翻刻
善光寺の僧抔平常ハ近習小姓三四人連本堂迄も参候
者抔どてらの様成もの三尺帯又縄帯抔も有之旨
当時同寺本堂二は八町斗山中二小屋掛其中二置候由夫
迄も右立派の僧抔独歩二而参候由其外宿々二而ハ名主も
本僧も山伏も真黒二成家の潰れ候を方付土をかつき
歩行抔二而去月以来湯二ハ不入水ハ泥水上下の差別
不分由
一新町と牟礼との間二吉村と申所の山崩家人共生埋二致し
水も出候由千便申進候節の飛脚通り候節ハ往来水
三り程も有之候由俊助帰りの節ハ是迄の往来家潰
等二而歩行悪敷由山手江寄候高く土を押出し候上江
往来皆致し仕様相成此所ふら〳〵いたし候二付承候処
其外二ハ皆人家埋り居候間壱ヶ所穴深く堀有之候間覗
見候処成程家有之潰候家の棟（ム子）よりハ尺斗土の厚サ
有之候由其穴ハ其家の親類遠方より参り死人を
堀出し候処六人出候由百六十人此の処二て生埋二成六人は
右二而堀出し候旨二候
一越後ゟ信州入候而泊候二ハ家々を頼所々二而被断漸泊
候而も湯抔勿論無之足も水にて洗丈小屋之様成中江入
先米の飯二焼残りの香の物二切位二而弐百文拂夜具も
一ッか又ハ無之夫二而翌日昼 夜（弁）当頼候而も断代と遣して
申と申而も断候由夫故中食の所無之往返共此地■■
用意致し候清水米を其侭食し水も往来のハ川井
共二濁水故山岸其外所々を尋漸少し清ミ候水を見
現代語訳
善光寺の僧などは、普段は近習・小姓を三、四人連れて本堂まで参るような者でも、どてら（綿入れの着物）のようなものを着て、三尺帯や縄の帯などを締めている有様である。現在、同寺の本堂は八町ほど山中に小屋掛けして、その中に安置されているという。それまでは、あのような立派な僧なども一人で歩いて参っていたという。そのほか、宿々においては、名主も本僧も山伏も、真っ黒になって、潰れた家を片付けたり土を被りながら歩いたりしており、先月以来、湯には入らず、水は泥水で、上下の区別もつかない有様だという。
一、新町と牟礼との間に吉村という所があり、そこで山崩れが起こり、家の人々が生き埋めになり、水も出たという。最初に飛脚を送った際に、その飛脚が通った時には、往来が三里ほど水に浸かっていたという。俊助が帰った際には、これまでの往来は家の倒壊などで歩きにくく、山手に寄って、土が高く押し出された上を皆が通るようになっており、この辺りをふらふらしていた者に聞いたところ、
その他には、皆人家が埋まっているが、一か所深く穴を掘ってあったので覗いてみると、なるほど家があり、潰れた家の棟（むね）より一尺ほど土の厚さがあるという。その穴は、その家の親類が遠方より来て死人を掘り出したところ、六人出てきたという。百六十人がこの場所で生き埋めになり、六人は上記のように掘り出されたということである。
一、越後から信州へ入って宿泊しようとすると、家々を頼んでも所々で断られ、やっと泊まれても湯などはもちろんなく、足を水で洗うだけ、小屋のような中に入り、まず米の飯に焼け残りの香の物一切れほどで二百文を払い、夜具も一枚あるかないか、それで翌日の昼の弁当を頼んでも断られ、代金を渡すと言っても断られたという。それゆえ昼食を摂る場所もなく、往復ともにこの地での用意として、白米をそのまま食べ、水も往来の川や井戸はいずれも濁水であるため、山の崖などあちこちを探し、やっと少し清んだ水を見つけ、
英語訳
Even monks of Zenkoji Temple, who in ordinary times would proceed to the main hall accompanied by three or four attendants and pages, were now wearing padded robes (dotera) and using three-shaku sashes or even rope as belts. At present, the main hall of the temple has been relocated to a makeshift shelter built about eight cho (approximately 870 meters) up into the mountains. Until recently, even such distinguished monks had been walking there alone. Furthermore, throughout the lodging towns, village headmen, senior monks, and mountain ascetics alike had become completely blackened with soot and dirt, clearing debris from collapsed houses and walking about covered in earth. Since last month, no one has been able to take a bath; the water available is muddy, and distinctions between social ranks have become impossible to discern.
One account: Between the towns of Shinmachi and Mure, in a place called Yoshimura, a landslide occurred, burying the inhabitants alive and causing floodwater to emerge. When the courier who carried our first letter passed through, the road was flooded for about three ri (approximately 12 kilometers). When Shunsuke returned, the former road was made impassable due to collapsed houses, so everyone was now traveling along the mountainside over high mounds of pushed-up earth. Upon asking a person who was wandering about in this area,
[He reported that] all the other houses were buried, and in one spot a deep hole had been dug. Upon peering in, one could indeed see a house; the thickness of the soil above the ridge beam of the collapsed house was about one shaku (approximately 30 centimeters). This hole had been dug by relatives of the household who had traveled from afar to retrieve the dead. Six bodies had been recovered. It is said that one hundred and sixty people were buried alive at this location, and six were recovered by this digging.
One account: When traveling from Echigo into Shinano province and seeking lodging, one was turned away at house after house throughout the area. Even when lodging was finally secured, there was of course no bath; one could only wash one's feet with water. Upon entering what was essentially a makeshift shelter, one was given a bowl of rice and a single piece of some pickled vegetable salvaged from the fire, for which two hundred mon was charged. There may or may not have been a single bedding set. Furthermore, when requesting a boxed lunch for the following midday, even that was refused — and the refusal stood even when payment was offered in advance. As a result, there was nowhere to obtain a midday meal, and travelers in both directions had to prepare themselves before entering this area. People were eating uncooked rice as-is, and since all water from roadside rivers and wells was turbid with mud, they searched the mountain cliffs and various other spots to find even a little clear water.