翻刻
榊原式部大輔御領所越後国頸城郡村々去月廿四日夜大地
震
二而潰家死人等有之候段訴出候二付其段先御届
此程申上置候処
其後も日々少々宛之震ひ止不申候二付
役所外面々簀張仮小屋
二而御用弁罷在候仕会二
候処又々去月廿九日昼頃大地震いたし
村々潰家死人
等并苗代田土冠り二相成候段訴出并御廻米
川
下ヶ致し今町湊町蔵江入置候処皆潰御米乱俵二
相成候旨 訴出
候二付早速役人差出し申候廿四日ゟ
廿九日迄一滴も雨降不申候処
晦日明方ゟ雨強降其後は折々大風吹上郷村々氷雨等降候由
相聞候委細之儀ハ追而可申上候得共尚又右之段先御届申上候以上 未四月ニ日 榊原式部大輔家来 武（別）藤門蔵印
大地震之儀二付御届書 高木清左衛門
支配所
私御代官所当分御預所信濃国高井郡水内村之儀当月
廿四日夜戌中刻頃より亥上刻江懸大地震有之夫より
不絶震動いたし折々地震発し翌廿五日卯中刻漸々相鎮候
処地所割裂泥水吹出し潰家人牛馬多く死家内不残
死絶候ものとも有候怪我人者は夥敷一村皆潰家二相成候
村々も有之前代未聞之変事之趣追々届出候付不取
敢手代共差出申候且陣屋許中野村之儀は損家等有之
候迄二而陣屋共別条無御座候委細之儀ハ追々可申上候得共
現代語訳
【榊原式部大輔（さかきばら しきぶのたいふ）領所からの報告】
榊原式部大輔の領所である越後国頸城郡（くびきぐん）の村々において、先月24日夜に大地震があり、家屋の倒壊や死者が出た旨、訴え出があったため、その件については先日すでにご報告申し上げておりました。
その後も毎日少しずつ揺れが収まらないため、役所の外に簀張りの仮小屋を設けて執務を続けております。そのような状況の中、またもや先月29日の昼頃に大地震が起こり、村々で家屋の倒壊・死者が出たこと、および苗代・田畑が土砂に埋まったこと、また廻米（かいまい）を川で輸送し今町・湊町の蔵に収めていたところ、その蔵がすべて倒壊し、お米が乱れた俵（俵ばらばら）になってしまったとの訴えが出たため、早速役人を差し向けました。
24日から29日までの間は一滴も雨が降らなかったのですが、晦日（みそか）の明け方から雨が強く降り始め、その後は折々に強風が吹き、上郷の村々では霙（みぞれ）なども降ったとのことでございます。
詳細については追ってご報告申し上げますが、まずは右の件をご報告申し上げます。以上。
未（ひつじ）四月二日 榊原式部大輔家来
武（別）藤門蔵（印）
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【高木清左衛門支配所からの大地震に関するご報告】
私の代官所（当分御預所）である信濃国高井郡水内村（みのちむら）において、当月24日夜の戌の中刻頃から亥の上刻にかけて大地震があり、それ以来絶え間なく揺れが続き、折々に地震が発生しました。翌25日の卯の中刻にようやく静まりましたが、地面が割れ裂けて泥水が噴き出し、家屋が倒壊し、人・牛・馬の死者が多数に及び、家族全員が死に絶えた者もございます。怪我人は夥しく、村全体が全壊した村々もあります。前代未聞の大変事の模様が次々と届け出られましたので、取り急ぎ手代（てだい）たちを差し向けました。また、陣屋のある中野村については、損壊した家屋はあるものの、陣屋そのものには別状ございません。詳細については追ってご報告申し上げますが、
英語訳
**Report from the territory of Sakakibara Shikibu-no-taifu**
Regarding the villages of Kubiki District in Echigo Province, which fall under the domain of Sakakibara Shikibu-no-taifu: we previously submitted a report that a major earthquake struck on the night of the 24th day of last month, resulting in collapsed houses and casualties. However, as small tremors have continued every day since then without ceasing, we have been conducting official business in makeshift huts of bamboo screen erected outside the office. Under these circumstances, yet another major earthquake struck around midday on the 29th of last month, and we have received further reports of collapsed houses and deaths in the villages, as well as paddy seedling beds and fields being buried under soil. Furthermore, rice that had been transported by river and stored in the granaries at Imacho and Minatocho was reported to have been lost, with the granaries fully collapsed and the rice bales scattered and disordered. We immediately dispatched officials to investigate.
From the 24th through the 29th, not a single drop of rain had fallen; however, starting from the dawn of the last day of the month (misoka), heavy rain began to fall, and since then strong winds have blown at intervals, with reports of sleet falling in the upper-district villages.
We will report further details in due course, but for now submit this preliminary notification. Respectfully submitted.
2nd day of the 4th month, Year of the Sheep (Hitsuji) — Servant of Sakakibara Shikibu-no-taifu,
Bu(betsu)to Monzo (sealed)
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**Report Regarding the Major Earthquake — Under the Jurisdiction of Takagi Seizaemon**
In Minochiura Village, Takai District, Shinano Province, which is currently under my administration as a daikan (magistrate's) territory: beginning around the middle of the Hour of the Dog (approx. 8–9 p.m.) on the night of the 24th of this month and continuing through the upper part of the Hour of the Boar (approx. 9–10 p.m.), a major earthquake struck. Continuous tremors followed, with earthquakes occurring at intervals thereafter. The shaking gradually subsided around the middle of the Hour of the Hare (approx. 6 a.m.) on the following day, the 25th. However, the ground cracked open and muddy water gushed forth; many houses collapsed, and large numbers of people, cattle, and horses perished. There were households in which every family member died without exception. The number of injured persons was enormous, and some villages were entirely reduced to rubble. Reports of unprecedented calamities have been arriving one after another, and we have promptly dispatched our agents (tedai) to the scene. As for Nakano Village, where the district office (jinya) is located, while there is some structural damage to houses, the office itself has sustained no particular harm. We will report the full details in due course, but...