翻刻
【右丁】
山崩有之川中留切流水更ニ無之丹波島渡船場干揚歩行
渡いたし候由ニ御座候越後国之儀ハ如何ニ御座候哉得と相分不申
右は風聞迄之儀ニ而未聢と難相分候間早速手代差遣シ支配所
潰家其外見分吟味之上最寄村々損所とも風聞相糺
委細之儀ハ追而可申上候且御領陣屋附同国佐久郡村々
之儀も前同様大地震致シ候得共善光寺《割書：江｜》はハ里数も隔
次第ニ劣り候哉陣屋并支配所其外最寄私領村々ニ而も
纔宛之破損家有之趣ニ候得共為差儀も無御座先ツ
【左丁】
不取敢右御届申上候以上
三月廿七日
川上金吾助
御勘定所
信州千曲川通塩崎村国役御普請見分并ニ仕立御用中
大地震ニ付及見聞候趣荒増申上候書付
西村覚内
松平飛騨殿知行信州更級郡千曲川通り塩崎村
現代語訳
【右丁】
山崩れがあり川中で留まって切れ、流水が全くなくなり、丹波島の渡船場は干上がって歩いて渡ることができたとのことでございます。越後国の件はどのような状況かよく分かりません。
右は風聞までの件で未だはっきりと分からないため、早速手代を差し遣わし、支配所の潰家その外を見分・吟味の上、最寄りの村々の損害箇所とも風聞を調べ、詳細の件は追って申し上げます。また御領陣屋付き同国佐久郡の村々の件も前同様大地震をいたしましたが、善光寺へは里数も離れ次第に被害が軽くなったのか、陣屋並びに支配所その外最寄りの私領村々でもわずかずつの破損家がある様子ですが、差し支える件もございませんので、先ず
【左丁】
取り急ぎ右の通り御届け申し上げます。以上
三月二十七日
川上金吾助
御勘定所
信州千曲川通り塩崎村国役御普請見分並びに仕立御用中
大地震に付き見聞に及んだ趣旨を荒増し申し上げる書付
西村覚内
松平飛騨殿知行信州更級郡千曲川通り塩崎村
英語訳
【Right page】
There were landslides that blocked the river, causing it to be cut off with no flowing water at all. The ferry crossing at Tanbashima dried up completely, allowing people to cross on foot. As for the situation in Echigo Province, I do not know well how things stand there.
The above is based on rumors only, and since the details are not yet clear, I will immediately dispatch my deputy to inspect and investigate the collapsed houses and other damage in my administrative territory. After examining the damage in the nearby villages based on these reports, I will submit a detailed report later. Regarding the villages of Saku District in the same province attached to the domain's administrative compound, they also experienced the same great earthquake, but perhaps because they are some distance away from Zenkōji temple, the damage appears to have lessened accordingly. While there are reports of minor damage to houses in the administrative compound, jurisdictional areas, and other nearby private domain villages, there are no serious impediments, so for now
【Left page】
I submit this urgent preliminary report. The above.
March 27th
Kawakami Kingosuke
Finance Office
A document roughly reporting what I witnessed and heard regarding
the great earthquake while conducting inspection and preparation duties
for national public works at Shiozaki Village along the Chikuma River in Shinshū
Nishimura Kakunai
Shiozaki Village along the Chikuma River in Sarashina District, Shinshū, under the domain of Lord Matsudaira Hida