翻刻
根川之内御座候昨夜中より今九ッ時八ッ時頃
迄家作破損仕五六寸角之立柱四五尺廻り
之梁木敷居鴨居戸板貫桁家根￣ヲ吹取
時々青簾其外重箱臼杵桶鉢之類
松杉五六尺より壱丈位迄折枝もすりむけ
本末共にさゝら之如相成川中に六七拾間
之間一盃にて通船難成程夥敷流申候処
員黒之泥水流来り三四尺相流申候男
女出家溺死之者是迄六拾人馬七八疋川縁￣ヲ
流申候川中之義は何程流候哉相知不申
右に付乗船仕見候処破レ候鞍に上州群馬郡
川島村と書付有之右権現堂河岸へ掛置
上州藤之木川岸と申所之船之者iに承り候得
共川島と申は湯次場足有伊香保より弐拾丁
程奥之由急度申聞候右泥水故哉鯉鯰
鱣抔水に浮上り川之岸へ寄夥敷水死に相成
申候右先達て御触も御座候に付大変之義故
宿次￣ヲ以テ奉申上候已上
日光道中幸手宿
問屋 文右衛門
七月九日
現代語訳
（前頁より続き）根川の内にございます。昨夜中より今日の九つ時・八つ時頃まで、家屋が破損し、五、六寸角の立柱、四、五尺回りの梁木・敷居・鴨居・戸板・貫・桁・屋根板などが吹き取られ、時々、青簾、その他、重箱・臼・杵・桶・鉢の類、また松・杉の木が五、六尺から一丈ほどの高さのところで折れ、枝もすり剥け、根元から梢まで笹らのようになって、川の中に六、七十間の間、一杯になって、船の通行も難しいほど夥しく流れてまいりました。そこへ、真っ黒な泥水が流れ来て、三、四尺の水かさで流れてまいりました。男女・出家の溺死した者はこれまでに六十人、馬七、八疋が川縁を流れてまいりました。川の中にどれほど流れているかは知れません。
これにより乗船して見ましたところ、破れた鞍に「上州群馬郡川島村」と書き付けがございました。右の権現堂河岸に引っかかっておりました。上州藤之木川岸と申す所の船の者に承りましたところ、川島と申すのは湯治場の足（かけ）があり、伊香保より二十丁ほど奥の由、確かに申し聞かせてくれました。右の泥水のためでしょうか、鯉・鯰・鱣（ちょうざめ）などが水に浮き上がり、川の岸へ寄って、夥しく水死に相なりました。右、先だってお触れもございましたので、大変のことゆえ、宿次を以て申し上げます。以上。
日光道中 幸手宿
問屋 文右衛門
七月九日
英語訳
(Continued from previous page) ...is within the Tone River. From last night until around the hour of the Ninth and Eighth bells today [approximately 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM], houses were damaged, and items such as square pillars of five to six sun, beams of four to five shaku in circumference, threshold boards, lintels, door planks, horizontal struts, ridge beams, and roof boards were blown away. Periodically, blue bamboo blinds, as well as lacquered food boxes, mortars, pestles, tubs, bowls, and similar items; pine and cedar trees broken off at heights of five to six shaku up to one jō, their branches stripped bare, reduced from root to crown to a frayed, splinter-like condition—all of these were flowing in such enormous quantities that they filled the river for sixty to seventy ken, making boat passage extremely difficult. Into this, jet-black muddy water came flowing, running at a depth of three to four shaku. The number of men, women, and Buddhist clergy who have drowned has reached sixty persons so far, with seven or eight horses also flowing along the riverbanks. As for what may be flowing in the middle of the river, there is no way of knowing.
Boarding a boat to investigate, we found a broken saddle with a tag reading "Kōshū Gunma District, Kawashima Village" caught on the bank at the Gongendō landing. Upon inquiring with boatmen from a landing called Fujinoki in Kōshū [Kōzuke Province / present-day Gunma], we were firmly informed that Kawashima is a place accessible to those going to a spa, located approximately twenty chō beyond Ikaho. Whether due to the muddy water or not, carp, catfish, sturgeon and the like floated to the surface and drifted to the riverbanks in great numbers, dying there. As there had already been a notice [from the authorities] regarding this matter, and as this is an extraordinary event, we hereby report through the post-station relay system. Respectfully submitted.
Nikkō Highway, Kōte-juku
Toiya [Shipping Agent]: Bun'emon
Seventh month, ninth day