翻刻
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ヽノミ南ノ方御幣川村ヲ限リ村々水中に滔々
タリ小森村流失真島村流失千曲川ニ押込水寺
尾ニ揚リ松代ニ至ル然ル処先年ノ高堤水ヲ除
ク故ニ松代ニ入ラス川東高井郡木島平西ハ水
内郡ヲ経テ越後ノ国新潟迄凡六十余里流失水
内郡善光寺如来開帳三月十日ヨリ因之諸国参
詣ノ老若群集ス二十四日最中成レハ山内市中
夜陰ニ至テ萬灯白昼ノ如ク亥ノ刻ニ至テ俄ニ
大地震大雷ニ齊ク寺院商屋淘潰シ暗夜トナリ
幾時ナラス数ヶ所ヨリ火出大火トナリ毎家泣
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キ叫フ声天地ニ響キ無難ニシテ遯レ出ル者モ
亦父母妻子兄弟ヲ助ケント欲シテ火ヲ消ス者
無ク稀ニ田野ニ遯レ出ルト雖唯忙然トシテ近
郷ヨリ親戚駆ケ就キ潰家ノ下ニ声有穿チ出シ
相援ケ火ヲ防クト雖モ人力ニ及ス余煙四方ニ
満チ押風烈ク危ト雖モ僥倖本堂無難本願寺ノ
境内諸堂不残焼失衆従【「徒」の誤記か】二十一院中衆十五坊妻
戸十五坊不残焼失仁王門御堂前商店茶店筵張
見世物小屋類三丁余焼失別当大勧進将ニ潰ン
トス経藏鐘楼萬善堂無難町家焼失分大門町上
現代語訳
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のみで、南の方は御幣川村を境として、村々が水中に滔々と浸かった。小森村は流失し、真島村も流失し、千曲川に押し込まれた水は寺尾に上がり、松代に至った。しかし先年の高い堤防が水を防いだため、松代には入らなかった。川東の高井郡木島平、西は水内郡を経て越後国新潟まで、およそ六十余里にわたって流失した。水内郡善光寺如来の開帳が三月十日より行われていたため、諸国からの参詣の老若が群集していた。二十四日が最中であったので、山内・市中は夜陰に至って万灯が白昼のごとく輝いていた。亥の刻に至って俄かに大地震が大雷のように轟き、寺院・商屋が倒壊し、暗夜となった。間もなく数ヶ所より火が出て大火となり、各家で泣き
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叫ぶ声が天地に響いた。無事に逃れ出た者も、また父母・妻子・兄弟を助けようと欲して火を消す者はなく、稀に田野に逃れ出たとしても、ただ茫然としていた。近郷より親戚が駆けつけ、潰れた家の下に声があると掘り出し、相互に援助して火を防ごうとしたが、人力では及ばず、余煙が四方に満ち、押し風が激しく危険であった。しかし僥倖にも本堂は無事であった。本願寺の境内の諸堂は残らず焼失し、衆徒二十一院中、衆十五坊・妻戸十五坊が残らず焼失した。仁王門・御堂前の商店・茶店・筵張・見世物小屋類が三丁余り焼失した。別当大勧進は今にも潰れそうになった。経蔵・鐘楼・万善堂は無事であった。町家の焼失分は、大門町上
英語訳
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alone, and to the south, with Gohei-gawa village as the boundary, the villages were completely submerged in the swirling waters. Komori village was swept away, Majima village was also swept away, and the water that rushed into the Chikuma River rose to Terao and reached Matsushiro. However, because the high embankment built in previous years diverted the water, it did not enter Matsushiro. From Kijimadaira in Takai County east of the river, through Minochi County to the west, extending to Niigata in Echigo Province, approximately sixty ri were swept away. Since the special exhibition of the Zenkoji Nyorai had been taking place since March 10th in Minochi County, pilgrims of all ages from various provinces had gathered in crowds. The 24th was the peak day, so the temple grounds and city were illuminated by countless lanterns like daylight even into the night. At the hour of the boar, suddenly a great earthquake thundered like great thunder, temples and commercial buildings collapsed, and it became pitch dark. Soon fires broke out in several places, becoming a great conflagration, with crying
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and screaming voices from every house echoing through heaven and earth. Even those who escaped safely, wanting to save their parents, wives, children, and siblings, had no one to fight the fires. Even those who rarely escaped to the fields were simply in a daze. Relatives rushed from nearby villages, and when voices were heard under collapsed houses, they dug them out and helped each other try to prevent the fire, but it was beyond human strength. Residual smoke filled all directions, the driving wind was fierce and dangerous. However, fortunately the main hall was safe. All the various halls within the Honganji temple grounds burned down completely, and among the twenty-one temples of the clergy, fifteen clerical quarters and fifteen married priests' quarters all burned down without exception. The Niomon gate, shops in front of the main hall, tea houses, mat-covered stalls, and sideshow booths stretching over three chō burned down. The head priest Daikanjin was about to collapse. The sutra repository, bell tower, and Manzen Hall were safe. Regarding the burned town houses, in upper Daimon-cho