nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Thanks to the paintings and writings the Sanpitsu (three great calligraphers) of the end of Edo period, his name was published in the Heian Jinbutsushi (Record of Heian Notables) and Saikyo Jinbutsushi (Record of Saikyo (Kyoto) Notables); moreover, Masakaze TAKASAKI introduced a poem by Seifu as a great poem to Emperor Meiji, and the messenger was sent to Seifu stating that the Emperor Meiji greatly praised his song, and even kuge (court noble) such as Sanetomi SANJO (other than Emperor Meiji) desired the tanzaku (a long, narrow card on which Japanese poetry is written vertically) of Seifu.
Japanese: ちなみに長松清風は、書画においては江戸末期の三筆と言われたり、当時の知識層などが掲載された平安人物誌、西京人物誌にその名が掲載されたり明治天皇の和歌の教師であった高崎正風が清風の詠んだ歌を優れた歌として明治天皇に紹介し、明治天皇から清風の歌を非常に賞賛されていることを知らせる使者が清風の元に使わされており、明治天皇以外にも三条実美などの公家にも清風の短冊を所望する声が多かったという。
English: After the death of Seifu there were many debates concerning the interference by monks due to the management of Ko and Genseriyaku, and this gave birth to branch schools such as Dainihon Shishikukai and Nichiren shugi (doctrine) Butsuryu-ko.
Japanese: 清風入滅の後、講の運営に対する僧侶の関与や現世利益の強調・本門法華宗との関係のあり方など多くの論争を生み、その中から大日本獅子吼会や日蓮主義佛立講などの分派を生んでいった。
English: Additionally, its stance regarding the management of the organization, the emphasis on Genseriyaku and attacks on other sects strongly influenced later new sects of the Lotus Sutra, and some went on pilgrimages similar to that of Mitsu MIYAMOTO, who established Myochikai Kyodan from Reiyukai, which was in turn from Butsuryu Ko.
Japanese: また、在家主導の組織運営・現世利益の強調・他宗攻撃などのスタンスは、その後の法華系の新宗教に広く影響を与え、佛立講から霊友会へと入信して妙智会教団を創設した宮本ミツの様な遍歴を重ねるものもいた。
English: While Kimi KOTANI of Reiyukai didn't have a direct connection to Butsuryu-ko, she had Tsugunari KUBO listen to Gokyoka.
Japanese: また、霊友会の小谷喜美は佛立講と直接の関わりがないものの、御教歌を久保継成に聞かせていたと言われている。
English: 1849: He became a Buddhist monk at Ryusen-ji Temple (Tsui, Minami Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) of Honmon Butsuryu Sect.
Japanese: 1849年（嘉永2年）に長松清風は本門法華宗の隆泉寺（兵庫県南あわじ市津井）で出家する。
English: 1869: He received Yusei-ji Temple (Kyoto Prefecture) from the Honmon Hokke sect.
Japanese: 1869年（明治2年）に本門法華宗から宥清寺（京都府）を譲り受ける。
English: 1899: The Honmon Hokke Sect granted the posthumous go (Buddhist title) of Nissen Shonin.
Japanese: 1899年（明治32年）に本門法華宗は長松清風に対し、日扇上人の号を贈る。
English: 1912: Honmon Hokke Sect granted the posthumous title of Nissen Daisojo (a Buddhist priest of the highest order).
Japanese: 1912年（明治45年）に本門法華宗は長松清風に対し、日扇大僧正の位を贈る。
English: 1947: It became independent from Honmon Hokke Sect and officially renamed itself as the Honmon Butsuryu Sect.
Japanese: 1947年（昭和22年）に本門法華宗から独立し、本門佛立宗と公称する。
English: Koso (a founder) was the Tendai Daishi Chigi (538 - 597) from the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty (China), and the founder of a religious sect was the Chisho Daishi Enchin (child of the niece of Kukai Kobo Daishi (a posthumous title of the priest Kukai)) (814 - 891), who had the title of fifth Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect) during the Heian period.
Japanese: 高祖は南北朝時代(中国)から隋の時代の天台大師智顗（538年～597年）、宗祖は平安時代の第5代天台座主の智証大師円珍（814年～891年）（弘法大師空海の姪の子）。
English: The Sohonzan (the head temple of a Buddhist sect) is Onjo-ji Temple (Mii-dera Temple) on Mt. Nagara, located in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture.
Japanese: 総本山は長等山園城寺（ながらさん　おんじょうじ）（三井寺、みいでら）（滋賀県大津市）。
English: The Buddhism of Tendai Daishi, who heavily valued the doctrines of the Lotus Sutra, was brought to Japan by Denkyo Daishi Saicho (767 - 822).
Japanese: 妙法蓮華経の教義を重んじる天台大師の仏教は、伝教大師最澄（767年～822年）が日本へ伝えた。
English: These teachings were divided into two at Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei, which was the head temple of the Nihon Tendai Sect, by two giants of Ennin, namely the third Tendai zasu and Enchin, who was the fifth Tendai zasu.
Japanese: この教えは、第3代天台座主円仁と第5代天台座主円珍の2人の巨人の登場により、日本天台宗本山の比叡山延暦寺で2つに分かれてしまう。
English: Since then, the Ennin School, which remained on the mountain, was referred to as the Sanmon School, and the Enchin School, which entered Mii-dera Temple, was referred to as the Jimon School.
Japanese: これ以来、山へ残った円仁派を山門派、三井寺へ入った円珍派を寺門派と呼ぶ。
English: The Sanmon School stressed multiple-religious learning of the four religious sects of En (teachings of Tendai Sect), Esoteric, Zen and Kai (Commandment) with Engyo (Perfect Teaching) as the center, but Tendai Jimon Sect added the way of asceticism and followed the five Buddhist teachings of En, Esoteric, Zen, Kai and Asceticism.
Japanese: 山門派は法華経の円教を中心とした円・密・禅・戒の天台宗四宗兼学を唱えるが、天台寺門宗はこれに修験道を加えて、円・密・禅・戒・修験の五法門となる。
English: The doctrine was to pass these Homon (dharma-gate) and head toward 'Ken (exoteric), Esoteric and Ascetic standing trio' and perform 'Jugubodai Gegeshujo' (self-training and seeking Nirvana every day while looking up and converting others to the religion while looking down).
Japanese: この法門をくぐり「顕・密・修験三道鼎立」を目指し、「上求菩提下化衆生」を行っていくと言う教義である。
English: Kakure Nenbutsu (Hidden Buddhist Invocation) refers to the individuals or groups of people who secretly practiced or believed in the Jodo Shinshu (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) (Ikko Sect), which was banned by powerful rulers.
Japanese: 隠れ念仏（かくれねんぶつ）は、権力から禁止された浄土真宗（一向宗）の信仰を、権力の目から逃れて信仰すること、或いはそれを行う者や集団を指す。
English: The Jodo Shinshu Sect was suppressed in the former Satsuma and Hitoyoshi domains of southern Kyushu for over 300 years, but remnants of these religious practices can still be observed.
Japanese: 南九州の旧薩摩藩や旧人吉藩では、三百年にわたり浄土真宗が弾圧されたため、これらの信仰形態の名残が見られる。
English: Additionally, there were secret religions such as Kayakabe-kyo Religion that syncretized with Shintoism, but this generally refers to the Hongan religious group and those who protected the main teachings of the Jodo Shinshu Sect.
Japanese: また、神道と習合してカヤカベ教のような秘密宗教も派生したが、基本的には本願寺教団に属し、浄土真宗の主流の教えを守る者をいう。
English: The Jodo Shinshu Sect was first banned by the Hitoyoshi domain in or around 1555.
Japanese: 浄土真宗禁制に乗り出したのは人吉藩の方が早く、弘治(日本)元年（1555年）に遡る。
English: The reason is believed that they were told of the status of Kaga Ikko ikki Revolt (an uprising by followers of the Ikko Sect in Kaga) and Ishiyama War, and they feared the Ikko Sect.
Japanese: 加賀一向一揆や石山合戦の実情が伝えられ、一向宗が大名によって恐れられたのが原因と考えられる。
English: They confiscated Buddhist monuments and tools from the believers of the Jodo Shinshu Sect and disposed of them by burning.
Japanese: 人吉藩では真宗信者の家から仏像・仏具を撤収し、それを焼却して処分した。
English: There is a historic spot left in Yanase, Sagara Village, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, where the Buddhist monuments and tools were burned.
Japanese: 熊本県球磨郡相良村柳瀬にはそうした仏像仏具を焼却した旧跡が残されている。
English: They forced the victim to sit upright with legs folded atop a triangular woodcut, and shake his body back and forth after placing 30-kilogram flat stones 30 centimeters wide, a meter long and 10 centimeters thick onto his lap, piled up one by one.
Japanese: 三角の割木を並べた上に容疑者を正座させ、幅30cm、長さ1m、厚さ10cm余、重さにして30kgの平たい石をひざの上に一枚ずつ重ね、体を前後に揺さぶる。
English: This torture was performed on Ikko Sect believers as well as Christians and those who had killed their masters.
Japanese: この拷問は一向宗信徒のほかにはキリシタンと主殺しのみに適用されたものである。
English: Additionally, there was a civil punishment where they threw the believer into a waterfall and poked him with bamboo, whereby the person would be held underwater until he drowned.
Japanese: また滝壷に信者を投げ込み、浮き上がってくると竹竿でつついて沈め最後には溺死させるような刑罰も行われた。
English: It has been said to be the kubizuka of a person called Densuke, who had organized the Ko (monk and believer gathering) of the Jodo Shinshu sect.
Japanese: 浄土真宗の講のオルガナイザーだった伝助という人物の首塚と伝えられる。
English: Densuke was on his way to submit shinokin (money for admission fee) to Hongan-ji Temple in Kyoto from his district but was betrayed and caught; he was beheaded, and his head was displayed at the prison gate.
Japanese: 伝助は地元から京都の本願寺に志納金を納めに行く途中裏切りに会い捕らえられ、打ち首獄門に処せられた。
English: Washichiro AKIYAMA, who was the favored disciple of Densuke, stole the head and buried it on his land, and this is now said to be his kubizuka.
Japanese: 伝助の愛弟子であった秋山和七郎がその首を盗み出し、自分の地所に埋葬したのがこの首塚であると伝えられる。
English: The banning of the Jodo Shinshu Sect was abolished in 1876, but since the Seinan War started the actual lifting of the ban came later.
Japanese: 明治9年（1876年）には真宗禁制がとかれるが、西南戦争が始まったため事実上の解禁はその後になった。
English: After the actual lifting of the ban on the Jodo Shinshu Sect, Hongan-ji School of Jodo Shinshu Sect propagated rapidly and Kagoshima Prefecture became filled with followers of Jodo Shinshu Sect as a result.
Japanese: 実質的な真宗解禁後、浄土真宗本願寺派は猛烈な布教を行い、結果、鹿児島県は浄土真宗一色になった。
English: However, there were various aspects of discord within the network, chiefly between the temples managed by the head temple, which was formed after the ban was lifted, and Kakure Nenbutsu.
Japanese: しかし、解禁後も新しく出来た本山主導の寺と隠れ念仏のネットワークの間にはさまざまな軋轢があったという。
English: The Jodo Shinshu Sect had maintained a systematic network called 'Ko' since the time of Rennyo.
Japanese: 浄土真宗は蓮如以来、「講」と呼ばれる組織のネットワークを持っていた。
English: There was a system of Ko that supported the 'Kakure Nenbutsu' belief, which had been practiced in the underground for 300 years.
Japanese: 三百年間、「隠れ念仏」の信仰が地下で続けられた背景にはこの講の組織があった。
English: Ko was systemized as the leader called 'Banyaku' (the role of a guard) without respect for the social class, and was connected to the head temple of Hongan-ji Temple through 'Toritsugiyaku' (the role of a negotiator).
Japanese: 講は「番役」というリーダーを中心に、身分の区別なく組織され、「取次役」を通じて本山の本願寺と繋がっていた。
English: The believers of the Jodo Shinshu Sect performed gatherings called Hoza in caves within the mountain with this kind of Ko organization.
Japanese: 浄土真宗門徒はこのような講の組織を背景に、山中の洞穴などで法座といわれる集会を開いた。
English: Additionally, there were activities called Nukemairi (escape and worship) that involved traveling across the domain border to visit the Jodo Shinshu Sect's temple of the domain, where the religious practices were allowed and performed.
Japanese: また抜け参りといって、藩境を超えて信仰の許されている藩の真宗寺院に参詣することも行われた。
English: There is Satsuma Beya (the room of Satsuma) left in Genko-ji Temple of Hongan-ji School, the Jodo Shinshu sect in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 熊本県水俣市にある浄土真宗本願寺派源光寺には、薩摩部屋というものが残されている。
English: It was a place of hiding, away from view by society, for the followers of the Ikko Sect who had escaped from Satsuma.
Japanese: これは薩摩から密出国した一向宗門徒が、世間の目に触れないように身を隠した場所なのであるという。
English: It is known that Christians camouflaged their religious practices such as with the 'Maria' (Virgin Mary) Kannon, but Kakure Nenbutsu also protected their religion with various forms of camouflage.
Japanese: 隠れキリシタンが「マリア観音」などの信仰の偽装を行ったことは知られているが、隠れ念仏もさまざまな偽装をほどこして信仰を守った。
English: The wooden standing statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha), portrait of Saint Shinran, and the Six-Name Title (Namu Amidabutsu (a single, sincere call upon the name of Amida)), which were the evidence of the believer of Jodo Shinshu sect, were supposed to be protected while hidden.
Japanese: 浄土真宗の信仰の証拠となる阿弥陀如来立像や、親鸞聖人の御影（肖像）、六字名号（南無阿弥陀仏）などは隠して守らなくてはならなかった。
English: Among the various forms of camouflage, there were Kasabotoke (Umbrella Buddha) (the hanging scroll with the portrait of Shinran was stored within a container shaped as an umbrella) and Manaita Hotoke (cutting-board Buddha) (the hanging scroll with the principle image was stored within a thin wooden box shaped like a cutting board).
Japanese: その偽装には傘仏（傘の形の桐材の容器に親鸞の御影の掛け軸を収めた）やまな板仏（まな板に似せた蓋つきの薄い木箱に本尊の掛け軸を納めた）などがあった。
English: There were hidden Buddhist altars created in the Kawabe region that looked like chests of drawers (stored in Kagoshima Betsu-in, Higashi Hongan-ji Temple).
Japanese: 川辺地方では、見かけは箪笥で扉を開くと金色さんぜんとした、隠し仏壇が作られた（東本願寺鹿児島別院に保存）。
English: They referred to caves as gama (toads) in Kagoshima, and it is said that the characteristic of 'Kakushi butsudan' (hidden Buddhist altar) is strongly left within the gama-shaped Kawabe Butsudan.
Japanese: 鹿児島では洞窟のことをガマと言い、今でも川辺仏壇のガマ型にはその「隠し仏壇」の要素が色濃く残っていると言われる。
English: Furthermore, there were disciples who cut their ties with the head temple during periods of suppression, such as the Kayakabe-kyo Religion, and went on the independent path by fusing with Shinto and Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts).
Japanese: またいわゆるカヤカベ教のように、弾圧の中で本願寺とのつながりを絶ち、神道や修験道と習合して独自の道を歩む門徒もいた。
English: The followers of the Ikko Sect of southern Kyushu didn't resist, acting in a manner similar to the 'Ikki' (uprising) performed by followers of Hokuriku (northern Japan).
Japanese: 南九州の一向宗門徒は北陸の門徒のように「一揆」という形での抵抗は行わなかった。
English: Instead, they abandoned the land and escaped in groups as 'Chosan' or 'Kakeochi' (escape and disappear).
Japanese: その代わり、土地を捨てて集団で逃げる「逃散（ちょうさん）」あるいは「欠落（かけおち）」ということが行われた。
English: Chosan occurred in various areas just to escape the difficulties of life, but in Satsuma it had the purpose of saving the Nenbutsu belief by escaping to the neighboring domain, which permitted the Nenbutsu worship.
Japanese: 逃散は各地で単に生活苦から逃れるためにも行われたが、薩摩では念仏信仰を守るために念仏信仰が許されている隣接諸藩に逃亡する目的であった。
English: There was an incident in 1798 in which 2800 men and women escaped to the estate of the adjacent Obi domain from the estate of the Satsuma domain.
Japanese: 寛政10年（1798年）には2800人の男女が薩摩藩領から隣の飫肥藩領に逃げ込むという事態が生じた。
English: It has been said that the Obi domain, which lacked labor strength, was secretly involved in this.
Japanese: これには、実は労働力不足に悩んでいた飫肥藩がひそかに関係していたといわれている。
English: The Obi domain dealt with escaping farmers by forming the bugyo (magistrate) positions of 'Kakeochi Gyoko' and 'Chosan Gyoko.'
Japanese: 飫肥藩では「欠落奉行」「逃散奉行」と呼ばれる奉行職を設けて逃亡農民に対応したという。
English: Kazuo INAMORI, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and is a chairperson emeritus of Kyocera, described the Kakure Nenbutsu religious practices he experienced when he was a child in his autobiography, 'Ikikata' (The Way of Living).
Japanese: 鹿児島県生まれで京セラの名誉会長、稲盛和夫は、自身が幼少期に体験した隠れ念仏の信仰の体験を、自著「生き方」の中で語っている。
English: Great Buddha statue in Kyoto originally existed in Hoko-ji Temple (Higashiyama-ku Ward, Kyoto City).
Japanese: 京の大仏（きょうのだいぶつ）は、方広寺（京都市東山区）にかつて存在した大仏。
English: Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI planned the construction of Daibutsuden and the Great Buddha following the example of Todai-ji Temple of Nara in 1586.
Japanese: 天正14年（1586年）、豊臣秀吉は奈良の東大寺にならって大仏の建立を計画し、大仏殿と大仏の造営を始めた。
English: Daibutsuden was mostly completed and approximately 19 meters high wooden Great Buddha statue decorated with lacquer and gold was set up in 1595 but collapsed due to the great earthquake in 1596 before a ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue was held.
Japanese: 文禄4年（1595年）、大仏殿がほぼ完成し、高さ約19メートルの木製金漆塗坐像大仏が安置されたが、慶長元年（1596年）に起きた大地震により、開眼供養前の大仏は倒壊した。
English: Hideyoshi passed away in 1598 before a ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue, and during the same year the service was held in Daibutsuden without Great Buddha.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）、秀吉は大仏開眼供養を待たずに死去し、同年大仏のない大仏殿で開眼供養が行われた。
English: The enormous Daibutsuden was approximately 49 meters tall, 88 meters wide south to north and 54 meters deep east to west, and the precincts of the temple included not only Hoko-ji Temple but also Toyokuni-jinja Shrine (Kyoto City) and the Kyoto National Museum.
Japanese: 大仏殿は高さ約49メートル、南北約88メートル、東西約54メートルという壮大なものであり、また境内は、現在の方広寺境内のみならず、豊国神社_(京都市)、京都国立博物館を含むものであった。
English: Hideyori TOYOTOMI, who was the son of Hideyoshi, succeeded his father and attempted the reconstruction of Great Buddha in copper with Katsumoto KATAGIRI as the leader, but the Buddhist statue melt due to an error by the caster and Daibutsuden was caught in a blaze in December 1602.
Japanese: 秀吉の子豊臣秀頼が遺志を継ぎ、片桐且元を中心に今度は銅製で大仏の再建を行ったが、慶長7年（1602年）11月、鋳物師の過失による仏像が融解して出火し、大仏殿は炎上した。
English: There was a plan brought up again to reconstruct Daibutsu and Daibutsuden in November 1608.
Japanese: 慶長13年（1608年）10月には再び大仏および大仏殿の再建が企図された。
English: The construction of Daibutsuden was begun in 1610; Ieyasu TOKUGAWA ordered the various nearby Daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) to support it and sent Masakiyo NAKAI, who was the carpenter, while he himself donated rice.
Japanese: 大仏殿の創建は慶長15年（1610年）から行われ、徳川家康も諸大名に扶持負担などを命じ、自身も米の供与や大工中井正清を送っている。
English: The ground-breaking ceremony was performed in July, and the Daibutsuden and the Great Buddha made from copper were completed in 1612.
Japanese: 6月には地鎮祭が行われ、大仏殿と銅製の大仏は慶長17年（1612年）に完成した。
English: The bosho (Buddhist temple bell) was completed in Daibutsuden in May 1614, and a rakkei hoyo (a memorial service to celebrate the construction of a temple) was held but was aborted due to an ill-omened word mentioned by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA in August concerning the inscription for a Buddhist temple bell drafted by the Zen monk Bunei Seikan of Nanzen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 慶長19年（1614年）には４月大仏殿の造営にあたり梵鐘が完成し、南禅寺の禅僧文英清韓に命じて銘文を起草させ落慶供養を行おうとしたところ、7月には梵鐘の銘文について徳川家康より不吉な語句があるとして異議が唱えられ、開眼供養の中止を求めた。
English: This was 'the Incident of the Hoko-ji Temple Bell in Osaka no Eki (The Siege of Osaka),' which developed into a conflict between the Toyotomi and the Tokugawa families.
Japanese: これは豊臣家と徳川の争いに発展し、「大坂の役方広寺鐘銘事件」である。
English: Additionally, the Great Buddha was damaged in the earthquake of 1662 and was thus to be reconstructed with wood.
Japanese: なお、その後寛文2年（1662年）の地震で小破し、大仏は木造で造り直されることになった。
English: A children's song of Kyoto sings of this fire, 'Great Buddha of Kyoto burned due to the tenka (fire from lightening) and Sanjusangendo Temple left, don-don-don (don-don-yake (a word commonly used by Kyoto citizens for the rapidly spreading fire that started from a fire at the time of the Kinmon Incident)), kora-don-don-don.'
Japanese: 「京の大仏つぁんは天火で焼けてな、三十三間堂が焼け残った、どんどんどん、こらどんどんどん」という京都のわらべ歌はこの時の火災のことを歌っている。
English: Great Buddha and Daibutsuden of a similar scale haven't been constructed since then, but during 1830 and 1843 a supporter in what is now Aichi Prefecture donated a smaller, former wooden Great Buddha statue from the shoulder up as well as its temporary housing.
Japanese: その後は同様の規模の大仏及び大仏殿が再建されることはなかったが、天保年間に現在の愛知県の有志が、旧大仏を縮小した肩より上のみの木造の大仏像と仮殿を造り寄進した。
English: However, even this burned down in a midnight fire on March 28, 1973.
Japanese: しかし、それも昭和48年（1973年）3月28日深夜の火災によって焼失した。
English: The blaze resulted from the left-over fire of a brazier used in the temple building.
Japanese: 火災の原因は寺院建物で使用されていた火鉢の残り火が原因であったとされる。
English: Before the fire, there was a year-round exhibition of some remains of Hoko-ji and the Great Buddha.
Japanese: 焼失前には、堂内に方広寺と大仏に関する遺物の一部を展示し、通年の拝観も可能であった。
English: Remnants include a belfry where the temple bell that triggered the Shomei Incident, a stone mound and pagoda engraved with various lords, and many facilities with the name 'daibutsu' (Great Buddha) in surrounding areas, such as 'Daibutsumae Police Box' (the police station in front of Great Buddha) on Shichijo-dori and Yamatooji-dori Streets.
Japanese: 現在は、鐘銘事件のもとになった梵鐘がつられた鐘楼、諸将の名が刻まれた石塁や石塔が当時の遺構として残っているほか、大和大路通七条通にある「大仏前交番」など周辺のいくつかの施設名に「大仏」の名称が残されている。
English: Furthermore, the name of Shomen-dori Street (front street), which runs east and west, originated from the street that connects to the 'front' of this Daibutsuden.
Japanese: また、東西の通りである正面通は、この大仏殿の「正面」につながる通りであることに由来する。
English: Matsuji is a reference to temples under the control of Honzan (head temple), but it had a different purpose when Honmatsu seido (the system of head and branch temples) was established, compared to the present day.
Japanese: 末寺（まつじ）とは、本山の支配下にある寺院のことを指すが、江戸時代の本末制度成立以前においては今日とはやや違った意味を持っている。
English: Before the Honmatsu seido was implemented, it was common to follow the sect and the system of teachings of the promoter (the one who had such a wish for a long time), who was the monk that founded or reconstructed the temple; however, there were cases when a powerful temple would suppress the neighboring middle and small temples and became "matsuji."
Japanese: 本末制度成立以前においては、その寺院を創建した発起者（本願主）の意向や、創建あるいは再興した僧侶の所属する宗派・法流に基づく例が基本であったが、中には有力寺院が政治力（場合によっては軍事力や経済力）で周辺の中小寺院を屈服させて末寺化する場合もあった。
English: Additionally, there was shinbutsu shugo (syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism) performed before the Meiji period, and even Shinto shrines were treated as matsuji.
Japanese: また、明治以前には神仏習合が行われていたことから、神社も末寺として扱われる場合もあった。
English: As a result, the relationship between the head temple and matsuji was complicated; there were various relationships that focused on the head temple's finances by making it matsuji in order to contribute a part of its income from shoen (a manor in medieval Japan) and offerings (particularly, it sought donations for temples of different sects and shrines as a matsuji, as insurance to keep its original school and sect), or as a completely systemized relationship.
Japanese: 従って、江戸時代以前の本末関係は非常に複雑であり、宗派・法流の枠組みの中で本山が末寺の別当などの役職を補任するという後世に続く強い関係を有するものもあれば、末寺の荘園や布施などによる収入の一部を上納させて本山財政に寄与させる経済的つながりを主体とした関係（特に他宗派寺院・神社を末寺とする場合には、従来の宗派を維持する保障として上納を求めた）、全くの形式的なものに留まる関係など様々であった。
English: The Honmatu dispute (dispute over head and branch temples) rose from matsuji seeking its own independence from the head temple by having a great physical distance from the head temple, conflict due to different interests, or by having different sects, and the head-temple side sought to confirm the position and benefits of matsuji.
Japanese: 本山と末寺が遠距離を隔てていたり、利害関係での対立、そして宗派が異なる場合などには末寺が本山からの自立を画策したり、逆に本山側が末寺に対する地位・権利の確認を求める本末相論が発生した。
English: The most famous one was Enryaku-ji Temple, which collected vast amounts of income from control over Gionsha, Shoren-in Temple in Kyoto City and surrounding areas and sought to further strengthen the base of its power, as derived from finance.
Japanese: 有名なのは延暦寺であり、特に京都市中及びその周辺部にあった祇園社や青蓮院などを傘下に納めて莫大な上納収入を獲得し、その経済力に支えられた権力を背景に更なる基盤の強化を図った。
English: Enryaku-ji Temple occasionally caused Honmatsu disputes; it stressed that Ninnan-ji Temple was matsuji during the Kamakura period ('Gamansho' (a book that advocates orthodox of To-ji Temple's Esoteric Buddhism and counters the misleading view of the followers of Mt. Hiei)) and suppressed Kitano-tenmangu Shrine during Bunan no Koji Sodo (Riot caused by rice malt sellers in the Bunan era) in Muromachi period and Hongan-ji Temple during the Kansei adversity (religious persecution during the Kansei era) to make them accept the matsuji of Enryaku-ji.
Japanese: 延暦寺は他宗派の有力寺院の末寺化を目的とした本末相論を度々起こし、鎌倉時代には仁和寺を末寺であると主張（「我慢抄」）し、室町時代には文安の麹騒動で北野天満宮を、同じく寛正の法難で本願寺を屈服させて延暦寺の末寺であることを認めさせた。
English: Moreover, in the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), it burned down 21 head temples of the Nichiren Sect in Kyoto when they rejected its demand to become its matsuji through the excuse of sect conflict between the followers of the Nichiren Sect and Buddhist monks of Saito (Western Section) of Mt. Hiei (Tenbun Hokke War).
Japanese: 更に戦国時代_(日本)には京都の日蓮宗寺院21本山に対して末寺になるように要求して拒絶されると、日蓮宗宗徒と比叡山西塔の僧侶の宗論を口実にこれらの寺院を焼き払った（天文法華の乱）。
English: Nevertheless, at the end of the Heian period Kofuku-ji Temple handed a appeal to the Imperial Court to recognize Enryaku-ji Temple as the matsuji.
Japanese: だが、その延暦寺もかつて平安時代後期に興福寺より朝廷に対して延暦寺を末寺と認めるように訴えが出されたことがあった。
English: Other than that, controversies raised involving the Imperial Court and the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), even beyond schools and sects, such as the one claiming by Todai-ji Temple to recognize To-ji Temple and Daigo-ji Temple as its matsuji.
Japanese: また、この他にも東大寺が東寺・醍醐寺を末寺とする訴えを起こすなど、朝廷や幕府、更に宗派間を超えた論争が引き起こされた。
English: Edo Bakufu established Honmatsu seido and tried to nullify the Honmatsu relationship between different sects in order to prevent massive political and religious conflicts.
Japanese: 江戸幕府が本末制度を定めて他宗派間の本末関係を清算することに努めた背景には、こうした本末論争が大規模な政治・宗教対立に発展することを防ぐ意図があった。
English: Soke SHONAN (year of birth not known (around 1586) - 1637) was a priest of the Myoshin-ji Temple of the Rinzai sect in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period and the Edo Period.
Japanese: 湘南宗化（しょうなんそうけ　生年不明（1586年頃）－寛永14年（1637年））は、安土桃山時代・江戸時代の臨済宗妙心寺の僧侶。
English: He was found in front of a monument for the soul of Yone (another story tells it was in front of the house of the Yamauchi family) and brought up like a true son by Katsutoyo and Chiyo (Kenshoin), who were depressed for having lost their only daughter Yone (6 years old) in the earthquake in 1586 in Nagahama, Omi Province.
Japanese: 近江国長浜で一粒種の長女与祢（6歳）を1586年の地震で失い、気落ちしていた一豊と千代（見性院）に、よね供養の門前（家の前とする説もある）で拾われて息子同様に育てられた。
English: However, around 1595, when Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI committed seppuku due to the succession dispute, he left home and became a priest under the order of his father-in-law, Katsutoyo.
Japanese: しかし豊臣秀次が跡継ぎ問題で切腹した文禄4年（1595年）頃に、養父一豊の命令で家を離れて出家する。