翻刻
【右丁】
帰路（かへるさ）にて我家の治定（ぢぜう）斗￣リがたく候へ共 危急（ききう）の義捨置がたく候に付 一旦（ひとまづ）我方へ引取
其上 左右（ともかくも）相成て申旨申により一同安心いたし覚泉院等三人共 介抱（かいほう）致喜兵衛方
へ連退（つれのき）稍（やゝ）安心致居候うち右かね義は其身の苦痛（くつう）さへいとはずやうぜういたさせに内
種々（いろ〳〵）心配（しんはい）喜兵方の雑事（ぞうじ）迄相助け其後親類方へ引取候迄の誠忠（せいちう）御感（ごかん）の
あまり銀十五枚御ほうび下され右助右衛門喜兵衛吉五郎等は御召出しにて
御ほめに預りたり如此誠忠 実情（じつぜう）等は後世の鑑（かゝみ）なるゆへ爰（こゝ）にしるす
△下谷御すき屋丁 搗（つき）米屋藤兵衛下人与介といふもの右地震にて主家は大破損
なる上近火にて同士（はうばい）等 狂気（きちがい）のごとく成 間（うち）右与介は我所持の品々はな紙一枚迄も
残（のこり）なく一￣ト包となし主人 同士（はうばい）にも告（しらせ）ず其侭（そのまゝ）本国 野州（しもつけ）阿久津（あくつ）へはせかへりけり
是いかなる心ぞや譬（たとひ）地震 火災（くわじ）を恐（おそ）るゝ共其夜斗￣リは主家の助力（じよりき）をなし次日
一同へ子細（しさい）を告（かたり）暇乞（いとまごい）して返る共 遅（おそき）にあらず右かね女と此与介か行状（ふるまい）
を以見るに主を救（すく）ふと捨（すて）ると黒白（こくひやく）の論（ろん）ともいふことならん
【左丁】
△竹葉舎金瓶説話凡世界の内 不思議（ふしぎ）有が故に神仏の加 護（ご）
天の感応（かんおう）等有て禍福（くわふく）去来（きよらい）し勧善（くわんぜん）懲悪（ちやうあく）自然（しぜん）に備はるものか
さるを蛮夷（ばんい）の風義 究理（きうり）に染（なづ）みて諸事 怪（あや）しむに足らすとせは又
仏神の利 益（やく）もあるべからず依て予は不思議も又聞事左にあらはす
△予が知れる人の娘此地震十四五日前下谷辺の冨家へ奉公に出しか
或夜 亡父（なきちゝ）を夢（ゆめ）に見る此父これに示（しめ）していふ汝（なんぢ）此処に居ること勿（なか）れと斯（かく）
夢見る事 両夜（ふたばん）なる故奉公の透（すき）を見て母の方へ来り其夢の趣を
咄し暇を乞んと相談すれと母是を諾（ゆる）さす汝か心に彼家を嫌（きら）ふが
故に然（さ）る夢も見るものにて有なるべし未だ引越して程もなく暇を
乞も便（べん）なき所為（わさ）殊に出入の失費（しつひ）も少なからざる事なりと叱（しか）りて
返せし翌日に既に彼の大地震にて怪我をせざるが翻（こぼ）れ幸福（さいはひ）衣類
手道具丸焼になりしと其老母の物語是も一つの不思議ならすや
現代語訳
【右丁】
（喜兵衛が言うには）「帰り道であって、自分の家の様子も確かめがたい状況ではありますが、この危急の場を見捨てておくことはできません。とりあえず私の家へお連れし、その上でどうとでも対処しましょう」と申したので、一同は安心し、覚泉院ら三人を介抱しながら喜兵衛の家へ連れて退き、ようやく安心していたところ、右のかねという女は、自分自身の苦痛さえもいとわず、看護をさせておきながら、その一方で種々心を配り、喜兵衛方の雑事まで手伝い、その後（主人の）親類の家へ引き取られるまでの間、誠実な忠義の心がおよそにも感じられたため、褒美として銀十五枚を下され、右の助右衛門・喜兵衛・吉五郎らはお召し出しにてお褒めにあずかった。このような誠実な忠義・真情は後世の鑑（かがみ）であるので、ここに記す。
△下谷御数寄屋町の搗き米屋・藤兵衛の下人（召使い）に与介という者がいた。この地震にて主家は大破損したうえ、近隣の火事で同輩たちが狂乱同然になっている間に、右の与介は自分の所持品を鼻紙一枚にいたるまで残らずひとまとめに包み、主人や同輩にも知らせずそのまま故郷の野州（下野国）の阿久津へと駆け帰ってしまった。これはいかなる心根であろうか。たとえ地震や火災を恐れるとしても、せめてその夜だけは主家の助けをし、翌日に皆へ事情を告げて暇乞いをして帰ったとしても遅くはなかったはずである。右のかねという女とこの与介の行いとを比べてみれば、主を救うことと見捨てることの違いは、まさに黒と白の論のようなものといえるだろう。
【左丁】
△竹葉舎（の）金瓶説話
およそ世界の中に不思議なことがあるが故に、神仏の加護・天の感応などがあって、禍（わざわい）と福とが去来し、善を勧め悪を懲らしめることが自然に備わっているものであろうか。しかるに西洋蛮夷の風義（流儀）に染まり、万事を合理的に究め、諸事を怪しむに足らずとするならば、仏神の御利益もあるはずがない。よって私（予）は、不思議と思うことや又聞きしたことを以下に記す。
△私の知人の娘は、この地震の十四、五日前に、下谷あたりの富裕な家へ奉公に出ていたが、ある夜、亡き父を夢に見た。この父がその娘に示して言うには、「お前はここにいてはならない」と。このように夢を見ること二夜続いたので、奉公の合間を見て母のもとへ来て、その夢の内容を話し、暇を乞いたいと相談した。しかし母はこれを許さず、「お前がその家を嫌っているから、そのような夢を見るのであろう。まだ引越してきて間もなく、暇を乞うのも体裁の悪いことであり、とりわけ出入りにかかる費用も少なくない」と叱って（娘を奉公先へ）帰してしまった。その翌日にはもうあの大地震があり、怪我をしなかったのがかろうじての幸いではあったものの、衣類・手道具はすべて丸焼けになってしまったと、その老いた母の物語である。これも一つの不思議ではないだろうか。
英語訳
【Right folio】
(Kihei said:) "Though I am on my way home and cannot even be sure of the state of my own house, I cannot abandon you in this moment of crisis. For now, let me take you all to my place, and we shall deal with whatever comes next." Hearing this, everyone was greatly relieved. The three women — Kakusen'in and the others — were carried to Kihei's home and given care, and all were at last able to breathe a little easier.
Throughout this time, the maidservant Kane, not minding even her own pain, continued to nurse the injured while also worrying about all manner of things and lending her hand even to the miscellaneous household chores at Kihei's home — and this spirit of devoted loyalty continued right up until her mistress was taken in by relatives. So moved were the authorities by this extraordinary faithfulness that she was awarded a prize of fifteen silver coins (*gin jūgo-mai*); and Sukeemon, Kihei, and Kichigoro were also summoned and commended for their conduct. Such sincere loyalty and genuine compassion are a model for all posterity, and it is for this reason that I record them here.
△ In Gosukiya-chō, Shitaya, there was a rice-pounder (*tsukikomaya*) named Tohee, who had a manservant called Yosuke. At the time of the earthquake, the master's house was severely damaged, and while the other servants ran about in a frenzy of panic at the outbreak of fire in the neighborhood, this Yosuke quietly gathered every last one of his personal belongings — down to a single sheet of tissue paper (*hanagami*) — bundled them all up without a word to his master or his fellow servants, and dashed away back to his home province of Shimotsuke, to the village of Akutsu. What kind of spirit was this? Even if he feared the earthquake and the fire, at the very least he should have stayed that one night to help his master's household, and then explained the situation to everyone the following day, bidden his farewell properly, and departed — that would not have been too late. When one compares the conduct of the woman Kane with that of this Yosuke — one who saved her master, and one who abandoned theirs — it may truly be said that the difference between them is as stark as the contrast between black and white.
【Left folio】
△ *Chikuyōsha's* Account of the Golden Jar
It is perhaps because there are mysterious and wondrous things in this world that the protection of the gods and Buddhas, and the responsiveness of Heaven, exist — that calamity and good fortune come and go, and that the encouragement of virtue and the punishment of wickedness are naturally built into the order of things. And yet, if one were to become so steeped in the rationalist ways of the Western barbarians (*ban'i*) as to dismiss all things wondrous as unworthy of amazement, then the blessings of the gods and Buddhas could surely be expected to cease as well. It is for this reason that I set down here the mysterious things I have witnessed and heard.
△ There was a daughter of a person of my acquaintance who, fourteen or fifteen days before this earthquake, had gone into domestic service at a wealthy household in the Shitaya area. One night, she dreamed of her late father. In this dream, her father appeared to her and told her: "You must not remain in this place." Because she had this dream on two successive nights, she seized a moment of leisure from her duties to visit her mother and told her of the dream, proposing that she should ask for her release from service. But her mother would not permit it. "You dream such things," she scolded, "simply because you dislike that household. You have only just moved there; to ask for your release now would be most improper, and besides, the expense of moving in and out is no small matter." And so, scolding her daughter, she sent her back.
The very next day, the great earthquake struck. The daughter escaped without injury — which was itself a blessing — but her clothing and all her household goods and utensils were lost entirely to the flames. So said the old mother in her telling of the tale. Is this not, too, one of the world's wonders?