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English: Furthermore, because of a fight with associates of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine in the province, he was finally exiled to Tosa Province in 1037.
Japanese: また、同国の石清水八幡宮の神人と争ったことにより、ついに1037年（長暦元年）土佐国に配流された。
English: FUJIWARA no Toshiie (1019 - December 29, 1082) was a top court official and a waka poet in the middle of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原俊家（ふじわらのとしいえ、寛仁3年（1019年）-永保2年12月2日(旧暦)（1082年12月29日））は平安時代中期の公卿、歌人。
English: He was the ancestor of the Nakamikado line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, and his descendants gave birth to nine Tosho-ke (the hereditary families of high-ranking court nobles), including the Nakamikado family (also called the Matsunoki family) and the Jimyoin family.
Japanese: 中御門流の祖であり、子孫からは中御門家（松木家）・持明院家を始めとして、9家の堂上家（羽林家）を出した。
English: In 1034, he was deprived of his rank and position for having his guard hit FUJIWARA no Tsunesuke, his mother's cousin.
Japanese: 長元7年（1034年）母の従弟の藤原経輔を随身に叩かせた罪で官職を解任。
English: May 21, 1036: He was appointed to Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain), and August 10 of the same year: He was given Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade), and December 3 of the same year: He was given Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade).
Japanese: 長元9年（1036年）4月17日蔵人頭、7月10日従四位上、11月7日正四位下
English: It is said Toshiie's voice carried so well that he could chant Japanese poetry skillfully, and Kokon Chomonju (A Collection of Tales Heard, Past and Present) written by TACHIBANA no Narisue says that his chants sometime tempted a master of Japanese dancing named O no Masakata to dance in perfect harmony.
Japanese: 声がよくとおり、歌を詠いあげるのがうまかったといわれ、その声に誘われて多政方という舞の名人と阿吽の呼吸で舞い踊ったことが古今著聞集（橘成季の作）に記録されている。
English: When Toshiie and his entourage visited Kasuga-taisha Shrine, they found something like a white cloud on Mt. Sao.
Japanese: 俊家一行が春日大社に参詣した際、佐保山の上に白雲のような物を見つける。
English: For celebrating Nara mountains, their beautiful scenery, the blessings of the deity of Kasuga-taisha Shrine and the prosperity of the Imperial family, they would show the deity's dance, they said, and then they disappeared.
Japanese: 女性らは、奈良の山々や景色、その山神の神徳と君が代の万歳をことほぎ、神祭りを見せよう、と言い、姿を消す。
English: Soto DAIRIN (1480-1568) was a Japanese Zen monk and a master of the tea ceremony.
Japanese: 大林宗套（だいりんそうとう、1480年（文明(日本)12年）-1568年（永禄11年））は、日本の禅僧、茶道。
English: Moreover, many Sakaishu, including Dochin KITAMUKI, Sozui ASAINO, SEN no Rikyu, Sogyu TSUDA and Miyoshi clan, had been enlightened.
Japanese: また、三好一門をはじめ、北向道陳、阿佐井野宗瑞、千利休、津田宗及など、堺衆を多数教化。
English: Takayoshi ICHIJO (1176 - October 26, 1198) was a kugyo (top court official) and politician during early days of the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 一条高能（いちじょうたかよし、安元2年（1176年）-建久9年9月17日_(旧暦)（1198年10月19日））は、鎌倉時代初期の公卿・政治家。
English: After he was granted peerage in 1184, he had successively held Sama no kami (Captain of Samaryo, Left Division of Bureau of Horses), Uhyoe no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards), Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain), etc.
Japanese: 元暦元年（1184年）に叙爵されると、左馬頭・右兵衛督・蔵人頭などを歴任する。
English: Meanwhile, he was appointed to the Kyoto shugo (provincial constable) by the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and had an offer of marriage to MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's daughter, O-hime (however, the match was refused by O-hime).
Japanese: 一方で鎌倉幕府からは京都守護に任じられて頼朝の娘・大姫(源頼朝の娘)との縁談が進められた（大姫の拒絶にあい破談）。
English: In those days, MINAMOTO no Michichika was a key figure in the Imperial Court and opposed Kanezane KUJO and MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who were connected to Kanezane.
Japanese: 当時、朝廷の中枢にあった源通親は、政敵である九条兼実や彼と結びつく源頼朝と対立関係にあった。
English: However, after the downfall of Kanezane, he agreed with Yoritomo's intention to increase the authority of Kamakura bakufu and aimed to maintain the administrative power.
Japanese: しかし、兼実失脚後は頼朝の鎌倉幕府の権威の増大に対してこれと融和して政権維持を図った。
English: It is said that Takayoshi's fast promotion was made because of Michichika's anticipation to cooperate with Yoritomo.
Japanese: 高能の急激な昇進の背景には通親が頼朝との連携を期待したものであったと言われている。
English: Although he was promoted to Sangi (councilor) in 1196 and became kugyo (top court official) with the investiture as Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) the next year, he died of an illness at age 23 in the following year.
Japanese: 建久7年（1196年）には参議昇進、翌年には従三位叙位により公卿となるが、その翌年に23歳の若さで病死した。
English: FUJIWARA no Kanemasa (1148-September 5, 1200) was a kugyo (top court official) from the end of the Heian period to the early days of the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 藤原兼雅（ふじわらのかねまさ、久安4年（1148年）-正治2年7月18日(旧暦)（1200年8月29日））は、平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期にかけての公卿。
English: Therefore, he was once driven from a government post by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka; however, he returned to his former post, Dainagon (chief councilor of state), in 1187 with confidence in him shown by Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
Japanese: このため寿永2年（1183年）には源義仲によって一旦官職を追われるが、後白河天皇の信任を背景に文治3年（1187年）に元の地位である大納言に復帰。
English: By having carried out the post to the end during the tempestuous period of the court, he built the foundation of the Kazanin family's future prosperity.
Japanese: 激動期の宮廷にあって最終的に地位を全うしたことで、後世における花山院家の発展の基礎を築いた。
English: Okimori NAITO, Kikakumaru's maternal grandfather, lived in Toida Village (the present Yamaguchi City) and was called Toida dono, and Kikakumaru was raised there, so Kikakumaru began to use the family name of Toida.
Japanese: 問田村（現山口市）で養育され、母方の祖父である内藤興盛が問田村で問田殿と呼ばれていたことから問田姓を称した。
English: At Daineiji no hen, (the revolt of Daineiji) in 1551, Yoshitaka (義隆) OUCHI (Kikakumaru's father) and Yoshitaka (義尊) OUCHI (the heir and Kikakumaru's older bother) were both killed by Takafusa SUE (also called Harukata SUE), but Takafusa spared Kikakumaru's life.
Japanese: 天文_(日本)20年（1551年）の大寧寺の変で、父義隆・兄で嫡子の義尊が陶隆房（陶晴賢）に殺されたときは、隆房に助命されている。
English: And Yoshinaga OUCHI, who became the head of the Ouchi clan with the support of the Sue clan, was also attacked by Motonari MORI, and Yoshinaga killed himself in May (or June) 1557, so the Ouchi clan died out.
Japanese: 陶氏に擁立され大内氏当主となった大内義長も毛利元就に攻められ、弘治3年（1557年）4月に自害し、大内氏は滅亡する。
English: Being backed as the head of the Ouchi clan by the remaining retainers, such as the Kusaba clan, the Ohara clan and the Kawagoe clan, Kikakumaru raised an army on December 10, 1557, and shut themselves in Shojigatake-jo Castle (in the present Fukuoka Prefecture).
Japanese: その年の11月10日に大内氏の遺臣である草場氏、小原氏、河越氏らによって亀鶴丸は大内氏当主として擁立され、挙兵し山口の障子ヶ岳城に立て籠もった。
English: However, Kikakumaru's uncle Takaharu NAITO, who sided with the Mori clan, raided them, so they were defeated in the Battle of Myokenzaki on the next day.
Japanese: しかし、毛利氏方についていた、亀鶴丸の叔父に当たる内藤隆春の急襲を受け、翌11月11日の妙見崎の戦いで敗北。
English: According to a folklore, Kikakumaru fled by sea, changed his name into Ikunoshin TOYOTA, ran a sake (rice wine) winery and lived up to the age of 93.
Japanese: 海路を逃れ、豊田幾之進と改名して酒造業を営み93歳まで生きたという伝承もある。
English: Kanemigi YOSHIDA (May 31, 1516-February 22, 1573) was the eighth head of the YOSHIDA family, a "Tosho-ke" (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks - its social standing was hanke (court noble), the Urabe clan).
Japanese: 吉田兼右（よしだかねみぎ、永正13年4月20日(旧暦)（1516年5月21日）-元亀4年1月10日(旧暦)（1573年2月12日））は、堂上家（家格は半家(公家)、卜部氏）である吉田家の8代当主。
English: He was the second son of his biological father, a lesser councilor of state (Hisangi - advisor at large - Shosanmi or Senior Third Rank), Nobukata KIYOHARA (known as Nobukata FUNABASHI, the third son of Hisangi Kanetomo YOSHIDA).
Japanese: 実は、少納言（非参議正三位）・清原宣賢（別名：船橋宣賢、非参議・吉田兼倶の三男）の次男。
English: Because Kanemitsu YOSHIDA who was the family head of the Yoshida suddenly ran away in 1525, his cousin Kanemigi succeeded to the family at the young age of ten.
Japanese: 吉田家の当主だった吉田兼満が大永5年（1525年）突然家を出奔したため、従弟にあたる兼右が10歳の若さで後を継ぐ。
English: He actively promoted Shintoism thought founded by his grandfather Kanetomo; he issued sogen senji (decrees of foundations and origins) and Shinto saikyojo (license proof for a Shinto priest) to shrines and Shinto priests nationwide.
Japanese: 祖父兼倶以来の神道説を宣揚して、積極的に全国の神社・神職に対して宗源宣旨や神道裁許状を発行する。
English: At the same time, he had socialized with otona (village leaders) and parishioners in rural areas to spread the Yoshida's.
Japanese: それとともに、地方のオトナ衆・氏子との交流を図って吉田家の家門拡大に努めた。
English: Above all, the Ouchi clan in Suo and the Wakasa-Takeda clan in Echizen invited him to initiate Shintoism.
Japanese: 特に周防の大内氏・越前の朝倉氏・若狭武田氏に招かれ神道伝授を行った。
English: According to his will, shadan (a small shrine) was built near Yoshida-jinja Shrine and he had been deified as Yuishin reishin.
Japanese: 彼の遺骸は遺言により、吉田神社の近くに社壇を建てて唯神霊神と称して祀られた。
English: Saneaki ICHIJO, as known as Saneaki SHIMIZUDANI, (?-June 11, 1420) was a Kugyo (top court official) in the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 一条実秋（いちじょうさねあき・清水谷実秋（しみずだにさねあき）、？－応永27年4月21日_(旧暦)（1420年6月2日））は、室町時代の公卿。
English: In 1408, he was promoted to Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) and became Sangi (councillor) from Ukone no chujo (Middle Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards).
Japanese: 応永15年（1408年）に正四位下に叙せられて右近衛中将から参議に転じる。
English: When the Shimizudani family, also a branch family of the Saionji family, ended, Saneaki inherited the territory and temporarily used the family name, Shimizudani.
Japanese: 同じ西園寺家庶流の清水谷家が断絶した時に実秋がその所領を継承したが、その際に「清水谷」の家号を一時期用いた。
English: Saneaki's son, Kintomo SHIMIZUDANI used the family name, 'Shimizudani,' once used by his father, to differentiate from a sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents) of the same family name; therefore, his descendant was called Shimizudani family.
Japanese: 実秋の子である清水谷公知は同じ家名の摂関家と区別するためにかつて父が用いた「清水谷」をそのまま家号として常用したため、子孫はそのまま清水谷家と呼ばれるようになった。
English: Kintomo's son Sanehisa SHIMIZUDANI was promoted to Gon Dainagon; however, his adopted son Kinmatsu SHIMIZUDANI who was from the Hashimoto family died young.
Japanese: 公知の子清水谷実久は権大納言にまで昇ったが、橋本家から迎えた養子の清水谷公松は若くして没した。
English: KOREMUNE no Hirokoto (year of birth and death unknown, 1172? - 1187?) was a descendant of the Hata clan.
Japanese: 惟宗広言（これむねのひろこと、生没年不詳(？～1172年-1187年～？)）は、秦氏の後裔。
English: A historical source of the Shimazu clan says that Hirokoto's wife was the younger sister (called Tango no tsubone) of Yoshikazu HIKI, but this is not so sure because there exists no other evidence about it.
Japanese: 妻は比企能員妹（丹後局）とされるが、島津氏の史料にしか出てこない話であり疑問もある。
English: Atsushi Watanabe (1843-1915) was an expert swordsman who was born in Kyoto and in charge of Kimoiri (director) of Kyoto mimawarigumi (a group that guarded Kyoto of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 渡辺篤（わたなべあつし、天保14年（1843年）-大正4年（1915年））は、京都生まれの剣客、京都見廻組肝煎。
English: In addition, he mastered Enmei school (swordplay), Ogino school (gunnery), Muhen school (the art of the spearmanship), Hioki school (the art of Japanese archery), Otsubo school (Japanese horse-back archery technique) and so on.
Japanese: 他にも円明流（剣術）・荻野流（砲術）・無辺流（槍術）・日置流（弓術）・大坪流（馬術）などを習得。
English: In 1867 he was continuously promoted to Kimoiri-suke (an assistant manager) and Kimoiri (manager) of Kyoto mimawarigumi, starting from Oyatoi Shichinin-buchi (御雇七人扶持) (name of rank).
Japanese: 慶応3年（1867年）、京都見廻組御雇七人扶持を皮切りに肝煎介・肝煎と昇進。
English: It is said that he participated in the assassination of Ryoma SAKAMOTO and Shintaro NAKAOKA with Tadasaburo SASAKI and Nobuo IMAI on December 10, 1867.
Japanese: 同年11月15日、佐々木只三郎・今井信郎らと共に坂本龍馬・中岡慎太郎の暗殺に加担したとされる。
English: During the Meiji period, he worked for the Inspector of Nara Prefectural Police through an arrangement of a person of the new government (said to be someone from the Satsuma domain).
Japanese: 明治になり、新政府（薩摩藩出身者が後押ししたと言う）による計らいにより奈良県警の監察官（のち本部長）として奉職した。
English: In his later years, he told the detail of the Omiya Incident to people such as his brother Yasuhei WATANABE and his disciple Tsunenosuke IIDA as he killed Ryoma by the sword 'Dewa daijo Fujiwara Kunimichi ' which was given to him by his father.
Japanese: 晩年、近江屋事件の様子を弟の渡辺安平や弟子の飯田常之助などに語り、父から贈られた刀「出羽大掾藤原国路」で龍馬を斬ったと述べている。
English: He was said to be the son of TAIRA no Masakado who established a government that was the origin of the military government in the Kanto region and identified himself as 'new emperor.'
Japanese: 関東地方に武家政権の発祥とも言われる国家を建設し「新皇」を名乗った平将門の子と伝わる。
English: He was the sixth head of Bando-Heishi (Taira clan) who was the descendants of Emperor Kanmu, and his son Kotaro fumikuni (小太郎文国) became the progenitor of the Shinoda clan.
Japanese: 桓武天皇系坂東平氏6代目当主であり、信田氏の始祖で子の小太郎文国は信田氏を称した。
English: After his father Masakado, the 'new emperor,' was defeated in the Johei and Tengyo War, young Masakuni identified himself as the second new emperor with his family's support and tried to revive the government.
Japanese: 父の「新皇」将門が、世に言う承平天慶の乱によって滅ぼされると、まだ幼少であった将国は、一族に担がれ二代新皇を称し再興を図った。
English: After the war was over, he made an effort to rebuild the exhausted and devastated land with the support of his uncle TAIRA no Yoshifumi.
Japanese: 戦乱が沈静化した後は、疲弊し荒れ果てた領地を回復させるため叔父の平良文の後見を得て、治世に心血を注いだ。
English: Although his fate after that is not known, there is a famous theory that he was the same person as ABE no Seimei in later years.
Japanese: その後の足跡は不明であるが、後年、歴史上に見られる安倍晴明と同一人物であるという説が有名である。
English: In addition, in the Arikuji Hot spring at Kihoku Town there is a legend that Masakuni discovered the spring in accordance with an oracle of god and cured people's diseases and wounds.
Japanese: また、将国が神のお告げで発見し、病や傷を癒したとされる紀北町の有久寺温泉などが伝えられている。
English: Mochiie ARIMA (1396? - 1450?) was a warrior in the middle of the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 有馬持家（ありまもちいえ、応永3年（1396年）？-宝徳2年（1450年）？）は、室町時代中期の武将。
English: The Settsu-Arima clan governing Arima County in Settsu Province, served as an attendant of the seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), and directly belonged to the Muromachi shogunate independent of the Akamatsu clan, their head family.
Japanese: 摂津有馬氏は摂津国有馬郡を領して征夷大将軍の近習を務め、本家の赤松氏とは別に室町幕府に直勤していた。
English: So, in the wake of the Kakitsu War, Mochiie seems not to have sided with Mitsusuke AKAMATSU, his head family leader, but to have sided with the punitive force of the Muromachi shogunate led by Mochitoyo YAMANA against the Akamatsu forces.
Japanese: 嘉吉の乱の直後も、本家である赤松満祐方には与せず、山名持豊率いる幕府側の赤松追討軍に加わったとみられる。
English: After that, however, when Mochiie's cousin Mitsumasa AKAMATSU raised an army against the Yamana clan which additionally held the military governor of Harima Province, Mochiie cooperated with Mitsumasa.
Japanese: しかしその後、従兄弟の赤松満政が播磨国守護を兼ねた山名氏に対して挙兵するとこれに応ずる。
English: Along with Yoshimasa's wet nurse Imamairi no tsubone (also called Oima) and the cousin of Yoshimasa's mother Suketo KARASUMA, Mochiie was known as an influential aide to Yoshimasa, and these three were called 'Sanma' (three 'ma') because their names, Oima, Karasuma and Arima, all include the syllable of 'ma' in them.
Japanese: 義政の乳母・今参局（御今）および義政の母の従弟・烏丸資任とともに義政側近の有力者として知られ、「三魔」と並び称された（おいま、からすま、ありまと、「ま」がつく三人）。
English: "Gaun nikken roku," the diary written by Shuho ZUIKEI of Shokoku-ji Temple, says under the date of February 1, 1455, that the politics of the shogunate originated from Sanma.
Japanese: 相国寺の瑞渓周鳳の日記『臥雲日件録』康正元年1月6日（1455年2月1日）条には「政は三魔より出づ」と記されている。
English: However, different from the other two, Mochiie had no record of arbitrary behavior, so his name might have been picked up just because he was an aide to Yoshimasa having the syllable of 'ma' in his name; a theory says Mochiie passed away in 1450, and if it is right, Yoshimasa's reign as the shogun does not match with Yoshimasa's life.
Japanese: ただし、他の2人と異なり、持家に関しては、特に専横の振る舞いは記録されておらず、義政側近中の「ま」がつく人ということで数合わせとして挙げられたとも考えられる（一説に持家が死去したのは宝徳2年（1450年）といい、そうなると義政将軍期としては時期が合わない）。
English: Nichijin (June 7, 1339-June 23, 1419) was the founder of the Jinmon lineage of the Hokke sect.
Japanese: 日陣（にちじん、延元4年/暦応2年4月21日(旧暦)（1339年5月30日）-応永26年5月21日(旧暦)（1419年6月14日））は、法華宗陣門流の門祖（派祖）である。
English: He was born in Arakawago, Kajisho, Senami County (瀬波郡加治庄荒川郷), Echigo Province in the Hokuriku-do region, on the opposite shore of the east coast of Sado ga shima Island (Sado Province) associated with Nichiren, the founder of the Hokke sect.
Japanese: 宗門の高祖（宗祖）日蓮有縁の地佐渡ヶ島（佐渡国）の東岸、北陸道の越後国瀬波郡加治庄荒川郷（現在の新潟県胎内市）にて生誕。
English: In 1347 he became a priest under Nichiryu (日龍) who was a local governor of the Chokyuzan Honjo-ji Temple (Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture).
Japanese: 貞和3年（1347年）、長久山本成寺（新潟県三条市）代官日龍の下で得度した。
English: He went to Kyoto and succeeded the dharma lineage which began from Nichiren, the founder of the sect, to Nichiro and Nichiin in 1356.
Japanese: 彼は京都に上洛して、延文元年（1356年）、高祖（宗祖）日蓮から日朗・日印と流れる法脈を受け継いだ。
English: He learned from Nichijo, a chief priest of the Honjo-ji Temple in Sanjo, Echigo Province, and lived at the Honkoku-ji Temple in Rokujo, Kyoto City, and he identified himself as Enkobo Nichijin (円光坊日陣).
Japanese: 越後国三条本成寺住職で京六条本圀寺に住む日静に師事し、円光坊日陣と名乗った。
English: Nichijo described the Kamakura denchu mondo Dialogue as a record that Nichiin argued all other Buddhism sects down at the palace of Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) in the period when seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") was Imperial Prince Morikuni who was miyashogun (shogun from the Imperial Court) and the regent was Takatoki HOJO, Tokuso (the patrimonial head of the main branch of the Hojo clan).
Japanese: 日静は、征夷大将軍が宮将軍の守邦親王で執権が得宗の北条高時の時代の幕府殿中にて日印が仏教全宗派を論破したことを鎌倉殿中問答として記録した人間である。
English: Nichiden (日伝) (Rokujomon school) who learned from Nichijo as well as Nichijin, was given the Honkoku-ji Temple in Kyoto.
Japanese: 同じ師日静に仕えた日伝(曖昧さ回避)（六条門流）は京の本圀寺を与えられた。
English: Nichijin gradually opposed Nichiden because he tended to follow the Tendai Sect, Mt.Hiei, and parted his ways with Nichiden in order to emphasize the dharma of Nichiren, the founder of Daimokushu (Nichiren sect).
Japanese: 日陣は、日伝が比叡山天台宗寄りになるにつれて対立し、題目宗の宗祖日蓮の教えを重んじるためにたもとをわかった。
English: He built the Honzen-ji Temple (located on the Teramachi street, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, at present) as the base in Kyoto instead of the Honkoku-ji Temple, and spread his teachings in Kyoto, the center of Japan in those days.
Japanese: 京の拠点として本圀寺に代わる本禅寺（現在は京都府京都市上京区寺町通へ移転）を建立し、日陣は当時（室町時代）の日本の中心であった京での布教をした。
English: He was engaged in missionary work in various places of Japan, such as the conversion of temples after disputes and constructing Hokke sect's temples.
Japanese: 全国各地を巡教し法論問答の結果各地の寺を改宗させたり法華宗寺院を建立したりした。
English: In 1419, he passed the Honjo-ji Temple over to his disciple Nichizon and left the temple for Daimokushu missionary work.
Japanese: 応永26年（1419年）本成寺を弟子日存に与え、題目宗の伝道弘通のため本成寺を出る。
English: Since he adopted Shakahonbutsuron, he regarded that Honbutsu (the real Buddha) was Shakyamuni of Kuon-jitsujo (eternal life of the Buddha) and that the founder Nichiren was a priest rather than Buddha.
Japanese: 釈迦本仏論であるため、本仏は久遠実成の釈迦如来であり、高祖日蓮の位置付けを仏ではなく僧としている。
English: Nichijin adopted the Shyoretsu school in the interpretation of Konpon kyoten (primal scripture) Hokke-kyo Sutra, and he especially emphasized chapter 16, Nyoraijuryo-hon (Duration of the Life of the Tathagata, chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra) among Honmon which was regarded as 'Sho' (superior).
Japanese: 根本経典法華経の解釈は勝劣派であるが、「勝」とする本門の内、日陣は特に法華経如来寿量品第十六を重んじる。
English: He insisted that 'the compassion and relief of the real Buddha Shakyamuni in Honmonjuryo-hon in Hokke-kyo Sutra' was the reason why the teaching of Nichiren, the founder of sect, (Daimokushu) was superior than other creeds, which was argued in the important dialogue of Nichiin, the master of his master (Nichijo) between the priest of the Tendai sect at the Palace of Kamakura bakufu (source: 'Kamakura denchu mondo').
Japanese: 師（日静）の師にあたる日印が鎌倉幕府殿中にて大ヤマであったとされる天台僧との問答で論破した（出典、「鎌倉殿中問答」）点である「法華経本門寿量品の本仏釈迦如来の慈悲救済」こそ宗祖日蓮の教え（題目宗）が他の教義よりも勝っている箇所であるとする。
English: This 'compassion and relief of the real Buddha Shakyamuni in Honmonjuryo-hon in Hokke-kyo Sutra' was 'Nam myoho renge kyo,' that is, the Nichiren chant of five or seven letters.
Japanese: この「法華経本門寿量品の本仏釈迦如来の慈悲救済」が「南無妙法蓮華経」の五字七字の題目と言うことである。
English: Shuryo SAKUGEN (April 29, 1501-August 2, 1579) was a Zen monk of the Rinzai sect and a diplomat who lived in the Sengoku period (period of warring states).
Japanese: 策彦周良（さくげんしゅうりょう、文亀元年4月2日(旧暦)（1501年4月19日）-天正7年6月30日(旧暦)（1579年7月23日））は、戦国時代(日本)の臨済宗の禅僧、外交官。
English: He was born in 1501 as the third son of Munenobu INOUE who was the chief retainer of the Hosokawa clan, kanrei (shogunal deputy) of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), in Tango Province.
Japanese: 文亀元年（1501年）、室町幕府管領細川氏の家老井上宗信の三男として丹波国に生まれる。
English: On February 12, 1510, he became a priest under Toan INO at the Rokuon-ji Temple in Kitayama of Kyoto.
Japanese: 永正6年12月24日(旧暦)（1510年2月2日）に、京都北山の鹿苑寺の心翁等安のもと仏門に入る。
English: He was burned out of the Rokuon-ji Temple in the battle of Mt. Funaoka in 1512, and escaped to the Tamba district with his master.
Japanese: 同8年に起きた船岡山合戦で鹿苑寺から焼け出され、師とともに丹波に逃れる。
English: In 1518 when he was 18 years old, he had tonsure at the Tenryu-ji Temple, received gusokukai (taking the full precepts) and decided imina (personal name) as Shuryo.
Japanese: 永正15年（1518年）、18歳に至って天竜寺にて剃髪、具足戒を受け、諱を周良とする。
English: Affected by Gozan Bungaku (Literally, Five Mountain Literature), he learned Chinese classic books and prose and poetry by Toan and brushed up the ability of Chinese classics.
Japanese: 五山文学の影響下、等安から漢籍・詩文の手ほどきを受け、漢文力を磨く。
English: In 1537 when an authorized tally trade ship (Envoy Ship Dispatched to Ming China) was planned to be dispatched to Ming hosted by Yoshitaka OUCHI who was Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period) of the Suo Province, he was assigned to the vice-envoy (at this time seishi (senior envoy) was Sekitei KOSHIN).
Japanese: 天文(元号)6年（1537年）周防国の戦国大名大内義隆の主催により、明に勘合貿易船（遣明船）を派遣を計画した際に、副使に任命される（正使は湖心蹟鼎）。
English: Although the Ouchi clan actually managed the trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty in China after the Neiha war, it was formally an official envoy of the Muromachi bakufu.
Japanese: 寧波の乱以降、日明貿易の主体は大内氏に移っていたが、形式上は室町幕府の正式な使節であった。
English: He left the Goto Islands on May 17, 1539, which was two years after planning, leading 460 people on three ships.
Japanese: 実際には翌々年の4月19日(旧暦)（1539年5月7日）に3隻に分乗した460名の船団を率い五島列島を出帆する。
English: On July 12 he left Beijing for Neiha and came back to Japan on July 29, 1541 after waiting for a good wind to sail.
Japanese: 5月28日(旧暦)（7月2日）に北京を離れて寧波へ向かい、風待ちの後、帰国したのは同10年6月26日(旧暦)（1541年7月19日）であった。
English: In 1547 he was ordered a second visit to Ming and left Naru Island of the Goto Islands the same as the first visit, leading about 630 people on the four ships as seishi on June 17, 1547.
Japanese: 天文16年（1547年）には二度目の渡明を命じられ、今度は正使として4隻630名あまりを率い5月20日(旧暦)（6月7日）に同じく五島の奈留島から出発。
English: However, he was refused entry because the Ming dynasty in those days determined Japan as 'a country of one tribute in ten years' (a country which could be allowed the tribute trade once in ten years).
Japanese: ただし、当時の明側では日本を「十年一貢の国」（十年に1度しか朝貢貿易を許可しない国）としていたため入国を拒否された。
English: On April 28, 1548, he was finally allowed to enter Neiha and arrived at Beijing on June 4.
Japanese: 翌年3月10日（1548年4月18日）に至ってようやく寧波上陸を許され、4月18日北京入り。
English: He achieved the mission of tribute as seishi again and went back to Yamaguchi which was the base of the Ouchi clan on August 1, 1550 three years after leaving.
Japanese: 再び正使として朝貢任務を果たし、同19年6月9日(旧暦)（1550年7月22日）、大内氏の本拠山口へ3年ぶりに帰着した。
English: This was the last Envoy Ship Dispatched to Ming China because Yoshitaka OUCHI committed suicide during the revolt of Harukata SUE and the Ouchi clan was virtually destroyed.
Japanese: 翌年、陶晴賢の下克上により、大内義隆が自害、事実上大内氏が滅亡したため、これが最後の遣明船となった。
English: He precisely recorded the details of the two visits of the Envoy Ship Dispatched to Ming China as "Sakugen nyuminki," which is important historical reference material to study and to know about the last days of the trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty in China.
Japanese: 二度に渡る遣明船往来の詳細を『策彦入明記』として克明に記録しており、末期の日明貿易を知る上での貴重な史料となっている。
English: He went down to the Suruga Province in 1556 and participated in the poetry meeting held by Yoshimoto IMAGAWA on December 28, 1556 with other people who stayed there such as Sanezumi SANJONISHI and Tokitsugu YAMASHINA.
Japanese: 弘治(日本)2年には駿河国へ下向、11月17日(旧暦)（1556年12月18日）には今川義元主催の詩歌会に参加し、同地に滞在中の三条西実澄・山科言継らと同席している。
English: From 1556 to 1557 he went to Kai Province invited by Shingen TAKEDA and stayed there as the chief priest of Erin-ji Temple.
Japanese: 同年から翌年にかけて、武田信玄に招かれて甲斐国に赴き、恵林寺住職となって滞在。