nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: However, Takahisa SHIMAZU who had succeeded in ending the internal conflict launched a counterattack, the Gamo clan gradually declined, and at last Shigekiyo's son Norikiyo GAMO surrendered; after that, the Gamo clan served the Shimazu clan as vassal.
Japanese: しかし、島津氏の内紛を収めた島津貴久の反撃を受け衰退し、茂清の子の蒲生範清の代に降伏し、以後は島津氏の家臣となった。
English: The Katsuraki clan was a powerful local clan who had their base in the Kazuraki region of the Yamato Province (present day Gose city and Katsuraki city, Nara Prefecture) during the Kofun period (tumulus period).
Japanese: 葛城氏（かずらきし）は、古墳時代、大和国葛城地方（現在の奈良県御所市・葛城市）に本拠を置いていた有力な古代在地豪族。
English: Although it is doubtful whether the clan name 'Katsuraki' actually existed before the establishment of the system of clans and hereditary titles, this clan name is employed here for the sake of convenience.
Japanese: 6世紀の氏姓制度成立以前において、「葛城」が本来的なウヂ名として存在したかについては疑問があり、ここでは従来の「葛城氏」の呼称を用いて便宜を図ることとする。
English: According to "Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters)," KATSURAGI no Sotsuhiko, original forefather of Kazuraki clan, was one of the children of TAKEUCHI no Sukune and forefather of Tamaktenoomi and Ikuhanoomi.
Japanese: 葛城氏の始祖である葛城襲津彦（そつひこ）は、『古事記』には武内宿禰（孝元天皇の曾孫）の子の1人で、玉手氏(臣)（たまてのおみ）・的氏(臣)（いくはのおみ）などの祖とされる。
English: After the death of Sotsuhiko, records of the notable people from this clan, such as Katsuraki no ashita no sukune, Tamada no sukune, Tsubura no Okimi and Ariomi, enable us to partially recover their genealogy (See the genealogical chart).
Japanese: 襲津彦以降の氏人としては、葛城葦田宿禰・玉田宿禰・円大臣・蟻臣の名が知られ、その系譜は断片的に復元可能である（系図参照）。
English: However, Tamada is recorded as Sotsuhiko's grandson in the Ingyo ki of "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), and in Yuryaku ki, as the son, which shows inconsistency in the relation to Sotsuhiko.
Japanese: ただ玉田宿禰については、『日本書紀』允恭紀が襲津彦の孫とする一方、雄略紀では子としていて、互いに矛盾する。
English: Similarly, Tsubura no Okimi is recorded as the son of Tamada no sukune in "Kugyobunin" (directory of court nobles); however, in "Kishi Kacho" (Lineage of the Kishi clan), there is a description that suggests that he was the son of Ashita no sukune which reveals an inconsistency between the two records.
Japanese: 同様に円大臣についても、『公卿補任』は玉田宿禰の子とするが、『紀氏家牒』には葦田宿禰の子であることを示唆した記述があって、やはり互いに矛盾している。
English: All these facts suggest that some doubt remains that some of the genealogy records may have been adjusted to conform to the folklore.
Japanese: これらのことから、諸書の続柄記載は客観的な史実ではなく、伝承に合わせて二次的に造作された疑いが残る。
English: Recently, some prefer to view the Katsuraki clan as two separate lineages: the line of Ashita no sukune (Ashita no sukune - Ariomi) in the north and the line of Tamada no sukune (Tamada no sukune - Tsubura no Okimi) in the south.
Japanese: なお近年、葛城氏を北部の葦田宿禰系（葦田宿禰─蟻臣）と南部の玉田宿禰系（玉田宿禰─円大臣）の2系統に峻別して考える見解もある。
English: According to "Kishi Kacho" (Lineage of the Kishi clan), Sotsuhiko lived in "Nagara no sato (present day Nagara, Gose city), the original place of the ancient Japanese Local Bureaucratic System in Katsuragi, Yamato Province"; it is thought that his power was based in Nagara no sato and its surrounding areas.
Japanese: 『紀氏家牒』によれば、襲津彦は「大和国葛城古代日本の地方官制地方官制のはじまり長柄里（ながらのさと。現在の御所市名柄）」に居住したといい、この地と周辺が彼の本拠であったと思われる。
English: The folklore of Sotsuhiko is recorded in the three sections of "Nihonshoki": Jingu Kogo sesho ki, Ojin Tenno ki and Nintoku tenno ki.
Japanese: 襲津彦の伝承は、『日本書紀』の神功皇后摂政紀・応神天皇紀・仁徳天皇紀に記される。
English: They are all his records when he was sent to Korean peninsula as shogunate and embassador, and the most notable one is the description in Jingu kogo sessho 62 nenjo that records his expedition to Shirai.
Japanese: 何れも将軍・使人として朝鮮半島に派遣された内容であるが、中でも特に留意されるのは、襲津彦の新羅征討を記す神功皇后摂政62年条であろう。
English: There is a little description of him in it, but quoting from the "three books of Paekche" (Original Records of Paekche, Records of Paekche, and The New Selection of Paeche), the note introduces a legend of a man named 'Hisachiku' was sent to Shiragi seito (expedition to Shirai) for a battle in the year of Jingo but lost his heart to a beauty and caused Kara to fall.
Japanese: 本文はわずかだが、その分注には『百済三書』を引用し、壬午年に新羅征討に遣わされた「沙至比跪（さちひく）」なる人物が美女に心を奪われ、誤って加羅を滅ぼすという逸話が紹介される。
English: If we assume that there was a time lag of 2 uns (120 years; 1 un is equivalent to 60 years) of kanshi (Chinese calendrical system) in the year recorded in "Nihonshoki" and consider Sotsuhiko as the same person as 'Hisachiku,' there is a possibility that Sotsuhiko was a legendized man who existed in the 4th century and was sent to Korea around 382 and brought some prisoners from the war.
Japanese: 従来、この「沙至比跪」と襲津彦を同一人とし、『書紀』紀年を修正して干支2運繰り下げて、壬午年を382年と解釈すると、襲津彦は4世紀末に実在した人物であり、朝鮮から俘虜を連れ帰った武将として伝承化されている可能性などが指摘されてきた。
English: However, there is controversy as to whether the legend of 'Hisachiku' can be thought of a historical fact; if we take this into account, Sotsuhiko described in "Nihonshoki" seems overall to be lacking in personality and articles referring to him do not seem to show coherence in their descriptions.
Japanese: しかし「沙至比跪」の逸話が史実と見なせるかには疑問の余地があり、これを考慮すると、『書紀』の襲津彦像は総じて没個性的で、各々の記事間にも脈絡がほとんどない。
English: For these reasons, some theories view that he was a fictious hero figure that was symbolized and turned into a legend by the Gozoku (local ruling family) in the Kazuraki region, who were invloved in diplomacy with Korea, and military affiars during the 4th and 5th century.
Japanese: このことから、襲津彦は特定の実在人物ではなく、4・5世紀に対朝鮮外交や軍事に携わった葛城地方の豪族たちの姿が象徴・伝説化された英雄であったと見る説もある。
English: One of the features of the Katsuraki clan is their successive marital relations with the Okimi family during the 5th century.
Japanese: 葛城氏の特徴として、5世紀の大王家との継続的な婚姻関係が挙げられる。
English: According to "the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)," the daughter of Sotshuhiko, Iwa no hime became the empress of Nintoku Emperor and had three children who all became emperors: Emperor Richu, Emperor Hanzei, and Emperor Ingyo and a daughter of Ashita no sukune, Kurome, became the empress of Emperor and gave birth to Prince Ichinobe no Oshihano.
Japanese: 記紀によれば、襲津彦の娘の磐之媛（いわのひめ）は仁徳天皇の皇后となり、履中天皇・反正天皇・允恭天皇の3天皇を生み、葦田宿禰の娘の黒媛は履中天皇の妃となり、市辺押磐皇子などを生んだ。
English: Hae hime, empress of Prince Oshihano, and mother of both Emperor Kenzo and Emperor Ninken, is said to be the daughter of Ariomi.
Japanese: 押磐皇子の妃で、顕宗天皇・仁賢天皇の母である荑媛（はえひめ、荑は草冠＋夷）は、蟻臣の娘とされる。
English: Furthermore, a daughter of Tsubura no Okimi, Karahime, is the empress (wife) of Emperor Yuryaku, and had Emperor Seinei as her son; among 9 emperors from Nintoku to Ninken, 8 of them, with the exception of Emperor Anko, had the daughters of Katsuraki clan as empresses or mothers.
Japanese: さらに円大臣の娘の韓媛は雄略天皇の妃として、清寧天皇を設けているから、仁徳より仁賢に至る9天皇のうち、安康天皇を除いた8天皇が葛城氏の娘を后妃か母としていることになる。
English: This close marital relation between the Katsuraki clan and the Okimi family may mean that a political coalition between both families could have been maintained by strategic marriages.
Japanese: このような婚姻関係の形成は、葛城氏と大王家の政治的連携が、婚姻策によって保たれていたことを意味しよう。
English: The Katsuraki clan also had their own military and economic foundation that allowed them to be independent from the control of the Okimi (great king) family.
Japanese: しかも葛城氏は、大王家の支配から相対的に自立しうる私的な軍事的・経済的基盤を維持していた。
English: Through the diplomacy that Sotsuhiko had with Korea as described above, it is likely that number of immigrant groups that have been settled in the Katsuraki region contributed in stregthening Katsuraki clan's economic power by being engaged in handycrafts such as smithery (arms and weapons) under the control of the Katsuraki clan.
Japanese: 先の襲津彦伝承に見たような対朝鮮外交を通して、葛城地方に定住することになった多くの渡来系集団が、葛城氏の配下で鍛冶生産（武器・武具などの金属器）を始めとする様々な手工業に従事し、葛城氏の経済力の強化に貢献したとみられる。
English: The Katsuraki clan, supported by the high productivity of immigrant workers, was so powerful that it was as strong as the Okimi family; it is thought that the Yamato regime exsited in a delicate balance between the two families.
Japanese: 渡来人の高い生産性に支えられた葛城氏の実力は極めて巨大で、大王家のそれと肩を並べるほどであり、両者の微妙なバランスの上に、当時のヤマト政権が成立していたのであろう。
English: The foundation of sovereignty was still underdeveloped during those days, and the position of the Okimi was nothing more than that of a leader of chiefs, assigned to each region of the coalition government; the Yamato regime during the 5th century can be described as the 'diarchy of Okimi and Katsuraki clan' as the historian Kojiro Naoki has decribed.
Japanese: 当時の王権基盤は未熟な段階にあり、大王の地位が各地域の首長から構成される連合政権の盟主に過ぎなかったことを考慮すれば、直木孝次郎の説くように、5世紀のヤマト政権はまさに「大王と葛城氏の両頭政権」であったと表現出来る。
English: However, such a diachy possessed the risk of gradual decline in power if there would be a problem with the cooperative relationship between the two families.
Japanese: だがこのような両頭政権には､一度両者間の協調関係に亀裂が生じると、次第に崩壊してしまうという脆弱性を内在していた。
English: According to "Nihonshoki," when there was an earthquake in July, 416, Tamada no sukune, who was in charge of Mogarinomiya daibu for the former Emperor Hanzei, was caught neglecting his duty and holding a drinking party.
Japanese: 『書紀』によれば、允恭天皇5年（416年）7月に地震があったが（最古の地震記事である）、玉田宿禰は先に先帝反正の殯宮大夫に任じられていたにもかかわらず、職務を怠って葛城で酒宴を開いていたことが露顕した。
English: Although once he escaped to Take no uchi's grave, he presented himself with his armor on, according to the order of the emperor.
Japanese: 玉田は武内宿禰の墓（御所市宮山古墳か）に逃げたものの、天皇に召し出されて武装したまま参上。
English: It is thought that by this event, the relationship between the Okimi family and the Katsuraki clan fell apart.
Japanese: この事件を直接の契機として、大王家と葛城氏の関係は破綻したとみられる。
English: At the same time, the military influence over Korea declined, and the policies with Korea ran into difficulties.
Japanese: 同時にヤマト政権の朝鮮における軍事的影響力は衰え、対朝鮮政策は苦境に陥った。
English: After the death of Ingyo Emperor, it is thought that the antagonism between the Richu family and the Ingyo family became more intense.
Japanese: 允恭天皇の死後は、王位継承をめぐって履中系王統・允恭系王統の対立が激化したと推測される。
English: It seems that during this period, Tsubura no Okimi became more closely connected to the Richu family which had members such as Prince Ichinobe no Oshihano, and his relation with the Ingyo family became more antagonistic.
Japanese: この過程で葛城氏の円大臣は血縁的に近い市辺押磐皇子らの履中系と結ぶこととなり、允恭系との対立をますます深めたのであろう。
English: Tsubura no Okimi, who was put into an inferior position due to the accession of Emperor Anko, seems to have planned the backing up of Prince Oshihano as the next okimi (great king).
Japanese: 允恭系の安康天皇の即位によって劣勢に立たされた円大臣は勢力を回復すべく、次期大王として押磐皇子の擁立を画策したらしい。
English: However, in August 456, an incident occurred where Tsubura no Okimi sheltered Prince Mayowa when Emperor Anko was assassinated.
Japanese: ところが安康天皇3年（456年）8月、天皇が暗殺され、円大臣がその下手人である眉輪王を自宅に匿う事件が起きた。
English: Having his residence sourrounded by Prince Ohatsuse (later called Yuryaku)'s army, Tsubura no Okimi made a piacular offering of his daughter, Karahime and "seven districts in the Katsuraki residence (recorded as 'five locations under miyake, Imperial-controlled territory' in the Nihonshoki)," but he rejected to hand over Prince Mayowa to them.
Japanese: 大泊瀬皇子（後の雄略）の軍によって宅を包囲された大臣は、王の引き渡しを拒否し、娘の韓媛と「葛城の宅七区」（記に「五処の屯倉」）とを献上して贖罪を請うた。
English: However, the prince did not allow this and set his residence on fire and both of them burned to death (Conspiracy of Prince Mayowa).
Japanese: しかし、皇子はこれを許さず、宅に火を放って円大臣・眉輪王らを焼殺した（眉輪王の変）。
English: The Katsuraki clan, which used to be so virile as to have comparable strength as the Okimi family, finally lost their power with this incident.
Japanese: 大王家とも比肩し得る雄であった葛城氏は、雄略とその配下の軍事力の前に、完全に潰え去ることとなったのである。
English: It has been pointed out that the Katsuraki clan was involved in the assassination of Emperor Anko; however, there is a record that Emperor Anko was planning to hand over his future affairs to Prince Oshihano, which could mean that there was a compromise between the Emperor Anko (the Ingyo family), and Prince Oshihano (the Richu family) and Katsuraki clan, but Pince Ohatsuse was strongly opposed to this plan and decided to wipe out his opponents, including Emperor Anko.
Japanese: 安康暗殺の背景に葛城氏が直接関与していた可能性も指摘されているが、生前の安康は押磐皇子に後事を託そうとしていたという記述（雄略即位前紀）からすれば、むしろ安康（允恭系）と押磐皇子（履中系）・葛城氏との間には王位継承に関する妥協が成立していて、このことに強く反発した大泊瀬皇子が安康を含む敵対勢力の一掃に踏み切ったと解釈することも出来よう。
English: If we interpret this incident in the story of Emperor Mayowa as a jussaku (literary work) which conceals the real reason of his assasination, there is a high possibility that the cause of their fall was due to the Katsuraki clan's alliance with Prince Oshihano, who was the rival for Prince Ohatsuse.
Japanese: 眉輪王の物語が暗殺の実情を隠蔽する目的の述作であるとすると、眉輪王を匿ったために滅ぼされたという記紀の筋書きにも疑問が生じ、実際の滅亡原因は、大泊瀬皇子のライバルである押磐皇子と連携していたことにあった可能性が高い。
English: Some researchers, who hold the theory that the Katsuraki clan had two family groups, view that it was only Tamada no sukune's family who fell with the serial coup and Ashita no sukune's family survived until the end of the 5th century; however, there is no record that supports this view in the Nihonshoki nor the Kojiki, and it is thought that Ariomi followed the same path as his maternal relative, Prince Oshihano.
Japanese: 葛城氏2系統論を支持する研究者の中には、一連の政変で滅びたのは玉田宿禰系のみであって、葦田宿禰系は5世紀末までしばらく勢力を存続させていたと主張する議論もみられるが、それを示唆するような政治活動が記紀に一切記されていないため、蟻臣などもやはり外戚の押磐皇子と運命をともにしたのではないかと思われる。
English: The clan had three branches; one that originated from Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan); one that originated from MINAMOTO no Koreyoshi (Kanja MATSUI) who was from the Tameyoshi line of Seiwa-Genji; and one that originated from MINAMOTO no Mitsumasa.
Japanese: 清和源氏を祖とする松井氏；清和源氏為義流の源維義（松井冠者）を祖とする松井氏と、源満政を祖とする松井氏がある。
English: In the Edo period, they served the lord of the Kumamoto Domain in Higo Province, the Hosokawa clan as Hittokaro (head of chief retainers), and became the lord of Yatsushiro-jo Castle.
Japanese: 江戸時代には、肥後熊本藩主細川氏の筆頭家老で実質の八代城主になった。
English: The chaser Matsui clan: a chaser Yasaburo MATSUI was given chigyo (enfeoffment) 200 koku (36.078 cubic meters of rice) by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, and later, he was given a residence in Sunpu, Suruga Province as well as 100 koku (18.039 cubic meters of rice) by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA who had already retired at that time.
Japanese: 金具師松井氏；金具師・松井弥三郎が豊臣秀吉から200石の知行を受け、徳川家康の大御所時代に駿河国駿府に屋敷をたまわり100石を給せられた。
English: The earthenware maker Matsui clan: Yaemon MATSUI served Ieyasu TOKUGAWA who was the lord of Okazaki-jo Castle in the Tensho era and was given five bales (a traditional unit for rice, which is 60 kilograms) and Futari fuchi (the equivalent of an annual two-man rice stipend).
Japanese: 土器大工松井氏；松井弥右衛門、天正年間に岡崎城主・徳川家康に召し出されて、御切り米5俵2人扶持を給せられる。
English: The Matsui clan as senior vassals of the Kawagoe-Domain: They served the lord of the Kawagoe Domain in Musashi Province the Matsudaira clan as Jodaigaro (chief counselor of a castle) and Hittokaro (the head of chief retainers).
Japanese: 川越藩重臣松井氏；武蔵国川越藩主松平氏の城代家老・筆頭家老であった松井氏。
English: The Makino clan as vassals of the Echigo-Nagaoka Domain: They were bestowed the surname "Makino" by the lord of Nagaoka Domain the Makino clan which had grown from Kokujin (a governor of county) of Hoi County in Mikawa Province to Kinsei Daimyo (feudal lord of the Edo period).
Japanese: 越後長岡藩の家臣団牧野氏(2)；三河国宝飯郡の国人から近世大名となった藩主牧野氏から牧野姓を賜姓され、牧野姓に改姓した。
English: The Matsui clan as the vassals of the Kyogoku family: There found the Matsui clan that served as vassals of Kinsei Daimyo the Takatsugu KYOGOKU family.
Japanese: 京極家臣松井氏；近世大名となった京極高次家などには、松井姓の家臣が散見される。
English: A branch of the Matsui clan, originated from MINAMOTO no Koreyoshi (Kanja MATSUI) of Seiwa-Genji, occupied the positions of retainers of the Sasaki clan of Uda-Genji in Omi Province.
Japanese: 清和源氏・源維義（松井冠者）を祖とする松井氏の一系統が近江国宇田源氏・佐々木氏の幕下層となっていた。
English: The Sasaki clan, the toryo (head of the clan) of the Omi-Genji (Minamoto clan), split into the Rokkaku clan and the Kyogoku clan, and in the Muromachi period, one of them, the Kyogoku clan became dominant Shugo Daimyo (provincial military governor).
Japanese: 近江源氏棟梁の佐々木氏が、家を分けて六角氏・京極氏となったが、室町時代に京極氏は有力な守護大名となった。
English: After the Onin War, they declined for the conflicts over the succession; however, one branch of the Kyogoku clan survived the Sengoku period; they incorporated some of the vassals and lower-ranking samurai warriors who had served the Sasaki clan, and at last became Kinsei Daimyo; however, their domain was frequently changed by the order of the shogunate.
Japanese: 応仁の乱後に家督争いなどで没落したが戦国時代を乗り切った京極氏の一系統が、佐々木氏以来の家臣・与騎の一部を組み込んで近世大名となり転封を繰り返した。
English: The Matsui clan as the retainer of the Odawara Domain: They served as vassals of the Okubo clan, the lord of the Odawara Domain in Sagami Province and have been known as calligraphers.
Japanese: 小田原藩士松井氏；相模国小田原藩主大久保氏家臣の松井氏は、書家として著名。
English: The Matsui clan as Jijo (maid) of Keishoin: "Matsui," a Jijo of Keishoin, played very important roles as a close adviser of Keishoin, and adopted children who later became the Shogun's retainer and Hatamoto (direct retainers of the shogunate).
Japanese: 桂昌院侍女松井氏；桂昌院の側近として権勢を振るった侍女の松井は、養子を迎えて幕臣・旗本に列した。
English: It is said that after MINAMOTO no Koreyoshi called himself Kanja MATSUI, his son MINAMOTO no Yoshimune used the surname Matsui.
Japanese: 維義が松井冠者を称したことから、維義の子の源義宗が松井の姓を名乗ったとする。
English: Other families of the same clan included the Mikawa Matsui clan, Tanba Matsui clan, Totomi Matsui clan, and Omi Matsui clan.
Japanese: 同じ清和源氏出身で別流に三河松井氏、丹波松井氏、遠江松井氏、近江松井氏がある。
English: Tadatsugu MATSUI first served Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and later he was given the surname "Matsudaira" and called himself Yasuchika Suo-no-kami MATSUDAIRA.
Japanese: 松井忠次の代で徳川家康に従い、松平姓を受けて松平周防守康親と名乗った。
English: Particularly, the Matsui clan who served as daimyo prospered during the Edo period, and took the central role in the administration of state affairs; they successively assumed various positions such as Roju (member of shogun's council of elders) of the cabinet officials of the Shogunate, Osaka Jodai (the keeper of Osaka-jo Castle), Kyoto Shoshidai (Kyoto deputy), and Jisha-bugyo (magistrate of temples and shrines).
Japanese: 特に大名の家は江戸時代に繁栄し、国政の中枢に座り、幕閣の老中・大坂城代・京都所司代・寺社奉行などを歴任した。
English: When Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA was killed in the Eiroku Incident (1565), a son of Masayuki MATSUI, Yasuyuki MATSUI, took action with Yusai HOSOKAWA to back up Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, the younger brother of Yoshiteru, to make him the next shogun.
Japanese: 足利義輝が永禄の変（永禄8年・1565年）で殺害されると、松井正之の子松井康之は、同じく足利将軍家に仕えていた細川幽斎（幽斎）と共に、義輝の弟・足利義昭を将軍に擁立するために行動する。
English: When Yoshiaki asked assistance from Nobunaga ODA who was a daimyo of Owari Province and Mino Province, Yasuyuki went to his temporal residence and began to serve Fujitaka HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 康之は、義昭が尾張・美濃の大名・織田信長を頼ったときにその宿所を訪れ、やがて藤孝の下で働くようになる。
English: At the wedding between Tadaoki HOSOKAWA (a son of Fujitaka) and Princess Tama (Gracia HOSOKAWA, a daughter of Mitsuhide AKECHI), Yasuyuki served as the organizer for Tama.
Japanese: 藤孝の子・細川忠興と明智光秀の娘・玉（細川ガラシャ）の婚礼における玉姫輿入請取役は康之が行っている。
English: Under Nobunaga's government, the Hosokawa clan became the feudal lord of Tango Province and Yasuyuki was assigned the Matsukura-jo Castle.
Japanese: 信長の下で細川氏は丹後国の領主となり、康之は丹後国松倉城を任せられた。
English: Thoughout his life, Yasuyuki engaged in over fifty battles and made brilliant achievements; and it has been said that he was one of the most excellent Karo (chief retainer), along with Sakon SHIMA who worked for Mitsunari ISHIDA and Kanetsugu NAOE who worked for Kagekatsu UESUGI.
Japanese: 生涯五十余度の合戦に出陣し、武功高く、石田三成の家老・島左近や上杉景勝の家老・直江兼続らと並ぶ名家老といわれる。
English: Impressed with Yasuyuki's work, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI tried to headhunt offering a half of Iwami Province and rice stipend 180,000 koku (32470.2 cubic meters), however, Yasuyuki declined it and kept serving the Hosokawa clan.
Japanese: 康之の働きぶりをみた豊臣秀吉は石見国半国18万石を与えると申し出たが、康之は細川家に仕えることを希望して辞退した。
English: Hideyoshi gave a cha-tsubo (tea urn) called 'Miyama' to Yasuyuki as a gift along with a shuinjo (a vermillion seal letter) to secure the fief Yasuyuki was bestowed from Nobunaga, including Jindoji Village in Sagara County, Yamashiro Province and Yase Village in Atago County.
Japanese: 秀吉は、康之が信長から拝領していた山城国相楽郡神童寺村及び愛宕郡八瀬村の知行安堵の朱印状に「深山」という茶壺を添えて贈る。
English: In the Battle of Sekigahara, Yasuyuki and his son Okinaga MATSUI fought under their lord Tadaoki HOSOKAWA and contributed to the victory of the Tokugawa side.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いには、康之とその子・松井興長は藩主細川忠興に従って戦い、徳川方の勝利に貢献した。
English: After the war, the Hosokawa family became one of powerful daimyo with more than 390,000 koku of the Buzen Province and Bungo Province (a part of present Fukuoka Prefecture and Oita Prefecture); Yasuyuki was assigned the Kitsuki-jo Castle in Bungo Province and was bestowed fief of 25,000 koku.
Japanese: 戦後、細川家は豊前国・豊後国（現在の福岡県と大分県の一部）39万石余りの大名となり、康之は豊後国木付（杵築）城を任せられて2万5千石の領地が与えられた。
English: Okinaga was born in 1582 as the second son of Yasuyuki; after his father's retirement in 1611, Okinaga succeeded the family headship.
Japanese: 興長は康之の次男として天正10年（1582年）に生まれ、慶長16年（1611年）康之が隠居すると家督を相続した。
English: In 1632 when the Hosokawa clan was transferred from Buzen Province and Bungo Province to the Kumamoto Domain of Higo Province by the order of the shogunate, Okinaga was given 30,000 koku of Tamana County and Koshi County.
Japanese: 寛永9年（1632年）細川家が豊前・豊後から肥後国熊本藩に国替になると、興長には玉名・合志郡に3万石が与えられた。
English: After his retirement, Tadaoki HOSOKAWA, the father of the lord Tadatoshi HOSOKAWA, resided in the Yatsushiro-jo Castle; since the castle functioned as the barrier that prevented the invasion of the Shimazu clan, it was regarded as an exception of the Ikkoku Ichijo Law (according to it, one province can keep only one castle); in 1646, Okinaga MATSUI was ordered to retain this castle, and from then on, the Matsuki clan served as a keeper of Yatsushiro-jo Castle.
Japanese: 藩主・細川忠利の父である忠興が隠居城とした肥後八代城は薩摩の島津氏に対する押さえの役割を持ち、特に一国一城令の例外とされていたが、正保3年（1646年）には興長が八代城を預かることになり、以後代々松井家が八代城代を務めた。
English: Okinaga married Tadaoki HOSOKAWA's daughter Koho, and adopted Tadaoki's sixth son as his adopted heir (Yoriyuki MATSUI); he was bestowed the new surname "Nagaoka" which was another family name of the Hosokawa clan, and called himself "Nagaoka Sado-no-kami."
Japanese: 興長は細川忠興の娘古保を妻とし、また忠興の六男を養嗣子に迎え（松井寄之）、細川別姓である長岡姓を賜り長岡佐渡守と称した。
English: The Matsui clan had a close relationship with Musashi MIYAMOTO, and there remains Musashi's letter to Okinaga ("the Letter to Nagaoka Sado-no-kami") which was written immediate before Musashi began to serve the Hosokawa clan.
Japanese: 松井家は、宮本武蔵が細川家に仕官する直前に興長に宛てた書状（長岡佐渡守宛書状）が残るなど武蔵と親交が深かった。
English: Yoriyuki became the guardian of Musashi MIYAMOTO who became a guest samurai of the Kumamoto Domain, and he learned art of warfare as Musashi's direct disciple.
Japanese: 寄之は熊本藩の客将となった宮本武蔵を後見し、兵法では武蔵の弟子となった。
English: Yoriyuki maintained a close relationship with Musashi taking care of him during Musashi's illness and corresponded with Musashi's adopted son Iori MIYAMOTO.
Japanese: 寄之は、病身の武蔵の世話をし、武蔵の養子である宮本伊織と書状のやりとりをするなど、武蔵と深く関わった。
English: Therefore, many Musashi's works including ink-wash paintings and artifacts are still preserved in the Matsui family.
Japanese: そのため、水墨画や工芸品など多くの武蔵ゆかりの品々が現在も松井家に伝えられている。
English: Since during the period of the Tokugawa shogunate the Matsui family had been maintaining their possession in Yamashiro Province which had been given by Hideyoshi before the period of the Tokugawa, it can be said that the Matsui family was a rare family which kept the status of direct vassal of the Tokugawa shogunate as well as the status of indirect vassal at the same time.
Japanese: 秀吉から与えられた山城国の領地は徳川幕府の下でも維持されており、松井家は徳川幕府の直臣・陪臣の性格を併せ持つ特殊な家であった。
English: They were therefore exempt from the Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo); however, they were obliged to go to Edo and meet the shogun on the accession of a new head of the Matsui family or a new Tokugawa shogun.
Japanese: 毎年の参勤交代こそしないものの、松井家当主および徳川将軍の代替わりに際しては江戸に出府して将軍に拝謁した。
English: Although the Matsui clan was one of retainers of the Hosokawa family, they were regarded as a domain lord almost equal to daimyo, since they practically ruled vast land of 30.000 koku of Yatsushiro Domain in Higo Province.
Japanese: 松井氏は細川家臣でありながら、実質上の肥後八代支藩3万石の大名格藩主であった。
English: In Kumamoto Domain (the Hosokawa clan), three hereditary Karo family, including the Matsui clan, the Yoneda clan and the Ariyoshi clan, were called "Jokei Sanke" (three noble families).
Japanese: なお、熊本藩（細川氏）においては、世襲家老家の松井氏・米田氏・有吉氏を上卿三家と呼んだ。