翻刻
【右丁】
私領分信濃国高井郡之内一昨廿四日亥ノ刻頃地震強陣
屋并家来居宅長屋向破損数ケ所村々百姓家潰其外田
畑地割数百ケ所より砂泥吹出し耕地え不残押入今以折々
地震仕候於領分人馬怪我等無御座候尤善光寺参詣又は
出稼等罷越候者共之内死失人も有之哉に相聞候得共末#1取調
不行届委細之義は尚追て可申上候先此段御届申上候以上
三月廿六日 堀 長門守
私在所信州飯山去月廿四日亥ノ刻より大地震にて城内住居向
櫓門并囲塀等夥敷破損家中屋敷城下町領分村々潰家
【左丁】
数多死失怪我人等夥敷右に付出火も有之所々焼失仕今以
折々相震申候趣在所役人共より申越候委細之義は追々御御届
可申上候得共先此段御届申上候以上
四月二日 本多豊後守
川上金吾助より同人忰川上猪太郎え差越候書状之内書抜写
一中之条は土蔵之ひさし酒蔵抔之壁多落チ申候陣屋之練塀大
半崩落申候怪我人無之今日迄二夜二日食事も不致居候百姓も
有之候由是は家之中にて火を灯候事を嫌ひ候故しんほう致候
由にて候自分抔も食事は給候得共三度之処弐度も丼【甘ヵ】ク食し
不申候
現代語訳
**【右丁】**
私の領分、信濃国高井郡の内において、一昨日二十四日の亥ノ刻頃、地震が激しく、陣屋ならびに家来の居宅・長屋向きが数か所破損し、村々の百姓家が潰れ、その外、田畑の地割れが数百か所より砂泥が吹き出し、耕地へ残らず押し入り、今もって折々地震いたしております。領分においては人馬の怪我等はございません。もっとも、善光寺参詣あるいは出稼ぎ等に罷り越した者共の内に死人も出た由に聞いておりますが、未だ取り調べが行き届かず、委細の義はなお追って申し上げます。まずこの段をお届け申し上げます。以上。
三月二十六日 堀 長門守
私の在所、信州飯山において、去る月二十四日の亥ノ刻より大地震があり、城内の住居向き・櫓門ならびに囲い塀等が夥しく破損し、家中屋敷・城下町・領分村々において潰家が
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**【左丁】**
数多く、死人・行方不明者・怪我人等が夥しく、これに伴い出火もあり、所々焼失いたし、今もって折々揺れている趣を在所の役人共より申し越してきました。委細の義は追々お届け申し上げますが、まずこの段をお届け申し上げます。以上。
四月二日 本多豊後守
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川上金吾助より同人の倅・川上猪太郎へ差し越した書状の内の書き抜き写し
一、中之条は土蔵のひさし・酒蔵などの壁が多く落ちました。陣屋の練り塀が大半崩れ落ちました。怪我人はございません。今日まで二夜二日、食事もせずにいる百姓もいる由で、これは家の中で火を灯すことを嫌って辛抱している由でございます。自分なども食事はいただいておりますが、三度のところ二度も甘く（うまく）食せずにおります。
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
In my domain of Takai District, Shinano Province, a violent earthquake struck from around the Hour of the Boar (approximately 10 p.m.) on the 24th, the day before yesterday. The district administrative office (jinya) and the residences and tenements of my retainers were damaged in multiple places, farmhouses in the villages were destroyed, and from several hundred cracks in the fields and paddies, sand and mud erupted and spread into the cultivated land without exception. Tremors are still continuing intermittently even now. Within my domain, there are no casualties or injuries to persons or horses. However, I have heard that among those who had traveled to worship at Zenkoji Temple or gone out for seasonal labor, some fatalities may have occurred; as the investigation has not yet been completed, full details will be reported in due course. For the present, I hereby submit this preliminary notice. Respectfully submitted.
26th day of the 3rd month Hori Nagato-no-kami
At my residence in Iiyama, Shinshū, a great earthquake struck from the Hour of the Boar on the 24th of last month. The residential buildings, turret gates, and surrounding walls within the castle suffered extensive damage, and in the retainers' residences, the castle town, and the villages throughout the domain, houses were destroyed in
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**[Left folio]**
great numbers, with an enormous number of deaths, missing persons, and injured. Fires also broke out as a result, causing destruction by fire in various locations, and I am informed by officials at my residence that tremors are still continuing intermittently. Full details will be reported in due course, but for the present I hereby submit this preliminary notice. Respectfully submitted.
2nd day of the 4th month Honda Bungo-no-kami
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An extract copied from a letter sent by Kawakami Kinnojō to his son Kawakami Itarō:
Item: In Nakanojō, the eaves of the earthen storehouses and the walls of the sake breweries have largely collapsed. The plastered earthen walls surrounding the district administrative office have mostly crumbled. There are no injured persons. I have been told that some farmers have gone two nights and two days without eating up until today — this is because they are reluctant to light fires inside their houses, and so are enduring the hardship. As for myself, I am eating meals, but for two out of three meals I find I cannot eat with any real appetite [literally: cannot eat sweetly/well].