翻刻
〽凡サヱヽ天ちの其へんどうはいまもしれないうきよの
中にことし六月十五日なるが午ご六時のころおいよりも
奥州かいがんはじめといたしとをきゑぞちの北海道（ほくかいどう）と
百里あまりのつなみのあれば是をあら〳〵たづねて
聞に旧の五月の五日であればりやうし町から在々迄も
せつくやすみのおりからなるがひるの頃よりくろくもおこり
たへずうみなりしんどういたし諸人ふしぎをなすおり
からにどうとひゞきししんどうこそはたいほう一どに
うちたるごとくはツといふまもあらおそろしや十丈あまり
もさかまくつなみどつと一どにうちあげられて四十四
五りのかいがんどをり山はくづれて家人ら迄もうみに
まきこむ其いきおいは岩手けんかのかいがんどをり町が
七町廿九ヶ村の流家かづが六千あまり死人三万七千
よ人 気仙（けせん）郡が十五ヶ村よこゝもながれや千七百戸死人
六千三百よ人又は南の扨？ 閉伊（へい）郡町が二ヶ所に十二か
村で千と六百六十三戸死人六千八百よ人つゞくひがしの
現代語訳
〽 そもそも、天地のその変動はいまも知れない浮世の中に、今年六月十五日、午後六時のころ、およそ奥州海岸を始めとして、遠い蝦夷地の北海道まで、百里あまりに及ぶ津波の荒れがあった。これをあらあらと尋ねて聞くに、旧暦の五月五日であれば、漁師町から在々（田舎の村々）まで、節句休みの折からであったが、昼の頃より黒雲が起こり、絶えず海鳴り・震動がいたし、諸人が不思議に思っていた折からに、どうと響き、震動こそは大砲を一度に
撃ったごとく、「はっ」と言う間もなく恐ろしや。十丈あまりも逆巻く津波が、どっと一度に打ち上げられて、四十四・五里の海岸通り、山は崩れて、家人らまでも海に巻き込まれた。その勢いは、岩手県下の海岸通り、町が七町・二十九ヶ村、流家数が六千あまり、死人三万七千余人。気仙郡が十五ヶ村、ここもながれや（流れ家）千七百戸、死人六千三百余人。また南の閉伊郡、町が二ヶ所に十二ヶ村で、千六百六十三戸、死人六千八百余人。続く東の
英語訳
〽 The upheavals of heaven and earth are beyond knowing even now, in this floating world of uncertainty. This year, on the fifteenth day of the sixth month, around the sixth hour of the afternoon [approximately 7:30 p.m.], along the Ōshū coastline and extending as far as the distant northern land of Ezo — Hokkaidō — a great tsunami raged over a stretch of more than one hundred ri. Let me recount the events in some detail.
It being the fifth day of the fifth month by the old calendar, from the fishing towns to the villages far and near, people were resting for the seasonal festival. But from around midday, black clouds began to rise, and the constant roaring of the sea and trembling of the earth filled the people with a sense of dread. Then came a thunderous rumbling shock, as though a great cannon had been fired all at once —
before one could even cry out, how terrifying! Waves surging to more than ten jō in height crashed down all at once, sweeping over forty-four or five ri of coastline. Mountains crumbled, and whole households were swallowed by the sea. Such was its fury: along the coastal districts of Iwate Prefecture, across seven towns and twenty-nine villages, more than six thousand homes were swept away, and over thirty-seven thousand people lost their lives. In Kesen District, across fifteen villages, some seventeen hundred homes were washed away, and more than six thousand three hundred people perished. In Hei District to the south, across two towns and twelve villages, one thousand six hundred and sixty-three homes were lost, and over six thousand eight hundred people died. Continuing to the east —