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English: Sofu championed many new techniques in flower arrangement and following a the success of a personal exhibition in Paris in 1955 was lionized as the `Pablo Picasso of flower arrangement' in the French magazine Figaro and TIME magazine in the US etc.
Japanese: 華道において斬新な手法を多く提供し「花のパブロ・ピカソ」と呼ばれた（1955年パリ個展の盛況で、フランスのフィガロ、米タイム(雑誌)等でそう賞賛された）。
English: In the eyes of flower arrangement circles of the day, overlooking important forms in favor of free-form styles was considered heresy.
Japanese: 既存の華道の世界において重要な型を否定、自由な活花を提唱したため異端視された。
English: However, when the French avante garde critic Michel Tapié visited Japan in 1957 he gave rave reviews about Sofu's creations and introduced them to a wider audience leading to increased interest from overseas and greater awareness of his work in Japan.
Japanese: しかし1957年、フランスから来日した前衛芸術の評論家ミシェル・タピエが蒼風の作品を絶賛し世界に紹介したことにより国際的な評価が高まるとともに日本でも認知されるようになる。
English: Salvador DALI was deeply impressed by Sofu's personal exhibition and invited to his home where Sofu created objects in driftwood, and there are images showing DALI and Sofu have a friendly chat.
Japanese: 蒼風の個展に感激したサルバドール・ダリに自宅に招かれ、流木のオブジェを制作し、ダリと談笑する映像が残されている。
English: Sofu maintained that `Ikebana is living sculpture` and can be said to be the very first person to take Ikebana to the wider world.
Japanese: 『いけばなは生きている彫刻である』と提言する蒼風は、日本のいけばなを世界に発信した第一人者といえる。
English: In 1952 Sofu started with a one-man exhibition in New York and then tirelessly held exhibitions and displays in various countries around the world.
Japanese: 1952年ニューヨーク個展をはじめ、世界各国で展覧会やデモンストレーションを精力的に行った。
English: His demonstrations were in the Sogetsu school form in front of an audience and as the displays faced the audience, he made the arrangements from behind the display, so called `backwards Ikebana.`
Japanese: デモンストレーションは草月流特有のもので、観客側を正面として、観客に向かい作品の背後から手探りでいけていく「後ろいけ」によって行われる。
English: He was awarded a French cultural award in 1960, the légion d'honneur award in 1961 and a Japanese government fine art award in 1962.
Japanese: 1960年、フランスの芸術文化勲章、1961年にはレジオン・ドヌール勲章、1962年には芸術選奨を受賞。
English: If there were rocks, I would arrange rocks, if there was soil, I would arrange soil.'
Japanese: 「私は、そこに石があったら石、若しくは土があったら、土を活けるだろう」
English: As Sofu said the following words, when flowers are incorporated into Ikebana creations, the flowers become one with the Ikebana artist, laying bare the artists persona.
Japanese: 蒼風の言葉は、花がいけばなの作品となった時に、作り手の人となりを露わにするものであることを表している。
English: On Feb 15, 2009 Sofu's wife Hama TESHIGAHARA passed away aged 105 years old.
Japanese: 2009年2月15日、蒼風夫人、勅使河原葉満（てしがはら・はま）が105歳で他界した。
English: Kiyoka SAKURAI (August 7, 1895 to 1969, male) was an artist (painter).
Japanese: 櫻井清香（さくらいきよか、桜井清香と表記する場合もある、明治28年(1895年)8月7日-昭和44年(1969年)、男性）は芸術家（画家）。
English: In August, 1915, he studied Japanese style painting under the Japanese painter Gyokuho NIWA (a disciple of the Gyokudo KAWAI).
Japanese: 大正4年8月　日本画家丹羽玉邦（川合玉堂門人）に就いて日本画を学ぶ。
English: In March, 1920, he spent one year and six months in completing the Rice Riot picture scroll (a scroll that summarizes the happenings in Nagoya during the Rice Riot that occurred in 1918).
Japanese: 大正9年3月　米騒動絵巻(1918（大正７）年に発生した米騒動の名古屋での出来事をまとめた物)を1年6ヶ月費やし完成。
English: On November 25, 1954, he was awarded the qualification of a scholar of humanity science by the Ministry of Education.
Japanese: 昭和29年11月25日　文部省より人文科学学芸員の資格を与えられる。
English: June, 1940, "Study of Picture Scrolls of War Chronicles", Japan Research Center of Documentary Records Materials.
Japanese: 1940年(昭和15年)6月　「戦記絵巻の研究」　日本文献資料研究所
English: February, 1951, "Mongol invasion of Japan and Takasaki Suenaga Ekotoba", Tokugawa Art Museum.
Japanese: 1951年(昭和26年)2月　「元寇と竹崎季長蒙古襲来絵詞」　徳川美術館
English: Though the Sakurai family introduced themselves originally as TACHIBANA (a clan related to the TACHIBANA's blood), somewhere down the line they were renamed SAKURAI.
Japanese: 櫻井家は元々は氏を橘（橘氏の流れを汲む氏族である）と名乗っていたが、いつの頃からか櫻井に改めたとされる。
English: The name is considered to have been changed around the period of Sakurai Sakuno Uemon no Suketake (it is unknown why the name was changed).
Japanese: 氏を改めたのは櫻井作之右衛門佐武の時であると考えられる（理由は不明）。
English: Shoko UEMURA (November 4, 1902 – March 11, 2001) was a Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) artist.
Japanese: 上村松篁（うえむらしょうこう、1902年11月4日-2001年3月11日）は日本画家。
English: He entered the Kyoto City Specialist School of Painting (currently Kyoto City University of Arts) in 1921, and also became the disciple of Suisho NISHIYAMA at the same.
Japanese: 1921年（大正10年）、京都市立絵画専門学校（現：京都市立芸術大学）に入学すると同時に西山翠嶂に師事。
English: In later years, Shoko mostly presented his works at Teiten (The Japan Art Academy Exhibitions) and Nitten (The Japan Fine Arts Exhibitions), but in 1948 he left Nitten and formed a new organization with several other artists called "Sozo Bijyutsu" (Creation of Art).
Japanese: その後は帝展・日本美術展覧会で主に作品を発表したが、1948年（昭和23年）に日展を離れ、数名の画家と共に新団体『創造美術』を結成。
English: He left many masterpieces, while the eloquent point of Shoko was the bird-and flower genre of Japanese paintings in dignified style based on a through, realistic depiction of the subjects.
Japanese: 徹底した写実に基づいた格調の高い花鳥画を得意とし、多くの名作を残した。
English: 1948: He formed an organization of Nihonga called "Sozo Bijyutsu" with Koichi OKUMURA, Fuku AKINO, Kyujin YAMAMOTO and others.
Japanese: 1948年：奥村厚一、秋野不矩、山本丘人らと日本画の団体『創造美術』を結成
English: Shoko was very particular about the sketch of birds, saying that "birds cannot be drawn without the understanding of the way they live," thus he traveled India, Australia, Southeast Asia for observing birds.
Japanese: 鳥の写生には強いこだわりを持っており、「鳥の生活を理解しなければ、鳥は描けない」と言い、鳥の観察の為にインドやオーストラリア、東南アジア等を旅行した。
English: Although he also participated in the Maruyama school, he mentioned his disapproval regarding the birds drawn by Maruyama school artists that those were not truly depicted as live birds yet.
Japanese: 円山派の流れに立つが、円山派の描いた鳥に対しては、「十分、生きた鳥になりきっていない」と不満を言っていた。
English: Because young Shoko only remembered Shoen painting pictures by "shutting up herself in the studio on the second floor," he called Shoen as the 'Mother on the second floor.'
Japanese: 幼い頃の松篁には、松園は『二階の画室にこもって絵を描いている』姿程度しか記憶になかった為、松園のことを「二階のお母さん」と呼んでいた。
English: Out of the works of Shoen, he mentioned "Shunen" (Spring Garden) and "Tenpokagi" (Tenpo Era Songstress) as his favorites.
Japanese: 松園が描いた作品で好きなものとして、『春苑』、『天保歌妓』の二つを挙げている。
English: Although Shoko did not draw bijinga (there are exceptions such as "Manyo no Haru" [A Spring of the eternal world]), he admitted receiving influence from Shoen.
Japanese: 美人画を描かなかった（『万葉の春』の様に例外もある。）松篁だが、松園の影響を受けていることを認めている。
English: In an essay published in the December 1978 edition of a periodical called "Art Top," a philosopher Takeshi UMEHARA described the flowers-and-birds painting of Shoko UEMURA is a type of bijinga descended into the world of birds.'
Japanese: 哲学者の梅原猛は、『アート・トップ』1978年12月号に掲載された小論で、「上村松篁の花鳥画は、鳥の世界に移された一種の美人画である。」と言う様な主旨を述べている。
English: He also mentioned, 'there is a "misanthropy" for the root of his persistence on flowers-and birds painting, which was carried over from his childhood.'
Japanese: また、「その根底には、幼少からの『人間嫌い』がある。」とも述べている。
English: Suisho NISHIYAMA (April 2, 1879 - March 30, 1958) was a Japanese-style painter.
Japanese: 西山翠嶂（にしやますいしょう、1879年4月2日-1958年3月30日）は、日本画家。
English: Saneharu SAIONJI (1601 to February 27, 1673) was a kugyo (high court noble) in Edo period.
Japanese: 西園寺実晴（さいおんじさねはる、慶長6年（1601年）-寛文13年1月11日(旧暦)（1673年2月27日））は江戸時代の公卿。
English: He participated in national administration in 1619, became Naidaijin (the Minister of the Interior), Udaijin (the Minister of the Right), and Juichii (Junior First Rank) Sadaijin successively.
Japanese: 1619年（元和(日本)5年）に参議し、内大臣・右大臣・従一位左大臣を歴任。
English: In 1651, the court decided to award a position of Shoichii (Senior First Rank) Dajo-daijin (Grand minister of state) and a posthumous name "Taiyuin" to Iemitsu TOKUGAWA, and sent Saneharu SAIONJI, who was the Minister of the Interior, to Nikko as an envoy.
Japanese: 1651年（慶安4年）に朝廷は徳川家光に対して正一位太政大臣の追贈と「大猷院」の諡を決め、内大臣西園寺実晴を勅使として日光に派遣している。
English: His legal wife was Tokuhime (1605 to 1663), the eldest daughter of Tadataka HOSOKAWA (who called himself Kyumu NAGAOKA after being disinherited in 1604), who was a child of Tadaoki HOSOKAWA and Gracia HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 正室は細川忠興と細川ガラシャの子の細川忠隆（1604年の廃嫡後は長岡休無と号す）の長女・徳姫（1605-1663）である。
English: Moreover, Kyumu's estate, which totaled to 500 Koku of crop yield, was inherited by Tokuhime (the Saionji family) and became the financial foundation of Saionji family.
Japanese: また休無遺産として500石が徳姫（西園寺家）に相続され、西園寺家の財政の基盤となった。
English: Among his children was Kinmitsu SAIONJI, who became the 23rd head of the family, as well as Kinsui SAIONJI, and Kinnobu SAIONJI (also called Kimiyoshi or Zuigi).
Japanese: 子は23代目となった西園寺公満のほかに、西園寺公遂、西園寺公宣(別名公義又は随宜)。
English: His youngest child Kinnobu SAIONJI disliked the life of court nobles in Kyoto, moved to the Higo province, where he could rely on Tadaharu NAGAOKA (1622 to 1704, an ancestor of the Hosokawa-naizen family) who was a child of Kyumu NAGAOKA, and died in Kikuchi (presently Kikuyo-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture).
Japanese: なお、末子の西園寺公宣は京都の公家生活を嫌って、長岡休無の子の長岡忠春（1622-1704年、細川内膳家祖）を頼って肥後国に移り住み菊池（現熊本県菊陽町）で死去した。
English: However, Kinnobu's daughter (Princess Yasu or Yasuhime)who was born there returned to the capital, took a husband (Sanesuke SAIONJI)from the Takatsukasa family, and succeeded the Saionji family.
Japanese: しかし、そこで生まれた娘（也須姫もしくは安姫）が京に戻って鷹司家から婿（西園寺実輔）を取り西園寺家を継いだ。
English: Hidetane TAGA (1565 – November, 1616) was a busho (Japanese military commander) who lived during the Sengoku Period (Period of warring states in Japan).
Japanese: 多賀秀種（たがひでたね、永禄8年（1565年）-元和(日本)2年（1616年）11月）は、戦国時代(日本)の武将。
English: He became the adopted son-in-law to Sadayoshi TAGA, the lord of Takashima County in Omi Province; however, he was forfeited his rank and properties in 1582 because he sided with Mitsuhide AKECHI during the Incident at Honno-ji Temple, and consequently he became a vassal of his elder brother Hidemasa, and he was given 8,000 koku (1 koku=5.12 US bushels: 8000 koku=40,960 US bushels of rice crop per year for income from his territory) of feudal estate.
Japanese: 近江国高島郡の国人多賀貞能の婿養子となるが、1582年、本能寺の変に際し明智光秀に与したため改易となり、兄秀政の家臣となり8千石を領した。
English: After Hidemasa's death, he served under Hidenaga TOYOTOMI and then Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI; then he took the side of TOYOTOMI clan and took part in the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute (the battle between Hideyoshi HASHIBA (the former name of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI before getting granted the name TOYOTOMI) and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA with Nobukatsu ODA), the Siege of Odawara (the war between Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and the Hojo clan still influential in Kanto region based on Odawara) and invasion of the Korean peninsula (the invasion of Korean peninsula promoted by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI).
Japanese: 秀政の死後、豊臣秀長、次いで豊臣秀吉に仕え、小牧・長久手の戦い、小田原征伐・朝鮮出兵などに従軍。
English: Although he had come to own 20,000 koku (102,400 US bushels of rice per year for income from his territory) at Kaguraoka in Yamato Province, he was once again forfeited his rank and properties because he took the side of the Western Camp during the Battle of Sekigahara and participated in the siege of Otsu-jo Castle.
Japanese: 大和国神楽岡で2万石を領すが、関ヶ原の役で西軍に属し、大津城攻めに加わったため再び改易された。
English: Although Hidetane relied on the help and support of his nephew Hideharu HORI, the Hori clan also faced the forfeiture of the rank and property during the reign of Tadatoshi HORI, forcing Hidetane to once again become a ronin (a lord-less samurai).
Japanese: 秀種は甥である堀秀治を頼ったものの、1610年、堀忠俊の時堀家も改易され、再び浪人となる。
English: He belonged and served under the Maeda clan during the Siege of Osaka, and his outstanding service during the battle was recognized; he was taken into the service of Toshitsune MAEDA for 6,000 koku (30,720 US bushels of rice per year income from his territory), yet in November 1616, the next year of the Siege of Osaka, he passed away.
Japanese: 1615年、大坂の役が起こると、前田家に属して戦功をたて、cに6千石で召抱えられたが、翌1616年11月に没した。
English: His line belonged to the Kira clan, a branch family of the Ashikaga clan that was started by MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni, the son of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, who was from the family of the Seiwa-Genji (the Minamoto clan) and had served as the Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North) as well as the head of the Kawachi-Genji (the Minamoto clan).
Japanese: 家系は清和源氏の一家系　河内源氏の棟梁　鎮守府将軍源義家の子　源義国を祖とする足利氏の一門　吉良氏。
English: He succeeded his grandfather Yoshinobu KIRA on November 8, 1516, because his father Yoshimoto had passed away prior to that year without taking over as the head of the family.
Japanese: 父義元が家督を継ぐことなく永正13年（1516年）以前に没したため、同年10月4日、祖父吉良義信から家督を譲られる。
English: He celebrated his coming of age in 1519, and presented gifts to the shogun Yoshitane ASHIKAGA as a token of thanks for his attainment of manhood on November 16 of the same year.
Japanese: 永正16年（1519年）に元服、同年10月14日、将軍足利義稙に対し元服の礼物を献上している。
English: Because of this, it is believed that the Saijo-Kira clan, which had supported Yoshitane since the days of his grandfather Yoshinobu, lost its standing in Kyoto, went back to the Kira no sho (manor) and concentrated on governing their territory.
Japanese: そのため、祖父義信の頃から義稙派であった西条吉良氏は、京都での立場を失い、吉良荘に戻り領国経営に専念したと思われる。
English: The Hikuma no sho (manor) in Totomi Province (the present-day Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) had been the Kira clan's fief since the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), but it was invaded by the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province.
Japanese: 遠江国引馬荘（静岡県浜松市）は南北朝時代(日本)から吉良氏の領地であったが、駿河国今川氏の侵攻に遭った。
English: The deputies, Sadatsuna OKOCHI and his brother Michitsuna KOMI, had been forming an alliance against the enemy with the Shiba clan.
Japanese: 代官である大河内貞綱・巨海道綱兄弟は斯波氏と結んで、これに対抗していた。
English: However, soon after Yoshitaka succeeded the headship of the family, their stronghold, Hamamatsu-jo Castle, was surrendered to Ujichika IMAGAWA on September 4, 1517, and the deputies both died in the battle.
Japanese: しかし、義堯が家督を継いで間もない永正14年（1517年）8月19日、今川氏親により拠点である浜松城を落とされ揃って戦死。
English: Nobuoki OISHI (1674 to October 15, 1741) was a samurai in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 大石信興（おおいしのぶおき、延宝2年(1674年)-寛保元年9月6日(旧暦)（1741年10月15日））は、江戸時代前期の武士。
English: Later he changed his name to Nobuoki, but it is said that it may be not Nobuoki but Nobutoyo.
Japanese: そのあと信興と名を変えたが、信興ではなく信豊（のぶとよ）だとも言われる。
English: In 1674, he was born as the eldest son of Nobuzumi OISHI (with an annual stipend of 450 Koku of crop yield), who was a vassal of the ASANO family of the Ako clan.
Japanese: 延宝2年（1674年）赤穂浅野家家臣の大石信澄（知行450石）の長男として誕生。
English: However, when the Shinmon was returned in 1702, he withdrew from the alliance as of October 3.
Japanese: しかし、元禄15年（1702年）閏8月の神文返しの際に12日付けで脱盟した。
English: Concerning his withdrawal from the alliance, he and Sezaemon drew the lottery in order to decide which of them would withdraw from the alliance because one of them had to look after their mother, according to anecdotes.
Japanese: この脱盟について自分か瀬左衛門のどちらかは生母の面倒を見ねばならないということで瀬左衛門とくじでどちらが脱盟するか決めたという逸話がある。
English: This Magoshiro OISHI, who was a "disloyal retainer" that did not join the raid, was perhaps the only person that managed to re-enter the government service.
Japanese: この大石孫四郎は、討ち入りに加わらなかった｢不忠臣｣で恐らく唯一再仕官が叶った人物である。
English: Since his cousin Yoshitake OISHI also served the Konoe family, he might have used this connection.
Japanese: 従兄弟の大石良穀も近衛家に仕えていたので、その縁故を頼ったものかもしれない。
English: However, he became a courtier, receiving summons directly from the Emperor's family, and served as an Otsukaiban (a person responsible for order and patrol in the battlefield) for the Imperial Palace, and so on.
Japanese: しかし、天皇家に直接召抱えられて廷臣となり、禁裏御使番などをつとめている。
English: Sanetsura OGIMACHI (August 26, 1720 - October 25, 1802) was Kuge (court noble) of the middle of Edo period.
Japanese: 正親町実連（おおぎまちさねつら、享保5年7月23日(旧暦)（1720年8月26日）-享和2年9月29日(旧暦)（1802年10月25日））は、江戸時代中期の公家。
English: Since some of his older brothers died young and others were adopted into other kuge families, he took over as the head of Ogimachi family.
Japanese: 兄達が若くして死んだり、他の公家に養子に入るなどしたため、正親町家の家督を継いだ。
English: He was promoted through the ranks, successively filling the posts of Sakone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), Ukone no chujo (Middle Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Tanba no suke (assistant governor of Tanba Province), Harima no Gon no suke (provisional vice governor of Harima Province), Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) and so on.
Japanese: その後、逐次昇進して、近衛府、近衛府、丹波国、播磨国、蔵人頭などを歴任した。
English: He won another promotion to Gon Dainagon (a provisional chief councilor of state) in 1756 and remained in office until 1762.
Japanese: さらに宝暦6年（1756年）に大納言となり、宝暦12年（1762年）までつとめた。
English: Tamekata FUJITANI (September 8, 1593 - September 2, 1653) was Kuge (court noble) of the early Edo period.
Japanese: 藤谷為賢（ふじたにためかた、文禄2年8月13日(旧暦)（1593年9月8日）-承応2年7月11日(旧暦)（1653年9月2日））は、江戸時代初期の公家。
English: He was granted authorization to form a new branch of the Kami Reizei family under the name of FUJITANI: another surname of the founder of the family Tamesuke REIZEI.
Japanese: 家祖冷泉為相の別の名字であった藤谷を家名として新しく家を立てることを許された。
English: He took office as Junii Gon Chunagon (Junior Second Rank provisional vice-councilor of state) in 1642, and resigned in 1645.
Japanese: 寛永19年（1642年）に従二位中納言となったが、正保2年（1645年）には職を辞した。
English: Okinaga MATSUI (1582 - 1661) was a person who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period.
Japanese: 松井興長（まついおきなが、天正10年（1582年）-寛文元年（1661年））は、安土桃山時代、江戸時代の人物。
English: Since Shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA was killed in the Eiroku Incident (1565), Yasuyuki MATSUI had been with Yusai HOSOKAWA, and later Yasuyuki became a retainer of Yusai.
Japanese: 将軍足利義輝が永禄の変（永禄8年・1565年）で殺害されると、松井康之は同じく足利将軍家に仕えていた細川幽斎と行動を共にするようになり、その後家臣となった。
English: In the Sengoku period (period of warring states), the Hosokawa family became the feudal lord of Tango Province, and Karo (chief retainer) Yasuyuki was assigned to keep the Matsukura-jo Castle in Tango Province.
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)に細川家は丹後国の領主となり、家老の康之は丹後国松倉城を任せられた。
English: Although Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who recognized the way the Matsui family worked, made an offer Yasuyuki a position of Daimyo (feudal lord) of a half of Iwami Province with 180,000 Goku crop yields, Yasuyuki declined the offer due to his wish to continue to serve the Hosokawa family.
Japanese: 松井一族の働きぶりをみた豊臣秀吉は康之を石見国半国18万石の大名にとりたてると申し出たが、康之はこのまま細川家に仕えることを希望し辞退した。
English: The Hosokawa clan was suspected by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI of being involved in a rebellion of Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 細川氏が豊臣秀吉から関白豊臣秀次の謀反連座の疑いをかけられたのである。
English: Owing to Yasuyuki MATSUI's hard work with regard to demands for the repayment of a debt owed to Hidetsugu and in acting as a matchmaker in seeking a husband for a daughter of Tadaoki (who was married to a relative of Hidetsugu) called Ocho, the situation didn't become serious, though.
Japanese: 秀次からの借銀の返済や、秀次縁者に嫁していた忠興の娘御長（おちょう）差出要求に対して松井康之が奔走し、ことなきを得た。
English: In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Hosokawa family took part in battles in three regions of Sekigahara, Tango Tanabe-jo Castle and Bungo Kitsuki-jo Castle, but Okinaga, following Tadaoki, went on an expedition against Aizu and to the Sekigahara battle field.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでは、細川家は、関ヶ原、丹後田辺城、豊後杵築城と三方面で戦闘したが、興長は忠興に従って会津征伐、関ヶ原の戦いへ赴いた。
English: Due to his injury in an attack on Gifu-jo Castle, he did not take part in the Sekigahara battle.
Japanese: なお、興長は岐阜城攻めで負傷したため、関ヶ原での合戦には参戦していない。
English: While Tadaoki HOSOKAWA became a Daimyo (feudal lord) of Buzen Province and Bungo Province (present Fukuoka Prefecture and part of Oita Prefecture) with over 390,000 Goku crop yields after the war, Yasuyuki MATSUI was assigned to keep the Kitsuki (Kitsuki)-jo Castle in Bungo Province and given a Daimyo-class territory of Five thousands Goku crop yields.
Japanese: 戦後、細川忠興は豊前国・豊後国（現在の福岡県と大分県の一部）39万石余りの大名となったが、戦後、松井康之は豊後国木付（杵築）城を任せられて2万5千石という大名格の領地が与えられた。
English: Sado MATSUI, or Okinaga MATSUI was born in 1582 as the second son of Yasuyuki in Kumihama, Tango Province.
Japanese: 松井佐渡こと松井興長は天正10年（1582年）に丹後国久美浜で康之の二男として生まれた。
English: As his elder brother, Okiyuki was killed in battle in the Japan's Invasion of Korea, he became the heir of the MATSUI family and succeeded to the Matsui family property in 1611 when his father, Yasuyuki went into retirement.
Japanese: 兄松井興之が朝鮮出兵で戦死したため松井家の世子となり、慶長16年（1611年）、父・康之が隠居したのに伴い松井家の家督を相続した。
English: Five autograph letters of Tadataka HOSOKAWA, who was the heir of the Hosokawa family at the time of the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, addressed to Okinaga MATSUI (Shintaro) exist in Matsui Bunko library.
Japanese: 1600年関ヶ原当時に細川家世子であった細川忠隆からの松井興長（新太良）あての自筆書状5通が松井文庫に現存している。
English: When the Hosokawa family was transferred from the fief of Buzen and Bungo provinces to that of Kumamoto Domain, Higo Province in 1632, Okinaga was given a territory of Thirty thousands Goku crop yields in Tamana and Koshi counties.
Japanese: 寛永9年（1632年）、細川家が豊前・豊後から肥後国熊本藩に国替になると、興長には玉名郡・合志郡の内に3万石が与えられた。
English: When the Shimabara Rebellion took place in 1637, he was busily engaged in dispatching arrangements of troops and negotiations with Bakufu and other Domains by the order of Tadatoshi HOSOKAWA, the lord of the Domain, and went into battle leading his own troops of over 3,700 soldiers in the battle of the Hara-jo Castle.
Japanese: 寛永14年（1637年）に島原の乱が起こると、藩主細川忠利の命により派兵の手配、幕府や他藩との交渉に奔走し、翌年の原城の戦いでは、自ら3,700余りの兵を率いて出陣した。
English: After Tadaoki (Sansai) HOSOKAWA who had been the lord of the Yatsushiro-jo Castle died in 1645, Okinaga came to keep the Yatsushiro-jo Castle in 1646.
Japanese: 正保2年（1645年）に八代城主だった細川忠興（三斎）が亡くなると、正保3年（1646年）から興長が八代城を預かることになった。
English: The Yatsushiro-jo Castle remained as an exception of Ikkoku Ichijo Rei (Law of One Castle per Province), and the MATSUI family kept the Castle for generations as the load.
Japanese: 八代城は一国一城令の例外とされて存続し、代々松井家が八代城主を務めた。
English: Okinaga adopted the sixth son of Tadaoki (Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA) as an heir and was given the surname of Nagaoka, another surname of Hosokawa, and assumed the name of Nagaoka-Sado-no-kami.
Japanese: 興長は、忠興の六男（細川寄之）を養嗣子に迎え、細川別姓である長岡姓を賜り、長岡佐渡守と称した。
English: Okinaga supported the Hosokawa Clan by serving four different heads of the clan (Tadaoki HOSOKAWA, Tadatoshi, Mitsunao HOSOKAWA and Tsunatoshi HOSOKAWA) in the years since he first went into battle at the age of 19 in 1600 until his death at the age of 80.
Japanese: 興長は慶長5年（1600）の19歳での初陣以来80歳で亡くなるまで細川忠興、忠利、細川光尚、細川綱利の4代の主君に仕え、細川氏を支えた。
English: The head of the Matsui family can be described as being essentially a daimyo-class lord of the Yatsushiro branch domain who had a stipend of 30,000 koku in Higo Province during his time as a retainer to the Hosokawa family.
Japanese: 松井家は細川家臣でありながら、実質上の肥後八代支藩3万石の大名格藩主であったともいえる。
English: At the Yatsushiro Municipal Museum and the Matsui Bunko library in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, there are many of historical materials of the Matsui family for generations, which survived the air raid in the World War II, and the work is proceeding with these materials
Japanese: 熊本県八代市の八代市立博物館や松井文庫には、第二次世界大戦の空襲を免れた多くの松井家歴代の史料が残されており、研究が進められている。
English: Sosuke (宗輔) NAMIKI (1695 - October 25, 1751; also known as Senryu NAMIKI [the first], Sosuke [宗助] NAMIKI, Senryu TANAKA and Sosuke MATSUYA) was a playwright of Kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors) and Ningyo Joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) in Edo period.
Japanese: 並木宗輔（なみきそうすけ、並木千柳(初代)、並木宗助、田中千柳、松屋宗助、元禄8年（1695年）-寛延4年9月7日(旧暦)（1751年10月25日））は、江戸時代期の歌舞伎、人形浄瑠璃作家。
English: He is well-known as the playwright (co-writer) of the three greatest joruri: "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" (Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy), "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" (Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees) and "Kanadehon Chushingura" (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers).
Japanese: 浄瑠璃の三大傑作『菅原伝授手習鑑』『義経千本桜』『仮名手本忠臣蔵』の作者(共同)として名高い。
English: It is said that he was born in Mihara, Bingo Province (present-day Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture) and was a Buddhist monk of Joju-ji Temple of Rinzaishu sect; but some people say he was born in Osaka and others say Kyoto.
Japanese: 生まれは備後国三原（現在の広島県三原市）で、臨済宗成就寺の僧侶とされるが、大坂、京都出生説もある。
English: He might be a disciple of Ippu NISHIZAWA attached to Toyotakeza Theater, or a disciple of Izumo TAKEDA; opinion is also divided on this point.
Japanese: 豊竹座付の西沢一風の門人、或いは竹田出雲の門人か、とこちらも幾つか説がある。