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Japan has been affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions. And many articles have been written by people have experienced a disaster. These articles give us hints to prevent disasters and information how to act in situations of natural disasters. I focus on essays among disaster articles, because essays contain a lot of personal impression compared to the public record. Eitai bridge collapsed during Tomioka-hachiman festival in 1807, killing or injuring about 1,500~3,000 people. Ota Nanpo and Santo Kyoden wrote the essay of the same title as each after saw that accident. Nanpo was junior administrator of the Edo shogunate and Kyoden was a merchant but they are famous authors. Nanpo described sufferers and disaster situation dramatically used official documents. Rakugo based on one episode of by Nanpo, , or a book about the life of heavy snowfall region, introduced snow flood. Suzuki Bokusi a writer of experienced snow flood when he was a young. He not only described vividly it for Edo people who never have experienced it, but also analyzed a reason why it occurred. was wrtten by Saito Getsin who was a intelligent of the Edo. He recorded a disaster of Ansei great earthquakes. He wrote many episodes without filling. It seems like to repose of victims souls.