It was a bloodcurdling, horrible scene; every temple in Kamigyo was burning from midnight till the next day; 50 villages around Kyoto city were burned down; it was as if we were facing Judgment Day.
「恐るべき戦慄的な情景が展開され、上京は深更から翌日まですべての寺院が焼失し、都周辺の50村が焼け、最後の審判の日さながらであった。