nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: When Tsunemichi ICHIJO died in 1365 (the Hokucho period), during the Muromachi era, Tsunenori KUJO--who had gained the second position of power after the Ichijo Family--made an appeal to the Emperor Gokogon that Fusatsune ICHIJO, a son of Tsunemichi, had fraudulently identified himself as the head of family.
Japanese: 室町時代になって、北朝_(日本)の貞治4年（1365年）に一条経通が没すると、一条家に次ぐ勢力であった九条経教は後光厳天皇に対して経通の息子である一条房経が不当に「家長者」を名乗っていると訴えたのである。
English: At that time, primogeniture was becoming the common practice, and Tsunenori claimed that according to primogeniture the Kujo Family, the descendant of the eldest son of Michiie, should inherit the family estate.
Japanese: 当時、長子相続制が一般的になりつつあり、その論理に従えば道家の長男の子孫の九条家こそが家督を継ぐべき嫡流に当たるというのである。
English: Fusatsune ICHIJO argued against Tsunenori, stating that just because an ancestor of the Kujo Family was the firstborn child it did not mean the Kujo Family was the legitimate blood of Kujo-ryu, and that because Michiie KUJO gave the family estate to Sanetsune ICHIJO, the Tokado-bunko (Gonnjo-moromichi-ki) (Gonijo-moromichi record), Gyokuyo (Kanezane KUJO's diary) and Gyokuzui (Michiie KUJO's diary)) and the document endorsing the political authority of Kujo-ryu Sekkan-ke, a regent family, were inherited by the ICHIJO Family; whereas Tsunenori KUJO asserted that measures to give inheritance to Sanetsune were taken just because Tadaie KUJO was in infancy, and that if Norizane KUJO had lived longer it would not have happened.
Japanese: これに対して一条房経は、九条家の家祖が長子だからといって、その流派の嫡流であるとは限らない、一条実経が九条道家から家督を譲られたからこそ、九条流摂関家の政治的権威を裏付ける文書類である桃華堂文庫（後二条帥通記、玉葉、玉蘂）が一条家に伝わっているのだと反論し、これに対して九条経教は、実経への継承は九条忠家が幼少であったがゆえの措置であり、九条教実が長命であればこのような事は起こりえなかった。
English: Tunenori further asserted that Tadaie KUJO was named as the receiver of the shobunjo (executor of the will) and the land patent of the premise of Tofuku-ji Temple had been inherited by the Kujo Family because the Kujo was the legitimate blood.
Japanese: 処分状の宛先（遺言の執行者）が仮にでも九条忠家になっている事、東福寺の敷地に関しての土地権利書が九条家に伝承されているのは九条家が嫡流であるからゆえではないか？と抗弁した。
English: Considering the political position of the Kujo Family at that time, the emperor gave Rinji to the Kujo Family on November 29 (lunar calendar), in the same year giving the verdict that the will of Michiie was no more than the inheritance of the head of a family by the head of a clan and that the Kujo and Ichijo families, both having the qualification, were on equal footing as legitimate blood.
Japanese: これに対して天皇は、当時の九条家の政治的地位を考慮し、同年11月29日_(旧暦)に九条家に対して綸旨を下し、道家の遺志はあくまでも一門上首による家長者の継承であり、その資格を有する九条家と一条家は嫡流としての同格であると裁決したのである。
English: The Ichijo Family was the legitimate blood of Kujo-ryu during the Kamakura era, but after the middle Muromachi period the position of the Kujo Family was elevated and the Ichijo and Kujo families were considered to be the legitimate blood of Kujo-ryu.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代は一条家が九条流の嫡流であったが、室町中期以降、九条家の地位が上昇し、一条家、九条家が九条流の嫡流とされた。
English: The Kujo Family started inheriting the Matsudono Family's fiefdom after the Middle Edo period; thus the Kujo possessed the largest Kokudaka, lived in a huge house and claimed to be the legitimate blood of Kujo-ryu.
Japanese: 江戸時代中期以降は松殿家の所領も併せて継承することとなり最大の石高となった九条家が、広大な屋敷を構え、九条流の嫡流であると主張した。
English: Itsukushima-jinja Shrine, which was then called Chinju-sha, still exists on the island of the garden pond (KUJO-ike), and a simple but elegant tearoom called Shusui-tei is found near the pond.
Japanese: 庭園の池（九条池）の中島には鎮守社であった厳島神社が現存し、さらに池畔には拾翠亭と呼ばれる瀟洒な茶室が現存している。
English: The major buildings (such as the main building) were transferred to Kujo-tei in Tokyo in accordance with the order issued during the early Meiji era, and were recently donated by the Kujo Family to the Tokyo National Museum, which was named Kujo-kan.
Japanese: 母屋などの主要な建物は明治初期の東京移住命令にともない、東京の九条邸に移築され、さらに近年九条家より東京国立博物館に寄贈され九条館と命名された。
English: Yamashiro no Kuni, located in Kinai, was one of the administrative province (Ryoseikoku).
Japanese: 山城国（やましろのくに）は、かつて日本の地方行政区分だった令制国の一つで、畿内に位置する。
English: "Yamashiro" was written as 山代 in ancient times, and in the 7th century, the province (kuni) was founded with the name written as 山背国.
Japanese: 「やましろ」は、古くは山代と書き、7世紀に山背国という表記で国が建てられた。
English: On November 8, 794 (Enryaku 13), when the capital was named Heian-kyo (Heian Palace), the Emperor Kammu changed the second letter of the province's name to 山城国
Japanese: 延暦13年（794年）11月8日の平安京命名の際に、桓武天皇が、山河が襟帯して自然に城をなす形勝から、山城国に改称した。
English: Based on the writings of "mokkan"－strips of wood used for writing during the Heijo-kyo (Heijo Palace) period, the notations of Yamashiro no Kuni as 山代国 and 山背国 seem to have coexisted with 山城国.
Japanese: 平城京時代の木簡を見る限り、山代国、山背国と表記は並存しているようである。
English: In the colophon and afterward titled "Keicho-two Enirinshi" of Setsuyoshu (proofed by Ekirin) it is also recorded as "Otokuni-gun (Otokuni District), Fu (Office)."
Japanese: 節用集（易林訂正）；奥書跋末「慶長ニ易林誌」に、乙訓郡、府と記載されている。
English: As for Shugosho (governor's office), at first, the mansion of the Gokenin of Kyoto Shugo (Kyoto governor) was designated because the person holding the post of Kyoto Shugo concurrently took charge of Yamashiro Province's Shugo.
Japanese: 守護所は、当初、山城国守護を京都守護が兼任していたため、京都守護の御家人の館が当てられた。
English: In Muromachi period, the Yamashiro Province was divided along the Uji River into three upper districts and five lower districts; after an associate shugo (shugodai) was designated to each district the Shugosho in charge of the three upper districts was situated in Uji Makishima, while Shugosho for the five lower districts were placed in several places such as Yodo.
Japanese: 室町時代に山城国を宇治川を境に上三郡と下五郡に分割して、それぞれに守護代を任ずるようになってからは、上三郡の守護所が宇治槙島に置かれ、下五郡の守護所が淀など数ヶ所に置かれた。
English: In 1925 (14th year of Taisho) a large number of old [roof] tiles were excavated near the provincial temple, and implying that there was a convent there.
Japanese: 1925年（大正14年）に国分寺のそばで大量の古瓦が発掘され、尼寺の跡だと考えられている。
English: In Engi-Shiki Jinmei-cho (shrines' name directory) a total of 122-za and 96-sha are recorded, consisting of 53-za/37-sha of taisha (big shrines)(within these shrines, 23-za/16-sha of dai myojin are included) and 69-za/59-sha of shosha (small shrines). In addition to these shrines, 36-za (30 big za, and 6 small za) in the imperial court and 3-daiza in Kyoto are also registered.
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳には、大社53座37社（うち名神大社23座16社）・小社69座59社の計122座96社が記載されており、他に宮中の36座（大30座・小6座）、京中の大3座が記載されている。
English: Kamo Shrines are the first shrines (Ichinomiya) in Kyoto －Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine (called Kamigamo Shrine) at Kita district, and Kamomioya Shrine (called Shimogamo Shrine) at Sakyo district.
Japanese: 一宮は京都市の賀茂神社（北区(京都市)の賀茂別雷神社（上賀茂神社）及び左京区の賀茂御祖神社（下鴨神社））である。
English: Unlike in other local provinces, it is considered that Jingi-kan had some influence over the designation of the first shrine (Ichinomiya) in Yamashiro Province; because of this, while the establishment of Ichinomiya in other provinces took place starting at the end of the 11th century the designation of Ichinomiya in Kinai (Kansai Region) began during the 12th century.
Japanese: 山城国の一宮指定には、地方の諸国と異なって神祇官が関わっていると思われ、11世紀末から諸国でそれぞれに一宮が成立していく中で、畿内ではそれに対応して12世紀になってから決められたと考えられる。
English: The Ikedaya Incident is the name given to an event that took place on July 8,1864 towards the end of the Edo Period in which the Shinsen-gumi, who was a peacekeeping organization under the Kyoto protectorate, attacked the imperial loyalist faction from Choshu who were hiding out at the Ikedaya Inn at Kiyamachi (Sanjou-Kobashi Bridge) on Sanjou-Street in Kyoto.
Japanese: 池田屋事件（いけだやじけん）は、江戸時代後期の元治元年6月5日(旧暦)（1864年7月8日）に、京都三条通木屋町通（三条小橋）の旅館池田屋で京都守護職配下の治安維持組織である新撰組が、潜伏していた長州藩の尊皇攘夷派を襲撃した事件である。
English: Kyoto at the end of the Edo period was the center of political power struggles, and ronins (masterless samurai) from different feudal clans who held such ideas as "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" and imperialists were active behind the scenes.
Japanese: 幕末の京都は政局の中心地となり、尊皇攘夷や勤皇等の思想を持つ諸藩の浪士が潜伏して活動していた。
English: The Choshu clan was overthrown by the Aizu and Satsuma clans in a coup on August 18th, and the Shogunate-Imperial faction became the mainstream in the imperial court.
Japanese: 長州藩は会津藩と薩摩藩による宮中クーデターである八月十八日の政変で失脚し、朝廷では公武合体派が主流となっていた。
English: The "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" faction was trying to recover its strength, and the Kyoto protectorate used the Shinsen-gumi for security and searches in the city.
Japanese: 尊皇攘夷派は勢力挽回を試みており、京都守護職は新撰組を用いて市内の警備や探索を行わせる。
English: At around the end of May, moderators and observers including Susumu YAMAZAKI and Kai SHIMADA ascertained the presence of Masuya store (Shuntaro FURUTAKA) that was operating a charcoal business in Shijo-Kobashi-Agaru-Shin-cho, and made a report to the Aizu clan.
Japanese: 五月下旬頃、諸士調役兼監察の山崎烝・島田魁らによって四条小橋上ル真町で炭薪商を経営する枡屋（古高俊太郎）の存在を突き止め、会津藩に報告。
English: The plan was to wait for a windy day before the Gion festival and set fire to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and in the ensuing confusion confining Prince Asahiko NAKAGAWANOMIYA (who became Asahiko KUNINOMIYA later), assassinate Yoshinobu HITOTSUBASHI (Yoshinobu TUGAWA) and Katamori MATSUDAIRA of the Aizu clan, and take Emperor Koumyou to Choshu.
Japanese: 計画は、祇園祭の前の風の強い日を狙って京都御所に火を放ち、その混乱に乗じて中川宮朝彦親王（後の久邇宮朝彦親王）を幽閉し、一橋慶喜（徳川慶喜）・会津の松平容保らを暗殺し、孝明天皇を長州へ連れ去るという物であった。
English: Furthermore, the search revealed that the loyalists from the Choshu, Tosa, and Higo clans were planning to hold a meeting at Ikedaya or Shikokuya to discuss whether or not to go forward with the plan of attack after hearing about the arrest of FURUTAKA.
Japanese: さらに探索に於いて長州藩・土佐藩・肥後藩等の尊王派が古高逮捕をうけて襲撃計画の実行・中止について協議する会合が池田屋か四国屋に於いて行われる事を突き止める。
English: The Shinsen-gumi had asked for support from the Aizu, Kuwana, and other clans, but their actions were too slow, and they did not move when the time came.
Japanese: 新選組は会津藩・桑名藩等に応援を要請するが、会津らの動きが遅く時刻になっても動かなかった。
English: That is why the boss, Isami KONDO, knowing that every moment counted, acted alone by splitting their members into two squads under KONDO and HIJIKATA and began the search.
Japanese: このため事態は一刻を争うと見た局長の近藤勇は単独行動に踏み切り、近藤隊と土方隊の二手に分け捜索を開始する。
English: At the time, the Shinsen-gumi was short-handed because many members were sick, so only 34 members took part in the search - 10 in the KONDO squad and 24 in the HIJIKATA squad (There are different views on the number. cf. List of Soldiers Involved).
Japanese: 当時、新選組では病人が多い等の理由で人手が少なく、実際に捜索に当たったのは、近藤隊10人・土方隊24人の総数わずか34名だった（異説有り、出動隊士一覧を参照）。
English: The HIJIKATA squad, a part of the Shinsen-gumi, searched Nawate Street from Yasaka Shrine, while the KONDO squad searched Kiyamachi Street across the Sanjo Bridge.
Japanese: 新選組は八坂神社から縄手通を土方隊、三条大橋を渡って木屋町通を近藤隊とし探索した。
English: Four of the members - Isami KONDO, Soji OKITA, Shinpachi NAGAKURA, and Heisuke TODO - first attacked the 20-some radical nationalists while the rest shored up the perimeter.
Japanese: 20数名の尊攘過激派に対し、当初踏み込んだのは近藤勇・沖田総司・永倉新八・藤堂平助の4名で、残りは屋外を固めた。
English: Some ronins frantically attacked Hayatarou ANDO, Eisuke OKUZAWA and Kakuzaemon NITTA who guarded the back door, and succeeded to escape.
Japanese: 裏口を守っていた安藤早太郎・奥沢栄助・新田革左衛門達のところに浪士が脱出しようと必死で斬りこみ逃亡。
English: Some accounts say that this was because of a tuberculosis-related blood spitting, but there is a lot of doubt and it is not certain.
Japanese: これには肺結核での喀血のためという説もあるが、様々な疑問点もあり確実ではない。
English: Then, a sword hit the forehead of TODO on the first floor when sweat caused his helmet to slip out of place, and he withdrew from the battle.
Japanese: また、一階の藤堂は汗で鉢金がずれたところに太刀を浴びせられ、額を斬られ戦線離脱した。
English: Although there were KONDO and NAGAKURA only at one point, the arrival of the HIJIKATA squad tilted the odds in favor of the Shinsen-gumi and achieved a result of nine people killed and four arrested.
Japanese: 一時は近藤・永倉の2人となるが、土方隊の到着により戦局は新選組に有利に傾き、9名討ち取り4名捕縛の戦果を上げる。
English: HIJIKATA would not let them anywhere near, to ensure that they could not take credit.
Japanese: 土方は手柄を横取りされぬように、一歩たりとも近づけさせなかったという。
English: Although some of the radical nationalists escaped from the battle, the next morning more than 20 people were arrested by carrying out clearing operations with Aizu, Kuwana, and other clans.
Japanese: この戦闘で数名の尊攘過激派は逃走したが、続く翌朝の市中掃討で会津・桑名藩らと連携し20余名を捕縛した。
English: The sweep of the city turned violent, and there were 5 immediate deaths among the Aizu clan, four among the Hikone clan, and two among the Kuwana clan.
Japanese: なお市中掃討では激戦となり、会津藩は5名、彦根藩は4名、桑名藩は2名の即死者を出した。
English: At noon of the following day, the Shinsen-gumi returned to their base in Mibu Village. (If they had returned to their base at night, they might have fallen into an ambush, so they took a rest in the city until dawn.)
Japanese: 翌日の正午（夜のうちに帰ったのでは闇討ちの恐れがあるため夜が明けるまで休息をとっていた）、新選組は壬生村の屯所に帰還した。
English: The name of the Shinsen-gumi, which succeeded in preventing the plot to burn down the imperial palace, became famous throughout the land.
Japanese: 御所焼き討ちの計画を未然に防ぐ事に成功した新選組の名は天下に轟いた。
English: The "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" faction, on the other hand, took a big blow with the deaths of such important activists as Toshimaro YOSHIDA, Kichima KITAZOE, Teizo MIYABE, Matajiro OTAKA, Junjiro ISHIKAWA, Matsusuke SUGIYAMA and Jusuke MATSUDA. (They were later called the "Seven Martyrs" by the new government.)
Japanese: 逆に尊攘派は吉田稔麿・北添佶摩・宮部鼎蔵・大高又次郎・石川潤次郎・杉山松助・松田重助らの実力者が戦死し、大打撃を受ける（彼らは後の新政府により俗に「殉難七士」と呼ばれる）。
English: Kogoro KATSURA (later Takayoshi KIDO) should have been there too, but he arrived earlier and then went back to the base to wait a while. His life had been spared because the incident occurred before he came back.
Japanese: 本来ならば桂小五郎（後の木戸孝允）もその場にいたはずだったが、到着が早すぎたので一度本拠地にもどり時間を待っている間に事件が起こってしまい難を逃れている。
English: Beginning with this incident, the Choshu clan fell under the influence of zealots and later came to Kyoto and raised the Kinmon rebellion on July 19 (in the old calendar).
Japanese: この事件をきっかけに、長州藩は強硬派に引きずられる形で挙兵・上洛し、7月19日(旧暦)の禁門の変を引き起こす。
English: It has been said that the Ikedaya Incident delayed the Meiji Restoration by a year. There is also another opinion that it sped up the Restoration by stirring up the "revere the emperor, expel foreigners" faction.
Japanese: 池田屋事件により、明治維新が一年遅れたとも、尊攘派を刺激してしまい維新を早めてしまったともいわれる。
English: Author Ryotaro SHIBA's interpretation is that the Meiji Restoration led by the four major clans of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Bizen would never have happened without this incident.
Japanese: 作家の司馬遼太郎は、この事件がなかったら薩長土肥主力の明治維新は永遠にこなかったであろうと解釈している。
English: Shinjuro MAZUME, Ryutaro MAZUME, and Hiroto IKEHARA, who were members at the time, fled on that day and did not participate in the battle.
Japanese: なお、当時、所属していた馬詰信十郎・馬詰柳太郎・池原寛人は、この日に脱走した為に不参加。
English: Murasaki Shikibu (dates of birth and death unknown) was a female author and poet in the mid-Heian period.
Japanese: 紫式部（むらさきしきぶ、生没年不明）は、平安時代中期の女性作家、歌人。
English: Her poem, 'I met a friend after so long, who went back in a hurry before I recognized his face; like the moon goes behind a cloud at a blow' was selected for "Ogura Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)."
Japanese: 『小倉百人一首』にも「めぐりあひて見しやそれともわかぬまに　雲がくれにし夜半の月かな」で入選。
English: She acquired the sobriquet of 'Murasaki' from the name of the heroine 'Murasaki no Ue' of "The Tale of Genji," and 'Shikibu' refers to her father's position as Shikibutaijo (Aide of Ceremonials).
Japanese: 「紫」の称は『源氏物語』の作中人物「紫の上」に、「式部」は父が式部大丞だったことに由来する。
English: Murasaki Shikibu's real name is unknown, but it is assumed that she was the 'FUJIWARA no Kaoriko/Takako/Koshi,' who became shoji (ranked) on January 29, 1007, which was described in 'Mido Kanpakuki (FUJIWARA no Michinaga's diary).'
Japanese: 紫式部の本名は不明であるが、「御堂関白記」の寛弘4年正月29日の条において掌侍になったとされる記事のある「藤原香子」（かおりこ/たかこ/こうし）との説もある。
English: However this view is generally based on the other assumptions, which are said to contain errors in the process of making inferences, so it remains a matter of conjecture.
Japanese: 但し、この説は仮定を重ねている部分も多く、推論の過程に誤りが含まれているといった批判もあり、仮定の域を出るものではない。
English: Also, her dates of birth and death are unknown, but it is suggested that she was about 30 years old in 1008, based on historical materials and her works; by counting backwards from that age, she would have been born around 979 and died around 1016.
Japanese: また生没年も伝わっていないが、資料・作品等から寛弘5年（1008年）に30歳位と推測されるので、逆算して天延元年（979年）頃生？-長和五年（1016年）頃没？と推定されている。
English: Tradition has it that she liked sardines, which was unusual for aristocracy, but this episode is based on a story of Izumi Shikibu in 'Sarugenji no soshi (The Sarugenji Book),' so it seems to have been made up by someone at a later date.
Japanese: 貴族ではめずらしいイワシ好きであったという説話があるが、もとは「猿源氏草紙」で和泉式部の話であり、後世の作話と思われる。
English: She was a daughter of FUJIWARA no Tametoki, governor of Echigo Province, and her mother was a daughter of FUJIWARA no Tamenobu from Settsu Province, but she lost her mother when she was little.
Japanese: 越後国守藤原為時の娘で、母は摂津国守藤原為信女であるが、紫式部の幼少期に母を亡くしたとされる。
English: FUJIWARA no Sadakata, Sanjo Udaijin (Sanjo minister of the right), and FUJIWARA no Kanesuke, Tsutsumi Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), were her paternal great grandfathers, and she had many relatives who were known as talented writers.
Japanese: 三条右大臣藤原定方、堤中納言藤原兼輔はともに父方の曽祖父で、一族には文辞を以って聞こえた人が多い。
English: There are many anecdotes stating that, since her childhood, she had had more talent for reading Chinese classics than women were required to have in those days.
Japanese: 幼少の頃より、当時の女性に求められる以上の才能で漢文を読みこなしたなど、才女としての逸話が多い。
English: It is generally considered that she wrote both "The Tale of Genji," which consists of 54 chapters, and "Murasaki Shikibu Diary," which was about her days in service to the Imperial Court, as well as "Collection of Murasaki Shikibu's Works."
Japanese: 五十四帖にわたる大作『源氏物語』、宮仕え中の日記『紫式部日記』を著したというのが通説、家集『紫式部集』が伝えられる。
English: Her father, FUJIWARA no Tametoki, obtained employment as a reader in Togu (the palace of the Crown Prince) while in his thirties, and when the Crown Prince became Emperor Kazan he was promoted to the post of kurodo (Chamberlain) and then to Shikibutaijo; however, when the Emperor became a priest, he lost his job.
Japanese: 父・藤原為時は30代に東宮の読書役を始めとして、東宮が花山天皇になると蔵人、式部大丞と出世したが、花山天皇が出家すると失職した。
English: In about 998, she married a governor of Yamashiro Province FUJIWARA no Nobutaka, who was old enough to be her father; in 999 she bore him a daughter, FUJIWARA no Kataiko/Kenshi, but this marriage life didn't last long because Nobutaka died soon afterward.
Japanese: 長徳四年（998年）頃、親子ほども年の差がある山城国守藤原宣孝と結婚し、長保元年（999年）に一女・藤原賢子（かたいこ・けんし）（大弐三位）を儲けたが、この結婚生活は長く続かず、まもなく宣孝と死別した。
English: In December 29 (according to the lunar calendar) of 1005, she began serving the Empress of Emperor Ichijo FUJIWARA no Shoshi/Akiko (the oldest daughter of FUJIWARA no Michinaga, and later given the name of the Retired Emperor Jotomonin) as a court lady-cum-tutor, and she served the Empress at least until 1011.
Japanese: 寛弘二年（1005年）12月29日(旧暦)より、一条天皇の中宮・藤原彰子（藤原道長の長女、のち院号宣下して上東門院）に女房兼家庭教師役として仕え、少なくとも同八年頃まで奉仕し続けたようである。
English: There is a poem created by ISE no Taifu, 'Some time ago, double-flowered cherry trees bloomed in the colorful capital of Nara; today they bloom in Kuju Castle in this capital of Kyo, as they did before,' which was collected in "Shika Wakashu (Collection of Poetry)"; the poem was written in dedication to the Empress along with yaezakura (double cherry blossoms) presented to the Imperial Court; however, according to "ISE no Taifu shu (Private Collection)" it was supposed to be a duty of Murasaki Shikibu, but she delegated the duty to a newcomer, Taifu.
Japanese: 『詞花和歌集』に収められた伊勢大輔の「いにしへの奈良の都の八重桜けふ九重ににほひぬるかな」という和歌は、宮廷に献上された八重桜を受け取り、中宮に奉る際に詠まれたものだが、『伊勢大輔集』によればこの役目は当初紫式部の役目だったものを式部が新参の大輔に譲ったものだった。
English: The last description about Murasaki Shikibu appears in "Shoyuki," the diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke, dated May 25 (lunar calendar) 1014, saying that 'as "a daughter of Tametoki, who was a governor of Echigo Province," she conveyed a message from the wife of the Retired Empress Shoshi to Sanesuke.'
Japanese: 藤原実資の日記『小右記』長和2年5月25日(旧暦)条で「『越後守為時女』として皇太后彰子と実資の取り次ぎ役を務めた」との記述が紫式部で残された最後のものとなる。
English: Therefore it is widely believed that she died between 1012 and 1016, in the reign of Emperor Sanjo, but some people disagree.
Japanese: よって三条天皇の長和年間（1012年-1016年）に没したとするのが通説だが、異見もある。
English: Also, tradition has it that Murasaki Shikibu's grave can be found at Murasaki no Nishigoshoden-cho (Horikawa Kitaoji Kudaru, West side), Kita Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: なお、伝・紫式部墓が京都市北区(京都市)紫野西御所田町（堀川北大路下ル西側）に残る。
English: Today, the Bank of Japan's D-note of 2,000 yen has a portrait of Murasaki Shikibu and a part of "The Tale of Genji Emaki (picture scroll)" on its back side.
Japanese: 現在、日本銀行D銀行券2000円札の裏には小さな肖像画と、『源氏物語絵巻』の一部分が使用されている。
English: Her name appeared in the great historical figures calendar of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (=UNESCO), and she was the only Japanese to be thus enrolled.
Japanese: 国際連合教育科学文化機関（国際連合教育科学文化機関＝UNESCO）偉人暦に日本人として唯一人名を連ねている。
English: Sei Shonagon is a jerk who acts proudly. Chinese characters, she blots in a wise, have full of mistakes.'("Murasaki Diary" Kurokawabon (type of manuscript))
Japanese: 「得意げに真名（漢字）を書き散らしているが、よく見ると間違いも多いし大した事はない」（「清少納言こそしたり顔にいみじうはべりける人さばかりさかしだち真名書き散らしてはべるほどもよく見ればまだいと足らぬこと多かり」『紫日記』黒川本）、
English: "Will the life of a person with such insincerity be better in the future?" (from "Murasaki Diary" Kurokawabon)
Japanese: 「こんな人の行く末にいいことがあるだろうか（いや、ない）」（「そのあだになりぬる人の果ていかでかはよくはべらむ」『紫日記』黒川本）
English: These descriptions have been brought into conversation with various conjectures and curiosity (Murasaki Shikibu was jealous of the talent of Sei Shonagon, etc.) up until recently.
Japanese: これらの表記は近年に至るまで様々な憶測や、ある種野次馬的な興味（紫式部が清少納言の才能に嫉妬していたのだ、など）を持って語られている。
English: However, these two people were distant in age and served the Imperial Court in different times (nearly a decade), so they seem not to have known each other.
Japanese: もっとも、本人同士は年齢や宮仕えの年代も10年近く異なるため、実際に面識は無かったものと見られている。
English: She wrote some positive comments about her contemporary female poets, Izumi Shikibu ('her behavior is not good, but her poems are excellent,' etc.), and Akazome-emon.
Japanese: 同輩であった女流歌人の和泉式部（「素行は良くないが、歌は素晴らしい」など）や赤染衛門には好感を見せている。
English: Emperor Ichijo had a court lady read aloud "The Tale of Genji," at which he praised the author, saying she must have been an eager reader of Nihongi (according to "Shoku-Nihongi (Continuation of Chronicles of Japan)," whereby Nihongi refers to "Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)"; thus some people claim that "Nihongi" in this context means "Nihonshoki").
Japanese: 『源氏物語』を女房に読ませて聞いた一条天皇が作者を褒めて、きっと日本紀（日本紀は『続日本紀』によれば『日本書紀』のことであるので『日本書紀』をさすという説がある）をよく読みこんでいる人に違いないと言った。
English: Because of this, Murasaki Shikibu was given the nickname 'Nihongi no Otsubone,' but it is widely thought that the Emperor's words brought her into ridicule because it was felt that a woman shouldn't read Chinese classics, and she was distressed by the words.
Japanese: このことから、「日本紀の御局」とあだ名されたとの逸話があるが、これには女性が漢文を読むことへの揶揄があり、本人には苦痛だったようであるとする説が通説である。
English: Murasaki Diary and "Eiga monogatari (A Tale of Flowering Fortunes)," the latter of which has some descriptions common to the Murasaki Diary, states that Michinaga visited her chamber at night.
Japanese: 紫日記及び紫日記に一部記述が共通の『栄花物語』には又、夜半に道長が彼女の局をたずねて来る一節がある。
English: Additionally, "Various Japanese Family Trees" ("New Compilation of Various Japanese Family Trees Analogy") says that 'a court lady of Jotomonin, a poet, Murasaki Shikibu, an author of The Tale of Genji, or Masatada's granddaughter, Tametoki's daughter, mistress of Michinaga, the chief adviser to the Emperor,' which clearly shows that she was a mistress of Michinaga, but the true relationship between them is unknown.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代の公家系譜の集大成である『尊卑分脈』（『新編纂図本朝尊卑分脉系譜雑類要集』）になると、「上東門院女房　歌人　紫式部是也　源氏物語作者　或本雅正女云々　為時妹也云々　御堂関白道長妾」と紫式部の項にはっきり道長妾との註記が付くようになるが、彼女と道長の関係は不明である。
English: The purpose of the Academy of Murasaki Shikibu is to promote classical literature as represented by "The Tale of Genji"; the academy was established on June 4, 1932 by Tsukuru FUJIMURA (president), who was the head of the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University; Senichi HISAMATSU (vice-president), a professor of Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University; and Kikan IKEDA (chairperson), a junior assistant of the Japanese literature study room at Tokyo Imperial University.
Japanese: 紫式部学会とは、1932年（昭和7年）6月4日に、東京帝国大学文学部国文学科主任教授であった藤村作（会長）、東京帝国大学文学部国文学科教授であった久松潜一（副会長）、東京帝国大学文学部国文学研究室副手であった池田亀鑑（理事長）らによって源氏物語に代表される古典文学の啓蒙を目的として設立された学会である。