英語訳
**[Right folio]**
In the areas of Nagaoka and Sanjō in Echigo Province, the collapse of houses was enormous, and the great earthquake extended as far as the Imamachi area. The above is according to *Aruki* ("A Certain Record").
◆ Tenpō 1 (1830), 2nd day of the 7th month, at the hour of the Monkey (around 4 p.m.): Great earthquake in Kyoto. The destruction and toppling of houses and storehouses belonging to both high and low was enormous at Nijō Castle and throughout the city, and the dead and wounded were beyond counting. On the 18th of the same month, flooding caused damage in various places; the covered corridor (kairō) of Kiyomizudera collapsed, causing deaths. Aftershocks occurred repeatedly, and fires broke out as well. In late 8th month, things finally calmed completely.
◆ During the reign of the reigning Emperor (Emperor Kōmei), Kōka 4 (1847), from the hour of the Dog (around 8 p.m.) to the hour of the Boar (around 10 p.m.): A great earthquake struck all six districts of Shinano Province (Azumi, Sarashina, Minochi, Hanishina, Chiisagata, and Takai), as well as the areas of Matsushiro, Ueda, Iiyama, and Zenkōji. Mountains collapsed, great rivers were buried, houses were crushed, and many people and horses were killed or injured. On the 13th day of the 4th month: Flooding.
◆ Kaei 6 (1853), 2nd day of the 2nd month: Great earthquake in □dawara [Odawara], Sagami Province.
◆ Ansei 1 (1854), night of the 14th day of the 6th month: A great earthquake struck the Kamigata region (the Kinai and surrounding area), including Suruga, Tōtōmi, Mikawa, Ise, Iga, Settsu, and Harima Provinces, as well as all of Shikoku. Aftershocks were felt in other provinces as well, continuing into the following year. There was a tsunami in Sagami Province. In the 5th month of the same [Ansei 2 (1855)], Settsu Province suffered similarly. The above is according to a personal memorandum (*shuki*).
The earthquakes recorded above exclude ordinary tremors; even among the great earthquakes, there are surely no small number of omissions.
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**[Left folio]**
◆ Ansei 2, the year of Kinoto-U (1855), night of the 2nd day of the 10th month, at the early hour of the Boar (around 9 p.m.): An earthquake struck, and fires broke out immediately in more than thirty places. By the morning of the following 3rd day, both had subsided; however, small tremors continued day by day and did not stop until around the 20th of the same month. The affected locations were as follows:
① North of Nihonbashi: the areas of Muromachi, Honsenmachi, Odawarachō, Honchō, Ishichō, Honginchō, Ōtenmachō-dōri, Hatagochō, Horidomechō, Kobunechō, and Kotsunachō suffered major damage. Earthen storehouses (dozō) collapsed and residences were crushed or tilted. In this area, 133 houses were completely collapsed, 23 storehouses were destroyed, and many people were crushed to death.
② In the areas of Kotenmachō and Bakurochō, there was nothing particularly serious, though storehouses were badly damaged. The District Magistrate's (Gundai) residence was unharmed. Likewise, the areas of Kanda Kameichō, Hashimotochō, and Toshimachō shook moderately. In the areas of Yokoyamachō and Ryōgoku, residences tilted; the areas of Tomizawachō, Tadokorochō, Ningyōchō-dōri, Sakaimachi, Jinzaemochō, Ōsakachō, Kakigarachō, Matsushimachō, and Sumiyoshichō suffered major damage. Beyond these, along the Hamachō riverbank, the residence of Lord Mizuno Dewa-no-kami was burned to the ground. The residences of Lord Tsugaru Etchū-no-kami, Lord Andō Nagato-no-kami, Lord Akimoto Tajima-no-kami, and others——