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月二日ノ夜地震五月七日五月十九日夜五月
廿二日五月廿六日夜五月廿九日六月五日六月七日
六月十五日六月十七日夜七月十日七月十二日七月十
九日七月廿一日八月七日八月廿二日夜四ッ半時中ノ大
地震人々外江出る八月廿五日九月三日夜九
月十二日夜九月廿九日十月四日十月九日十月十二日
十月十三日夜十月廿二日夜十一月朔日夜十一
月六日夜十一月十五日夜十二月朔日十二月二日十
二月三日夜十二月十九日夜十二月廿日十二月廿四日
夜弘化五申年正月三日夜正月六日正月
十八日正月廿日夜正月廿六日夜是迄の地震
ゆり通しなし五月上旬迄少々宛あり其後
六月十二日夜七ッ時地震ありといへども平日
のたま〳〵の地震なり右の大地震二存
命二てありたるハ難有事二思ひ信心を
なすべし其上 忠（農）業の餘 力（ヵ）二は近辺の
名所旧跡江も望むべしと思へども地震
の労れ耕作二はおくれ漸々今年の
御上納を皆済し年を送りける明れ
ば地震も申年にみことのりも改まり
現代語訳
五月二日の夜、地震。五月七日、五月十九日の夜、五月二十二日、五月二十六日の夜、五月二十九日、六月五日、六月七日、六月十五日、六月十七日の夜、七月十日、七月十二日、七月十九日、七月二十一日、八月七日、八月二十二日の夜四つ半時頃に大地震があり、人々は外へ飛び出した。八月二十五日、九月三日の夜、九月十二日の夜、九月二十九日、十月四日、十月九日、十月十二日、十月十三日の夜、十月二十二日の夜、十一月一日の夜、十一月六日の夜、十一月十五日の夜、十二月一日、十二月二日、十二月三日の夜、十二月十九日の夜、十二月二十日、十二月二十四日の夜。弘化五年申年正月三日の夜、正月六日、正月十八日、正月二十日の夜、正月二十六日の夜——これまでの間、地震が絶えることなく続いていた。五月上旬までは少しずつ揺れがあり、その後、六月十二日の夜七つ時に地震があったとはいえ、これは平時にたまにある程度の地震であった。
この大地震の中で生き延びることができたのは、ありがたいことと思い、信心に励むべきである。その上、農業の余暇には近辺の名所旧跡を訪ねてみたいとも思うが、地震による疲弊と農作業の遅れのために、ようやく今年の御上納（年貢）を皆済し、年を越すことができた。明ければ、地震も申年の（元号の）改まりとともに——
英語訳
Earthquakes occurred on the night of the 2nd of the 5th month; the 7th of the 5th month; the night of the 19th of the 5th month; the 22nd of the 5th month; the night of the 26th of the 5th month; the 29th of the 5th month; the 5th of the 6th month; the 7th of the 6th month; the 15th of the 6th month; the night of the 17th of the 6th month; the 10th of the 7th month; the 12th of the 7th month; the 19th of the 7th month; the 21st of the 7th month; the 7th of the 8th month. On the night of the 22nd of the 8th month, around the half-past-four-o'clock watch (approximately 11:00 PM), there was a major earthquake, and people rushed outside. Then on the 25th of the 8th month; the night of the 3rd of the 9th month; the night of the 12th of the 9th month; the 29th of the 9th month; the 4th of the 10th month; the 9th of the 10th month; the 12th of the 10th month; the night of the 13th of the 10th month; the night of the 22nd of the 10th month; the night of the 1st of the 11th month; the night of the 6th of the 11th month; the night of the 15th of the 11th month; the 1st of the 12th month; the 2nd of the 12th month; the night of the 3rd of the 12th month; the night of the 19th of the 12th month; the 20th of the 12th month; the night of the 24th of the 12th month. In the 5th year of Kōka, the Year of the Monkey (1848): the night of the 3rd of the 1st month; the 6th of the 1st month; the 18th of the 1st month; the night of the 20th of the 1st month; the night of the 26th of the 1st month — throughout all this time, earthquakes continued without cease. Until the beginning of the 5th month, small tremors persisted at intervals, and thereafter, although there was an earthquake on the night of the 12th of the 6th month at the seventh-hour watch (approximately 4:00 AM), this was of the sort of occasional earthquake that occurs in ordinary times.
One should consider it a blessing to have survived this great earthquake, and should devote oneself to faith. Furthermore, while I wished to visit the famous places and historical sites in the surrounding area during time free from agricultural work, due to exhaustion from the earthquake and the resulting delays in farming, it was all we could do to complete the payment of this year's tribute (nengu), and thus we sent off the year. Come the new year, the earthquakes too, together with the change of era name in the Year of the Monkey—