
候由山中辺ハ手遠片寄故様子難相分候得共犀川上手ニ而
現代語訳
【右丁】
溢水がいずれの箇所で決壊するか計り難く、多分は松代の方が甚だ心配している様子です。
信濃国大地震先御届
川上金吾助
当月二十四日昼夜快晴で至極穏やかな内にございましたところ、同夜四時頃大地震で信州中之条の私陣屋構えの練塀が所々震倒し、その外陣屋元近辺の村々で農家の手弱な分は下家廻しが震倒し、激しく震動いたし暫く続き漸々相止まりましたところ、それぞれ少々ずつの間を置いて絶え間なく震動し、陣屋より北の方に当たって雷鳴のごとく響きがあった夜
【左丁】
明けるまでの内には凡そ八十度余りの地震、翌朝少々静かになりましたけれども、今以て地震が止まず申しません。支配所水内郡の村々の内には潰家・怪我人等もあるとのことにございますが、未だ訴え出ておりません。追々風聞の趣を承りましたところ、同国川中島より善光寺、それより南へ当たり山中と唱える一郷が激しい地震と相見え、川中島辺りは民家一村残らず又は過半が震倒し、その上焼失いたし大変な即死・怪我人等があり、すべて往還筋はこの節善光寺供養に付き夥しい旅人が泊り合わせており死人も多分ございます。山中辺りは手遠く片寄っているため様子が分かり難いのですが、犀川上手で
英語訳
【Right page】
It is difficult to predict where the overflow water will break through, but it seems Matsushiro is greatly concerned about this matter.
Preliminary Report on the Great Earthquake in Shinano Province
Kawakami Kingosuke
On the 24th of this month, during clear weather both day and night when conditions were extremely calm, around 4 o'clock that same night there was a great earthquake. In Nakano-jō in Shinshū, the earthen walls of my administrative compound collapsed in various places due to the shaking. Additionally, in the villages near the compound headquarters, the weaker farmhouses had their auxiliary buildings collapse from the violent tremors that continued for some time before gradually subsiding. After that, with small intervals between each, continuous tremors occurred, and there were thunder-like sounds coming from the north of the compound through the night.
【Left page】
Until dawn there were approximately eighty or more earthquakes. The following morning it became somewhat quieter, but even now the earthquakes have not ceased. Within the villages of Minochi District under my jurisdiction, there are reportedly collapsed houses and injured people, though no formal reports have been submitted yet. From rumors I have been hearing, it appears that from Kawanakajima in the same province to Zenkōji temple, and from there southward to an area called Yamanaka, there was severe earthquake damage. In the Kawanakajima area, either entire villages of private homes or more than half have collapsed from the shaking, and furthermore fires broke out causing a great number of immediate deaths and injuries. Since this coincided with memorial services at Zenkōji temple, many travelers were staying along all the main roads, and there are reportedly many deaths. The Yamanaka area is remote and isolated so details are difficult to ascertain, but upstream on the Sai River