翻刻
【右丁】
度々ゆり出し申候乍然初メ程之 方（事歟）にては無之候得共何分にも内えは
入り兼皆々庭にて今日迄くらし申候領分之事未通路止り居
候処多く候故知兼申候小松原村矢代宿抔潰家多く候由善光
寺大門町辺石堂と申所ゟ出火是もゆり潰れ候家より出火其外所々
より出火今朝に至候てもいまた火消不申只今八ッ時前に候へ共
いまた焼居候由勿論善光寺本堂は残其外諸堂社大勧進も
皆焼亡開帳にて旅人殊之外多く候処大方死候もの様に承り候
犀川も何方にて山崩候哉水参り不申候足之黒ふし上位にて
渉（渡歟）り候由只今にも水出可申と一統に恐れ其近辺之者共山え登り候由
常之地震と違ひ時々山にて音いたし候間若哉浅間の山焼にては
無之候哉と存候□未知ㇾ不申候今日も又庭え出居申候稲荷山も皆
【左丁】
焼候由仕合に出火無之先は安心いたし候其地如何と御案し申候は江戸迄
之地震とも不被存候此方何れも不難城内格別之破損も無之候間
御安心可被下候上田辺は如何不知飯山も出火之由風説申候何事も
未曾有之大地震に初て逢候今日迄夢之様に居申候乍去不快も
無之候間御案事被下間敷候其地之事も案し申候下略
三月廿五日
尚々此上地震も追々遠く相成候事と存候京都之地震之事抔
承り居候間七日位は掛り可申最早一統用心申候之間未々迄も
無難と存候快晴にて先仕合雨天にては一同難渋之事と存候如此
認居候内に又大地震一ゆり致し申候けしからぬ事に存候巳上
現代語訳
**【右丁】**
度々揺れ出し申し候。しかしながら、最初ほどの（事）ではございませんが、何分にも内へは入りかね、皆々庭にて今日まで暮らし申し候。領分のことは、いまだ通路が止まっておる所が多く候故、知り兼ね申し候。小松原村・矢代宿などは潰家多く候由。善光寺大門町辺り、石堂と申す所より出火。これも揺り潰れ候家より出火。そのほか所々より出火。今朝に至っても、いまだ火が消えず申し候。ただ今八つ時前に候えども、いまだ焼け居り候由。もちろん善光寺本堂は残り、そのほか諸堂・社・大勧進も皆焼き亡び、開帳にて旅人殊の外多く候ところ、大方死に候者の様に承り候。犀川も、どこにて山崩れ候やら、水が参らず候。足の黒ふし上位にて渡り候由。ただ今にも水が出申すべしと一統に恐れ、その近辺の者共は山へ登り候由。常の地震と違い、時々山にて音いたし候間、もしや浅間の山焼きにてはないかと存じ候。□まだ知れず申し候。今日も又庭へ出居り申し候。稲荷山も皆
**【左丁】**
焼け候由。仕合わせに出火なく、まずは安心いたし候。その地はいかがと御案じ申し候は、江戸まで之地震とも存ぜられず候。此方いずれも無難、城内格別の破損もなく候間、御安心くださるべく候。上田辺りはいかがか知らず、飯山も出火の由、風説に申し候。何事も未曾有の大地震に初めて遭い候。今日まで夢のようにおり申し候。しかりながら不快もなく候間、御案じくだされますまじく候。その地のことも案じ申し候。下略。
三月二十五日
尚々、この上地震も追々遠くなり候事と存じ候。京都の地震のことなど承り居り候間、七日位はかかり申すべく、最早一統用心申し候の間、末々まで無難と存じ候。快晴にて、まず仕合わせ。雨天にては一同難渋のことと存じ候。かくの如く認め居り候内に、また大地震一揺り致し申し候。けしからぬ事に存じ候。以上。
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
The earth has continued to shake repeatedly. However, it is not as severe as at the beginning; yet we cannot bring ourselves to go back inside, and everyone has been living in the garden up until today. As for the domain's [outlying] areas, many roads are still blocked and we cannot get news through, so there is much we do not know. We have been told that Komatsubara Village and Yashiro post-station and the like have suffered many collapsed houses. In the area of Zenkōji's Ōmon-machi, a place called Ishidō caught fire — this too was a fire that broke out from houses that had been crushed by the quake — and there were additional outbreaks of fire in various other places. Even by this morning, the fires have still not been extinguished. It is now just before the Hour of the Rooster [around 2 p.m.], yet I am told they are still burning. The main hall of Zenkōji itself has survived, but all the other halls, shrines, and the Daikanjin temple have been completely destroyed by fire. As there were exceptionally many travelers in town for the kaichō [public display of the sacred image], I understand that a great many of them have died. The Sai River, too — perhaps because of a landslide somewhere in the mountains — has stopped flowing. I am told that people are crossing it where the water only comes up to the top of the ankle. Everyone is afraid that a great flood will break out at any moment, and those living nearby are said to be fleeing up into the mountains. Unlike an ordinary earthquake, sounds have been coming from the mountains from time to time, and I wonder whether it might be an eruption of Mt. Asama. □ It is still unknown. Today again we have been out in the garden. Inariyama too, all [burned] —
**[Left folio]**
— is said to have burned down. Fortunately there was no fire [here], and for the time being I am relieved. I have been worrying about your situation — I do not believe the earthquake reached as far as Edo. Here, everyone has come through safely, and there is no particular damage to the castle, so please set your mind at ease. I do not know how things are around Ueda; there are also rumors that Iiyama has had fires. This is altogether an unprecedented great earthquake — one I have never experienced before. Until today it has felt like a dream. Nevertheless, I am in no discomfort, so please do not worry about me. I am also worried about things where you are. [The rest omitted.]
25th day of the third month
P.S. I expect the earthquakes will gradually diminish from here on. Having heard of the Kyoto earthquake [as a precedent], I suppose it may take about seven days; everyone is already taking precautions, so I believe all will remain safe to the end. The weather has cleared, which is fortunate — had it been rainy, everyone would have been in great difficulty. Even as I was writing this, there was yet another great earthquake — one more tremor. I find it most vexing. Thus ends this letter.