翻刻
【右丁】
先此段御届申上候以上
但此度之大地震は信濃国中一般之様子にて支配所
内にも未出火之義は届出不申候得共地震最中所々
出火多相見本多豊後守居城飯山町城下は支配所
寄に有之候処町中不残震倒候上所々出火にて
城下町共皆焼失いたし候由に御座候以上
【左丁】
御用番戸田山城守殿御登 城前進達に相成候写
私在所信州松代一昨廿四日亥刻頃ゟ大地震にて城内住居櫓并
囲塀等夥敷破損家中屋敷城下町領分村々其外支配所潰家
数多死失人夥敷殊に村方にては出火も有之其上山中筋山抜
崩れ犀川え押出し水湛へ追々致充満勿論流水一向無之
北国往還丹波島宿渡船場干上りに相成此上右溢水押出ㇱ
方に寄如何様之変地も難計奉存候且今以折々相震申候
委細之儀は追て可申上候得共先此段御届申上候以上
三月廿六日 真田信濃守
未四月三日御用番戸田山城守殿え進達
現代語訳
**【右丁】**
まずこの段をお届け申し上げます。以上。
但し、この度の大地震は信濃国中一般の様子にて、支配所内においても未だ出火の義は届け出がございませんでしたが、地震の最中、所々で出火が多く見受けられました。本多豊後守の居城・飯山町城下は支配所の近くにございますところ、町中が残らず震え倒れた上、所々で出火し、城下町ともに皆焼失いたした由でございます。以上。
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**【左丁】**
御用番・戸田山城守殿が御登城前に進達となった写し
私の在所、信州松代において、一昨日二十四日の亥刻頃より大地震があり、城内の住居・櫓ならびに囲い塀等が夥しく破損し、家中屋敷・城下町・領分村々、その外支配所において潰家が数多く、死人・行方不明者が夥しく、殊に村方では出火もあり、その上、山中筋にて山が抜け崩れ、犀川へ押し出し、水が溜まって追々充満いたし、もちろん流水は一向にございません。北国往還の丹波島宿の渡船場は干上がりになり、この上、右の溢水が押し出す方向によっては、如何様の変地（地変）になるか計り難く存じます。また今もって折々揺れ申しております。委細の義は追って申し上げますが、まずこの段をお届け申し上げます。以上。
三月二十六日 真田信濃守
未（ひつじ）四月三日、御用番・戸田山城守殿へ進達
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
We hereby submit this preliminary notice. Respectfully submitted.
Note: This great earthquake appears to have affected the entirety of Shinano Province. While no reports of fires had yet been received from within our administered territory at the time, numerous fires were visibly breaking out in various locations during the earthquake itself. The castle town of Iiyama, the seat of Honda Bungo-no-kami's castle, lies close to our administered territory, and we have learned that the entire town was leveled by the quake, after which fires broke out in multiple locations, resulting in the complete destruction of both the castle town and the surrounding town by fire. Respectfully submitted.
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**[Left folio]**
A copy of the notice dispatched to the duty senior councilor, Lord Toda Yamashiro-no-kami, before his attendance at the castle.
At my residence in Matsushiro, Shinshū, a great earthquake struck from around the Hour of the Boar (approximately 10 p.m.) on the 24th, the day before yesterday. The residential buildings, turrets, and surrounding walls within the castle suffered extensive damage, and a great number of houses belonging to domain retainers' residences, the castle town, villages throughout the domain, and other administered territories were destroyed, with an enormous number of deaths and missing persons. Particularly in the rural villages, fires also broke out. Furthermore, in the mountain districts, landslides occurred and debris was pushed into the Sai River, causing water to back up and gradually fill to capacity — with the natural flow of the river completely stopped. The ferry crossing at Tabajima post station on the Hokkoku Highway has dried up entirely. Should the backed-up floodwaters break through in any direction hereafter, it is difficult to predict what manner of geological calamity may result. Moreover, tremors are still continuing intermittently even now. We will report the full details in due course, but for the present we hereby submit this preliminary notice. Respectfully submitted.
26th day of the 3rd month Sanada Shinano-no-kami
Dispatched to the duty senior councilor, Lord Toda Yamashiro-no-kami, on the 3rd day of the 4th month, Year of the Ram.