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(Continued from the previous page) In the 10th month: the 2nd saw two tremors; the 4th also trembled; the 12th saw two tremors. In the 11th month: the 15th also trembled; the 22nd saw a major tremor; the 24th and 29th also trembled. In the 12th month: the 1st and 2nd also trembled. On the 14th, one hundred monks of pure conduct were assembled at the Daigokuden (Great Audience Hall), and the *Daihannyakyō* (Great Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) was ceremonially read in rotation over three days. On the 16th, there was an earthquake and snow fell. On the 19th, again a tremor.
The year turned. In the same era, 5th year: 2nd month, 5th, 12th, and 15th days; 3rd month, 4th and 11th days; 6th month, 3rd, 5th, and 25th days also trembled. On the 29th day of the 7th month of the same year, the labor corvée for the elderly was remitted, and goods were granted to those aged eighty and above, as well as to widows, orphans, the childless, and the poor. On the 22nd day of the 10th month of the same year, a major earthquake.
○ Same era, 6th year, 3rd month, 1st day — the earth shook greatly.
○ Same era, 7th year, 1st month, 3rd day — at the Hour of the Dragon (approximately 8 a.m.), a major earthquake struck Dewa Province. Akita Castle and Shitennō-ji temple were overturned; houses collapsed. Fifteen commoners were killed by falling debris, and over one hundred were injured. There was no part of the ground that did not crack open — in some places reaching some thirty *jō* deep, in others approximately twenty *jō*. The waters of the Akita River dried up entirely. Tremors continued at a rate of seven or eight per hour, without ceasing until the 28th of the same month, through winds and snowfall alike. In the 4th month of the same year, an imperial envoy was dispatched, this year's taxes and tributes were remitted, homes were repaired, and
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those who had been crushed to death were given proper burial. In the 5th month of the same year, for the span of seven days, one hundred monks were summoned to the Daigokuden and made to perform the ceremonial reading of the *Daihannyakyō*.
○ Same era, 10th year, 2nd month, 24th day — at the Hour of the Snake (approximately 10 a.m.), the earth shook greatly. [All from the *Ruijū Kokushi*]
**Reign of Emperor Nimmyō:** **Jōwa** era, 3rd year, 5th month, 20th day — the earth shook greatly. ○ Same era, 8th year, 2nd month, 13th day — an earthquake struck Shinano Province, shaking approximately ninety-four times in a single night. Walls and houses collapsed and crumbled; there was nothing above or below that was left undamaged. ○ This same year, an earthquake struck Izu Province, injuring people and property and resulting in the remission of taxes and tributes — the response was the same as for Dewa Province. [The month and day are not yet clear.] [All from the *Shoku Nihon Kōki*]
**Reign of Emperor Montoku:** **Kashō** era, 3rd year, 8th month, 26th day — tremors arrived from the northwest; all the chickens and pheasants were startled and alarmed. ○ In the 10th month of the same year, a major earthquake struck Dewa Province; the ground cracked open, mountains became valleys and valleys became mountains, and many were crushed to death. The relief measures followed the same procedure as before. [All from the *Montoku Jitsuroku*]
○ Same era, **Saikō** era, 2nd year, 5th month, 5th day — a major earthquake. The head of the Great Buddha at Tōdai-ji in the Southern Capital (Nara) fell to the ground. [From the *Wakan Gōunzu*]
Same era, 3rd year, 3rd month — this month there were frequent earthquakes. Houses in the capital (Kyoto) and the area south of the city were damaged, and pagodas tilted and leaned.
○ Same era, **Ten'an** era, 1st year, 7th month, 8th day — the earth shook greatly.