翻刻
【右丁】
其上出火にて不残焼失いたし候村々も有之一村にて 三四十人
位より弐三百人程も即死怪我人有之候善光寺町は家並大体
不残ゆり倒其上焼失致し大造之即死怪我人等有之
都て往還筋は此節善光寺供養に付夥敷旅人泊居
夫故死人も多分御座候間山中辺は手遠片寄候故様子難相分候
得共犀川上手にて山崩有之川中留切流水更に無之丹波島は
渡船場干上り歩行渡抔いたし候由に御座候越後国之儀は如何に
御座候哉様子相分不申右は風聞之義にて未聢と難相分候
間早速手代差遣し支配所潰家其外見分 吟味之上外最寄村々損亡等も風聞相糺し委細之義は
追々可申上候且御預日影陣屋附同国 佐久郡村々之儀は
前同時大地震致候得共善光寺辺には里数も余程相隔候次第に相
成候哉陣屋并支配所其外最寄私領村々共纔ツヽ之怪我人
【左丁】
破損家等有之候得共為差儀も無之怪我人亡所等無御座候
先は不取敢此段御届申上候以上
未三月廿五日 川上金吾助
御勘定所
高木清左衛門支配所
高五万石之内
一弐千壱百九十五軒 潰家
内 十軒 焼失
十六軒 土中埋
現代語訳
**【右丁】**
その上、出火によって残らず焼失した村々もあり、一村で三、四十人から二、三百人ほどの即死者・怪我人が出ております。善光寺町は家並みが大体残らず揺れ倒れ、その上焼失し、非常に多くの即死者・怪我人が出ております。往還筋（主要街道）は、この時節、善光寺の供養（法会）に際して夥しい数の旅人が宿泊しておりましたため、そのために死人も多数出ております。山中辺りは遠く片寄った場所にあるため、様子がわかりかねますが、犀川の上流で山崩れがあり、川が堰き止められて流水が全くなくなり、丹波島では渡し場が干上がり、歩いて渡ったりしている由でございます。越後国の様子については、いかがなものかわかりかねております。以上は風聞（うわさ）によるものであり、まだ確かにはわかりかねますので、早速手代を差し遣わし、支配所の倒潰家屋その他を見分・吟味した上で、近辺の村々の損亡等も風聞を糺し（ただし）、詳細については追々申し上げることといたします。また、お預かりの日影陣屋附、同国佐久郡の村々については、前と同じ時刻に大地震がございましたが、善光寺辺りとは里数もかなり隔たっているためか、陣屋ならびに支配所・その他近辺の私領の村々とも、わずかながらの怪我人・
**【左丁】**
破損家屋等はございますが、さしたる（大きな）被害もなく、怪我人の死亡者なども御座いません。取り急ぎ、まずはこの段をお届け申し上げます。以上。
未三月二十五日 川上金吾助
御勘定所
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高木清左衛門支配所
高（石高）五万石の内
一 二千百九十五軒 潰家（倒潰した家屋）
内 十軒 焼失
十六軒 土中埋（土砂に埋没）
英語訳
**[Right folio]**
Furthermore, there are villages where fires broke out and everything burned to the ground without exception. In a single village, there have been anywhere from thirty or forty to two or three hundred people killed outright or injured. In the town of Zenkōji, virtually all the houses along the streets were toppled by the quake and subsequently burned, resulting in an enormous number of instant deaths and injuries. Along the main highway, a great multitude of travelers had been lodging in connection with the memorial services (kuyō) at Zenkōji at this time of year, and as a result, there are also many deaths among them. The situation in the Yamanaka area is difficult to ascertain as it lies in a remote and out-of-the-way location. However, there has been a landslide in the upper reaches of the Sai River, which has dammed the river so that no water flows through it at all; at Tanbajima, the ferry crossing has dried up, and people are said to be wading across on foot. As for the situation in Echigo Province, we have been unable to determine what has occurred there. Since all of the above is based on rumor and cannot yet be confirmed with certainty, I will immediately dispatch an agent (tedai) to conduct inspections and investigations of the collapsed houses in the territory under our administration, and will also verify the rumors regarding damage in nearby villages, reporting the full details in due course. As for the villages of Hikage jin'ya and Saku District in the same province, which are under our charge, a major earthquake struck at the same time as described above; however, whether due to the considerable distance separating them from the Zenkōji area, the jin'ya and the territory under administration, along with neighboring villages within my private domain, suffered only minor injuries and—
**[Left folio]**
—some damage to structures, but there was nothing of serious consequence, and there were no deaths among the injured. For the time being, I submit this report in haste. That is all.
25th day of the 3rd month, Year of the Sheep Kawakami Kinnosuke
To the Office of Accounts (Go-kanjōsho)
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**Territory under the administration of Takagi Seizaemon**
Out of a total assessment of 50,000 koku:
One item: 2,195 households — collapsed houses (tsuie)
Of which: 10 households — destroyed by fire
16 households — buried under earth/landslide