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English: He was a progenitor for the revival of the Nijo group (who had practiced the "way of waka") and while still in his twenties, he was counted among the Four Heavenly Kings of Waka, along with Keiun, Joben, and Kenko YOSHIDA.
Japanese: 二条派（歌道）再興の祖とされ、20歳代で慶運・浄弁・吉田兼好とともに和歌四天王の一人とされた。
English: While the 'Shin-shui wakashu' (the New Collected Gleanings (of waka poetry)) was still in the middle of being compiled, its compiler, Tameaki NIJO, passed away, so Tona took over for him and completed the work; at the time he became compiler, he was 76.
Japanese: 「新拾遺和歌集」撰進の際には撰者二条為明が選集の途中で亡くなったことから、頓阿がそれを引き継いで完成させたが、撰者となったのは76歳の時である。
English: Keiun, also known as Kyoun (born sometime during the 1293-1299, and died in 1369), was a poet and monk of the Tendai sect who lived in the latter days of Kamakura period into the middle of Japan's Northern and Southern Court period.
Japanese: 慶運（けいうん/きょううん、永仁年間（1293年-1299年）-正平(日本)24年/応安2年（1369年）頃）は、鎌倉時代後期から南北朝時代(日本)にかけての天台宗の僧・歌人。
English: He excelled at descriptive poetry, and his poems were selected for inclusion in three anthologies, the 'Fuga wakashu' (Collection of Elegant Waka), the 'Shin-goshui shu' (New Later Collection of Gleanings [of Japanese Poems]), and the 'Shin-shoku kokinshu' (New Collection [of Japanese Poems] of Ancient and Modern Times, Continued).
Japanese: 叙景歌に優れ、歌は「風雅和歌集」「新後拾遺和歌集」「新続古今和歌集」に入集している。
English: Joben (date of birth unknown - around 1356?) was a poet and a Tendai sect monk who lived during the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 浄弁（じょうべん、生年不詳-延文元年/正平(日本)11年（1356年）頃?）は、鎌倉時代の天台宗の僧・歌人。
English: He served for maintaining the study of Nijo School's poetry, teaching family traditions as well as shohon (premised book) of the 'Kokin shu' (abbreviation for Kokin Wakashu - A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry) to his son, Unkei, and those who were from the Kyushu District such as Hidetoki AKAHASHI and Sadamune OTOMO.
Japanese: 「古今集」証本の書写をはじめ、子の慶運や九州の赤橋英時・大友貞宗らに家説を伝授相伝するなど、二条流歌学の保持に尽くした。
English: Kintsune SAIONJI (1171 -October 2, 1244) was a Kamakura-period court noble and poet.
Japanese: 西園寺公経（さいおんじきんつね、承安(日本)元年（1171年）-寛元2年8月29日(旧暦)（1244年10月2日））は、鎌倉時代の公家・歌人。
English: He was on intimate terms with the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), as evidenced by his marriage to Masako, daughter of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's younger sister's husband, Yoshiyasu ICHIJO, and after the third Shogun, MINAMOTO no Sanetomo--who was also Yoritomo's own child--was assassinated, Kintsune's grandchild by his daughter, FUJIWARA no Yoritsune, was made Shogunal successor.
Japanese: 源頼朝の妹の夫一条能保の娘全子を妻としていることから、鎌倉幕府と親しく、頼朝の子で3代将軍源実朝が暗殺された後、外孫にあたる藤原頼経を将軍後継者とした。
English: He was held in confinement by Retired Emperor Gotoba during the Jokyu War, but managed to alert the bakufu of what was happening in advance, and thereby contributed to the bakufu's eventual victory.
Japanese: 承久の乱の際には後鳥羽上皇によって幽閉されるが、事前に乱の情報を幕府に知らせ幕府の勝利に貢献した。
English: After the war, his bond with the bakufu became stronger than ever, so that in 1222 he was promoted to High Chancellor and raised to Juichii (Junior First Rank) the following year in 1223, until he, along with his adopted son-in-law, Michiie KUJO, controlled all the real power at the imperial court.
Japanese: 乱後は、幕府との結びつきを強め、1222年に太政大臣、翌1223年には従一位に昇進し、娘婿の九条道家とともに朝廷の実権を握った。
English: When Emperor Shijo, Michiie's grandson through his daughter, passed away, Kintsune's granddaughter Kitsushi became Emperor Gosaga's Empress, whereby Kintsune became maternal relatives with Imperial Prince Hisahito (who later became Emperor Gofukakusa).
Japanese: 道家の外孫である四条天皇がなくなると、公経の孫姞子を後嵯峨天皇の中宮とし久仁親王（後の後深草天皇）の外戚となった。
English: With this, the Saionji family established their precedent of producing Empresses, and in addition, used this as the impetus to forge close ties between the Jimyoin imperial lineage (the genealogy beginning with Emperor Gofukakusa) and the bakufu.
Japanese: 以後、西園寺家から中宮を出す慣例の先駆となるとともに、持明院統（後深草天皇の系譜）が幕府と近い関係を持つきっかけとなった。
English: In his final years, discord arose between him and Michiie regarding government policies and over plans for court appointments, and then Kanetsune KONOE, who became Sekkan (Regent) after Michiie, married Michiie's daughter, but thereafter Kintsune saw to it that Yoshizane KUJO (whom Kintsune had raised), who got along even worse with Michiie despite being Michiie's second son, was installed as Sekkan, insuring he could continue to manipulate court appointments as he saw fit.
Japanese: 晩年は政務や人事の方針を巡って道家と不仲になったが、道家の後に摂関となった近衛兼経と道家の娘を縁組し、さらに道家と不和であった道家次男の九条良実（公経が養育していた）をその後の摂関に据えるなど朝廷人事を思いのままに操った。
English: The family name Saionji comes from the fact that Kintsune had a temple called Saionji built in the vicinity of the modern-day Kinkaku-ji Temple (or more properly, Rokuon-ji Temple) in Kyoto.
Japanese: なお、西園寺の家名は公経が現在の鹿苑寺（金閣寺）の辺りに西園寺を建立したことによる。
English: He had four children, each of whom became the founder of a separate branch of the family: the Saionji, the Shimizudani, the Toin, and the Yotsutsuji families, respectively.
Japanese: 四子があり、それぞれ西園寺家、清水谷家、洞院家、四辻家の祖となった。
English: His origin and personal history are unknown, but it is said that he was a monk on Mt. Hiei (the Tendai Sect), who also served as betto (administrator) at Gion.
Japanese: 出自・経歴については不明であるが、比叡山（天台宗）の僧で祇園別当となったと言われている。
English: According to one theory, he died around the age of sixty-five during the Kohei era (1058-1065).
Japanese: 一説では、康平年間（1058年－1065年）に65歳ぐらいで没したともいわれている。
English: He joined several uta-awase (poetry contest) such as 'Gon Dainagon (chief councilor of state) Morofusa Family Uta-awase' held in September 1038.
Japanese: 1038年（長暦2年）9月の「権大納言師房家歌合」などいくつかの歌合に出詠している。
English: No. 70 When I feel lonely, I go outside of my hut, but everywhere I look is the same evening in autumn. ('Goshui Wakashu' the first volume of the Autumn, No. 333)
Japanese: 70番　さびしさに　宿をたち出でて　ながむれば　いづくも同じ　秋の夕暮れ　良暹法師（「後拾遺和歌集」秋上333）
English: Sanesada TOKUDAIJI (1139 - February 1, 1192) was a court noble and poet who lived in the closing days of the Heian period and into the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 徳大寺実定（とくだいじさねさだ、保延5年（1139年）-建久2年12月16日(旧暦)（1192年2月1日））は、平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期にかけての公家・歌人。
English: After his first court rank was conferred upon him in 1144, he received a steady stream of promotions, until in the eleventh month of 1156, he was invested with the Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) and began to be counted a high-ranking court noble.
Japanese: 天養元年（1144年）に叙爵してから順調に昇進を重ねて、保元元年（1156年）11月に従三位に叙任して公卿に列した。
English: In 1164, he reached the rank of Gon-Dainagon (Surrogate Major Counselor), and the following year resigned when he ascended to Shonii (Senior Second Rank).
Japanese: 長寛2年（1164年）には権大納言へ昇り、翌年、これを辞して正二位に叙任している。
English: According to the "Chomonju" (Collected Anecdotes (Ancient and Modern)) this was in order to surpass FUJIWARA no Sanenaga, who in turn had risen beyond him in rank while working in the same department.
Japanese: 『著聞集』によれば、同官で越階された藤原実長を越え返すためであったという。
English: In the third month of 1177, he was named a Dainagon (chief councilor of state), and then in the twelfth month was also made Sakonoe Daisho, or Commander of the Left Imperial Guard.
Japanese: 治承元年（1177年）3月、大納言に還任し、12月には左近衛大将を兼ねた。
English: Concerning these assignments, the "Heike monogatari" (Tale of the Heike) claims that Sanesada went on a pilgrimage to Itsukushima (Miyajima) Shrine at this point in order to elicit the sympathy of TAIRA no Kiyomori, but in actuality, he did not set off on his pilgrimage then but two years later, in the third month of 1179.
Japanese: この人事に関して『平家物語』は実定が平清盛の同情を乞うために厳島神社に参詣したためと語っているが、実際に実定が厳島を参詣したのは2年後の治承3年（1179年）3月である。
English: He became Naidaijin (Grand Minister of the Center) in 1183, but as a court noble loyal to the Imperial faction, he was dismissed from his position during the coup d'etat launched by means of the battle at Hoju-ji Temple instigated in the eleventh month of 1183 by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
Japanese: 寿永二年（1183年）内大臣となるが、同年11月におこった源義仲の法住寺合戦によるクーデターの際に法皇派公卿として解官される。
English: Thereafter, he showed prudence and caution in how he responded to the Imperial decree to hunt down and destroy MINAMOTO no Yoritomo requested by MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and issued by the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, so that even after Yoshitsune fled the capital, upon Yoritomo's recommendation he was pressed into service as one member of his ten-man council of nobles; in the tenth month of 1186 he was made Udaijin (Minister of the Right), and then in the seventh month of 1189 he ascended to Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), thereafter becoming popularly known as "Tokudaiji Sadaijin," and working as Kanezane KUJO's right-hand man to facilitate relations between the court and the shogunate.
Japanese: その後の源義経と後白河法皇による源頼朝追討院宣には慎重な姿勢を示したので、義経亡命後、源頼朝の推挙で議奏公卿十人の一人に押され、文治2年（1186年）10月には右大臣、文治5年（1189年）7月に左大臣となり、世に後徳大寺左大臣と称されて、九条兼実の片腕として朝幕関係の取り次ぎに活躍した。
English: On the 20th day of the sixth month of 1191, he resigned his position due to illness and took the tonsure, receiving the priestly name Nyoen.
Japanese: 建久2年（1191年）6月20日、病のため官を辞して出家、法名は如円。
English: He also possessed considerable literary talents, as evidenced by excerpts of entries describing Imperial state visits from 1177-1185 in the diary he left behind, the "Teikaisho" (also known as the "Kairinki").
Japanese: また文才があり『庭槐抄』（『槐林記』ともいう）という治承・寿永年間（1177年-1185年）の行幸に関する記録を抄出した日記を残している。
English: In section 129 of the "Chomonju" (Collected Anecdotes (Ancient and Modern)), he is described as being 'A man of talent who excelled at [describing] the beauty of nature,' and indeed, although he was skilled at writing Chinese poetry, he truly excelled at waka.
Japanese: 『著聞集』129に「風月の才人にすぐれ」と語るように、漢詩をも能くしたが、特に和歌の才能に優れた。
English: He participated in many poetry contests and poetry gatherings, including the "Poetry Contest at Sumiyoshi Shrine" held on the ninth day of the tenth month of 1170 and the "100 verses by the family of the Udaijin (Minister of the Right) FUJIWARA no Kanezane" in 1178.
Japanese: 嘉応2年（1170年）10月9日の『住吉社歌合』、治承2年の『右大臣藤原兼実家百首』など、多くの歌合・歌会に参加している。
English: Sanesada's personal poetry anthology is called "Ringashu" ([Poems] Collected under the Wood), and 73 poems of his were selected to be included in the "Senzai wakashu" (Collected Waka of a Thousand Years), the "Shin kokin wakashu" (New Collection of Ancient and Modern Waka), and the Imperially commissioned waka anthology described below.
Japanese: 実定の家集を『林下集』といい、『千載和歌集』『新古今和歌集』以下の勅撰集にも73首が入集している。
English: As I gaze upon the cuckoo, who continues his plaintive cry, only the moon remains to light the dawn (the 161st verse in the summer section of 'Senzai wakashu' (Collected Waka of 1000 Years)).
Japanese: ほととぎす　鳴きつる方を　ながむれば　ただ有明の　月ぞ残れる（「千載和歌集」夏161）
English: His family's fortunes declined when his father Hajime was the family head, so he became a priest and lived in the Rokujo Kawara no In, which his great-grandfather Toru built.
Japanese: 父適（はじめ）の頃から家運が衰え、出家して曾祖父融（とおる）が造営した六条河原院（かわらのいん）に住んだ。
English: He cherished friendships with many poets such as MINAMOTO no Shitago, KIYOHARA no Motosuke, TAIRA no Kanemori, and Egyo.
Japanese: 源順（みなもとのしたごう）、清原元輔・平兼盛・恵慶など多くの歌人と交流した。
English: I mourn the passing year so much that while I lie down having a dream, spring must come. ('Anpo hoshi shu')
Japanese: くれはつる　年をしみかね　うちふさば　夢見むほどに　春はきぬべし（「安法法師集」）
English: FUJIWARA no Sadakata (873 - September 11, 932) was a court noble and poet who lived from the beginning through the middle of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原定方（ふじわらのさだかた、貞観_(日本)15年（873年）-承平(日本)2年8月4日(旧暦)（932年9月11日））は、平安時代前期から中期にかけての公家・歌人。
English: He had several children, including FUJIWARA no Asatada, FUJIWARA no Asahira, FUJIWARA no Noshi (a lady-in-waiting to Emperor Daigo and wife to FUJIWARA no Saneyori), Prince Yoshiakira, and daughters that married FUJIWARA no Kanesuke and FUJIWARA no Morotada.
Japanese: 子に藤原朝忠、藤原朝成、藤原能子（醍醐天皇女御・藤原実頼室）、代明親王妃、藤原兼輔室、藤原師尹室などがいる。
English: Beginning in 892, when he was made an Unoderi (an officer of the Central Secretariat), he steadily rose in rank; in 895 he was made a third-rank official of the province of Mutsu, and the following year was made the surrogate shugo (de facto governor) of Owari Province, an appointment of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade).
Japanese: 寛平4年（892年）に内舎人となったのをはじめに、寛平7年（895年）には陸奥国掾となり、翌年には従五位下尾張国権守となった。
English: Thereafter he held successive positions as provincial officials, including the posts of surrogate governor of Sagami Province and Governor of Bizen Province, and in 901, he was raised to Sakone no Shosho, a position of Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade).
Japanese: その後は相模国権介、備前国守などの地方官を歴任し、昌泰4年（901年）には従五位上左近衛少将となった。
English: The following year (in 902) he was raised to Shogoinoge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), and in 906 achieved the rank of Chusho (Deputy Commander), Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade).
Japanese: その翌年の延喜2年（902年）には正五位下、延喜6年には従四位下権中将となった。
English: Then he was appointed a Sangi (Royal Advisor) in 909, and the following year reached Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade).
Japanese: ついに延喜9年（909年）には参議となり、翌年には従四位上となった。
English: In 913 he was promoted to Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), and in the fourth month of the same year was also named the Chief of the Left Gate Guard.
Japanese: 延喜13年（913年）には従三位中納言となり、同年4月には左衛門督を兼帯した。
English: He was promoted to Udaijin (Minister of the Right) in 924 and in 926 ascended to Junii (Junior Second Rank); he died in 932 at the age of 60.
Japanese: 延長(元号)2年（924年）右大臣、延長4年（926年）従二位に至り、承平2年（932年）に60歳で没。
English: Number 25: "Taking a name and bearing it, it would be good indeed to come unknown to men and walk among the vines on the slopes of Rendez-vous mountain" (a love poem in the third section, number 701, in the 'Gozen wakashu' (Later selections of waka from ancient and modern times)).
Japanese: 25番　名にし負はば　逢坂山の　さねかづら　人に知られで　くるよしもがな（「後撰和歌集」恋三701）
English: FUJIWARA no Kanesuke (877 - March 21, 933) was a mid-Heian period court noble and poet.
Japanese: 藤原兼輔（ふじわらのかねすけ、元慶元年（877年）－承平(日本)3年2月18日(旧暦)（933年3月21日））は、平安時代中期の公家・歌人。
English: He reached the Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), simultaneously holding the positions of Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) and Uemon no kami (Chief of the Right Gate Guard), and because his residence was located along the Kamo-gawa River bank (also known as "Tsutsumi"), he was called the Tsutsumi Chunagon.
Japanese: 官位は従三位中納言兼右衛門督に至り、また賀茂川堤に邸宅があったことから、堤中納言とよばれた。
English: Along with his cousin--and wife's father--Sanjo Udaijin (Minister of the Right), or in other words FUJIWARA no Sadakata, he is considered one of the foremost poets of his generation, and regularly hosted gatherings of poets such as KI no Tsurayuki and OSHIKOCHI no Mitsune at his home.
Japanese: 従兄弟で妻の父である三条右大臣藤原定方とともに当時の歌壇の中心的な人物であり、紀貫之や凡河内躬恒など多くの歌人が邸宅に集まった。
English: At the beginning of his political career in 898, he only achieved the low-ranking position of a junior third rank official in Sanuki Province, but after Emperor Daigo--to whom he was related by marriage--ascended to the throne he gained appointments of greater importance; in 903 he was appointed Uchikuranosuke (assistant chief of the inner palace warehouses), promoted to Kuroudo (Imperial Secretary Officer) in 909, further promoted to Kurudo gashira (Chief of the Imperial Secretariat) in 917, followed by Sangi (Royal Advisor) in 921, Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), in 927, and finally in 930 held the posts of both Chunagon and Uemon no kami (Chief of the Right Gate Guard).
Japanese: 政治家としては最初は昌泰元年（898年）の讃岐国権掾という下級官人に過ぎなかったが、醍醐天皇即位後はその外戚として重用され、延喜3年（903年）内蔵助に抜擢され、延喜9年（909年）に蔵人、延喜17年（917年）に蔵人頭、延喜21年（921年）に参議、延長_(元号)5年（927年）に従三位権中納言、延長8年（930年）に中納言兼右衛門督に累進した。
English: FUJIWARA no Michinobu (972-August 25, 994) was a court noble and a poet who lived during the mid-Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原道信（ふじわらのみちのぶ、天禄3年（972年）-正暦5年7月11日(旧暦)（994年8月25日））は、平安時代中期の公家・歌人。
English: After he was adopted by his uncle, FUJIWARA no Kaneie, he celebrated his coming of age, becoming Sakon Chujo (Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards) with Jushiijo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade), but died young at the age of twenty-three.
Japanese: 伯父藤原兼家の養子となり元服、従四位上左近中将に至ったが23歳の若さでなくなった。
English: FUJIWARA no Sanekata (birth date is unknown and died January 7, 999) was a mid-Heian period court noble and poet.
Japanese: 藤原実方（ふじわらのさねかた、生年不詳－長徳4年12月12日(旧暦)（999年1月7日））は、平安時代中期の公家・歌人。
English: But in 995, while in the Emperor's presence, an incident occurred in which he had an argument with FUJIWARA no Yukinari about poetry; the incensed Sanekata is said to have seized Yukinari's official court cap and hurled it to the ground.
Japanese: しかし、995年（長徳元年）に天皇の面前で藤原行成と歌について口論になり、怒った実方が行成の冠を奪って投げ捨てるという事件が発生する。
English: This incident provoked the Emperor's anger at Sanekata, who was ordered to 'go think upon uta makura (conventional poetic epithets)' and was subsequently demoted to the post of Governor of Mutsu Province, and thereby was sent away from the capital.
Japanese: これが原因で天皇の怒りをかい、「歌枕を見てまいれ」と命じられ、実方は陸奥守に左遷され現地に下向。
English: Three years later, Sanekata was in Mutsu riding his horse past the guardian deity of Kasashima when the horse suddenly collapsed, crushing him underneath and killing him (his grave is located in Medeshima in the city of Natori).
Japanese: 3年後、実方がその地で馬に乗り笠島道祖神前を通った時、馬が突然倒れ、下敷きになって没した（名取市愛島（めでしま）に墓がある）。
English: Makura no Soshi (The Pillow Book) tells of the legend that after his death, Sanekata's spirit came to haunt the area underneath the bridge over the Kamo-gawa river.
Japanese: その死後、賀茂川の橋の下に実方の亡霊が出没すると言う噂が流れたことが枕草子に見える。
English: Another legend claims that after he died he was reincarnated as a sparrow who then devoured all the uncooked rice of the Imperial palace.
Japanese: また、やはり死後にスズメへ転生して宮中の米を食い荒らしたとの伝説もある。
English: The surviving accounts of his life describe him as a talented man of great refinement, and he is thought to have had a love affair with Sei Shonagon (author of The Pillow Book).
Japanese: 風流才子としての説話が残り、清少納言と交際関係があったとも伝えられる。
English: He is also said to have had affairs with over twenty other ladies, leading some to suspect he was one model for the main character of "Genji Monogatari" (the Tale of Genji), the titular Hikaru Genji, the Shining Prince.
Japanese: 他にも20人以上の女性との交際があったと言われ、『源氏物語』の主人公・光源氏のモデルの一人とされることもある。
English: Number 51: Dare I speak what burns within? Though you know it not, I crackle in the moxa flames of love for you (Love poem 612 in the 'Goshui wakashu' (Later collected gleanings))
Japanese: 51番　かくとだに　えやはいぶきの　さしも草　さしも知らじな　燃ゆる思ひを（「後拾遺和歌集」恋一612）
English: Taikenmonin no Horikawa (dates of birth and death unknown) was a female poet who lived during the late Heian period.
Japanese: 待賢門院堀河（たいけんもんいんのほりかわ、生没年不詳）は、平安時代後期の女流歌人。
English: She had sisters such as Taifu no Suke and Josaimonin no Hyoe.
Japanese: 姉妹に大夫典侍（たいふのすけ）、上西門院兵衛（じょうさいもんいんのひょうえ）がいる。
English: At first, she served Shirakawain's Imperial Princess Reishi (Zensaiin), being called Rokujo, and then she served the second consort of Emperor Toba, Taikenmonin FUJIWARA no Shoshi, so came to be called Horikawa.
Japanese: はじめ白河院の皇女令子内親王（前斎院）に仕えて六条と呼ばれ、のち鳥羽天皇の中宮待賢門院藤原璋子に仕えて堀河と呼ばれるようになった。
English: She joined 'Sessho Sadaijin Tadamichi Uta-awase (poetry contest)' and 'Nishinomiya Uta-awase,' and in 1143, she was invited by Sutokuin to compose a poem for 'Kyuan Hyaku shu' (one-hundred poem sequence of the Kyuan era).
Japanese: 「摂政左大臣忠通歌合」「西宮歌合」などに出詠し、1143年（康治2年）崇徳院に召されて「久安百首」に出詠している。
English: TAIRA no Sadafumi (872? - November 13, 923) was a mid-Heian period poet.
Japanese: 平貞文（たいらのさだふみ、貞観_(日本)14年（872年）？－延長(元号)元年9月27日(旧暦)（923年11月13日））は、平安時代中期の歌人。
English: In 874, he and his father relinquished their imperial descent and became commoners, taking the surname "Taira" and descending to subject status; Sadafumi took a position as deputy commander of the Palace Guard of the Left, Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade) post.
Japanese: 874年（貞観_(日本)16年）父とともに平姓を賜って臣籍に下り、従五位上左兵衛佐に至る。
English: He organized and held at least three poetry contests, and enjoyed friendly relations with the compilers of the 'Kokinshu' (Collected Waka from Ancient and Modern Times).
Japanese: 歌合を少なくとも3回開催し、また「古今和歌集」の撰者らと交流があった。
English: No personal poetry collection of his has survived down to the present day, but twenty-six of his poems were selected for inclusion in various imperial poetry anthologies, including nine in the 'Kokinshu' alone.
Japanese: 家集は伝わっていないが、「古今和歌集」に9首が入るなど、勅撰和歌集に26首が入集している。
English: Gusai (also known as Kyusei or Kyuzei, 1283 - 1376) was a non-courtier Renga (linked verse) master who lived from the end of the Kamakura period into the Northern and Southern Court period.
Japanese: 救済（ぐさい・きゅうせい・きゅうぜい、正応元年（1283年）？－天授(日本)2年/永和(日本)2年（1376年）？）は鎌倉時代末期から南北朝時代(日本)にかけての地下（じげ）の連歌師。
English: He collaborated with Yoshimoto NIJO to compile a Renga anthology called the 'Tsukuba shu' in 1356, and in 1372 he established the rules for composing Renga and set them down in the 'Oan shinshiki' (The New Form of the Oan era).
Japanese: 二条良基と協力して1356年に連歌集「莬玖波集」を編纂し、1372年には連歌を読むにあたっての法則を定めた「応安新式」を制定した。
English: He did not favor any specific style for the manner of writing verses in his poetry, and is instead considered to have excelled in achieving delicate word-play and true depth of feeling, and in his tsukeku (seventeen-syllable linking verse) a sense of artistic tension.
Japanese: 句風は特定の風体に偏らず、言葉のこまやかな使い方と心情の深さ、付け句の緊迫感に優れていると評価された。
English: In addition to his main pupil Yoshimoto NIJO, his disciples (pupils) included Shua, Eiun,, Soa, and Ria, and Sadafumi's poetic style also influenced the development and spread of Renga circles in the early Muromachi period.
Japanese: 門弟に二条良基のほかに、周阿・永運・素阿・利阿らがおり、室町時代初期の連歌界の周流をなした。
English: In addition to the poems of his in the 'Tsukuba shu,' his poetry was also included in the 'Bunwa senku' (One Thousand Verses from the Bunwa era), the 'Murasakino senku' (One Thousand Verses from Murasakino (the Purple Fields)), and the 'Jiko shua hyakuban renga awase' (The Jiko Shua's hundred-verse Renga contest).
Japanese: 「莬玖波集」に入集しているほか、「文和千句」「紫野千句」「侍公周阿百番連歌合」などにも句が残されている。
English: Sakuden ANRAKUAN (1554 - February 7, 1642) was a Jodo (Pure Land) sect monk who lived from the Azuchi-Momoyama period into the beginning of the Edo period.
Japanese: 安楽庵策伝（あんらくあんさくでん、天文(元号)23年（1554年）-寛永19年1月8日(旧暦)（1642年2月7日））は、安土桃山時代から江戸時代前期にかけての浄土宗の僧。
English: During 1573-1592, he made his way into the Chugoku region of Japan, and is said to have founded several temples there, including Daiun-ji Temple in Bizen Province.
Japanese: 天正年間（1573年-1592年）、中国地方に赴き備前国大雲寺などを創建したと伝えられる。
English: In 1613), he became the 55th head of Seigan-ji Temple in Kyoto (and thereby, the chief priest of the Nishiyama-Fukakusa faction of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect), whereupon his friendships with distinguished people of the day substantially increased.
Japanese: 1613年（慶長18年）京都誓願寺55世（浄土宗西山深草派法主）となり、貴顕と交友を広げた。
English: Ten years later, in 1623, after receiving Imperial sanction for his involvement in the Shie Incident, he retired to the Chikurinin sub-temple, spending his remaining years at the Anrakuan tea-house.
Japanese: 10年後の1623年（元和(日本)9年）、紫衣事件の勅許を得た後、塔頭竹林院に隠居し、茶室安楽庵で余生を送った。
English: He was skilled at talking in a humorous manner, inducing laughs even during his sermons, so at the request of Shigemune ITAKURA, Governor-General of Kyoto, he wrote the 'Seisuisho,' a pioneering work in the field of collections of funny stories.
Japanese: 笑い話が得意で説教にも笑いを取り入れていたが、京都所司代板倉重宗の依頼で「醒睡笑（せいすいしょう）」を著し、笑話集のさきがけとなった。
English: Every year in the city of Gifu, site of Joon-ji Temple, where Sakuden took the tonsure and became a monk, the 'Sakuden Great Prize of the All-Japan Student Rakugo Championship' is awarded as the highest prize, using Sakuden's name as the reputed father of Rakugo.
Japanese: 出家した浄音寺のある岐阜市では落語の祖といわれた策伝の名を冠した「全日本学生落語選手権・策伝大賞」が毎年開催されている。
English: Sakuden was also the founder of the Anrakuan school of the Tea Ceremony, and as such is also widely known for the "Hyakuchinshu," (published 1630) his treatise on tsubaki (Camellia japonica), which records everything he had gathered or observed about tsubaki.
Japanese: 策伝はまた、安楽庵流茶道の流祖としても、収集あるいは見聞したツバキに付いての記録『百椿集』（1630年、寛永7年）を残したことでも知られる。
English: He enjoyed interactions with literati, members of the warrior class, nobles of the regent and advisor families, and even Imperial princes, while his relationships with Teitoku MATSUNAGA and Enshu KOBORI were especially close.
Japanese: 親王・摂家・武士・文人の間に広く交流を持ち、特に松永貞徳や小堀遠州との交流が深かった。