弘化四年地震記 - 翻刻

翻刻

[【右丁】
なりしが御本堂并に山門大勧進御無難外は仁
王門本願寺中宗十二ヶ寺其外寺数多し大門丁
後丁権堂町其外にも所々地震にて潰後火難
と相成候て扨又稲荷山之町不残家潰後火難
となり八幡は町家潰少々残り火難は無之八幡宮御
無難飯山御城は城下共に大変地震ゆり火難
は無之新町不残潰其上火難後水入と相成誠に
以急難也松代は少々は家潰も有之候へ共軽
しとかや続て薄きは上田松本会田組麻績#1
組同川手組上野組成相組穂高組其外南組

【左丁】
諏訪佐久伊奈善光寺ゟ越後之方扨又松川
組大町組も四ヶ城ゟ北越後境糸井川扨戸
隠山中新町奥山中之方軽し且又関東筋
も地震少分成りと云事也将又近辺に大地
震にて家潰大きは川中島且山中にては大岡中牧
南牧外に上条禅宗寺本潰其上水入同宗
安養寺本潰水入なし同宗雲宗寺地形抜
ヶ火難其上水入扨外に下人村大抜ヶ水入且
田中光全寺禅宗也半潰宮平組今泉村
天宗寺同宗也本潰扨又巻之島多分家潰

現代語訳

【右丁】
（善光寺は）御本堂および山門・大勧進は無事であったが、それ以外の仁王門・本願寺・中宗十二か寺、その他多数の寺院が被害を受けた。大門町・後町・権堂町、その他各所でも地震により家屋が倒壊し、その後火災にも見舞われた。さらに稲荷山の町では残らず家屋が倒壊し、その後火災となった。八幡では町家の倒壊は少々あったが残存し、火災は免れた。八幡宮も無事であった。飯山御城は城下ともども大きな被害を受けたが、火災はなかった。新町では残らず倒壊し、さらに火災の後に浸水となり、まことに深刻な災難であった。松代では少々家屋の倒壊もあったが、軽微であったとのこと。続いて被害が軽微であったのは、上田・松本・会田組・麻績組・同川手組・上野組・成相組・穂高組、その他南組、

【左丁】
諏訪・佐久・伊奈・善光寺より越後の方面、また松川組・大町組も、四ヶ城より北、越後との境である糸魚川、また戸隠・山中新町・奥山中の方面は被害が軽かった。また関東筋も地震の被害はわずかであったとのことである。また近辺で大地震により家屋が倒壊した大きな被害地としては、川中島、また山中では大岡・中牧・南牧、その他に上条の禅宗寺（本堂が全壊し、さらに浸水）、同じ宗派の安養寺（本堂が全壊したが浸水はなし）、同じ宗派の雲宗寺（地盤が崩落して火災、さらに浸水）があった。その他に下人村では大規模な地崩れと浸水があった。また田中の光全寺（禅宗）は半壊。宮平組の今泉村の天宗寺（同宗）は本堂が全壊。また巻之島では多くの家屋が倒壊した。

英語訳

[Right folio]
At Zenkōji temple, the main hall, the main gate, and the Daikanjin were undamaged, but the Niōmon (Deva gate), Honganji, twelve affiliated temples of the Chūshū sect, and many other temples suffered damage. In the neighborhoods of Ōmonchō, Gochō, and Gondōchō, as well as other areas, buildings were destroyed by the earthquake and subsequently consumed by fire. In the town of Inariyama, all houses were destroyed and the area was then engulfed in fire. In Yahata (Yawata), some townhouses collapsed but some survived, and there was no fire. The Yahata Shrine was undamaged. Iiyama Castle and its surrounding castle town suffered great devastation from the earthquake, though there was no fire. In Shinmachi, all buildings were destroyed, and after the fire, the area was additionally flooded, making it a truly catastrophic disaster. In Matsushiro, there were some building collapses, but the damage was reportedly light. Areas that also sustained lighter damage included Ueda, Matsumoto, Aida-gumi, Omi-gumi, Kawate-gumi (in the same district), Ueno-gumi, Nariai-gumi, Hotaka-gumi, and other southern districts.

[Left folio]
Suwa, Saku, Ina, and the areas from Zenkōji toward Echigo, as well as the Matsukawa-gumi and Ōmachi-gumi districts, from Shikajō northward to the Echigo border at Itoigawa, and also the areas of Togakushi, Yamanaka Shinmachi, and the deep mountain interior, all sustained lighter damage. It was also said that the Kantō region experienced only minor earthquake damage. Among the areas nearby that suffered severe building destruction from the great earthquake, the largest were Kawanakajima, and in the mountain districts: Ōoka, Nakamaki, and Minamimaki. Additionally, in Kamijō, a Zen temple (main hall completely destroyed and then flooded), and Anyōji of the same sect (main hall completely destroyed but no flooding), and Unzōji of the same sect (ground collapsed, fire broke out, and then flooding) were reported. Furthermore, in Shimohito village, there was a large-scale landslide and flooding. At Kōzenji temple in Tanaka (Zen sect), the building was half destroyed. At Tenshōji temple in Imizumi village, Miyahira-gumi (same sect), the main hall was completely destroyed. In Makinoshima, a large number of houses were destroyed.