翻刻
中々急には出申間じく大山深谷を埋め候間一度に押切候事は有
まじと順水に追々出可申抔と申触村々え立戻り耕作に取懸り
候者も有之候所四月十三日夕七ッ時俄に小市口へ大山ノ崩るゝ如く
数十丈の大水溢れ出水声三四りの間震動いたし真先二小市
村一とまくり村家土蔵酒蔵等数十間流失小松原村中しま村
四ッ屋村近辺の大木迄流氷鉋村半流同村一重山唯念寺
此時源海上人入定直縁出現し給ふ也丹波嶋宿廿軒余
流南之方御幣川限り村々平一面水中に相成小森村流失
真島村流失いたし千曲川え押入寺尾村え水あがり松代へつき
かけ候所御城裏に先年新規に御筑立罷置候高土手にて水を
除候故松代え水入不申夫より川東高井郡木嶋平西は水内
郡越後国新潟迄凡六十里余之間川辺村々水損にて老
父母多く死候
松代様御触之写
大地震後引続大水難に及候所場所により多少は有之候得共
彼是御領内一統之変災横死三千人に及潰家壱万軒余
現代語訳
なかなか急には出ないであろう。大山が深い谷を埋めているのだから、一度に押し切ることはあるまい。順を追って水が次第に出てくるだろう、などと言い触れて、村々へ立ち戻り耕作に取り掛かった者もあった。ところが、四月十三日の夕方七ツ時（午後四時頃）に、にわかに小市口へ大山が崩れるように数十丈の大水が溢れ出し、出水の轟音は三、四里の間を震動させた。真っ先に小市村がひとたまりもなく、村家・土蔵・酒蔵など数十間が流失した。小松原村・中島村・四ツ屋村近辺の大木まで流れ、氷鉋村は半分流失。同村の一重山にある唯念寺——この時、源海上人が入定し、直ちにご縁が現れ給うたという——。丹波島宿は二十軒余りが流失。南の方は御幣川を限りとして、村々は平一面水中に相なり、小森村流失、真島村流失し、千曲川へ押し入り、寺尾村へ水が上がり、松代へ突き掛かった。しかし御城の裏に、先年新規に築き立てておかれた高い土手によって水を防いだため、松代へは水が入らなかった。それより川東の高井郡木島平、西は水内郡から越後国新潟まで、およそ六十里余りの間、川辺の村々は水損にて、老いた父母など多く亡くなった。
松代様お触れの写し
大地震の後、引き続き大水難に及んだ。場所により多少の差はあるものの、あちらこちらで御領内一統の変災により横死した者は三千人に及び、潰れた家は一万軒余り（以下続く）。
英語訳
It was said that the water would not rush out suddenly — since great mountains had filled the deep valleys, it could not break through all at once, and the water would gradually seep out in due course. With such reassurances being spread, some people had returned to their villages and resumed farming. However, on the evening of the thirteenth day of the fourth month, at the Hour of the Seventh Bell (approximately 4 o'clock in the afternoon), a massive torrent of water dozens of jō high suddenly surged out at the Koichi outlet, as if a great mountain were collapsing. The roar of the flood shook the ground across three to four ri. Koichi village was instantly swept away with no chance of survival, and dozens of ken of village homes, earthen storehouses, and sake warehouses were lost to the flood. Even the great trees near Komatsubara village, Nakajima village, and Yotsuya village were swept away. Hyōkanna village was half destroyed by the flood. At Ichiōzan in the same village stood Yuinen-ji temple — it is said that at this very moment the monk Genkai entered into a state of *nyūjō* (meditative death), and his sacred connection immediately manifested. More than twenty buildings at Tabajima post-station were swept away. To the south, up to the limit of the Gohei River, the villages were reduced to a single flat expanse of water. Komori village was destroyed; Majima village was destroyed. The floodwaters pushed into the Chikuma River, rose at Terao village, and surged toward Matsushiro. However, a tall embankment that had been newly constructed behind the castle some years before held back the waters, and Matsushiro was spared from flooding. From there, the villages along the riverbanks — from Kijimadaira in Takai District to the east of the river, westward through Mizuchi District, all the way to Niigata in Echigo Province, a stretch of approximately sixty-plus ri — suffered water damage, and many elderly fathers and mothers perished.
A Copy of the Proclamation Issued by the Lord of Matsushiro
Following the great earthquake, a great flood disaster ensued. While the extent varied by location, throughout the domain, the catastrophe and sudden deaths resulting from this disaster reached three thousand people, and the number of collapsed houses exceeded ten thousand (continued).