翻刻
来候普請不残微塵ニ潰れ候而異人弐人泥の如
く相成死居候よし
当夏比ゟ伊勢両宮日光御札上方筋諸々え降候
よし之所此節京大坂続而降東海道中仙道信州
辺迄降候よしニ而降候所之近国近村之者は降
候所え参詣ニ出此節追々大騒ニ相成京大坂美
濃近江辺老若男女枝萩手巾地之表ニ褰は紅無
地欝金之三尺をしめ晒之手巾ニ而なんてもよ
い〳〵と唄ひおとりあるき東海道筋大名上り
下り下坐触等致候而も更ニ用ひ不申なんても
よい〳〵と大勢はやしおとりあるき如何ニ制
布いたし而も聞入不申候あまりきひしく制布
いたし候へは大勢ニ而おとりなからのつき候
而おとりさわき御大名衆も咎め候事もならす
皆わらひ候而通候由
大坂紅無地手巾欝金 俳（マヽ）ちりめん類品更ニ無
之江戸へ注文有之候而江戸も引上候よし大
坂六十匁銀ニ而紅無地壱反五十八九匁俳ち
現代語訳
来た普請が残らず微塵に潰れて、異人二人が泥のよう
になって死んでいたとのことです。
当年夏頃より伊勢両宮・日光の御札が上方筋の諸々へ降ったと
のことでしたが、この節は京・大坂に続いて降り、東海道中・仙道・信州
辺りまで降ったとのことで、降った所の近国近村の者は降った
所へ参詣に出て、この節追々大騒ぎになり、京・大坂・美
濃・近江辺りの老若男女が、枝萩手巾・地の表に袴は紅無
地・鬱金の三尺を締め、晒の手巾にて「なんでもよいよい」と唄い踊り歩き、東海道筋で大名の上り
下りや下座触等をしても更に用いず「なんでも
よいよい」と大勢で囃し踊り歩き、如何に制
止しても聞き入れず、あまり厳しく制
止すれば大勢にて踊りながら突き
て踊り騒ぎ、御大名衆も咎めることもならず、
皆笑って通ったとのことです。
大坂では紅無地手巾・鬱金縮緞子類の品が全く無
くなり、江戸へ注文があって江戸も品切れとのこと、大
坂では六十匁銀にて紅無地一反が五十八、九匁、縮
英語訳
The construction that had come was completely destroyed to dust, and two foreigners
died, becoming like mud, it is said.
From around this summer, sacred amulets from Ise Shrines and Nikkō began falling in various places in the Kamigata region,
it was said, but recently they have been falling continuously in Kyoto and Osaka, and even
along the Tōkaidō, Nakasendō, and Shinshū regions, it is said. People from nearby provinces and villages where they fell
go on pilgrimage to those places, and recently this has gradually become a great commotion. In Kyoto, Osaka, Mino,
and Ōmi regions, men and women of all ages wear branch-patterned tenugui towels, with plain red
hakama and golden three-shaku sashes over their garments, and with bleached tenugui towels sing "nandemo yoi yoi" while dancing and walking. Along the Tōkaidō route, even when daimyo pass up and down or when ordered to sit in deference, they pay no attention at all and
sing "nandemo yoi yoi" in large groups while dancing and walking. No matter how they try to restrain
them, they do not listen, and if restrained too harshly, the large groups will push forward
while dancing and making a commotion. Even the great daimyo lords cannot reprimand them,
and all pass by laughing, it is said.
In Osaka, plain red tenugui towels and golden chirimen crepe goods are completely out
of stock, with orders placed to Edo, but Edo is also sold out, it is said. In Osaka
with sixty monme of silver, one tan of plain red costs fifty-eight or nine monme, chirimen