nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Since his uncle, Nagakatsu ASANO, who was the head of Nobunaga ODA's archers, did not have a son, Nagamasa was adopted into the ASANO family as the husband of Nagakatsu's daughter, Yaya, becoming the heir.
Japanese: 織田信長の弓衆をしていた叔父の浅野長勝に男子がなかったため、長勝の娘のややの婿養子として浅野家に迎えられこれを相続した。
English: When Nagakatsu's adopted daughter, Nene, (later Kita no Mandokoro, Kodai-in) married Tokichiro KINOSHITA (later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI), Nagamasa became the closest relative by marriage to Hideyoshi and, on Nobunaga's orders, became Hideyoshi's Yoriki (or adminisrative assistant).
Japanese: 長勝の養女となっていたねね（のちの北政所、高台院）が木下藤吉郎（後の豊臣秀吉）に嫁いだことから、長政は秀吉にもっとも近い姻戚として、信長の命で秀吉の与力となる。
English: His military exploits included the attack on Nagamasa ASAI of Omi Province in 1573, the Battle of Shizukatake in 1583, and the invasion of Korea that was launched after Hideyoshi inherited the responsibility to unify Japan following the death of Nobunaga, and he was later rewarded for his outstanding political skills when he was assigned the role of conducting the Taiko-kenichi (land surveys instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and appointed to the position of Kyoto Shoshidai (the shogunate's military governor, who was stationed in Kyoto.
Japanese: 1573年（天正元年）、近江浅井長政攻めをはじめに、1583年（天正11年）の賤ケ岳の戦い、信長の死後に秀吉が統一事業を継承すると朝鮮出兵などで武功を挙げ、またその卓越した行政手腕を買われて太閤検地を行い京都所司代を務めた。
English: He was on a good terms with Gotairo (Council of Five Elders) member Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, but fought like cats and dogs with Mitsunari ISHIDA, despite both being Gobugyo members following Hideyoshi's death. (This has been questioned in recent studies.).
Japanese: 五大老の徳川家康とは親しい関係にあり、秀吉死後は同じ五奉行でありながら石田三成と犬猿の仲にあったとされる（これには近年になって疑問も提示されている。近年の研究）。
English: In 1599, he was ordered to confine himself to Kai no kuni after being suspected, along with Toshinaga MAEDA, of an attempted assassination of Ieyasu.
Japanese: 1599年（慶長4年）、前田利長らとともに家康から暗殺の嫌疑をかけられて、甲斐国に謹慎を命じられた。
English: At the Battle of Sekigahara in the autumn of 1600, he served under Ieyasu's son, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, and after the war he retired, handing over the family estate to his son, Yoshinaga.
Japanese: 1600年（慶長5年）秋の関ケ原の戦いでは家康の子の徳川秀忠にし、戦後は嫡男・幸長に家督を譲って隠居した。
English: After Ieyasu had established the shogunate in Edo, Nagamasa was granted the 50,000 koku Hitachi Makabe as a pension in 1606, in addition to Yoshinaga's territory.
Japanese: 家康は江戸に武家政権を成立させ、1606年（慶長11年）には、長政は幸長の所領とは別に、隠居料として常陸真壁に5万石を支給された。
English: The 50,000 koku Makabe was inherited by his third son, Nagashige, whose son Naganao moved to Ako, and this lineage produced Naganori ASANO, famous for the Genroku Ako Incident (also known as The Revenge of the Forty-seven Samurai).
Japanese: なお真壁5万石は三男長重が継ぎ、その子長直が赤穂へ移って、この家系から元禄赤穂事件で有名な浅野長矩が出ている。
English: Toru SHIRAKAWA, who is studying Mitsunari ISHIDA, has put forward the theory that the suppression of Nagamasa before the Battle of Sekigahara was Ieyasu's scheme to provoke the separation of Nagamasa and Toshinaga MAEDA from anti-Ieyasu factions such as Mitsunari ISHIDA.
Japanese: 石田三成について研究している白川亨は、関ヶ原の戦いの前の長政謹慎事件は、長政や前田利長を三成らの反家康派から分離させようとした家康の陰謀、挑発であるという説を提唱している。
English: Supposedly it was his son, Yoshinaga, who fought with Mitsunari, causing Nagamasa distress over being caught between the two.
Japanese: 長政の嫡子幸長は三成と犬猿の仲だったため、長政は両者の間で苦悩していたという。
English: There is a story that, after the Battle of Sekigahara, Nagamasa was saddened by the foul mood at Osaka Castle (or Edo Castle according to some theories), lamenting 'when Mitsunari was alive, something like this would never have happened.'
Japanese: 長政が関ヶ原の後における大坂城（江戸城説も）の猥雑な雰囲気を「三成が存命の頃はこのようなことはなかった」と嘆いたとの逸話が残っている。
English: Geni MAEDA was a busho (military commander) and daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) during the Sengoku (Warring States) and the Azuchi-Momoyama periods.
Japanese: 前田玄以（まえだげんい）は、戦国時代から安土桃山時代にかけての武将・大名。
English: He was born in the province of Mino no Kuni (present day Gifu Prefecture) in 1539, the son of Motomitsu MAEDA.
Japanese: 天文8年（1539年）、前田基光の子として美濃国（現在の岐阜県）で生まれる。
English: He was with Nobutada ODA in the Nijo-Gosho palace during the Honnoji Incident of June 1582 but Nobutada ordered him to escape from Kyoto with Nobutada's son, Sanposhi (later Hidenobu ODA), to Mino Gifu Castle and then to Owari Kiyosu Castle.
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年）6月の本能寺の変に際しては、織田信忠と共に二条御所にあったが、信忠の命令で信忠の嫡男・三法師（のちの織田秀信）を引き連れて京都から脱出して美濃岐阜城、そして尾張清洲城に逃れた。
English: He served Nobunaga's second son, Nobukatsu ODA, from 1583 and was made Kyoto Shoshidai (or governor) but, as Hideyoshi HASHIBA (Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI)'s power expanded over Kyoto, he had to work for Hideyoshi.
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）から信長の次男・織田信雄に仕え、信雄から京都所司代に任じられたが、天正12年（1584年）に羽柴秀吉（豊臣秀吉）の勢力が京都に伸張すると、必然的に秀吉の家臣として仕えるようになった。
English: As the Kyoto Shoshidai, he played the role of negotiator between the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, and was a Bugyo (commissioner) for the 1588 visit by Emperor Goyozei to the Shogun's Jurakudai palace,.
Japanese: 豊臣政権において京都所司代として朝廷のと交渉役を務め、天正16年（1588年）の後陽成天皇の聚楽第行幸では奉行として活躍している。
English: He also looked after temples and shrines and, as a former Buddhist monk, participated in the suppression of the Christian movement, though he later adopted a policy of conciliation rather than suppression.
Japanese: その一方で寺社の管理も任され、かつて僧侶だったためにキリシタンを弾圧したりしたが、後に弾圧ばかりではなく融和的な政策も採用している。
English: He was made one of the Gobugyo of the TOYOTOMI Administration by Hideyoshi in 1598.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）、秀吉の命令で豊臣政権下の五奉行の1人に任じられた。
English: After Hideyoshi's death, he tried to quell the power struggle within the TOYOTOMI administration and was opposed to Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's attempted conquest of Aizu.
Japanese: 秀吉没後は豊臣政権下の内部抗争の沈静化に尽力し、徳川家康は会津征伐を起こそうとしたときも反対している。
English: When Mitsunari ISHIDA raised an army in Osaka, Geni declared himself the guardian of Hideyori TOYOTOMI and remained at Osaka while secretly informing Ieyasu about Mitsunari's army, despite the fact that he supported the Western Army and had signed a denunciation of Ieyasu.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）、石田三成が大坂で挙兵すると、玄以は豊臣秀頼の後見人を申し出て大坂に残り、西軍に加担し、家康討伐の弾劾状に署名したにも関わらず、家康に三成の挙兵を知らせたりするなどの内通行為を行なっている。
English: Due to these activities, he was not dismissed from his position after the Battle of Sekigahara and was rewarded with the 50,000 koku Tamba Kameyama, becoming its first Domain leader.
Japanese: これらの行為により、関ヶ原の戦いの後は改易されず、丹波亀山5万石の本領を安堵され、その初代藩主となった。
English: It is said that he was greatly trusted by Nobunaga and Nobutada (father and son) for he was prudent and lacked personal greediness.
Japanese: 信長・信忠父子からは思慮深く私欲の無い性格だったことから、信任が厚かったとされている。
English: He suppressed Christianity under the Temple and Shrine policy but later showed an understanding of Christianity and secretly sheltered Christians in Kyoto in 1593 after Hideyoshi declared the Bateren (slang for Christianity) expulsion order.
Japanese: 寺社政策でキリシタンを弾圧したが、後にキリシタンに理解を示し、秀吉がバテレン追放令を出した後の文禄2年（1593年）には隠密裏に京都でキリシタンを保護したりしている。
English: He supposedly held talks with the governor-general of India concerning Christianity.
Japanese: また、インド総督ともキリシタン関係で交渉したことがあったとされている。
English: His fate can be contrasted with Nagamori MASHITA, another Gobugyo who remained in Osaka Castle as a rusuiyaku (or caretaker) and secretly gave out information about the Osaka (Western) army to Ieyasu, but who had his estates confiscated and was dismissed from his position after the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: 同じ五奉行の増田長盛が同じく大坂城に留守居役として残り、大坂方（西軍）の情報を提供して家康に内通したにもかかわらず、関ヶ原の戦い後に所領を没収され改易されたのとは対照的である。
English: It is believed that Geni was favored by Ieyasu due to his connections with the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 玄以の持つ朝廷とのつながりを利用するため、家康に優遇されたものと思われる。
English: Masaie NATSUKA (or NAGATSUKA) was a daimyo and member of the Gobugyo (Five Major Magistrates) of the TOYOTOMI Administration during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Japanese: 長束正家（なつかまさいえ／ながつかまさいえ）は、安土桃山時代の大名であり、豊臣政権の五奉行の一人である。
English: It is commonly thought that the original family name of the NATSUKA Clan was OKURA, but this is probably due to mistaking the Okura-sho (Ministry of Finance) for a family name.
Japanese: 一般に長束氏の本姓は大蔵氏とされるが、おそらく官称の大蔵省を氏と誤認したものだろう。
English: He was born in Natsuka-mura, Kurita-gun, Omi no Kuni (or maybe in Owari no Kuni) and was the eldest son of Morisato NATSUKA.
Japanese: 永禄5年（1562年）、長束盛里の長男として近江国栗太郡長束村（尾張国説もある）で生まれる。
English: He first served the ODA Clan retainer, Nagahide NIWA, but, in 1585, was promoted to the position of one of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's Hokoshu (a military post in Muromachi Shogunate) and, after the NIWA domain was severely reduced as punishment, served the TOYOTOMI Clan directly as a retainer.
Japanese: 初め織田氏の家臣・丹羽長秀に仕えたが、天正13年（1585年）に豊臣秀吉の奉公衆に抜擢され、丹羽氏が大減封処分を受けると豊臣氏直参の家臣になった。
English: His advanced mathematical ability was highly regarded, and he single handedly handled finances, managed TOYOTOMI's kurairichi (where the payment of samurai was handled), and implemented TOYOTOMI's nationwide land survey (Taikokenchi).
Japanese: 高い算術能力を買われて、財政を一手に担い、豊臣氏の蔵入地の管理、太閤検地の実施に当たる。
English: During the Kyushu Conquest, the Odawara Campaign and Bunroku-Keicho invasions of Korea, he was the Hyoro bugyo in charge of sending food provisions for soldiers.
Japanese: 九州征伐・小田原の役・文禄・慶長の役の際には、兵糧奉行として兵糧の輸送に活躍した。
English: In 1595 he was given Minakuchi Okayama Castle in Omi no kuni (Omi Province), with an income of 50,000 koku (eventually increased to 120,000 koku), and he was appointed to the lowest position on the Gobugyo.
Japanese: 文禄4年（1595年）に近江水口岡山城5万石を拝領し（のち加増されて12万石）、五奉行の末席に名を連ねる。
English: After the death of Hideyoshi, he served Mitsunari ISHIDA and participated in the plot to overthrow Ieyasu as well as in the unsuccessful assassination attempt at Minakuchi on Ieyasu, who was on his way to subjugate Aizu.
Japanese: 秀吉没後は石田三成方に与し、家康打倒の謀議に参加、水口にて会津征伐へ向かう家康の暗殺を謀るも失敗した。
English: They first attacked Ise-no-Tsu Castle and then, during the Battle of Sekigahara, joined up with Hidemoto MORI and Hiroie KIKKAWA at Mt. Nangu (Fuwa-gun, Gifu Prefecture) but KIKKAWA blocked them and Morichika CHOSOKABE from joining the main battle and they fled after the collapse of the Western Army.
Japanese: 初め伊勢の津城を攻略し、関ヶ原の戦いでは毛利秀元・吉川広家とともに南宮山（岐阜県不破郡）に布陣したが、吉川広家の妨害により、毛利秀元や長宗我部盛親とともに本戦に参加できず、西軍壊滅すると敗走した。
English: He was chased and surrounded by Terumasa IKEDA and Nagayoshi IKEDA just outside Minakuchi Castle, and committed suicide with his younger brother, Naoyoshi NATSUKA.
Japanese: 水口城を目前に、追手の池田輝政・池田長吉に包囲され、弟長束直吉と共に自刃した。
English: He had one son with Eiko after Sekigahara, who became the third monzeki (head priest) of Minakuchi Daitoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 栄子との間には関ヶ原後に一男が生まれ、のちに水口大徳寺の三世門跡となったという。
English: His son, Hanemon, married Tokuun-in, the grandchild of Yusai HOSOKAWA, served under Tadaoki HOSOKAWA and continued to live in Higo no kuni (Higo Province).
Japanese: 子の半右衛門は細川幽斎の孫の徳雲院を正室としていた縁で細川忠興に召抱えられ、肥後国の地で存続する。
English: The descendants of the younger brother, Naoyoshi, served the ASANO Clan (though it is uncertain whether it was a branch Clan).
Japanese: 弟直吉の子孫は浅野氏（広島藩か赤穂藩などの分家かは不明）に仕えたという。
English: Yoshiaki KATO was a busho (general) and daimyo during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo Periods.
Japanese: 加藤嘉明（かとうよしあき）は、安土桃山時代から江戸時代にかけての武将・大名。
English: There is a theory that his name is also pronounced as Yoshiakira and he is mentioned in literature and descriptions of Matsuyama City, the guide for Bocchan Ressha train, and occasionally in the Ehime Shinbun newspaper.
Japanese: よしあきらと読む説も存在し、松山市の文献や説明、坊っちゃん列車でのガイドなどにおいても散見され、愛媛新聞でもたびたび話題となる。
English: His father was Noriaki KATO (also known as Noriaki KISHI), a bushi, or samurai, who served several generations of the TOKUGAWA Clan (MATSUDAIRA Clan).
Japanese: 父は徳川氏（松平氏）に仕えていた徳川譜代の武士である加藤教明（岸教明）。
English: He was born in Mikawa no Kuni (Mikawa Province) in 1563, the eldest son of Noriaki KATO, a retainer of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 永禄6年（1563年）、三河国（愛知県）の徳川家康の家臣である加藤教明の長男として生まれる。
English: Since his father, Noriaki, was exiled for siding with anti-Ieyasu TOKUGAWA Mikawa Ikko Ikki revolts in the same year he was born, he grew up leading the life of a wanderer.
Japanese: 生まれた年の三河一向一揆で父の教明が、一揆側に属して徳川家康に背き、流浪の身となったため、嘉明も放浪する。
English: Eventually, on the recommendation of Kageyasu KATO, he was selected to serve as a page to Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: やがて尾張国（愛知県）で、加藤景泰の推挙を受けて豊臣秀吉（豊臣秀吉）に見出され、その小姓として仕えるようになる。
English: After the death of Nobunaga ODA, in 1583, he fought alongside Masanori FUKUSHIMA and Kiyomasa KATO at the Battle of Shizugatake, between Hideyoshi and Katsuie SHIBATA, a Hitto-Garo (or high-ranking samurai) of the Oda Family, and was counted as one of the "Shichihonyari of Shizugatake."
Japanese: 織田信長死後の天正11年（1583年）には、秀吉と織田家筆頭家老の柴田勝家との間で行われた賤ヶ岳の戦いで、福島正則、加藤清正らと共に活躍し、『賤ヶ岳七本槍』の一人に数えられた。
English: Hideyoshi continued Nobunaga's unification policy and Yoshiaki conquered Shikoku in 1585, Kyushu in 1587, and his navy participated in the Odawara Campaign.
Japanese: 秀吉は信長の統一政策を継承し、嘉明は天正13年（1585年）の四国征伐、天正15年（1587年）の九州征伐、天正18年（1590年）の小田原の役などに水軍を率いて参加した。
English: Due to these successes, in 1586 he was granted the 15,000 koku Shichi in Awaji no Kuni, becoming its daimyo.
Japanese: それらの武功から、天正14年（1586年）には淡路国志智において1万5000石を与えられ、大名となっている。
English: From 1592, he led the navy during Hideyoshi's Buncho-Keicho Korean invasions and fought against the Korean navy led by Yi Sun-sin.
Japanese: 文禄元年（1592年）からの秀吉の朝鮮出兵である文禄・慶長の役では、水軍を統率して李舜臣指揮の朝鮮水軍と戦った。
English: Afer this success, in 1595, he was given Masaki in the province of Iyo no Kuni (present day Masaki-cho, Ehime Prefecture) with an income of 60,000 koku.
Japanese: その功績により、文禄4年（1595年）には、伊予国（愛媛県）正木（松前町(愛媛県)）に6万石を与えられている。
English: Later, his domain was expanded to 100,000 koku for rescuing Kiyomasa who suffered from food shortage during the Ming navy's seige of the Japanese castle at Ulsan.
Japanese: その後、文禄・慶長の役においては、明の水軍の包囲で篭城し、食糧の欠乏に苦しんだ蔚山倭城（倭城）の清正を救援する武功も立て、10万石に加増されている。
English: After Hideyoshi's death in August 1598, he returned to Japan and joined Ieyasu's side during the conflict between the TOYOTOMI Administration's Gobugyo, (member of Five Major Magistrates), Mitsunari Ishida, and the Gotairo (Member of the Council of Five Elders), Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）8月に秀吉が死去すると帰国し、豊臣政権における五奉行の石田三成らと五大老の徳川家康の争いでは家康派に属する。
English: He participated in the attempted Mitsunari assassination incident in 1599, planned by Kiyomasa KATO after the death of the Gotairo, Toshiie MAEDA.
Japanese: 慶長4年（1599年）、五大老の前田利家の死後に加藤清正らが三成殺害を企てた事件には、嘉明も襲撃メンバーに参加している。
English: In 1600, Yoshiaki participated in the campaign against Kagekatsu UESUGI of Aizu, whom Ieyasu had declared to be plotting a revolt.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）、家康が会津の上杉景勝の謀反を主張し、討伐を発令すると嘉明も従軍する。
English: While Ieyasu was away from Osaka, Mitsunari gathered his army and clashed with the returning Eastern Army (TOKUGAWA side) at Mino (Gifu Prefecture), leading to the Battle of Sekigahara, where Yoshiaki attacked Gifu and Oogaki Castles in early skirmishes, and fought against Mitsunari ISHIDA's forces in the main battle.
Japanese: 家康らの大坂留守中に三成らが挙兵し、引き返した東軍（徳川方）と美濃（岐阜県）で衝突して関ヶ原の戦いに至ると、嘉明は前哨戦である岐阜城攻めや、大垣城攻めにおいて戦い、本戦では石田三成の軍勢と戦って武功を挙げた。
English: Due to these achievements, the income from Iyo Matsuyama was increased to 200,000 koku, and work was begun on building Matsuyama Castle (Iyo no Kuni (Iyo Province)) but, before it could be completed, he was moved to the 400,000 koku Aizu Domain.
Japanese: 戦後、その功績により伊予松山20万石に加増移封され、松山城(伊予国)を建築するが、完成する前に会津藩40万石に転封された。
English: Since being a favored daimyo of TOYOTOMI, then he feared that Ieyasu considered him dangerous, he stayed and guarded Edo Castle during the Fuyu no Jin (the Winter War in Osaka) from 1614 and served the second Shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA during the Natsu no Jin (the Summer War in Osaka) in 1615.
Japanese: その後は豊臣恩顧の大名であったが、家康に危険視されることを恐れて、慶長19年（1614年）からの豊臣氏との戦いである大坂冬の陣では江戸城留守居を務め、慶長20年（1615年）の大坂夏の陣では2代将軍・徳川秀忠に従って徳川方として参加した。
English: In 1619, he took over Hiroshima Castle following the dismissal of Masanori FUKUSHIMA.
Japanese: 元和(日本)5年（1619年）には福島正則の改易で広島城の接収を行う。
English: In 1627, in the turmoil following Tadasato GAMO's death, the Gamo Clan lost control of the 400,000 koku Aizu Domain, which was given to Yoshiaki.
Japanese: 寛永4年（1627年）、会津の蒲生忠郷死後の騒動で蒲生氏が減転封された後を受けて、会津藩40万石に加増移封された。
English: His legitimate son, Akinari KATO, inherited the family property after Yoshiaki's death but, after the Hori Mondo Incident provoked the involvement of the shogunate, his property was confiscated and
Japanese: 嘉明の死後、家督は嫡男の加藤明成が継いだが、明成が暗愚なために家中で堀主水立ち退き事件が起こって幕府の介入を招き、減封、
English: he was reduced in rank after vehemently denying the presence of a son (in fear of his formal wife) when questioned about who will continue the family name, resulting in his illegitimate child, Akitomo KATO, receiving the 20,000 koku Minakuchi Domain in Omi no Kuni and continuing the surname.
Japanese: 嗣子を立てて家名存続との裁定となるが、明成が正室をはばかって子息はないと頑固に主張したため改易され、庶子の加藤明友に近江国水口藩2万石に減移封されることで名跡が保たれた。
English: He was not only brave, but was also a capable politician as shown by his construction of the castle and surrounding town.
Japanese: 武勇だけではなく、築城や城下町の建設などにも力量を発揮した政治家でもある。
English: Yasuharu WAKISAKA was a busho (Military Commander) and daimyo (Feudal Lord) who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods.
Japanese: 脇坂安治（わきざかやすはる）は安土桃山時代から江戸時代にかけての武将・大名。
English: The Wakisaka Clan took their name from their place of residence in Wakisakano, Higashiazai-gun, Omi no Kuni.
Japanese: 脇坂氏は近江国東浅井郡脇坂野に居住し、その土地の名から脇坂と称した。
English: He was born in Wakisakasho, Azai-gun, Omi no Kuni, the eldest son of Yasuaki WAKISAKA, though according to some theories, he was the son of Magozaemon TATSUKI.
Japanese: 天文23年（1554年）、脇坂安明の長男として、近江浅井郡脇坂庄で生まれる（異説として田付孫左衛門の実子とも伝わる）。
English: He originally served Nagamasa AZAI but after AZAI's downfall in 1573, he attended the Oda Family.
Japanese: はじめ浅井長政に仕えたが、天正元年（1573年）の浅井氏滅亡以後は、織田家に属し、
English: He was awarded for his bravery with a marten fur from the enemy general Naomasa AKAI, who was known as the Red Ogre (Aka Oni) of Tamba.
Japanese: 丹波の赤鬼といわれた敵将赤井直正から武勇を賞されて、貂の皮を拝領した。
English: He later gained more success during Hideyoshi's campaigns with assaults on Kanki and Miki Castles in Harima no kuni.
Japanese: その後は、播磨国・三木城、神吉城攻めなど、秀吉の諸戦に従軍して功を重ねた。
English: In 1583, he fought alongside Masanori FUKUSHIMA and Kiyomasa KATO at the Battle of Shizugatake in Omi no Kuni, becoming known as one of the Shichihonyari (Seven Spears) of Shizugatake and receiving 3,000 koku for his achievements.
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）、近江国賤ヶ岳の戦いで福島正則や加藤清正らと共に活躍し、賤ヶ岳七本槍の一人に数えられ、その戦功により3000石を与えられた。
English: During the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, he performed great feats including capture of Katsutoshi TAKIGAWA's Iga Ueno Castle in the Ise and Iga areas and, in May 1585, Hideyoshi granted him the district of Nose-gun in Settsu no Kuni, worth 10,000 koku
Japanese: 小牧・長久手の合戦では伊勢・伊賀方面で滝川雄利の伊賀上野城を攻略するなどの手柄をあげ、天正13年（1585年）5月、秀吉より摂津国能勢郡に1万石を与えられた。
English: He also served as a naval commander along with Yoshiaki KATO and Yoshitaka KUKI, taking part in the Kyushu and Odawara Campaigns, as well as the invasion of Korea.
Japanese: その後は加藤嘉明や九鬼嘉隆らと共に水軍衆の指揮官を務め、九州征伐、小田原征伐や朝鮮出兵などに従軍。
English: He was thoroughly defeated by the Shimazu army at the Battle of Hetsugi-gawa River but successfully assaulted Izu Shimoda Castle from the sea during the Odwara Campaign.
Japanese: 戸次川の戦いでは島津軍の前に大敗しているが、小田原征伐では海上から伊豆下田城を攻め落としている。
English: He was ordered to dispatch 1,500 people during the invasion of Korea and, as a member of the navy, was responsible for transportation between Kyushu and Busan, though he was later transferred to the land forces.
Japanese: 文禄の役では1500人の動員を課せられ、当初は船手衆の1人として九州から釜山への海上輸送を担当するが後に陸戦兵力として投入された。
English: In June 1592, while defending the city of Yongin near Hanseong, he was attacked by a huge force of 50,000 Korean soldiers led by the governor of Jeolla Province, Yi Gwang but, using an opportunity to attack at night, forced the Korean army to retreat.
Japanese: 文禄元年（1592年）6月に漢城近郊の龍仁を守備中に全羅道観察使の李洸などが率いる朝鮮軍約5万の大軍により攻撃を受けるが、機を制して夜襲を行い朝鮮軍約5万を潰走させた。
English: In the July after the Yongin Battle, he hastily joined forces with Yoshiaki KATO and Yoshitaka KUKI to take on the naval forces of Yi Sun-sin but Yasuharu WAKISAKA, eager for glory, went out alone and, at the Battle of Hansan Island, was thoroughly defeated by Yi Sun-sin.
Japanese: 龍仁戦闘の直後の翌7月には李舜臣による水軍の活動を抑えるために加藤嘉明、九鬼嘉隆と共に急遽連合水軍として編成されるが、功を逸って単独で抜け駆けした脇坂安治は閑山島海戦で李舜臣に大敗した。
English: He was ordered by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI to switch his tactics to land and sea defence and thwarted several of Yi Sun-si attempted invasions.
Japanese: 以降は豊臣秀吉の戦術転換命令によって水陸防御作戦を実施して李舜臣の侵攻を何度も阻んだ。
English: He was a member of the 900 strong land forces that took part in the Second Siege of Jinju in May 1593.
Japanese: 文禄2年（1593年）5月の第二次晋州城攻防戦では攻城軍に加わって陸上兵力（点呼員数900人）としても活躍している。
English: He was ordered to dispatch a 1,200 man navy during the Keicho Invasion and annihilated the invading Korean navy led by Won Gyun during a counterattack in July 1597.
Japanese: 慶長の役では水軍配置となり1200人の動員を課せられ、慶長2年（1597年）7月に侵攻してきた元均率いる朝鮮水軍を逆襲により壊滅させた。
English: He was also praised for his actions during the rescue of Kiyomasa KATO, served with the naval forces when the Japanese invasion began, and fought with the land forces in the battle to take Namwon Castle in August.
Japanese: また、加藤清正の救援などでも武功を挙げ、日本軍の侵攻作戦が始まると水軍として進撃するが、8月の南原城攻略作戦では陸上兵力として使用された。
English: He was given an additional 3,000 koku for his achievements in Korea, bringing his income to 33,000 koku.
Japanese: これら朝鮮における一連の功績から、3000石を加増されて3万3000石の大名となる。
English: He planned to serve Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 but since Mitsunari ISHIDA had raised an army during Yasuharu's stay at Osaka, he felt obliged to join the Western Army with around 1,000 men.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでも家康に与するつもりであったが、安治が大坂に滞在していたときに石田三成が挙兵したため、やむなく約1000名の兵を率いて西軍に与する。
English: During the main battle on September 15, he took advantage of the betrayal by Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA by wipe out Yoshitsugu OTANI's forces and, after the battle, participated in the attack on Mitsunari ISHIDA's residence, Sawayama Castle.
Japanese: そして9月15日(旧暦)の本戦で小早川秀秋が裏切ったのに便乗して寝返り、大谷吉継隊を壊滅させ、戦後、石田三成の居城・佐和山城攻略にも参加している。
English: Since he had secretly informed TOKUGAWA of his plans before the battle, he was considered an ally rather than an enemy and, after the battle, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA allowed him to keep his properties.
Japanese: しかし、戦前に通款を明らかにしていた為、裏切り者ではなく当初からの味方と見なされ、戦後に徳川家康から所領を安堵された。
English: In September 1609, he was granted Ozu Domain in Iyo no Kuni, bringing his worth to 53,500 koku.
Japanese: 慶長14年（1609年）9月、伊予大洲藩に5万3500石に加増移封された。
English: During the Siege of Osaka in 1614, he remained neutral, joining neither TOKUGAWA's nor TOYOTOMI's side.
Japanese: 慶長19年（1614年）からの大坂の役では徳川・豊臣のどちらにも参加しなかった。
English: His neutrality during the Siege of Osaka might have been due to his feeling of indebtedness toward the TOYOTOMI Clan.
Japanese: 大坂の陣では中立を決め込むなど、まだ豊臣氏にわずかながらも恩義を感じていたとされる。
English: Due to this, the Edo government treated him cautiously and he retired the following year, leaving Ozu.
Japanese: そのため江戸幕府から逆に警戒され、翌年に隠居して大洲を去るという行動を起こした。
English: In his Nakatsukasa Shoyu days, he had a second villa in Fushimi, on something similar to an island in a tributary of Kyoto's Yodo-gawa River.
Japanese: 中務少輔の時代に京都・伏見の淀川支流の島のような場所に下屋敷を構えた。
English: Since people called Nakatsukasa Shou by its Chinese-style name 'Chujo', WAKISAKA received the nickname 'Chujo sama (Lord Chujo)' and the area where his villa had been located came to be called 'Chushojima Station.'
Japanese: 中務少輔を中国風に「中書」と呼んだことから、脇坂には「中書（ちゅうじょう）さま」という別名がつき、下屋敷のあった一帯を「中書島駅」と呼ぶようになったといわれる。
English: He was born in Sugatani, Azai-gun, Omi no Kuni (present day Sugatani, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture), the son of a minor feudal lord, Naosada KATAGIRI, who served the AZAI Clan.
Japanese: 近江国浅井郡須賀谷（滋賀県長浜市須賀谷）の浅井氏配下の小領主・片桐直貞の子として生まれる。
English: Sugatani was connected by mountains to the AZAI Clan stronghold of Odani Castle and served both as a supporting castle and a resort, due to the Sugatani hot springs.
Japanese: 須賀谷は浅井氏の本拠地・小谷城と山続きであり、同城の支城の一つとして機能するとともに、須賀谷温泉が湧出するために湯治場としても利用されていた。
English: He fought on the side of Nagamasa AZAI until the fall of Odani Castle following Nobunaga ODA's seige from 1570 to September 1, 1573.
Japanese: 元亀元年（1570年）から天正元年（1573年）9月1日(旧暦)にかけての織田信長による浅井長政への攻撃に際しては小谷城の落城まで一貫して浅井方として戦った。
English: The letter of appreciation from Nagamasa AZAI to Naosada KATAGIRI, written on August 29, the day before the castle fell, is still in existance.
Japanese: 落城前日（8月29日(旧暦)）の日付の浅井長政から片桐直貞に宛てられた感状が現在も残っている。