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弘化四未年 信濃国大地震之次第御届書
当月廿四日昼夜快晴穏至極暖風二御座候処同夜四ッ時
大地震二j而信州中ノ条村私陣屋構棟（練）塀所々ゆり倒し
其外陣屋村元 近 村々（辺村々）農家手放候分は下家廻り揺倒
厳敷震動いたし暫く相立漸々相止候処夫ゟ 少々宛
間を置不絶震動致し陣屋より
北之方相当り雷鳴之
如き響仕夜明迄之内二は凡
八十度余之地震翌朝
少々静二相成候得共今以震動相止不申支配所之内
水内郡村々之内二而ハ潰家怪我人等も有之由二候得とも
未訴出不申追々風聞之趣承候処同国川中嶋辺ゟ
善光寺夫ゟ南江当り山中と唱一郷近辺重モ之地震と
相聞申候川中嶋辺は民家一村不残又は過半ゆり倒
現代語訳
**弘化四年（未年） 信濃国大地震の次第、御届書**
当月二十四日、昼夜ともに快晴で穏やかな極めて暖かい風でございましたところ、同夜四ツ時（午後10時頃）に大地震が発生し、信州中之条村の私の陣屋の構え・棟・練り塀が所々揺り倒され、その他、陣屋村元および近隣村々（辺り村々）の農家で手放しになった分は、下家まわりも揺り倒されました。激しく震動いたし、しばらくして漸くおさまりましたところ、それより少しずつ間を置き絶えず震動し、陣屋より北の方角に当たり、雷鳴のような響きがいたし、夜明けまでの間に凡そ八十度余りの地震がございました。翌朝は少々静かになりましたが、今もって震動はおさまらず、支配所の内、水内郡村々のうちでは、潰れた家や怪我人なども有る由にございますが、未だ訴え出ておらず、追々と風聞の趣を承りましたところ、同国川中島辺りより善光寺、それより南に当たり「山中」と唱える一郷近辺が最も激しい地震と聞き及んでおります。川中島辺りは民家が一村残らず、または過半が揺り倒され……
英語訳
**Kōka 4th Year (Hitsuji Year) — Report on the Great Earthquake in Shinano Province**
On the 24th of this month, the weather was clear both day and night, with an exceptionally calm and warm wind. However, at the hour of Yotsu (around 10 o'clock at night), a great earthquake struck. At my residence (jinya) in Nakanosho Village, Shinshū, the structures, ridgepoles, and mud walls were toppled in various places. Furthermore, the farmhouses of the villages under our jurisdiction and nearby villages that were left unattended also had their outbuildings and surroundings shaken and toppled. The shaking was extremely violent, and after some time it gradually subsided; however, thereafter, with brief intervals, the tremors continued without cease. From the direction to the north of the jinya, a sound resembling thunder rumbled, and by dawn, there had been approximately eighty or more tremors. The following morning, things became somewhat calmer, but even now the shaking has not ceased. Within the territory under our administration, in the villages of Mizu'uchi District, there are reports of collapsed houses and injured persons; however, no formal complaints have yet been filed. As rumors have gradually reached us, we have learned that from the Kawanakajima area of the same province, toward Zenkoji Temple, and further south into the area known as "Yamanaka," the earthquake appears to have been most severe. In the Kawanakajima area, the farmhouses of entire villages — or at least the majority — have been toppled…