nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Although killing powerful relatives and vassals happened generally when daimyo in the Sengoku period tried to centralized the power; however, unlike the cases of Nobunaga ODA or Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, Nobutora failed to comb out his vassals and that is why Nobutora is regarded negatively.
Japanese: しかし有力な親族・家臣の殺害は、戦国大名が中央集権化をはかる際に広く行われたことであり、織田信長や豊臣秀吉などの場合と違い家臣の整理に最終的には失敗したため否定的な評価につながったという面がある。
English: Cutting a pregnant woman's belly while alive' was a typical tyrant legend commonly known among the intelligentsia of the era, which was even described in ancient Chinese history books; therefore, we are unable to confirm their credibility.
Japanese: 「妊婦の腹を生きたまま裂く」などというのは古代中国史書にもある当時の知識階級なら誰でも知っていた古典的な暴君伝説であり、信憑性は確かめようがない。
English: Nobutora governed Kai Province and established a strongly centralized system by shifting the Takeda clan from being a shugo daimyo to sengoku daimyo.
Japanese: 甲斐を統一し、武田家を守護大名から戦国大名へと脱皮させ強力な中央集権化を断行した。
English: The coups raised by Harunobu (Shingen) to expel Nobutora was led by the people in the Province who were against the centralized system.
Japanese: 晴信（信玄）による信虎追放のクーデターは、その中央集権化に反発した国人衆主導によるものであった。
English: The Takeda clan was like a leader of a federation consisting of the people in the Province, which is evidenced by the fact that even during the period of Shingen, they continued to use the council system.
Japanese: 武田家は国人の連合盟主のような存在であり、信玄の時代になっても合議制を採用していたのがその証左と言える。
English: Nobutora invited capable ronin shu (masterless samurais) from various districts and they became samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers (so called five wise retainers of Takeda, including Obata, Tada and Haramino).
Japanese: 諸国から有能な浪人衆を招き足軽大将とした（小幡､多田､原美濃等の俗に言う武田の五名臣他）。
English: Also, busho (commanding officer) such as Toratsuna KASUGA (later known as Masanobu KOSAKA) and Kyoraishi Minbu (later known as Nobuharu BABA) who supported the Takeda clan in later days were selected and promoted by Nobutora.
Japanese: また、後の武田家を支える春日虎綱（後の高坂昌信）・教来石民部（後の馬場信春）らの部将も信虎により抜擢されたと思われる。
English: Nobutora took an aggressive diplomatic policy; he welcomed the daughter of a court noble Kinyori SANJO as the wife of his heir Harunobu (Shingen), and promoted a marriage policy and made alliance with the Imagawa clan who had power over the neighboring district.
Japanese: 嫡男・晴信（信玄）に公家の三条公頼の娘を迎え、婚姻政策を展開して今川氏などの近隣勢力と同盟を結ぶなど、積極的な外交政策をとった。
English: This marriage made Harunobu and Kennyo HONGANJI brothers-in-law (Kennyo's wife was the younger sister of Sanjo), which later affected the diplomatic policy of the Takeda clan.
Japanese: この婚姻により晴信と本願寺顕如が義兄弟（顕如の妻は三条氏の妹）の間柄となり、後の武田家の外交政策にも影響を及ぼした。
English: A portrait of Nobutora painted by his son Nobukado TAKEDA still exists, suggesting Nobutora's appearance which was regarded quaint.
Japanese: 息子の武田信廉によって描かれた信虎の肖像画が現存しており、異様とも言われる信虎の風貌を現在に伝えている。
English: Later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI collected the sword from the fire-devastated area, and handed down from Hideyori TOYOTOMI to Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and to the present.
Japanese: 後に豊臣秀吉が焼け跡より回収し、豊臣秀頼より徳川家康に伝わり現在に至る。
English: Masashige KUSUNOKI was a military commander who lived in Kawachi Province from the end of the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
Japanese: 楠木正成（くすのきまさしげ）は、鎌倉時代末期から南北朝時代(日本)にかけての河内の武将。
English: After the betrayal of Takauji, Masashige played a major role in the military of the Restoration and gave his loyalty to the Emperor until his death.
Japanese: 尊氏反抗後新政の軍事主体の主力の一方になり、最後まで勤王をつらぬく。
English: As his father is said to have been Masatoo, Masaharu, Masazumi, Masayasu or Toshichika KUSUNOKI, depending on various genealogical charts, it is not certain who his father was.
Japanese: 父は系図により楠木正遠あるいは正玄、正澄、正康、俊親などと伝え、はっきりしていない。
English: Because there is no geographical name derived from the family name "Kusunoki" in Kawachi Province, some insist that the clan served as low-level official of the Tokuso family of the Hojo clan and moved later to Kawachi (a territory of the Tokuso family of the Hojo clan), but others have different opinions, including one that states that that the clan originally came from Musashi Province (Kanto region).
Japanese: 河内国には楠木姓の由来となるような地名はなく、北条氏得宗家被官の一族で、得宗領の河内へ移ってきたとする説、武蔵国（関東地方）の出身であるとする説などがある。
English: Documents of the Kamijima family "Kamijima-ke bunsho"(a manuscript in the end of the Edo period) was found in the old family in Ueno City, Mie Prefecture, in 1962.
Japanese: 昭和37年（1962年）に三重県上野市の旧家から『上嶋家文書』（江戸時代末期の写本）が発見された。
English: Because there is no historical material proving his birth date and the first half of his life is mostly unknown, there is no one else whose origin is so mysterious as that of Masashige, although he is highly well-known in Japanese history.
Japanese: 生年に関しての確実な史料は存在せず、正成の前半生はほとんど不明で、日本史上きわめて有名でありながら出自がこれほど謎に包まれた人物はほかにいないといわれる。
English: Despite exhaustive efforts by several historians, a true picture of Masashige could only be seen in a period of six years from raising an army in 1331 to committing suicide in Minatogawa in 1336.
Japanese: 様々な歴史家による懸命な研究努力にも拘らず、正成が確かな実像として捉えられるのは、元弘元年の挙兵から建武3年の湊川での自刃までのわずか6年ほどに過ぎない。
English: Because his name was recorded in historical materials in 1331 as 'Hyoenojo KUSUNOKI of Akuto' at wa-wakamatsu-sho in the territory of Rinsen-ji Temple, he is considered to have been a member of a powerful clan that was called 'Akuto' and worked in distribution of quicksilver and others in the area around Kawachi, which was not registered in the record of lower-ranking vassal of the Kamakura shogunate 'Gokenin cho' by Kamakura shogunate.
Japanese: 元弘元年（1331年）臨川寺領和若松荘「悪党楠木兵衛尉」として史料に名を残しており、鎌倉幕府の御家人帳にない河内を中心に付近一帯の水銀などの流通ルートで活動する「悪党」とよばれる豪族であったと考えられている。
English: Since he already had a government post at that time, it is believed that he had served the Imperial Court and had kept contact with Emperor Godaigo or his acquaintances before.
Japanese: また、この時既に官職を帯びていることから、これ以前に朝廷に仕え、後醍醐天皇もしくはその周囲の人物達と接触を持っていたと思われる。
English: As he heard of raising an army of Emperor Godaigo that year, he also raised an army at Shimoakasaka-jo Castle to fight against Jobutsu YUASA (Battle of Akasakajo Castle).
Japanese: この年に後醍醐天皇の挙兵を聞くと下赤坂城にて挙兵し、湯浅定仏と戦う（赤坂城の戦い）。
English: It is believed that the person who introduced Masashige to Emperor Godaigo was Kanemitsu IGA or Monkan, a monk of the Shingon Sect.
Japanese: 後醍醐と正成を結びつけたのは、伊賀兼光、あるいは真言宗の僧である文観と思われる。
English: While Emperor Godaigo was exiled to Okinoshima Island, Masashige and Imperial Prince Morinaga, who fought with him in Yoshino in Yamato Province (present-day Nara Prefecture) and other places, held Kamiakasaka-jo Castle in Kawachi Province and Chihaya-jo Castle, which was a a castle built on a mountain to take advantage of the mountain's topography, built in the middle of Mt. Kongo (Kongo mountainous district), using guerrilla tactics, excrement attack and others, to fight against a huge army of the bakufu.
Japanese: 後醍醐が隠岐島に流罪となっている間にも、大和国（奈良県）の吉野などで戦った護良親王とともに、河内国の上赤坂城や金剛山(金剛山地)中腹に築いた山城、千早城に籠城してゲリラ戦法や糞尿攻撃などを駆使して幕府の大軍を相手に奮戦する。
English: As the success of Masashige and others increased opportunities to overthrow the Shogunate in various regions in 1333, warriors including Takauji ASHIKAGA, Yoshisada NITTA, and Enshin AKAMATSU raised an army to defeat the Kamakura bakufu (Genko War).
Japanese: 元弘3年/正慶2年（1333年）、正成らの活躍に触発されて各地に倒幕の機運が広がり、足利尊氏や新田義貞、赤松円心らが挙兵して鎌倉幕府は滅びた（元弘の乱）。
English: When Emperor Godaigo's Kenmu Restoration started, Masashige served not only as yoriudo at Kirokujo, but also as secretary at Zasso-Ketsudansho and Shugo of Kawachi and Izumi Provinces.
Japanese: 後醍醐天皇の建武の新政が始まると、正成は記録所寄人、雑訴決断所奉行人、河内・和泉国の守護となる。
English: Since Masashige won the deep confidence of Emperor Godaigo in the Kenmu Restoration and the group of Chikamitsu YUKI, Nagatoshi NAWA and Tadaaki CHIGUSA were called 'Sanboku-Isso', it is said that they were 'proud of imperial blessing' (a description from The Record of the Great Peace "Taiheiki").
Japanese: 建武の新政においては正成は後醍醐天皇の絶大な信任を受け、結城親光、名和長年、千種忠顕をあわせて「三木一草」と併称され、「朝恩に誇った」とされる（太平記の記述）。
English: Soon after Masashige had left Kyoto in winter 1334 to defeat the remnants of the Hojo clan, Imperial Prince Morinaga was captured on suspicion of rebellion to be turned over to Takauji ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 建武(日本)元年（1334年）冬、正成が北条氏残党を討つために京を離れた直後、護良親王が謀反の嫌疑で捕縛され、足利尊氏に引き渡された。
English: Because Masashige likely gave up several posts of the Kenmu Government shortly after the capture of Imperial Prince Morinaga, he is considered to have been an important samurai who served warrior-commanders of higher rank 'yoriki' of the Imperial Prince
Japanese: その直後、正成は建武政権の役職の多くを辞職したと見られることから、正成は護良親王の有力与力であったと見られている。
English: As Takauji went to win the Nakasendai War in 1335 and seceded from the Kenmu Government, Yoshisada was ordered to track down and kill Takauji, which resulted in the defeat of Yoshisada in the Battle of Hakone Take no Shita, so the Ashikaga side approached to Kyoto, but Masashige contacted Akiie KITABATAKE and others to expel the Ashikaga side from Kyoto.
Japanese: 建武2年（1335年）の中先代の乱を討伐に向かった尊氏がそのまま新政に離反し、尊氏追討の命を受けた義貞が箱根・竹ノ下の戦いに敗北して足利軍が京へ迫るが、北畠顕家らと連絡して足利方を京より駆逐する。
English: When the Ashikaga's troops established themselves in Kyushu and approached Kyoto again in 1336, Masashige suggested to Emperor Godaigo that the emperor should abandon Yoshisada NITTA to make peace with Takauji, but the Emperor did not accept his opinion, then Masashige advised him to take the second best policy, that is, a temporary withdrawal from Kyoto, which was also rejected.
Japanese: 延元元年/建武3年（1336年）、足利方が九州で軍勢を整えて再び京都へ迫ると、正成は後醍醐天皇に新田義貞を切り捨てて尊氏と和睦するよう進言するが容認されず、次善の策として、一旦天皇の京都からの撤退を進言するがこれも却下される。
English: He was ordered to depart for the front under Yoshisada's command due to the hopeless circumstance, he fought against the army of Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA in the Battle of Minatogawa (present-day Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) to be defeated, so he is said to have stabbed each other with his younger brother Masasue KUSUNOKI.
Japanese: 絶望的な状況下で義貞の麾下での出陣を命じられ、湊川の戦い（兵庫県神戸市）で足利直義の軍と戦い敗れて、弟の楠木正季と刺し違えたとされる。
English: Not only Masashige's son, Masatsura KUSUNOKI, also known as the Younger Lord of Kusunoki 'Sho-Nanko', but also Masatoki KUSUNOKI and Masanori KUSUNOKI took the side of the Southern Court as well as Masashige to fight against the enemy.
Japanese: 正成の息子である小楠公こと楠木正行を筆頭に、楠木正時、楠木正儀らも正成と同じく南朝方について戦った。
English: During the warring period, Masashige's wife, Hisako, left Kawachi (Kannabi Village) after the death of her husband Masashige, her eldest son Masatsura and other family members to live in seclusion in Okunoin, Nagataki kamagatani, Ijira-mura, Mino Province.
Japanese: 正成の妻・久子は、夫・正成、長男・正行らの死後、戦乱の中、河内（甘南備村）を離れ、美濃国伊自良村長滝釜ヶ谷奥の院に隠棲。
English: After Hisako had gained the trust of the people in the area, she named the places after Nagataki, Hirai, Kake, Matsuo and so force in Kannabi in Kawachi Province.
Japanese: 地域の尊信を得て、河内乃国甘南備の字名、長滝、平井、掛、松尾等々を与える。
English: The achievements of Masashige were emphasized in the description contained in the pro-Southern-Court classic "Taiheiki," but in the pro-Ashikaga history book "Baishoron" (Historical tale compiled in 1349) he was described sympathetically.
Japanese: 南朝寄りの古典『太平記』では正成の事跡は強調して書かれているが、足利氏寄りの史書である『梅松論』でさえも同情的な書き方をされている。
English: The reason was that Takauji acknowledged Masashige's integrity and handed back the head of the fallen Masashige to his family in a polite way, saying that they must want to see him, although they might feel sad.
Japanese: 理由は、戦死した正成の首（頭部）を尊氏が「むなしくなっても家族はさぞや会いたかろう」と丁寧に遺族へ返還しているなど、尊氏自身が清廉な彼に一目置いていたためであろう。
English: As his tactics that excelled at present-day guerrilla warfare became prevalent as military science of Kusunoki-ryu style in the Edo period, Shosetsu YUI, a disciple of Masatatsu KUSUNOKI (Fuden KUSUNOKI), who claimed descent from Masashige, also taught the military science of Nagi-ryu style.
Japanese: 今日でいうゲリラ戦的戦法を得意とした正成の戦法は、江戸時代に楠木流の軍学として流行し、正成の末裔と称した楠木正辰（楠木不伝）の弟子だった由井正雪も南木流軍学を講じていた。
English: Koryu Kagemitsu, a sword made by a sword craftsman Kagemitsu, which had been handed on to later generations as his carrying sword (a property of Tokyo National Museum), passed into the possession of Emperor Meiji as his carrying sword through Asaemon YAMADA.
Japanese: 佩刀であったと伝承される小竜景光（東京国立博物館蔵）は、山田浅右衛門の手を経て、明治天皇の佩刀となった。
English: The Meiji Government looked for descendants of Masashige to confer descendants of the meritorious retainer of the Southern Court the dignity of a peerage, but it was not possible even for the state power to identify his direct descendants based on scientific evidence, although many clans throughout the nation claimed descent from the Kusunoki clan.
Japanese: また、明治政府は南朝功臣の子孫にも爵位を授けるため、正成の子孫を探したが、楠木氏末裔を自称する氏族は数多く全国各地に存在したが、学術的根拠の認められる直系子孫は国家権力を以てしても確認することが出来なかった。
English: For this reason none of the Kusunoki clan were raised to the peerage, while descendants of the Nitta, Kikuchi and Nawa clans were baronized.
Japanese: このため、新田氏、菊池氏、名和氏の子孫等は男爵に叙せられたが、楠木氏からは華族に加えられなかった。
English: But descendants of the Kusunoki clan were identified based on scientific evidence at the Dai-Nanko 600th anniversary in 1935, so the Kusunoki family council has been organized at Minatogawa-jinja Shrine and continues to exist.
Japanese: しかし、大楠公600年祭（昭和10年）時には学術的根拠ある楠木氏の子孫が確認され、湊川神社内に楠木同族会が組織されて現在に至っている。
English: Because Masatora KUSUNOKI, who claimed to be a descendent of Masashige, petitioned through a donation that Masashige be pardoned from being named an enemy of the court, he was pardoned by order of Emperor Ogimachi in 1559.
Japanese: 永禄2年（1559年）、正成の子孫と称した楠木正虎が献金により朝敵の赦免を嘆願し、正親町天皇の勅免を受けて朝敵でなくなる。
English: In the Edo period he was revaluated as a loyal subject by imperialistic historians of Mitogaku.
Japanese: また江戸時代には水戸学の尊王思想の史家によって、忠臣として見直された。
English: In the latter half of the Edo period he was often enshrined by advocates of reverence for the Emperor, which led to the foundation of Minatogawa-jinja Shrine, and also, it made a major impact on foundation of Shokon-sha Shrine such as Yasukuni-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 江戸時代後期には尊皇家によって頻繁に祭祀されるようになり、その動きはやがてのちの湊川神社の創建に結実し、他方で靖国神社などの招魂社成立に大きな影響を与えることとなる。
English: After the Southern Court had been legitimatized through the argument on legitimacy of either Northern or Southern Court in the Meiji period, he was called Dai-Nanko and was compared in 'kodan' storytelling and other sources to the genius strategist Zhuge Liang of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
Japanese: 明治になり南北朝正閏論を経て南朝が正統であるとされると大楠公と呼ばれ、講談などでは『三国志演義』の諸葛亮の天才軍師的イメージを重ねて語られる。
English: In the emperor-centered historiography which is based on state Shinto, he was praised as 'an exemplary loyal subject' or 'a true Japanese' who went off to war with a heavy gait, being prepared to die for his cause, so that he was worshiped also in the moral training education.
Japanese: また、皇国史観の下、戦死を覚悟で大義の為に逍遥と戦場に赴く姿が「忠臣の鑑」、「日本人の鑑」として讃えられ、修身教育でも祀られる。
English: As values were changed and the study of medieval history in a historical science progressed after the war, his character as a rebel was emphasized, such that Eiji YOSHIKAWA drew a different image of Masashige from that of prewar times in his book "Shihon Taihei ki".
Japanese: 戦後は価値観の転換と歴史学における中世史の研究が進むと悪党としての性格が強調されるようになり、吉川英治は『私本太平記』の中で戦前までのイメージとは異なる正成像を描いている。
English: This is a song about the parting of Masashige and his son Masatsura, and it was published in June 1899.
Japanese: 楠木正成と息子正行との決別を歌った歌で、1899年（明治32年）6月に発表された。
English: OCHIAI, a scholar of Japanese classical literature and a professor of Daiichi High School (the first old-education-system high school), published the lyrics with a title of 'Sakurai Ketsubetsu' (parting at Sakurai) for the first chapter of the marching song for students with a title of 'Minatogawa.'
Japanese: 国学者で第一高等学校(旧制)教授だった落合は、学校生徒行軍歌「湊川」の第一篇に「桜井決別」として発表した。
English: The severed head of Masashige delivered by order of Takauji ASHIKAGA after the Battle of Minatogawa is entombed there.
Japanese: 湊川の戦いの後、足利尊氏の命によって送り届けられた楠木正成の首級が葬られている。
English: Tacchu-in of Kanshin-ji Temple, which is said to have been reconstructed by Masashige's great-grandfather, Shigeuji KUSUNOKI, is an ancestral temple of the Kusunoki clan.
Japanese: 観心寺塔中院は、正成の曾祖父楠木成氏が再建したと伝えられる、楠木家代々の菩提寺。
English: It is a sessha (auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)) of Takemikumari-jinja Shrine in Chihayaakasaka-mura, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, and the enshrined deity of Nagijinja Shrine is Masashige KUSUNOKI.
Japanese: 大阪府南河内郡千早赤阪村に鎮座する建水分神社の摂社で、祭神は楠木正成。
English: This originates from the fact that a statue of Masashige carved by Emperor Godaigo himself was enshrined there in 1337, and later, Emperor Gomurakami gave the shrine the name 'the deity of Nagijinja Shrine'.
Japanese: 1337年（延元2年/建武4年）に後醍醐天皇により自ら彫刻の正成像が祀られたのが起源であり、後に後村上天皇より「南木（なぎ）明神」の神号を受けた。
English: The grave of Hisako, the wife of Nanko (Masashige KUSUNOKI), is adjacent to the Nana-shajinja Shrine in Nagataki, Yamagata City, Gifu Prefecture, and the characters of "Hachioji-gu Shrine" (literally Eight, King, Temple, Shrine (or Palace)) are engraved on it.
Japanese: 岐阜県山県市長滝にある七社神社横に、八王寺宮と刻まれた楠公夫人久子の墓がある。
English: But it is also said that the wife of Nanko was entombed at Nanpian Kanon-ji Temple of Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect in Tondabayashi City, Osaka Prefecture (former Kannabi Village), which is an ancestral temple of the Kusunoki clan.
Japanese: 楠妣庵観音寺（大阪府富田林市（旧甘南備村）にある臨済宗妙心寺派の寺院で、楠木家の香華寺）も楠公夫人の墓とされる。
English: After Masatsura and Masatoki KUSUNOKI had fallen in the Battle of Shijonawate in 1348, the wife of Masashige made a thatched hut.
Japanese: 正平(日本)3年/貞和4年（1348年）に楠木正行・楠木正時が四條畷の戦いで戦死した後、正成の妻が草庵を建立。
English: After she had called herself Haikyoni (literally, "the defeated nun of mirror") and had prayed to Buddha for the happiness of the dead members of the Kusunoki clan, she left there in the period of war to live in seclusion in Okunoin, Nagataki kamagatani, Ijira-mura, Mino Province.
Japanese: 敗鏡尼と称して、楠木一族郎党の菩提を弔った後、戦乱の中、この地を離れ、美濃乃国伊自良村長滝釜ヶ谷奥の院に隠棲。
English: After Hisako (her birth name was Minamie) had gained the trust of the people in the area, she named some places in Ijira after Nagataki, Hirai, Kake or Matsuo of her birthplace Kannabi Village.
Japanese: 地域の尊志を得て、久子（旧姓・南江）の生地甘南備村の字名、長滝、平井、掛、松尾等を伊自良に与えた。
English: The Kannabi-jinja Shrine in Okunoin deifies Minu no Okimi, the father of TACHIBANA no Moroe, who is believed to be the forefather of the Kusunoki clan.
Japanese: 奥の院にある甘南備神社は、楠木家の遠祖と称える橘諸兄の父、美努王（みぬのおおきみ）を祀る。
English: According to a legend of Kannabi Village, Hisako, the wife of Masashige KUSUNOKI, went on a pilgrimage with a statue of the Kannon as a small portab;e statue of Buddha, but she did not know when to stop.
Japanese: 甘南備村の口碑には、楠木正成夫人久子は、観音像を念持仏にして、行脚に出たが、終わるところ知らずとある。
English: The main reason for her visit there appears that she followed the track of Yoshisuke WAKIYA, who was a younger brother of Yoshisada NITTA, succeeded to the commander after death of his brother, got defeated in Hokuriku region, also got defeated in the last battle, i. e., the Battle of Neo-jo Castle, with a pro-Southern-Court group of Mino, avoided the headquarters of the Northern Court in Motosu District in lower reach of Neo-gawa River, fled to Ijira with the vassals of Jirozaemon IJIRA, who fought with him, and finally went back to Yoshino.
Japanese: 楠公夫人がこの地に訪れた最大の理由は、新田義貞亡き後、その弟の脇屋義助が大将となり、北陸で破れ、美濃の南朝一派と共に、最後の根尾城の戦いでも破れ、根尾川の下流、本巣地区の北朝の根城を避け、一緒に戦った伊自良次郎左衛門の家臣と共に、伊自良に流れ、吉野に帰ったその経路に従ったものと思われる。
English: The main enshrined deities of the shrine is Masashige KUSUNOKI (Dai-Nanko), while the divine spirits of his son Masatsura KUSUNOKI (Sho-Nanko), sixteen clan members and Takeyoshi KIKUCHI who fell in the Battle of Minatogawa are enshrined as associated deity.
Japanese: 楠木正成（大楠公）の神霊を主祭神とし、子息の楠木正行（小楠公）および湊川の戦いで斃れた一族十六柱と菊池武吉の神霊を配祀。
English: It was founded as a shrine in 1872, i.e., relatively recently.
Japanese: 神社として創建されたのは比較的新しく、明治5年（1872年）のこと。
English: The gravestone "A tomb of loyal subject Nanshi" was erected by Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA at the graveyard that had existed before the foundation of the shrine.
Japanese: 神社創建以前から存在した墓所には、徳川光圀によって墓碑「嗚呼忠臣楠子之墓」が建立されている。
English: The precincts of the shrine contain not only the graveyard but also the place where he is said to have committed suicide with his family members in the Battle of Minatogawa (some disagree with this opinion).
Japanese: 湊川の戦いで楠木正成が一族郎党と共に自害したとされる戦没地（異説あり）と、墓所の両方を境内地に含んでいる。
English: A tower was built in 1940 at the former site of the fort of Joshinji Temple (auxiliary fort of Kamiakasakajo Castle) by donations from pupils, students, teachers and others throughout the country to mark the 600th anniversary of his death.
Japanese: 没後600年を記念して、昭和15年（1940年）に全国の児童学生や教職員等の募金により浄心寺塞（上赤坂城支塞）跡に建てられた記念塔。
English: "Nanko ubuyu no ido," which is said to be a water well for Nanko's first bath, is a few minutes walk away from his birthplace.
Japanese: 生誕の地から徒歩数分のところに「楠公産湯の井戸」とされる井戸がある。
English: Minnan Eisai (also pronounced Yosai) was also called Yojobo, and his shi (a posthumous name) was Senkokokushi.
Japanese: 明菴栄西（みんなんえいさい・ようさい、諡は千光国師、葉上（ようじょう）房とも称した。
English: He (May 27, 1141 - July 2, 1215) was the founder of a Buddhism religious sect, Rinzai sect, and kaisan (founder of a temple as the first chief priest) of Kennin-ji Temple.
Japanese: 永治元年4月20日(旧暦)（1141年5月27日）-建保3年7月5日(旧暦)（1215年7月2日））は、仏教宗派・臨済宗の開祖、建仁寺の開山。
English: He was born in 1141, the child of Sadato KAYO, Gonnegi (general staff of a shrine) of Kibitsu no miya (present Kibitsu-jinja Shrine in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture).
Japanese: 永治元年（1141年）吉備津宮（現在の岡山県岡山市、吉備津神社(岡山市)）の権禰宜賀陽貞遠の子として誕生。
English: In "Kishi Kezu" (a family tree of the Ki clan) ("Zoku-Gunsho Ruiju" Book (Book of The Library of Historical Documents, Continued)), an anecdote stated the heresy that he was the child of KI no Sueshige, the younger brother of Chogen.
Japanese: 『紀氏系図』（『続群書類従』本）には異説として紀季重の子・重源の弟とする説を載せている。
English: However, this anecdote arose because Chogen dedicated himself to reconstructing Kibitsu no miya and Eisai succeeded to the position of Daikanjin (priest to collect contributions) at Todai-ji Temple where Chogen worked, so it was not considered an historical fact.
Japanese: しかし、これは重源が吉備津宮の再興に尽くしたことや重源が務めていた東大寺勧進職を栄西が継いだことから生じた説であり、史実ではないと考えられている。
English: It was told that he read "Kusharon" (sutra of the Kusha sect) and "Basharon" (the Discourse on the Ten Stages) at the age of eight in 1148.
Japanese: 久安4年（1148年）8歳で『倶舎論』、『婆沙論』を読んだと伝えられる。
English: After that, he received his education and learned Esoteric Buddhism of the Tendai Sect at Enryaku-ji Temple, Anyo-ji Temple in Kibi Province, and Daisen-ji Temple in Hoki Province (Daisen-cho, Saihaku-gun, Tottori Prefecture).
Japanese: 以後、延暦寺、吉備国安養寺、伯耆国大山寺(鳥取県西伯郡大山町)などで天台宗の教学と密教を学ぶ。
English: He studied in the Southern Sung Dynasty in 1168 when he became tired of the Nihon Tendai sect, which had lost substance.
Japanese: 仁安(日本)3年（1168年）形骸化した日本天台宗に嫌気し、南宋に留学。
English: He requested to visit India to preach Buddhism but could not get permission, so he studied under Kian Ejo at Mannen-ji Temple at Mt. Tendai.
Japanese: 仏法辿流のためインド渡航を願い出るが許可されず、天台山万年寺の虚庵懐敞に師事。
English: The Zen sect by himself and Dainichibo Nonin flourished in 1194, so he was rejected by the Tendai sect and an imperial proclamation was issued on prohibition of the Zen sect.
Japanese: 建久5年（1194年）彼や大日房能忍の禅宗が盛んになり、天台宗からの排斥を受け、禅宗停止が宣下される。
English: He erected Shofuku-ji Temple (Fukuoka City) in Hakata in 1195 and made it the first Zen dojo (training hall) in Japan.
Japanese: 建久6年（1195年）博多に聖福寺(福岡市)を建立し、日本最初の禅道場とする。
English: Eisai received Injin (mystagogy certificates a Buddhist priest awards his followers) of the Shingon sect and blended in existing power and tried to make a feint.
Japanese: 栄西は自身が真言宗の印信を受けるなど、既存勢力との調和、牽制を図った。
English: It preached that Zen was not for denying the existing religious sects, and that it was important for revival of Buddhism.
Japanese: 禅が既存宗派を否定するものではなく、仏法復興に重要であることを説く。
English: From then, he was involved in the power of the bakufu and the Imperial Court and made efforts to promote the Zen sect by using this power.
Japanese: 以後、幕府や朝廷の権力に取り入り、それを利用して禅宗の振興に努めた。
English: Especially, Eisai drew stringent criticism for engaging in the Daishi-go Ryo-go movement by steering the bakufu.
Japanese: 特に栄西が幕府を動かし、大師猟号運動を行ったことは大きな非難を浴びた。
English: However, Jien of Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect) insulted Eisai as 'the incarnation of conceit in Buddhism' in "Gukansho" (Jottings of a Fool).
Japanese: しかし、天台座主慈円は『愚管抄』で栄西を「増上慢の権化」と罵っている。