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English: He proceeded the maintenance of the castle town and built the fundamental patterns of present Tatsuno City.
Japanese: その後、城下町の整備も進め、現在のたつの市（旧龍野市）の原型を作り上げた。
English: Other than that, he dedicated himself to develop the Tatsuno Domain by encouraging the production of 'light-colored soy sauce,' which is still one of the special local products in Tatsuno City.
Japanese: その他、現在もたつの市の名産である「薄口醤油」の生産を奨励するなど龍野藩の発展に尽くす。
English: In 1683, Yasumasa requested the bakufu to change his treatment from tozama to fudai because his family home was the Hotta clan, fudai daimyo, then he became 'a quasi fudai daimyo.'
Japanese: 天和(日本)3年（1683年）、安政は実家が譜代大名・堀田氏であることを理由として外様から譜代へ扱いを変えてもらうよう幕府に申請し、「願譜代」となる。
English: KO no Moroyo (year of birth unknown - April 1, 1351) was a Japanese military commander who lived during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
Japanese: 高師世（こうのもろよ、?-正平(日本)6年/観応2年2月26日(旧暦)（1351年3月24日））は、南北朝時代(日本)の武将。
English: When his uncle KO no Moronao temporarily resigned as a steward of the Ashikaga clan due to a conflict with Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA, Moroyo was appointed Moronao's replacement by Takauji ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 足利直義と対立した叔父の高師直が一時執事を辞職した際、足利尊氏に後任の執事に任命された。
English: The Kanno Disturbance occurred shortly after that, and Moroyo fought against Tadayoshi together with Moronao and Moroyasu led by Takauji, but they eventually lost.
Japanese: まもなく観応の擾乱が勃発すると、師直・師泰と共に尊氏を擁し直義と戦ったが敗れた。
English: Moroyo entered the priesthood with Moronao and Moroyasu when Takauji and Tadayoshi became reconciled to each other, but he and other family members including Moronao and Moroyasu were killed by the Uesugi clan at Mukogawa.
Japanese: 尊氏と直義が和睦すると師直・師泰らと共に出家するが、武庫川において師直・師泰ら一族と共に上杉氏に殺害された。
English: Yoshimitsu SHIBUKAWA (year of birth unknown - March 30, 1573) was a Japanese military commander who lived during the Sengoku period (period of Warring States).
Japanese: 渋川義満（しぶかわよしみつ、生年不詳-元亀4年2月17日(旧暦)（1573年3月20日））は、戦国時代(日本)の武将。
English: This name was created by combining the character of 義, which was the tsuji (distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage) of the Shogun family, and 満, which was the tsuji of the Shibukawa clan, and was given to Yoshimitsu as a henki (name including one character of the name of a shogun or a daimyo).
Japanese: 将軍家の通字の義の字に渋川氏の通字・満の字を合わせて偏諱として受けたもの。
English: The Shibukawa clan was a branch family of the Ashikaga clan, and additionally, the lawful wife of Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, the second Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), was from this clan.
Japanese: 渋川氏は足利氏の支流であるばかりでなく、室町幕府2代将軍足利義詮の正室の生家でもあった。
English: In addition to the Kira clan and the Shiba clan, they were also a distinguished clan among Ashikaga families who was treated as one of the Shogun families.
Japanese: 吉良氏や斯波氏同様、足利氏一門の中でも将軍家の家族として遇された名門である。
English: It is said that Yoshimitsu was under the protection of the Mori clan because of this family linkage, but there is no evidence that he was a vassal of the Mori clan, and he kept the family honor of a distinguished family as one of the Shogun families.
Japanese: この縁から毛利氏の保護下にあったらしいが家臣としての記録はなくあくまで将軍家一門の名族として家名を保った。
English: The influence of the clan became weaker after his death, and his death can be said to have been the end of the Shibukawa clan as a distinguish clan.
Japanese: 勢力振るわず名族としての渋川氏は義満の死を以って消滅したといってよい。
English: The "Geihan Tsushi" (general prefectural historical book of Aki Province) mentions a person named Shinemon as his son and the book says he became a farmer, but it is not certain whether it is true or not.
Japanese: 『芸藩通志』には子として新衛門なる人物が見え、帰農したとされるが真偽は不明である。
English: His daughter went to the Reizei clan, who was a branch clan of the Ouchi clan (a former Shugo [provincial constable]) and was a vassal of the Mori family, through the intermediation of Terumoto MORI.
Japanese: 息女は毛利輝元の仲介で旧守護・大内氏の庶家にて毛利家臣・冷泉氏に嫁した。
English: Yamakuma no Okimi (year of birth unknown - January 724) was an Imperial family member who lived from the end of Asuka period to the beginning of the Nara period.
Japanese: 山前王（やまくまのおおきみ、生年不詳-養老7年12月（723年12月））は飛鳥時代末期から奈良時代初期にかけての皇族である。
English: The father of Yamakuma no Okimi was a son of Emperor Tenmu and he had many younger brothers, but he was in obscurity during the reign of Empress Jito because he had few opportunities to play an active part in political affairs (some people believe this was because Empress Jito disliked him).
Japanese: 父は天武天皇の皇子では比較的年長でありながら、持統朝では活躍の場を与えられず、不遇をかこった（持統天皇に嫌われていたとの意見がある）。
English: In the reign of Emperor Monmu, he was promoted to the Daijo-daijin (Grand minister of state) because of his great work in the establishment of the Taiho Ritsuryo (Taiho Code), but he died in 705.
Japanese: 文武朝において、漸く大宝律令の制定に功を上げ、太政大臣に出世したが、慶雲2年（705年）に薨去する。
English: However, as he lost his father before he reached a mature age and he had no political supporter, he eventually did not play an active role in politics and he died in 723 without a promotion from Jushiinoge.
Japanese: しかし父が比較的早く亡くなり、後ろ盾もいなかった為か政治的には奮わず、従四位下のまま養老7年（723年）に薨去。
English: In addition to other Imperial family members descended from Emperor Tenmu who were involved in a succession of political disputes, he also disappeared from history's center stage.
Japanese: 相次ぐ政争に巻き込まれた他の天武天皇系皇族同様歴史から姿を消す事となる。
English: Born on April 23, 1664 as the first son of Tanemasa KUTSUKI, the first lord of the Domain (then the second lord of Tsuchiura Domain in Hitachi Province).
Japanese: 寛文4年（1664年）3月27日、初代藩主（当時は常陸国土浦藩の第2代藩主）・朽木稙昌の長男として生まれる。
English: On August 11, 1708, he took over as head of the family and became the second lord of the Domain due to his father's retirement, and gave a territory of 3,000 koku to his younger brother, Taneharu KUTSUKI.
Japanese: 宝永5年（1708年）6月25日、父の隠居で家督を継いで第2代藩主となり、弟の朽木稙治に3000石を分与した。
English: He was born on December 13, 1665, as the second son of the first lord Tanemasa KUTSUKI (at that time the second lord of the Tsuchiura Domain in Hitachi Province).
Japanese: 寛文5年（1665年）11月7日、初代藩主（当時は常陸国土浦藩の第2代藩主）・朽木稙昌の次男として生まれる。
English: Because he had an older brother Tanemoto, he had no right to succession, but in 1694 he was assigned to Nakaoku kosho (a page who works for shogun in his castle) of Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA, the fifth shogun of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and was later promoted to the chief of the bodyguard of the shogun.
Japanese: 兄の稙元がいたため相続権は無く、元禄7年（1694年）に江戸幕府第5代将軍・徳川綱吉の中奥小姓に任じられ、後に小姓組番頭に栄進した。
English: However, in 1726 his nephew and the third lord of the Domain Uetsugu KUTSUKI (the lord of Fukuchiyama Domain) (Uemoto's son) died young, so he succeeded to the family estate of the head family and became the fourth lord.
Japanese: しかし享保11年（1726年）に甥で第3代藩主の朽木稙綱(福知山藩主)（稙元の子）が早世したため、本家の家督を継いで第4代藩主となる。
English: But he was already so old and had no biological sons, so Taneharu adopted his younger brothers, Masamitsu KUTSUKI (朽木昌充) and Michitsuna KUTSUKI.
Japanese: しかしすでに老齢の上、実子も無かったため、稙治は弟の朽木昌充や朽木迪綱を養子に迎えた。
English: However, as the younger brothers died one after another, he adopted Tsunasada KUTSUKI, Michitsuna's son, but disinherited him not only because Tsunasada was in poor health but also he was on bad terms with Taneharu, then he adopted Totsuna KUTSUKI from the Iwamura Domain of Mino Province and retired on December 23, 1728, giving him the family estate.
Japanese: しかし弟たちが相次いで死去したため、迪綱の子・朽木綱貞を養子に迎えたが、綱貞が病弱な上に不和になったため廃嫡し、美濃国岩村藩から朽木玄綱を養子として迎え、享保13年（1728年）11月23日に家督を譲って隠居した。
English: He was born on October 13, 1709, as the fifth son of Noritada MATSUDAIRA, the third lord of the Iwamura Domain in Mino Province.
Japanese: 宝永6年（1709年）9月11日、美濃国岩村藩の第3代藩主・松平乗紀の五男として生まれる。
English: In 1727 he became an adopted child of Taneharu KUTSUKI, the fourth lord of the Fukuchiyama Domain.
Japanese: 享保12年（1727年）、福知山藩の第4代藩主・朽木稙治の養子となる。
English: On December 23, 1728, as Taneharu retired, he became the fifth lord succeeding to the family estate.
Japanese: 享保13年（1728年）11月23日、稙治が隠居したため、家督を継いで第5代藩主となる。
English: As for administration of the domain, due to the Great Famine of Kyoho of 1732, a riot called the Direct Petition of Kyoho occurred in 1734, which lcaused confusion in the Domain.
Japanese: 藩政では享保17年（1732年）、享保の大飢饉が原因で、享保19年（1734年）に享保の強訴と呼ばれる騒動が起こり、藩内は混乱した。
English: Furthermore, when it comes to a matter of his successor, a party who supported Tsunasada KUTSUKI, Taneharu's adopted son, confronted Totsuna who wanted to support his own son, but Totsuna, as originally adopted from the Ogyu Matsudaira family, had no supportes and accepted to adopt Tsunasada.
Japanese: さらに後継者問題でも、稙治の養子だった朽木綱貞を擁立する一派と自らの子を擁立したい玄綱が対立し、もともと大給松平家から養子として入った玄綱には後ろ盾が無く、綱貞を養子に迎えている。
English: He was born on July 4, 1643, as the oldest son of Tanetsuna KUTSUKI (the third son of Mototsuna KUTSUKI), the first lord of the Tsuchiura Domain.
Japanese: 寛永20年（1643年）5月19日、土浦藩の初代藩主・朽木稙綱（朽木元綱の三男）の長男として生まれる。
English: In 1660 his father died, so the next year he succeeded to the family estate and became the second lord of the Tsuchiura Domain.
Japanese: 万治3年（1660年）に父が死去したため、翌年に家督を継いで土浦藩の第2代藩主となる。
English: In September 1669, he was ordered to change his territory with additonal properties of 5,000 koku, totalling 32,000 koku, into the Fukuchiyama Domain in Tanba Province.
Japanese: 寛文9年（1669年）9月、5000石加増の3万2000石で丹波福知山藩に加増移封された。
English: However, the financial situation of the Domain was deteriorated due to the expenses for the moving, natural disasters, and so on, then in 1691 he conducted hanch (reducing emplyees' payment into half) of enfeoffment for his vassals for five years.
Japanese: しかし移封のための出費、天災などにより藩財政が悪化し、元禄4年（1691年）には5ヵ年にわたる家臣の知行の半知を行なっている。
English: On August 11, 1708, he retired, giving the family estate to his oldest son Tanemoto.
Japanese: 宝永5年（1708年）6月25日、家督を長男の稙元に譲って隠居する。
English: Masaki KANEKO (year of birth and death unknown) was a Japanese military commander who lived from the Sengoku period (period of Warring States) to the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Japanese: 金子政熙（かねこまさき、生没年不詳）は戦国時代(日本)・安土桃山時代の武将。
English: The Kaneko clan had Kaneko, Iruma County, Musashi Province (present-day Kaneko, Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture) as their territory for generations, and they followed Ujiteru HOJO, who was the lord of Hachioji-jo Castle owned by the Gohojo clan, during the Sengoku period.
Japanese: 金子氏は代々武蔵国入間郡金子（埼玉県入間市金子）を領しており、戦国時代には後北条氏の八王子城の北条氏照に従っていた。
English: After the Gohojo clan became extinct due to the Siege of Odawara in 1590, Masaki became a vassal of Kagekatsu UESUGI.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）の小田原の役で後北条氏が滅亡すると上杉景勝に属した。
English: However, he became a masterless samurai when the territory of Kagekatsu was reduced due to the Conquest of Aizu conducted by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA in 1600.
Japanese: しかし慶長5年（1600年）の徳川家康による会津征伐によって、景勝の領地が削減されたとき浪人の身となった。
English: Kanetane HIRATA (December 31, 1799 – October 25, 1880) was a scholar of ancient Japanese literature and culture.
Japanese: 平田銕胤（ひらたかねたね、1799年12月31日（寛政11年12月6日(旧暦)）-1880年（明治13年）10月25日）は、日本の国学。
English: He was the first son of Emohachi MIDORIKAWA, a feudal retainer of the Niiya clan (Kita County) and a liegeman of Okuranoshoyu (junior assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance) Kato, and he called himself Atsuma.
Japanese: 喜多郡新谷藩士・加藤大蔵少輔家来・碧川衛門八の長子で篤眞（あつま）と称す。
English: He entered Ibukinoya School, and by his influence, his brother Yoshihisa MIDORIKAWA also formally entered the same school in May 1822 (according to the old lunar calendar)
Japanese: 兄の影響を受け文政5年5月には弟の碧川好尚（みどりかわよしひさ）が氣吹舎に正式に入門をしている。
English: On January 15,1824 (according to the old lunar calendar), Atsuma (Kanetane) was adopted by Atsutane HIRATA, a famous scholar of ancient Japanese literature and culture, got married to Atsutane's daughter Oteu (later she called herself Orise), and changed his name to Atsusane, calling himself Kuranosuke (later he called himself Daigaku), then, he practically became the successor to Atsutane.
Japanese: 文政7年1月15日、兄である篤眞(鐡胤)は縁により国学者平田篤胤翁の養子となり、篤胤の娘おてう（後に織瀬と改名した）と結婚し、名を篤実（あつさね）、通称内蔵助（くらのすけ）のちに大角（だいがく）と改め、篤胤の後継者となる。
English: In 1868 (the first year of the Meiji period), he was appointed to Jingikan Hanji (judge of the department of worship) and Jiko (teacher) of Emperor Meiji; later he became Daigaku Daihakusi (senior doctor of college), then finally became Daikyosei (the highest-ranking post of the department of worship).
Japanese: 明治元年、神祇官判事に任じられ、明治天皇の侍講となり、ついで大學大博士に進み、大教正となる。
English: He left many works including "Daigaku-kun Goichidai Ryakuki" (Short Story of Great Daigaku-kun's Life), "Norito Seikun" (Correct Reading for Prayers), "Kiyosohan-sho, Honkyo-doto-den" (The Controversial Study, Orthodox Line of the Moral Teachings), and "Konote-gashiwa" (Konote-oak).
Japanese: 著書に『大壑君御一代略記』『祝詞正訓』『毀誉相半書本教道統傳』『児の手かしハ』その他がある。
English: He cleared off all the enormous debts that Atsutane had accumulated while he had been alive, and worked hard to popularize Kodo (ancient method, ancient moral teachings and the way of learning).
Japanese: 篤胤が生前に残した多額の借財をすべて返済し、ひたすら古道の普及と顕彰に努めた。
English: Kanetane devoted his life to studying and worked hard for which he obtained a lot of endowments as a scholar; he was a good-tempered person, disliked arousing rivalry, earnestly devoted himself to close examinations, and never neglected his duties.
Japanese: 鐵胤の人物は温厚・学者肌・学問一筋の勉学家であり、人と競わず緻密で物事をおろそかにせず、生一本の人であった。
English: At the age of eight, he learned how to write; at the age of 10, began to read basic Chinese literature; at the age of 15, celebrated his coming of age; at about the age of 20, he began to learn ancient Japanese literature and became attached to "Kokin Wakashu" (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry) by the influence of his teacher, besides, he knew Norinaga MOTOORI, a great scholar of ancient Japanese literature and culture, through his works, and became interested in such studies.
Japanese: 彼は八歳にして手習いを始め、十歳には書を学び素読を習い、十五歳で元服、二十歳頃には和学を学び、其の師の指導により古今和歌集にしたしみ、やがて本居宣長の存在を読書によって知り国学に関心を抱くようになった。
English: In the summer of 1820, a shopkeeper of a bookshop introduced Kanetane to Atsutane HIRATA's works including "Tama no Mihashira" (Concept of Afterlife), "Koshi Seibun" (Early History) and "Koshicho" (Clarification of Early History), then he grew a longing for the study of Japanese Kodo.
Japanese: 文政3年夏に、書肆の主人の紹介で、篤胤の『霊能真柱』『古史成文』『古史徴』その他に目を通し皇国に伝わる古道の学に憧憬思慕した。
English: Later, on May 15, 1822 (according to the old lunar calendar), by his influence, his brother Yoshihisa (at the age of 16) also took the oath as student and entered Ibukinoya School (Hirata school).
Japanese: その後、文政5年5月15日に兄の影響により16歳になった実弟の好尚が誓詞を提出して氣吹舎(平田塾)に入門している。
English: Like his brother, Yoshihisa studied hard with a deep longing for Kodo; later he edited and published one of their teacher's literary remains "Daido Wakumon" (Studies on the Great Kodo), besides, in 1855, he wrote "Keiko Yoryaku", the summary of the volume of Jindai (the period of gods), which was his teacher's work, as well as "Jinmu Enkaku-ko" (Studies on the History of the First Emperor Jinmu).
Japanese: 兄同様弟も求道の念篤く学問好きで後に師の遺著『大道或問』を編集して上梓し、安政2年には自ら神代巻を大要した『稽古要略』『神武沿革考』を著している。
English: Yoshihisa was one of the leading disciples of Ibukinoya School and wrote the prefaces of his teacher's works such as "Sanshinzan Yoko" (Additional Study on the Three Mysterious Mountains of China) and "Daido Wakumon".
Japanese: また「三神山餘考」や「大道或問」など師の著作の序文も記しているが、篤胤門下平田塾に於ける高弟の一人でもある。
English: Their teacher, Atsutane often told his students 'the plans of the gods are unforeseen', however, presumably, he really hadn't been able to foresee that his student Atsuma MIDORIKAWA from Iyo Province would get married to his daughter Oteu (her real name was Chieko) and later change his name to Daigaku HIRATA after being adopted into the Hirata family, and become the successor to his family.
Japanese: 「神のお計らいは不測である」とは篤胤が弟子達に常々申し述べていたことではあるが、伊予出身の碧川篤眞が入門から二年後に平田大角と改称し、娘お長（千枝子）の婿養子になり平田家の跡目を継ぐようになるとは、さすがの彼も予見できなかったようである。
English: Whether it was the gods' plan or not, after Atsutane died, Kanetane (by that time he had changed his name to Daigaku) committed the continuation of Atsutane's "Koshi-den" (Annotation of Early History) to Harumichi YANO from Iyo Province, who had entered the school after Atsutane had died and eventually completed "Koshi-den"; besides that, Kanetane worked hard to popularize Kodo by increasing the number of students and teaching the doctrine of the classical Shinto, and succeeded in propagating the thoughts that his father-in-law and his teacher, Atsutane had left.
Japanese: 篤胤逝去後に同郷の死後の門人矢野玄道が、大角の依頼により未完の古史伝を完成させたのも奇しき巡り合わせであり、古道普及の為に東奔西走しては門人の拡張や復古神道の教義普及に努め、父であり師でもある篤胤の遺教を普く宣布した。
English: What's more, following Atsutane's death, Kanetane had to manage the household that had been treated a little irresponsibly, cleared off the enormous debts, and surprisingly made a fortune for the Hirata family.
Japanese: また鐵胤は篤胤の死後、放漫な家政を整理し莫大な借金の返済を成し遂げたのみならず、平田家の財を築き上げるに至った。
English: His wife, Atsutane's daughter Orise (Chieko) seemed to have been helping him always, but keeping herself in the background.
Japanese: その蔭には、銕胤の妻で実の娘織瀬こと千枝子の内助の功があったと言う。
English: Kanetane's father-in-law and teacher, Atsutane HIRATA, left a fragment of "Koshi-den"; volumes 1 to 28 had already been finished, however, volumes 29 and 30 had been left halfway, and volume 31 onwards hadn't been written.
Japanese: 父であり師でもある亡き篤胤の未完の古史伝は、28巻迄出来上がり29巻～30巻の一部は書きかけで、それ以降は手付かずの状態であった。
English: At first, Kanetane hoped Nobutane, his oldest son would be the next successor to Hirata's school, and complete the work, however, Nobutane died at the age of 45 on 24th January 1872, so he had to look for another suitable scholar for the work.
Japanese: 当初銕胤は学統を継承する長男の延胤に古史伝の完成を所望していたが、明治5年正月廿四日に45歳で逝去した為、苦渋の選択をせざるを得なかつた。
English: Unlike normal works, "Koshi-den" was the annotation of the history of Jindai and demanded deep understanding from the writer, so Kanetane deliberated on who was the most suitable person for a long time, and finally, among his school students, chose Harumichi YANO, a student of great talent from Ozu clan (Iyo Province).
Japanese: 普通の著書と異なり神代史解釈であるが故に、熟慮に熟慮を重ねた末に、平田門下の逸材の一人でもある大洲の矢野玄道に白羽の矢をたてた。
English: Initially Harumichi politely refused the request, however, for Kanetane's repeated requests with all eagerness, at last he accepted it.
Japanese: 最初は鄭重に断った玄道であったが、三顧の礼を尽くす銕胤の熱意に、ついに承諾する事となる。
English: One of the reasons why Harumichi accepted the request is that he received a strange message from his deceased teacher, Atsutane, in a dream.
Japanese: その原因の一つに、師篤胤から不思議な知らせを夢で受け取ったからだと言われている。
English: The following is the letter that Kanetane wrote requesting Harumichi to complete the book; the passages are extracted from the article 'the continuation of Koshi-den' of "Yano Hiromichi" (edited by Taro YANO, published in 1933).
Japanese: では、その依頼文書簡を、矢野太郎編『矢野玄道』S8年版、古史伝の続修より抜粋する。
English: While our teacher was still alive, I assisted him in writing a few of his works, however, because of my limited talents, some drafts haven't been completed and some works have been left halfway.
Japanese: 右は先人著述の事、在世中に自分は存分に出来候も数部之有り候へども、又名目ばかりにて、稿本成らざるものあり、又半端にして余義なく打ち置きたるもあり。
English: He left only the first draft, so we hesitated to print it at first, however, for all the students' earnest requests, we eventually printed volume 1 to 28, as you already know; we have also edited paragraphs 144 to 150, so those are going to be printed soon as volumes 29 and 30, although the dates are still to be arranged.
Japanese: 然れば古史伝は全く初稿のままにて行き届かず、中々以って上木致すには之無きに候へ共、門人中一同の懇願に付き、差し置き難く上木を初め、第廿八巻まで刻成り申し候段、御見聞の通りに御座候、さて古史成文第百四十四段より第百五十段迄は、大抵草稿出来居り候間、即ち古史伝第廿九巻、三十巻、以上二巻として未定ながら、近々上木仕えまつり候筈に候。
English: The problem is that our teacher left no draft from paragraph 151 in which Hosuseri no Mikoto (one of the ancient Japanese gods) changed his destination, to the last paragraph 165.
Japanese: さて成文第百五十一段・火須勢理命御幸がえの処より、巻末百六十五段迄は、草稿少しも之無く候。
English: You know I do not have much talent, so I couldn't write it; of course, following our teacher's will, my son Nobutane made some effort, however he was a bad son and died, so now we are helplessly sitting and watching our teacher's uncompleted work.
Japanese: 拙老儀は兼ねて御見分け候はむ、不学不才、とても著述は出来申さず、その内先人遺言も之有り、延胤義は少々心がけ候へども、存外不孝致し、何共仕方之無く、当惑至極に罷り在り事にござ候。
English: I understand that you are very busy with your own studies and work, however, there is not other talented person among the students that complete this book, so I earnestly request you to write the annotation from paragraph 151 to the end of the book.
Japanese: 貴君御事、ご自身御著述御多端なる御事は十分御察し申し居り候へ共、御門人中に、差当り外に御依頼致す可き御仁之無く候間、なにとぞ右第百五十一段より末迄の所、御註解成し下されたく御頼み申し候。
English: I am sorry to trouble you, but as to the details, Hayao FUKAMI would explain to you.
Japanese: 猶委曲の義は、深見速雄主より、御頼み申し上げ被らる可く申し上げ候間、御承引下さる可く候。
English: Since our teacher originally intended to write "Koshi" (Early History) to the period of Emperor Suiko, we would like to accomplish the annotation as well, so I wrote you this letter; I do ask you again to consider approving my request.
Japanese: 古史成文の儀も、兼ては推古天皇の御紀まで撰述の心組みにて、云々、右ご依頼申し上げたく書中を以ってかくのごとく御坐候。
English: Harumichi was initially planning to write "Koshi-den" in Tokyo, however, for other works such as editing of the doctrine offered by the head office of Shinto, editing Atsutane's works and writing his own books, he came to Kyoto and started writing.
Japanese: 当初玄道は東京にて古史伝の草稿に取り掛かる予定でいたが、神道本局からの教典編集の依頼や種々の著述や平田先生の遺書の校訂などもあり、結局京都で執筆することに改める。
English: However, he had finished four books, volume 29 (first, middle, last) and volume 30.
Japanese: 取り合えず古史伝の廿九巻上・中・下並びに第三十巻の四冊は完成させている。
English: On that occasion, Harumichi reflected on himself and determined to complete the book, and in the following eight years, made all the annotations (to paragraph 164, volume 37); in September of 1886, at last he completed "Koshi-den" that Atsutane had left with his dearest wish.
Japanese: 玄道は深く感じ入る事もあって意を決し、ようやく七～八年をかけて、成文百六十四段(第37巻)までの註釈をほどこし、篤胤の念願であった古史伝を明治19年9月に遂に完結させた。
English: Harumichi was asked to continue the study of Atsutane's "Koshi" by his friend Tadayuki TSUNODA and students including Katsutaka KINOTO, however, he rejected it and went back to his hometown, Ozu, then soon in the next year, on 19th May, he died.
Japanese: 以後も古史成文の学習を続けて頂く様に、畏友角田忠行や門弟の木野戸勝隆を始めとして弟子達がお願いしたが、聞き入れず、郷里の大洲の地に帰郷し、翌年の五月十九日に逝去する。
English: Since he was young, Atsutane HIRATA had been thinking that the Dark ('幽' hidden or mysterious things) and the Light ('顕' appeared or clear things) were the one and the same, and that this world was formed by the working of those opposing factors; Atsutane wanted to analyze the true nature of the world and tried to demonstrate his ideas in many works including 'Tama no Mihashira' (Concept of Afterlife), 'Koshi Seibun' (Early History), 'Senkyo Ibun' (Another Story of Unworldly Men's World) and 'Kokon Yomi-ko' (Studies on Mysterious Things of Ancient and Modern Japan).
Japanese: 篤胤は若い頃より、この世界が幽顕一如で構成されていると考え、その本質をなんとか解明する事が出来ないものかと常日頃から思案し「霊能真柱」「古史成文」「仙境異聞」「古今妖魅考」他数多の本の中に次々に書き表して証明しようとした。
English: About 1806, in Edo City, a young Tengu (one of Japanese ghost) Torakichi (called 'Sendo') appeared, who claimed that he could come and go to the underworld; Atsutane was introduced to him and directly asked him about the other world and secrets of mysterious things, then Atsutane realized that the underworld really existed and exerted great or little influence on this world; and he thought that the boy's story surprisingly corresponded to the idea of the Dark and the Light which he had been considering for years; after that, with conviction of the idea and deeper worship, he continued his studies and practice of Kodo.
Japanese: 文化3年頃に江戸市中に冥府と往き来できると言う天狗少年仙童寅吉が出現し、奇しくも後に知人を介して邂逅する事により、本人から直接異境の有様や幽事の秘め事などを聞き質し、幽界冥府が厳然と実在し、大なり小なり深く現界に影響を及ぼしている有様に気づき、篤胤自らが常日頃考えていた幽顕の理念と奇しくも符節融合する事を悟り、幽顕一如を再確信すると共に敬神の念を更に深めて古道を敷衍し実践して行く事となる。
English: In 1804, Atsutane established Ibukinoya School and took in his first pupil; the number of students increased fast.
Japanese: 篤胤が気吹屋として最初に入門の弟子を迎えたのは文化元年で、以後陸続と門人は増えていった。
English: Some students were well-known, such as Nobuhiro SATO from Dewa Province, Naofuru SHIBASAKI from Suruga Province, Michio SHINJO from Suruga, Yoshika MUTOBE from Yamashiro Province, Yorozu IKUTA from Kozuke Province, Yasuo MIYAOI from Shimousa Province, Yoshinaga MIYAUCHI, Toei ASHIZAWA and Kanetane HIRATA from Iyo Province.
Japanese: 中でも羽州の佐藤信淵駿府の柴崎直古・同郷の新庄道雄山城国の六人部是香上州の生田萬下総国の宮負定雄同郷の宮内嘉長芦澤洞栄そして平田鐵胤など。