翻刻
乍恐以宿送申上候
一 日光道中幸手宿 問（トン）【ルビは朱書】屋年寄共奉申上候
当宿より八町東之方家権現堂川《割書：但利根川｜之内也》
昨夜中より今九日昼迄家蔵致破損候五六
寸角之竪柱四五尺廻り之梁木敷居鴨居
戸板貫桁竹屋根芒日口時之麦藁其
外世体道具之類細々に砕ケ四五尺丸之
生木松杉五六尺より壱丈くらゐにて折れ
ひしげ皮すりむけ本末共にさゝらの如く
相成川幅六七拾間之川一ッはいにて通
舩難成程夥敷流申候此間十日余一向雨
降不申候干川に御座候処真黒之泥水急に
四五尺相増申候川中之義は何程流申候哉
一向相知不申候間右に付乗舩仕見申候処破レ
候鞍上州 郡（グン）馬郡川島村と書付有之候に□
右権現堂川岸に懸り相尋候処藤木保より
現代語訳
恐れながら宿送りをもって申し上げます
一 日光道中幸手宿 問屋・年寄共より申し上げます。
当宿より東へ八町のところにある権現堂川（ただし利根川の支流なり）において、昨夜中より今九日の昼まで、家蔵が破損するほどのものが流れ来たりました。五、六寸角の縦柱、四、五尺廻りの梁木、敷居、鴨居、戸板、貫、桁、竹、屋根芒（かや）、日口時の麦藁、その外、世帯道具の類が細々に砕けて、また四、五尺の丸太の生木、松・杉が五、六尺より一丈くらいのところで折れてひしがれ、皮がすりむけ、根元も末もさゝらのようになって、川幅六、七十間の川が一杯になるほど夥しく流れ申し候。この間十日余、一向に雨が降らず、干上がった川でございましたのに、真っ黒な泥水が急に四、五尺増水いたしました。川中のものがどれほど流れ来たるか、一向に知れませんので、そのことについて船に乗って見てみましたところ、破れた鞍に「上州群馬郡川島村」と書き付けてある□がございました。右の権現堂川岸に引き上げて尋ねましたところ、藤木保より……
英語訳
Humbly submitted via post-town relay (shuku-okuri)
Item: We, the toiya (transport agent) and toshiyori (town elders) of Satte post town on the Nikkō Highway, respectfully report the following.
In the Gongen-dō River, located approximately eight chō to the east of this post town (which is a branch of the Tone River), from last night through noon today, the 9th day, there has been an enormous volume of debris flowing downstream, sufficient to damage warehouses and buildings. Among the items observed: vertical posts of five or six sun square, beams of four or five shaku in circumference, thresholds, lintels, door panels, penetrating tie beams (nuki), ridge beams (keta), bamboo, miscanthus thatch (kaya), wheat straw of recent harvest, and household goods of all kinds, all broken and shattered into fine pieces. Furthermore, living trees of pine and cedar, logs of four or five shaku in diameter, were snapped and crushed at heights of five or six shaku to about one jō from the ground, their bark stripped away, their tops and roots alike reduced to the condition of a tattered fringe (sasara). All of this flowed in such extraordinary quantities as to completely fill the river, which is sixty or seventy ken in width, making navigation by boat impossible.
For more than ten days prior to this, there had been no rain whatsoever, leaving the river nearly dry; yet suddenly, the water rose four or five shaku with pitch-black muddy water. As to what and how much was flowing through the mid-river, we could not determine at all. Accordingly, we boarded a boat to inspect, and found a broken saddle upon which was written "Kawashima Village, Gunma District, Kōzuke Province (Jōshū)" [with one character unclear]. Having retrieved this from the bank of the Gongen-dō River and made inquiries, it was [said to have come] from Fujiki-ho...