翻刻
弐拾里程奥之由無急度申聞候右泥水ゆへか
鯉鯰鱣其外川魚之類浮上り夥敷手□に
相成り申候
右者先達而御触も御座候に付日異変之儀故
乍恐以宿送奉申上候
伊奈半左衛門御代官所
日光幸手宿
問屋文左衛門
年寄仁右衛門
道中
御奉行所
一 先月末方より信州浅間山震動仕焼砂降申候処
数度之儀に御座候処五日夜中厚サ五寸程降申候
別て同六日夜六ツ時より夥敷降出シ夜中雷
電大鳴翌七日昼四ツ時迄降申候砂之厚サ二寸
七分余に相成壱坪計立候処壱石五斗三升余
御座候田畑え降候砂五六寸依之作物一同に
現代語訳
（藤木保より）二十里ほど奥のことと、間違いなく申し聞かせてくれました。この泥水のせいか、鯉・鯰・鱣（ちょうざめ）その他の川魚の類が水面に浮き上がり、夥しく手□（で取れるほど）になりました。
以上のことは、先ほどのお触れもございましたので、日（ひごと）の異変のことゆえ、恐れながら宿送りをもって申し上げます。
伊奈半左衛門御代官所
日光幸手宿
問屋 文左衛門
年寄 仁右衛門
道中御奉行所 御中
一 先月末ごろより信州浅間山が震動し、焼砂（やけすな）が降り申し候。これは数度のことでございましたが、五日の夜中には厚さ五寸ほども降りました。とりわけ同六日の夜、六ツ時（午後六時ごろ）よりひどく降り出し、夜中には雷電が大いに鳴り響き、翌七日の昼四ツ時（午前十時ごろ）まで降り続けました。砂の厚さは二寸七分余りとなり、一坪ほどの場所に積もった量を計りましたところ、一石五斗三升余りでございました。田畑へ降った砂は五、六寸に及び、それゆえ作物は一同に……
英語訳
...[it was said to be] approximately twenty ri inland from Fujiki-ho, and this was reported to us with certainty. Whether on account of this muddy water, carp, catfish, sturgeon, and other river fish of all kinds floated to the surface in extraordinary numbers, becoming easy to [catch by hand — one character unclear].
As a prior notice (ofure) had already been issued regarding this matter, and given that this is an unusual daily occurrence, we humbly submit this report via post-town relay (shuku-okuri).
Under the jurisdiction of the daikan Ina Hanzaemon
Satte post town on the Nikkō Highway
Toiya (Transport Agent): Bunzaemon
Toshiyori (Town Elder): Jinzaemon
To: The Magistrate's Office of the Highways (Dōchū Bugyō-sho)
Item: From around the end of last month, Mt. Asama in Shinano Province has been shaking and volcanic ash and sand have been falling, occurring on numerous occasions. On the night of the 5th day, approximately five sun in depth fell. In particular, from the Hour of the Rooster (around 6 p.m.) on the 6th, it began to fall with great intensity; thunder and lightning roared throughout the night, and the ashfall continued until the Hour of the Snake (around 10 a.m.) on the following 7th day. The depth of the ash accumulation reached over two sun and seven bu; when measured over one tsubo of ground, the quantity came to over one koku, five to, and three shō. Five or six sun of ash and sand fell upon the rice paddies and fields, and as a result, the crops all together...