四神地名録 6巻. [4]葛飾郡 - 翻刻

翻刻

和同年中の建立にて天文の頃迄は伽藍地也しに国府
台落城の節此寺の小僧下帯を川にて洗ひ是を長き
竹の先に結附源氏の白籏なりと称したわむれに
合戦のまねをして寺中に建置しかば国分府の
寄手遠く是を見て落武者の此寺に再び御旗を
あげしにやとおもひ大勢馳参り風上より火をかけ
しに堂舎残りなく焼亡し夫より衰微して今の
ことしと物語き左もありし事にや
此村々古利根川の流れ北方にめぐりて水の淀む所にて

水難多し宝永元申年の洪水に此地の堤切れ溢れて
西葛西本所迄も大水にて死亡せし人数百人に及二郷半の
村は地窪にして軒をひたし既に流れんとす西葛西
の村々よりは堤上に大勢集りて水を防堤を切せじと
かけめぐるを二郷半のあなたよりは西葛西の堤切よ
かしと祈る程も思ひけれ共数百人の勢にて畳（タヽミ）抔を以
水を防く故にあやうくも切れさりし所に二郷半戸ヶ崎
村といふに古しへより三つ獅子あり其形を尋聞しに今
世にある獅子とは異にして越後獅子の頭程にて

現代語訳

和同年間の建立で、天文の頃までは伽藍地でした。ところが国府台落城の際、この寺の小僧が下帯を川で洗い、これを長い竹の先に結び付けて源氏の白旗だと称し、戯れに合戦の真似をして寺中に建て置いたところ、国分府の寄手が遠くからこれを見て、落武者がこの寺で再び御旗を上げたのかと思い、大勢で駆け参じて風上から火をかけました。そのため堂舎は残らず焼失し、それより衰微して今の有様だと物語っています。そのようなことがあったのでしょう。

この村々は古利根川の流れが北方を巡って水の淀む所で、水難が多いのです。宝永元年申年の洪水で、この地の堤が切れて溢れ、西葛西から本所まで大水となり、死亡した人は数百人に及びました。二郷半の村は地形が窪地で軒まで浸かり、既に流されそうになりました。西葛西の村々からは堤上に大勢が集まって水を防ぎ、堤を切らせまいと駆け回るのを、二郷半の向こうからは西葛西の堤が切れればよいと祈るほどに思いましたが、数百人の勢力で畳などを使って水を防いだため、危うくも切れずに済みました。そこで二郷半の戸ヶ崎村というところに古来より三つ獅子があり、その形を尋ね聞いたところ、今世にある獅子とは異なって越後獅子の頭ほどの大きさで

英語訳

It was built during the Wado era and remained temple grounds until around the Tenbun period. However, during the fall of Kokufudai Castle, a young monk from this temple was washing his loincloth in the river, tied it to the tip of a long bamboo pole, claimed it was a Genji white banner, and playfully imitating warfare, erected it within the temple grounds. The attacking forces of Kokubufu saw this from afar and thought that fallen warriors had raised their banner again at this temple, so they rushed there in great numbers and set fire to it from upwind. As a result, all the temple buildings burned down completely, and from then on it declined to its present state, as the story goes. Such things may well have happened.

These villages are located where the old Tone River flows around to the north and the water stagnates, so water disasters are frequent. In the flood of Hōei 1 (Year of the Monkey), the embankment of this area broke and overflowed, causing great floods from Nishi-Kasai to Honjo, with deaths numbering in the hundreds. The villages of Nigōhan were in a depression where water reached the eaves and were on the verge of being swept away. From the villages of Nishi-Kasai, many people gathered on the embankment to prevent the water and ran about to prevent the embankment from breaking, while from the other side of Nigōhan, people prayed that the Nishi-Kasai embankment would break. However, with the force of several hundred people using tatami mats and such to hold back the water, it narrowly avoided breaking. In a place called Togasaki Village in Nigōhan, there have been three lions since ancient times, and when I inquired about their form, they differ from the lions of today, being about the size of Echigo lion heads.