英語訳
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[Continuing from the previous page:] There were also tremors on the ninth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third days, and on the twenty-fourth the earth shook twice. During this earthquake, in Shinano Province, great mountains collapsed, large rivers flooded, and the castles and dwellings of six districts were swept from the ground and carried away by the flood. Cattle, horses, men, and women were swept away and drowned, and the corpses piled up into hills and mountains.
The above is based on the *Ruijū Kokushi* (Classified National History) and the *Fusō Ryakki* (Concise Annals of Japan).
During the reign of Emperor Daigo, on the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month of the second year of Engi (902 CE), at the Hour of the Snake (around 10 a.m.), there was an earthquake. Its rumbling sound was like a *ranjō* (a cacophony of drums and bells), reverberating from afar before the shaking struck.
During the reign of Emperor Suzaku, on the twenty-seventh day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Jōhei (934 CE), at the Hour of the Horse (around noon), there was a great earthquake twice. Throughout the capital, earthen walls (*tsuiji*) collapsed in various places. At the Hour of the Rooster (around 6 p.m.), a rainbow appeared beneath the stone edging of the second bay on the east side of the southern front of the *Shishinden* (Ceremonial Hall). On the twenty-eighth day of the same month, there was an earthquake at the Hour of the Hare (around 6 a.m.). On the twenty-ninth day, an earthquake at the Hour of the Snake (around 10 a.m.). On the third day of the sixth month, the earth shook once at the Hour of the Hare. Thereafter, there were repeated rumblings in the direction of the Nochino Tamura Mausoleum (the imperial tomb of Emperor Kōkō) and the Nochino Yamashina Mausoleum (the imperial tomb of Emperor Daigo), and accordingly an envoy to the imperial mausoleums (*sanryōshi*) was dispatched.
○ On the nineteenth day of the tenth month of the same year, there was an earthquake at the Hour of the Dragon (around 8 a.m.). At the Hour of the Dog (around 8 p.m.), the West Pagoda of Tōdaiji and its surrounding corridors were burned by divine fire (lightning-caused fire).
The above is based on the *Fusō Ryakki Uragaki* (Annotations to the Concise Annals of Japan).
○ Likewise, on the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the first year of Tengyō (938 CE), the earth shook greatly, walls and fences throughout the capital collapsed, and the building of the *Naizen-shi* (Bureau of Imperial Table) toppled over,
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crushing four people to death. On account of this ritual defilement (*kegare*), the Kamo Festival was cancelled. Thereafter, earthquakes continued without ceasing day after day. On the twenty-eighth day of the same month, earthquake rites were performed throughout the provinces by imperial command. The tremors continued until the twenty-ninth day, after which all was quiet.
○ On the third day of the sixth month of the same year, rain fell and the earth shook greatly. On the twentieth day, there was another earthquake, and the waters of the Kamo River rose greatly, flooding the houses of the people of the capital. The Bureau of Divination (*Onmyōryō*) divined that "there will be military conflict in the east and west."
(Indeed, in the following year, the rebellion of Taira no Masakado broke out in Shimōsa Province, and that of Fujiwara no Sumitomo in Iyo Province. However, both were suppressed before long.)
The above is based on the *Nihon Kiryaku* (Abbreviated Annals of Japan) and the *Fusō Ryakki*.
During the reign of Emperor Murakami, on the twenty-first day of the ninth month of the second year of Kōhō (965 CE), the earth shook greatly, and it shook again on the twenty-second and twenty-third days and on the first day of the tenth month.
During the reign of Emperor Reizei, on the third day of the eighth month of the first year of Anna (968 CE), at the Hour of the Rat (around midnight), there was an earthquake, and birds and beasts were startled into crying out.
During the reign of Emperor En'yū, on the fourteenth day of the intercalary second month of the third year of Tenroku (972 CE), at the Hour of the Tiger (around 4 a.m.), there was a great earthquake. On the same day, at the Hour of the Monkey (around 4 p.m.), the *Giyōden* (a palace building) rumbled. On the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month of the same year, the earth shook greatly at the Hour of the Dragon (around 8 a.m.). (The *Honchō Nendaiki* [Chronicle of Our Dynasty] notes that aftershocks continued.)
On the twentieth day of the twelfth month, the era name was changed to the first year of Ten'en. This was on account of heavenly anomalies and earthquakes. Criminals were pardoned, taxes (*chōyō*) were remitted, and grain was distributed to the elderly.
On the eleventh day of the fourth month of the first year of Jōgen (976 CE), the earth shook greatly in the night. On the eighteenth day of the sixth month of the same year, at the Hour of the Monkey (around 4 p.m.), the earth shook greatly and the rumbling was severe. [Within] the imperial palace… [continues on the next folio]