翻刻
乍恐以宿送申上候
一 日光道中幸手宿 問（トン）【ルビは赤書】屋年寄共奉申上候
当宿ゟ八町東之方家権現堂川《割書：但利根川｜之内也》
昨夜中ゟ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
生木松杦五六尺ゟ壱丈くらゐにて折れ
ひしげ皮すりむけ本末共こさゝらの如く
相成川幅六七拾間之川一つはいに而通
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）馬郡川嶋村と書付有之候に而
右権現堂川岸に懸り相尋候処藤木保ゟ
現代語訳
恐れながら宿場を通じて申し上げます
一、日光道中幸手宿の問屋・年寄らが申し上げます
当宿場から八町東の方にある権現堂川（ただし利根川の一部です）において、
昨夜中から今日九日の昼まで、家や蔵が破損しました。五、六寸角の縦柱、
四、五尺回りの梁木、敷居、鴨居、戸板、貫、桁、竹屋根、茅、その時の麦藁、
その他様々な道具類が細かく砕け、四、五尺丸の生木、松や杉が五、六尺から
一丈くらいのところで折れ、
ひしゃげて皮が剥がれ、根元も先端もささらのようになって、川幅六、七十間の
川が一杯になって船が通れないほど大量に流れています。この十日余り、
まったく雨が降らず干上がった川でしたが、真っ黒な泥水が急に四、五尺も
増水しました。川の中がどれほど流れているかは全く分かりませんので、
それについて船に乗って見に行ったところ、破損した鞍に「上州群馬郡川島村」
と書き付けがあり、その権現堂川岸に引っ掛かっていました。尋ねたところ、
藤木保（藤木村の名主）から
英語訳
Respectfully submitted through the post station system
Item: The tonya (transport agents) and toshiyori (elders) of Satte post station on the Nikko Highway respectfully report:
At Gongendō River (which is part of the Tone River), located eight chō to the east of our post station, houses and storehouses have been damaged from last night until today, the 9th day, at noon. Vertical pillars of five to six sun square, beam timbers of four to five shaku circumference, sills, lintels, door boards, crossbeams, rafters, bamboo roofing, miscanthus, wheat straw from that time, and various other household items have been broken into small pieces. Living trees of four to five shaku diameter, pine and cedar trees have been broken at heights of five to six shaku to about one jō,
crushed and with bark stripped off, both roots and tops becoming like bamboo whisks. The river, which is sixty to seventy ken wide, is completely filled, making boat passage impossible due to the enormous amount of debris flowing down. For the past ten days or so, there has been no rain at all and the river was dry, but suddenly black muddy water rose four to five shaku. We cannot tell at all how much is flowing in the middle of the river, so we took a boat to investigate, and found a damaged saddle with "Jōshū Gunma-gun Kawashima Village" written on it, which had caught on the bank of Gongendō River. When we inquired, [we learned] from Fujiki-ho (village headman of Fujiki village)