nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Legend has it that in 1207 before the exile of Honen (1133 - 1212), founders of Japan's Jodo (Pure Land) Sect, and Shinran (1173 - 1263) (the so-called Religious Persecution of the Shogen era), they visited Kanezane in Gatsurin-ji Temple and lamented their impending separation.
Japanese: 日本浄土宗の祖である法然（1133-1212）と親鸞（1173-1263）は、流罪（いわゆる承元の法難）になる前の承元元年（1207年）、月輪寺に兼実を訪ねて別離を惜しんだと伝えられる。
English: At the time of their separation, it is said that Honen, Shinran and Kanezane each carved a statue of himself and these are kept at the temple as the 'Sanso-zo' (Statues of the Three Founders).
Japanese: 法然、親鸞、兼実の3名は、別離に際してそれぞれが自身の像を刻んだと言い、各人の自刻像と称するものが「三祖像」として寺に伝わっている。
English: However, whereas the statues of Honen and Shinran were crafted during the Edo period, the statue attributed to Kanezane KUJO dates from the latter part of the Heian period and is thought to have originally been created as a Monju Bosatsu statue in the form of a Buddhist monk.
Japanese: ただし、法然像と親鸞像は江戸時代のものであり、伝・九条兼実像は像の制作自体は平安時代後期にさかのぼるものの、元来は僧形文殊菩薩像として造像されたものと思われる。
English: As is described above, there are numerous legendary elements involved in the history of Gatsurin-ji Temple's founding, and many details regarding the temple's history before the middles ages remain unclear.
Japanese: 以上のように、月輪寺の草創縁起には伝説的要素が多く、中世以前の歴史については不明な点が多い。
English: However, the temple's collection Buddha statues dating from the Heian period, among which the standing statue of the Eleven-faced Kannon that represents the oldest style and appears to have been crafted during the 10th century indicates that the temple existed in the 10th century when Kuya is said to have visited.
Japanese: ただし、当寺には平安時代にさかのぼる仏像群が伝わり、もっとも古様な作風を示す十一面観音立像は10世紀にさかのぼる作と見られることから、空也が来山したと伝える10世紀頃には寺観が整っていたと見られる。
English: Follow the woodland pass to the fork in the path (entrance to Kuya-taki Waterfall) which can pass a car, from where the only possible route is that the mountain path (approximately a 1 hour walk from the entrance to Kuya-taki Waterfall).
Japanese: 途中の分岐点（空也滝入口）までは林道が通じ、車も入るが、そこから先は山道を歩く以外の交通手段はない（空也滝入口から徒歩約1時間）。
English: A Momoyama period temple complex including the oldest tahoto pagoda in Kyoto and the main hall (Important Cultural Property) as well as seven sub-temples survive.
Japanese: 京都最古の多宝塔、本堂（重文）をはじめ桃山時代の伽藍と、塔頭寺院7院が現存する。
English: 1303: Middle aged monk Nichiben entered Kyoto where he preached Buddhism to a Zen monk descended from FUJIWARA no Sadaie who later became known as Nichiju.
Japanese: 1308年（延慶(日本)元）、中老僧日弁が上洛、藤原定家の末孫の禅僧、のちの日寿を折伏。
English: 1694: Acquires the Yusei-ji branch temple on Mt. Hiei (Yokokawa) and became a branch temple of Myoren-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1694年（元禄7）、比叡山（横川）の末寺宥清寺を入手、妙蓮寺の末寺となる。
English: According to temple legend, the statue was created by the middle aged Nippo and transferred from Jusen-ji Temple in Kazusa to Honmon-ji Temple on Mt. Seiryu by Nichiben.
Japanese: 寺伝では中老僧日法が刻し、日弁により上総の鷲山寺より青柳山本門寺へ遷座されたとされる。
English: The formal name is Komyohenjoin Shakuzo-ji Temple on Mt. Karyu.
Japanese: 詳名は家隆山光明遍照院石像寺（かりゅうざん・こうみょうへんじょういん・しゃくぞうじ）である。
English: Temple legend states that Shakuzo-ji Temple was founded by Kukai (also known as Kobo Daishi) in 819.
Japanese: 寺伝では空海（弘法大師）により819年（弘仁10年）に創建されたという。
English: The principal image statue of Jizo Bosatsu in Jizo-do hall is believed to have been carved from a rock that Kukai brought to Japan from Tang Dynasty China.
Japanese: 地蔵堂の本尊は空海が唐から持ち帰った石を刻んだとされている地蔵菩薩である。
English: This Jizo statue became known as Kunuki Jizo (lit. Suffering Removal Jizo) due to its supposed ability to remove suffering, but this name went on to become corrupted to Kuginuki Jizo.
Japanese: この地蔵は苦しみを抜き取るということから苦抜（くぬき）地蔵と呼ばれ、それがなまって釘抜地蔵と呼ばれるようになった。
English: He suffered extreme pain in both hands which all medical interventions had failed to cure.
Japanese: 彼は両手に激しい痛みを感じていたが、どんな治療を施しても効き目がなかった。
English: In seven-day praying to the miracle-working Jizo Bosatsu statue of Shakuzo-ji Temple, the deity appeared in his dream on the final day.
Japanese: そこで霊験あらたかな石像寺の地蔵菩薩に7日間の願かけをしたところ、満願の日の夢に地蔵菩薩が現れた。
English: Jizo Bosatsu said 'Your suffering is caused the hatred you had for another during your previous life in which you created a cursed effigy and drove hassun-kugi (approximately 24 cm long nail) into the hands' before withdrawing the nails from the effigy's hands and showing them to Dorin.
Japanese: 地蔵菩薩は「お前の苦しみの原因は、前世において人をうらみ、呪いの人形（ひとがた）を作ってその手に八寸釘を打ち込んだことにある」と告げ、呪いの人形から抜き取った八寸釘を道林に示して見せた。
English: It is therefore said that two bloodstained hassun-kugi nails were placed in front of the principal image of Jizo Bosatsu at Shakuzo-ji Temple.
Japanese: そして、石像寺に参詣すると、本尊地蔵菩薩の前には血に染まった2本の八寸釘が置かれていたという。
English: In addition to large pliers beside the temple path and within the precinct, actual hassun-kugi nails and votive tablets with pliers attached that were offered by those released from suffering hang on the outer wall of the main hall.
Japanese: 参道、境内には大きな釘抜きのモニュメントがあるほか、本堂の外壁には苦しみから解放された人々が奉納した、実物の八寸釘と釘抜きを貼り付けた絵馬が多数貼られている。
English: These pliers are the pincer type that is used to grab the head of a nail and pull it out, not crowbar.
Japanese: なおここでの釘抜きとはバール_(工具)のことではなく、はさんで抜くやっとこに近い道具のことである。
English: The poets FUJIWARA no Sadaie and FUJIWARA no Ietaka (Junii (Junior Second Rank)) also resided at the temple and memorials of Sadaie, Ietaka and Jakuren stand in the graveyard within the temple grounds.
Japanese: 歌人である藤原定家、藤原家隆_(従二位)が住んだこともあると伝えられ、境内墓地には定家、家隆、寂蓮の供養塔がある。
English: A seated statue of Amida Nyorai with the hands forming Jo-in (samadhi mudra, gesture of meditation, both hands folded on the knees) flanked on the left and right by statues of Kannon Bosatsu and Seji Bosatsu.
Japanese: 定印（じょういん、膝上で両手を組む）を結ぶ阿弥陀如来坐像の左右に脇侍の観音・勢至菩薩像が立つ。
English: The three statues are made of granite, with the Amida statue standing at 91.5 cm in height and the flanking attendant statues each measuring approximately 103 cm.
Japanese: 花崗岩製で、阿弥陀像の像高91.5cm、両脇侍像の像高は約103cm。
English: The halo of each statue is engraved with a shuji (the characteristic one syllable word to depict the Bodhisattva, which is a Sanskrit syllable symbolizing each statue).
Japanese: 各像の光背にはそれぞれの像に対応する種字（各尊を梵字1字で象徴的に表したもの）を刻む。
English: It is known from the inscription on the rear of the central statue's halo that an individual named Ason Tameie SAEKI of Ise no Gon no kami (Provisional Governor of Ise Province) became a petitioner and completed it in 1225.
Japanese: 中尊光背裏の銘により、伊勢権守佐伯朝臣為家なる人物が願主となって元仁2年（1225年）に完成したことがわかる。
English: Anrakujuin Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Chisan school of the Shingon Sect located in Takeda, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 安楽寿院（あんらくじゅいん）は、京都市伏見区竹田にある真言宗智山派の寺院。
English: It is a temple with a connection to the imperial family that is thought to have originated with a Buddha statue hall constructed by the Emperor Toba at the East Palace of the Toba Rikyu (Toba Imperial Villa) that stands in the south of Kyoto.
Japanese: 京都の南に位置した鳥羽離宮の東殿に鳥羽天皇が造営した仏堂を起源とする天皇家ゆかりの寺院である。
English: The entire area is the site of the former Toba Rikyu Villa that served as a center of imperial cloistered rule at the end of the Heian period (11th-12th centuries), and Anrakujuin Temple is the successor of a Buddha hall that was built within the villa.
Japanese: 付近一帯は平安時代末期（11～12世紀）、院政の舞台となった鳥羽離宮の跡地であり、安楽寿院は離宮内に営まれた仏堂の後身である。
English: Toba Rikyu (also known as Toba-dono Palace) was constructed in 1086 to serve as a residence for the Emperor Shirakawa following his abdication.
Japanese: 鳥羽離宮（鳥羽殿とも言う）は、応徳3年（1086年）、時の白河天皇が退位後の居所として造営を始めたものであった。
English: The area of Toba located in the south of the city of Heian-kyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Kyoto) is situated where the Katsura-gawa River and the Kamo-gawa River converge and was an important center of transportation as well as being an area of natural beauty (the original route of the Kamo-gawa river lied further to the east than it is today, and Toba Rikyu was situated on the land between the Katsura-gawa River and the Kamo-gawa River).
Japanese: 平安京の南に位置する鳥羽の地は桂川と鴨川の合流点にあたり、交通の要衝であるとともに風光明媚な土地でもあった（当時の鴨川の流路は現在よりもずっと東寄りであり、鳥羽離宮は桂川と鴨川に挟まれた土地に位置していた）。
English: The site of the former Imperial Villa consisted of the area around present-day Kintetsu Takeda Station (Kyoto Prefecture) and the Kyoto-Minami Interchange of the Meishin Expressway, and the grounds measured approximately 1.2-1.5 km east to west and 1 km north to south and included a palace, gardens and a Buddha hall.
Japanese: 現在の近鉄竹田駅(京都府)、名神高速道路京都南インターチェンジ付近が離宮の跡地で、東西約1.2～1.5km、南北約1kmの範囲に御所、庭園、仏堂などが営まれた。
English: The first palace to be built was later named the South Palace (now Toba Rikyu Park), followed by others including North Palace, Izumi Palace, Baba Palace, West Palace and Tanaka Palace, with the area serving as the hub of cloistered rule exerted by the Emperor Shirakawa, the Emperor Toba, the Emperor Goshirakawa.
Japanese: 最初に営まれた御所は後に南殿と称され（現在の鳥羽離宮公園がその跡）、その後、北殿、泉殿、馬場殿、東殿、田中殿などが相次いで建設され、白河・鳥羽・後白河の3代の院政の舞台となった。
English: The Buddha statue hall at South Palace, the first palace to be built, was named Shokongoin, that at Izumi Palace named Shokomyoin, that at East Palace named Anrakujuin, and that at Tanaka Palace named Kongoshinin.
Japanese: 最初に造営された南殿に付属した仏堂は証金剛院と呼ばれ、以下、北殿には勝光明院、泉殿には成菩提院、東殿には安楽寿院、田中殿には金剛心院が造営された。
English: As the other palaces and Buddha statue halls of Toba Rikyu disappeared without a trace, Anrakujuin alone has survived until today (although the buildings was rebuilt in the early modern period).
Japanese: 鳥羽離宮内の他の御所や仏堂が跡形もなく滅びた中にあって、安楽寿院のみが（建物は近世以降の再建であるが）、21世紀の今日まで法灯を伝えている。
English: As stated above, Anrakujuin Temple originated as a Buddha hall (principal image was Amida Nyorai) built at the East Palace of Toba Rikyu by Retired Emperor Toba and founded in 1137 (according to the Kamakura period history text "Hyakurensho").
Japanese: 前述のように、安楽寿院は鳥羽離宮東殿に鳥羽上皇が営んだ仏堂（本尊は阿弥陀三尊）が起源で、創建は保延3年（1137年）のことである（鎌倉時代の史書『百錬抄』による）。
English: In 1139, two years after the founding of the Amida-do hall, a three-storey pagoda was built by Uemon no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Outer Palace Guards) FUJIWARA no Ienari.
Japanese: 阿弥陀堂建立の2年後の保延5年（1139年）、右衛門督藤原家成によって三重塔が建てられた。
English: This pagoda, that later became known as Hon-mito, was constructed during the lifetime of the retired emperor (tonsured and became a cloistered emperor in 1142) to serve as his tomb following his death that came in 1156.
Japanese: 後に本御塔（ほんみとう）と呼ばれるこの塔は上皇が寿陵（生前に造る墓）として造らせたものであり、上皇（康治元年・1142年に落飾して法皇となる）が保元元年（1156年）に没した際にはこの本御塔が墓所とされている。
English: It is assumed that the Amida Nyorai statue that currently serves as the principal image of Anrakujuin Temple was originally crafted the principal image of Hon-mito pagoda.
Japanese: 現在の安楽寿院の本尊である阿弥陀如来像は、この本御塔の本尊として造られたものと推定されている。
English: Around 1148, another three-storey pagoda was constructed for Cloistered Emperor Toba's wife Bifukumonin and this became named Shin-mito.
Japanese: その後久安4年（1148年）頃には鳥羽法皇の皇后美福門院のために別の三重塔が建てられ、こちらを新御塔と称した。
English: According to Bifukumonin's will, she was buried on Mt. Koya and Shin-mito pagoda became the burial place of the Emperor Konoe, the child of Cloistered Emperor Toba and Bifukumonin who passed away at an early age.
Japanese: なお、美福門院は遺言により高野山に葬られており、新御塔には鳥羽法皇と美福門院との子で夭折した近衛天皇が葬られることになった。
English: It is known from records that other buildings including a Nine Amida Statue hall and a Fudo-do hall stood at Anrakujuin.
Japanese: 安楽寿院には、他に九体阿弥陀堂、不動堂などが建てられていたことが記録から知られる。
English: The Nine Amida Statue hall was built by Minbukyo (Public Affairs Minister) FUJIWARA no Kaneyori and named 'Shin -Mido' (new Mi-do hall) in order to distinguish it from the previously mentioned Amida-do hall.
Japanese: 九体阿弥陀堂は前述の阿弥陀堂に対して「新御堂」と呼ばれ、久安3年（1147年）、民部卿藤原顕頼によって建てられた。
English: The nine statues of Amida Nyorai housed within were crafted by the Buddhist statue sculptor Choen in order to pray for the recovery of Cloistered Emperor Toba (according to "Hyakuren sho").
Japanese: 安置する九体阿弥陀如来像は鳥羽法皇の病気平癒を祈って仏師長円に造らせたものであった（『百錬抄』による）。
English: On the other hand, the Fudo-do hall was constructed by FUJIWARA no Tadazane in 1155 and housed a statue of Fudo Myoo crafted by Buddhist statue sculptor Kojo (According to TAIRA no Nobunori's diary "Heihanki").
Japanese: 一方の不動堂は、久寿2年（1155年）藤原忠実によって建てられたもので、仏師康助作の不動明王像を安置していた（平信範の日記『兵範記』による）。
English: It is assumed that the seated statue of Fudo Myoo that serves as the principal image of Fudo-in Temple on Mt. Kitamuki near Anrakujuin Temple is this Fudo Myoo statue that was crafted by Kojo.
Japanese: 現在、安楽寿院の近くにある北向山不動院の本尊不動明王坐像がこの康助作の不動像であると推定されている。
English: Anrakujuin Temple was donated large manors throughout Japan and these temple estates (later inherited by Imperial Princess Akiko, the daughter of Emperor Toba, and named the Hachijoin Estate) became the financial basis of the imperial family (Daikakuji-to (imperial lineage starting with Emperor Kameyama)).
Japanese: 安楽寿院には日本各地の膨大な荘園が寄進され、これらは安楽寿院領（後に娘のあき子内親王に引き継がれて八条院領と称される）として、天皇家（大覚寺統）の経済的基盤となった。
English: Damage caused by fires in 1296 and 1548, and an earthquake in 1596 led to the loss of the original Buddha statue halls, the tombs of the Emperor Toba and the Emperor Konoe, and the three-storey pagodas (Hon-mito and Shin-mito).
Japanese: その後、寺は永仁4年（1296年）と天文17年（1548年）に火災に遭い、慶長元年（1596年）の地震でも被害を受けて、創建当初の仏堂や、鳥羽天皇・近衛天皇の陵であった2基の三重塔（本御塔・新御塔）は失われてしまった。
English: Hon-mito pagoda was first rebuilt as a temporary structure in 1612 before being reconstructed as a tile-roofing hogyo-zukuri (pyramid style temple architecture with roofing tile) Buddha statue hall in 1864.
Japanese: 本御塔は慶長17年（1612年）に仮堂が建てられた後、幕末の元治元年（1864年）、瓦葺き宝形造屋根の仏堂として再興された。
English: This building still stands on the western edge of Anrakujuin Temple and is under the administration of the Imperial Household Agency as the Anrakujuin Temple tomb of the Emperor Toba.
Japanese: この建物は安楽寿院西側に現存し、鳥羽天皇安楽寿院陵として宮内庁の管理下にある。
English: In 1606, Shin-mito was rebuilt by Hideyori TOYOTOMI as tahoto pagoda style (a two-storied pagoda (composed of a square lower story and a cylindrical upper story)) that still stands at the south of the temple and is also under the administration of the Imperial Household Agency as the Anrakujuin Temple tomb of the Emperor Konoe.
Japanese: 一方の新御塔は豊臣秀頼により慶長11年（1606年）多宝塔形式で再建されたものが寺の南側に現存し、近衛天皇安楽寿院南陵としてやはり宮内庁の管理下にある。
English: Of the six sub-temples that once existed, Zenshoin temple that has succeeded the temple registration.
Japanese: 現在の安楽寿院は、6つ存在した子院のうちの前松院が寺籍を継いでいるものである。
English: All of the structures in the precinct including Daishi-do hall, Amida-do hall, the shoin (reception hall) and kuri (monks' living quarters) date from after the middle ages.
Japanese: 境内には大師堂、阿弥陀堂、書院・庫裏などが建つがいずれも近世以降のものである。
English: The Daishi-do housing a statue of Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai) is larger than the Amida-do hall which enshrines the principal image.
Japanese: 本尊を安置する阿弥陀堂よりも弘法大師（空海）像を安置する大師堂の方が規模が大きい。
English: Daishi-do hall: Constructed using the materials of the Shin-mito pagoda that was destroyed by an earthquake in 1596.
Japanese: 大師堂-慶長元年（1596年）の地震で倒壊した新御塔の材を用いて建てたものという。
English: Five-ring pagoda: Stands in front of the nursing home to the northeast of the precinct and carries an inscription dating it at 1287.
Japanese: 五輪塔-境内北西の老人ホーム前にあり、弘安10年（1287年）の銘がある。
English: This Buddha statue exhibits the gentle Jocho style that was popular among the imperial family and nobility at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 平安時代末期に皇族・貴族の間でもてはやされた定朝様（じょうちょうよう）の穏やかな作風の仏像である。
English: This highly elaborate piece features Hosogemon (arabesque flower pattern) embossed carving on the pedestal and gold leaf that covers not only the exterior surface but also the interior cavity.
Japanese: 台座は各所に宝相華文を浮き彫りし、像表面だけでなく胎内にも金箔を押す入念な作である。
English: An inscription within the pedestal dating repairs at 1554 has led to the estimation that the statue was crafted to serve as the three-storey pagoda (Hon-mito) erected in 1139.
Japanese: 台座内に天文23年（1554年）の修理銘があり、そこに「西御塔本尊」とあることなどから、保延5年（1139年）に建てられた三重塔（本御塔）の本尊として造られたものと推定されている。
English: The sculptor is not known but it is assumed to be the work of the renowned contemporary Buddhist sculptor Kenen who created other sculptures in Toba Rikyu's other Buddha halls such as Shokomyoin.
Japanese: 作者は不明であるが、同じ鳥羽離宮内の勝光明院などの造仏を手がけていた当時の著名な仏師・賢円の作かと推定されている。
English: Three stone Buddha statue triads known as the Shaka Triad, Yakushi triad and Amida triad; created at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 釈迦三尊、薬師三尊、阿弥陀三尊と呼ばれる3点の石仏で、平安時代末期の作。
English: The Shaka triad and Yakushi triad are housed within a small structure in front of the Daishi-do hall, whereas the best preserved Amida triad has been deposited at Kyoto National Museum (installed in the museum's front garden).
Japanese: 釈迦三尊と薬師三尊は大師堂手前の小屋内にあり、もっとも保存状態のよい阿弥陀三尊像は京都国立博物館に寄託されている（博物館の前庭に設置されている）。
English: The building stands within a detached precinct of Hongan-ji Temple and was constructed in 1931 to commemorate the birthplace of Shinran.
Japanese: 本願寺の飛地境内建物であり、親鸞の誕生の地を記念して1931年に建立された。
English: Shinran was born as the son of Arinori HINO, the 5th generation descendant of Sukenari HINO who founded Hokai-ji Temple in 1051.
Japanese: 親鸞は1051年（永承6年）法界寺を建立した日野資業（ひのすけなり）の五代後の子孫の日野有範（ひのありのり）を父として誕生する。
English: It is said that his mother was Kikkonyo, the granddaughter of Taro Yoshiie HACHIMAN of Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Japanese: 母親は、清和源氏の八幡太郎義家の孫娘の吉光女であったと伝えられている。
English: There is also a bronze statue depicting Shinran aged 6 years and stone monument with a poem standing within the precinct, supposedly composed by him during his Tokudo-shiki (ordination rite) reading; Asu ari to omo kokoro no adazakura, Yahan ni arashi no fukanu mono ka ha (the love and friendship that you believe will come tomorrow can be blown away like cherry blossom in an evening gale).
Japanese: また、親鸞6歳の姿を写した銅像、得度式（とくどしき）に詠んだという和歌の、明日ありと思う心のあだ桜夜半に嵐の吹かぬものかは、の石碑が建てられている。
English: The main hall has been constructed in a style similar to that of a Heian period noble family dwelling surrounded by an atmospheric corridor and featuring a courtyard garden consisting of white sand centered around a bronze lantern.
Japanese: 本堂は、格調高い雰囲気の回廊をめぐらし、中庭は銅灯ろう一基を中心に配し白州で構成されており、平安時代の貴族の館のような造りとなっている。
English: The Kannon-do hall (housing an Eleven-faced Kannon statue) is the 27th fudasho (temples where amulets are collected) of the 33 Temples on Rakuyo (the old capital city of Kyoto) Kannon Pilgrimage.
Japanese: 観音堂（十一面観音像を安置）は洛陽三十三所観音霊場の第27番札所である。
English: The origin of Byodo-ji Temple is referred to in "Inabado Engi" (Legends of the Inabado) (included in "Yamashiro Meisho Shi" (Annals of Yamashiro's picturesque sites)) and "Inabado engi-emaki" (picture scroll of legends of the Inabado) (property of Tokyo National Museum).
Japanese: 『因幡堂縁起』（『山城名勝志』所収）、『因幡堂縁起絵巻』（東京国立博物館蔵）などに創建の由来が書かれている。
English: There are slight variations regarding the temple's history as described in each text, but the general account is as follows.
Japanese: 縁起は諸本によって内容に若干の違いがあるが、おおむね次のような話である。
English: After being made governor of Inaba Province in 997, hosho (major general) TACHIBANA no Yukihira, who was a grandson of Dainagon (chief councilor of state) TACHIBANA no Yoshifuru, fell severely ill while returning to Kyoto.
Japanese: 大納言橘好古（たちばなのよしふる）の孫である少将橘行平（ゆきひら）は、長徳3年（997年）、因幡国司としての任を終えて京に帰ろうとしていたところ、重い病にかかった。
English: One night, a Buddhist priest appeared in Yukihira's dream and said 'There is a precious piece of wood floating on Karonotsu-no-Ura Inlet in Inaba Province.
Japanese: ある夜、行平の夢に貴い僧が現れ、「因幡国の賀露津（かろのつ）の浦に貴い浮き木がある。
English: Yukihira gained the assistance of a Karonotsu fisherman and, on inspecting something that he saw shining in the waves, he discovered that it was a life-size statue of Yakushi Nyorai.
Japanese: 行平が賀露津の漁師に命じて、波間に光るものを引き上げてみると、それは等身の薬師如来の像であった。
English: The Yakushi Nyorai statue was the principal image of Tohokuryo Byoin (東北療病院, literally, north-eastern hospital), one of the 49 buildings of India's Jetavana Grove.
Japanese: この薬師像は天竺（インド）の祇園精舎の四十九院の1つ、東北療病院の本尊であった。
English: Yukihira vowed to take the statue to Kyoto and left Inaba Province behind but many years passed without him gaining the opportunity to visit Inaba Province.
Japanese: 行平は薬師像をいずれ京に迎えると約束して因幡を後にしたが、その後因幡を訪れる機会がないうちに長い歳月が過ぎた。
English: On May 16, 1003, someone knocked on the door of Yukihira's estate.
Japanese: その後、長保5年（1003年）4月7日のこと、行平の屋敷の戸を叩く者がある。
English: Upon opening the door, it was the Yakushi Nyorai statue that had flown from afar to find him.
Japanese: 戸を開けてみると、それは因幡からはるばる虚空を飛んでやってきた薬師像であった。
English: There are historical accounts that place the year in which Yukihira found the Yakushi Nyorai statue as 959, those stating that Yukihira visited the Ichi-no-Miya (highest ranking shrine) of Inaba Province under imperial order, and those claiming that he fell ill while returning to Kyoto.
Japanese: なお、薬師如来像が引き上げられた年を天徳3年（959年）とし、行平は勅命で因幡国一宮に参拝し、京に帰ろうとした際に病気になったとする縁起もある。
English: According to one account, the Yakushi Nyorai statue was housed at the private Yakushi-ji Temple (Inaba Province) belonging to the powerful local Inaba clan and it was brought to Kyoto by Yukihira.
Japanese: 一説に薬師仏は因幡国にあった在地豪族･因幡氏の氏寺の薬師寺(因幡国)に安置されていたといい、行平が京都へ持ち去ったとされる。
English: The strong influence of Buddhist temple's in Nara was resented and it was forbidden to establish any temples other than the two official temples of To-ji and Sai-ji within Heian-kyo Capital.
Japanese: 奈良における寺院勢力の強勢振りを嫌い、平安京内には、官寺である東寺・西寺以外に寺院を建立することは禁止されていた。
English: The name Byodo-ji Temple was granted by the Emperor Takakura in 1717.
Japanese: 平等寺の寺号は、承安(日本)元年（1171年）に高倉天皇によって下賜されたものである。
English: Michinaga, who in his last years came to admire Jodo-shinko (the Pure Land faith), vowed to construct a Nine Amida Statue hall (also known as Muryojuin).
Japanese: 晩年浄土信仰に傾倒した道長は、法成寺内に九体阿弥陀堂（無量寿院）の建立を発願した。
English: He went on to construct successive structures to create a grand temple complex that measured approximately 327m from north to south and 218m from east to west.
Japanese: その後次々と堂舎が建てられ、その規模は東西２町・南北３町に及び、伽藍は豪壮を極めた。
English: "Eiga Monogatari" (A Tale of Flowering Fortunes) describes structures including Amida-do Hall (temple hall enshrined image of Amitabha), Kon-do Hall (main hall of a Buddhist temple), Godai-do Hall (a hall dedicated to the five guardian kings), Yakushi-do hall (temple hall enshrined image of Yakushi Nyorai), Shaka-do hall (temple hall enshrined image of Shakanyorai), Jissai-do hall (temple hall enshrined image of Buddha of the ten days of fasting), Tohokuin hall (literally, southeast hall) and Seihokuin hall (northwest hall).
Japanese: 『栄花物語』には、阿弥陀堂、金堂、五大堂、薬師堂、釈迦堂、十齋堂、東北院、西北院などの様子が描かれている。
English: Hojo-ji Temple became the model for Byodoin Temple and it is thought that facing Hojo-ji Temple from the direction of the Kamo-gawa River would have presented a sight similar to that of facing Byodoin Temple from the direction of the Uji-gawa River.
Japanese: 法成寺は平等院の範となった寺院でもあり、当時、鴨川方向から見れば、ちょうど宇治川方向から見た平等院のようであったと思われる。
English: It is thought that the word 'Mido' in the title of "Mido Kanpaku-ki," believed to be Michinaga's diary, refers to Hojo-ji Temple.
Japanese: なお、道長の日記とされている『御堂関白記』の「御堂」とは、この法成寺のことを指している。
English: As is known from the song 'Kono yo wo ba Wagayo tozo omo Mochizuki no Kaketaru koto no nashi to omoeba' (The full moon is so perfectly round, it is as though this world is my world) ("Shoyuki" (the diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke)), FUJIWARA no Michinaga lived a life of luxury but as he neared the end of his life, concerns about what would happen after his death led him to enter the Buddhist priesthood in 1019 and in the following year begin work on the Muryojuin (Nine Amida Statue hall) that would be the basis of Hojo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 「この世をばわが世とぞ思ふ望月の欠けたることのなしと思へば」（『小右記』）の歌でも知られるように、道長はこの世の栄華を極めたが、死に臨んでは自らの死後を案じ、1019年に出家、翌年には法成寺の礎となる無量寿院の造営に着手した。
English: In 1027, Michinaga who was suffering from a fatal disease left Godai-do hall, crossed the east bridge to Nakajima, an island, crossed the west bridge and entered the Amida-do hall in the west.
Japanese: 1027年、死病を患った道長は、東の五大堂から東橋を渡って中島、さらに西橋を渡り、西の阿弥陀堂に入った。
English: He then pulled a yarn from the hands of the nine Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata) statues to his own hands and, just like Shakyamuni's entry into Nirvana, lied down with his head to north and his eyes facing west.
Japanese: そして、九体の阿弥陀如来の手から自分の手まで糸を引き、釈迦の涅槃と同様、北枕西向きに横たわった。
English: He passed away as chanting the nenbutsu (Buddhist invocation) and praying for entry into the western Pure Land Paradise as monks chanted sutras.
Japanese: 僧侶たちの読経の中、自身も念仏を口ずさみ、西方浄土を願いながら往生したといわれている。