翻刻
【右丁】
一上田領稲荷山《割書：是は上方より善光寺｜え之往還にて候》此村にて善
光寺参之ぢゝいばゝア
五百人泊り居一時に押被打ㇾ死候上出火と成焼申候土地之者も三百人
程と申事にてそら地震と申と直に家を潰し候故逃出候間合
無之壁を破り又は屋根をくゝり出候者も有之候得共多くは旅
人共止メ候弁理に二階家に致置候故二階が落死人多有之候由
一松代領八幡村篠井村にても旅人夥敷死し申候其外善光寺は
誠に大変にて旅人三千人余も泊り居候処町家将基たをしに
相成怪我人死人有之其上大火に相成本堂と山門計残り跡は
焼申候陣屋門前之者も参詣にて泊合候処地震と申と直に起上り
候処二足あるき候と二階落候間壱人かしの透間をくゝり出
裸にて帰申候同様之者に追々逢ひ承候処一軒に三百人又は五百
【左丁】
人位先❓も泊り有之群集いたし候処右之訳故怪我焼死候者は
員数知ㇾ不申候由
一地震と申と出火何ヶ《見せ消ち：度｜所》と申数不知北之方は赤く空相見申候
越後の方も地震同様のと被存候◯地震にて出火と申候ては少しも
火を消候事出来不申候只々銘々身を大事に致候迄に候間焼
次第にて一村潰候同様にて候◯自分支配所之内にも三ヶ村は届有之
毎村々惣潰にて一軒も家は無之由怪我人百人余も可有之未見極
付不申候由相届申候是は善光寺之先々村にて候其外日々同様之
届有之恐敷事にて実々眼前に地獄を見候様
に有之候
一自分事十九日に中ノ条を出立御影出張陣屋え参り廿四日に帰陣
いたし申候同日夜草臥候間四ッ前臥候処俄に大地震之様子にて
現代語訳
**【右丁】**
一、上田領の稲荷山《割書：これは上方から善光寺への往還（街道）でございます》、この村にて善光寺参りの老爺・老婆五百人が泊まっており、一時に押しつぶされて死に、その上出火となり焼けました。土地の者も三百人ほどとのことで、いわゆる「空地震（からじしん）」と申すように、すぐに家を潰してしまうため、逃げ出す間合いがなく、壁を破り、あるいは屋根をくぐり抜けた者もございましたが、多くは旅人を宿泊させるために二階建ての家にしていたため、二階が落ちて死人が多く出た由でございます。
一、松代領の八幡村・篠井村においても旅人が夥しく死亡しました。その外、善光寺は誠に大変なことで、旅人三千人余りが泊まっていたところ、町家がほとんど将棋倒しになり、怪我人・死人が出、その上大火になり、本堂と山門だけが残り、跡は焼けました。陣屋の門前の者も参詣で泊まり合わせていたところ、地震というとすぐに起き上がり、二足で歩いて（逃げ出そうと）したところ、二階が落ちたため、一人分がようやく通れる隙間をくぐり抜け、裸のまま帰ってきました。同様の者に次々と会って話を聞いたところ、一軒に三百人あるいは五百人
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**【左丁】**
ほどが先を争って泊まっており、大勢が群集していたところ、右の次第ゆえ怪我・焼死した者の数は知れないとのことでございます。
一、地震というと出火した箇所が何か所とも数え知れず、北の方は空が赤く見えました。越後の方も同様の地震だったと存じられます。◯地震で出火したとなっては、少しも火を消すことができず、ただただ銘々が身を大事にするばかりで、焼けるに任せており、一村が潰れたのと同様でございます。◯自分の支配所の内にも三か村から届出があり、毎村々が惣潰れにて一軒も家がない由、怪我人百人余りもあるかと思われますが、未だ見極めがつかない由、届いてきました。これは善光寺の先々（向こう）の村でございます。その外、日々同様の届出があり、恐ろしいことで、真に眼前に地獄を見るようでございます。
一、自分のこと、十九日に中之条を出立し、御影（おかげ）出張陣屋へ参り、二十四日に帰陣いたしました。同日夜、草臥れておりましたので四ツ前（午後九時頃）に臥したところ、俄かに大地震の様子で
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
Item: In Inariyama in the Ueda domain《interlinear note: this is a post station on the highway from the Kamigata region to Zenkoji Temple》, five hundred elderly male and female pilgrims on their way to Zenkoji were lodging in this village and were all crushed to death at once; moreover, fires broke out and it burned. Some three hundred local residents also perished, it is said. What is called a "kara-jishin" [a "bare" earthquake, i.e., one that strikes without any foreshock warning] collapses houses instantly, leaving no time to flee; some managed to break through walls or crawl out through the roof, but most lodgers had been put up in two-story buildings — kept there for the convenience of lodging travelers — and as the upper floors collapsed, a great many deaths resulted.
Item: In Hachiman Village and Shinoi Village in the Matsushiro domain as well, great numbers of travelers perished. Furthermore, Zenkoji was in truly catastrophic condition: some three thousand or more travelers had been lodging there, and the townhouses fell one after another like dominoes, resulting in injuries and deaths; on top of this, a great fire broke out, leaving only the main hall and the mountain gate standing, with everything else burned to the ground. Among those from our district office who had gone on pilgrimage and happened to be lodging there — the moment the earthquake struck, one person immediately rose and tried to walk away on two feet, but before he could do so, the second floor collapsed; he managed to squeeze through a gap just barely wide enough for one person and came back naked. Meeting others who had had similar experiences and hearing their accounts: three hundred or even five hundred people had been crammed into a single inn,
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**[Left folio]**
all vying to get in and gathering in great crowds — and for the reasons described above, the number of those injured or burned to death cannot be known.
Item: The moment the earthquake struck, fires broke out in so many locations that they cannot be counted. To the north, the sky appeared red. I believe Echigo must have experienced the same earthquake. ◯ When fires break out amid an earthquake, there is no way whatsoever to extinguish them; one can only see to one's own safety, and the fires burned unchecked, leaving entire villages in the same state as if they had been utterly destroyed by the quake itself. ◯ Within my own area of administration, reports have arrived from three villages — each and every village is reported to be completely destroyed, with not a single house standing; there are thought to be upwards of a hundred injured, though the full picture has not yet been ascertained, as reported to me. These are the villages beyond Zenkoji. In addition, similar reports arrive day after day — it is terrifying, and it truly feels as if one is witnessing hell right before one's eyes.
Item: As for myself, I departed Nakanojō on the 19th, went to the detached district office at Okage, and returned to the main office on the 24th. That evening, being exhausted, I had gone to bed before the Hour of the Boar (around 9 p.m.) when suddenly there were signs of a great earthquake —