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English: Besides, the position of 'provincial constable' was not established this time; the establishment of 'provincial steward' and 'General Constable' in each province for the purpose of searching and capturing MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and MINAMOTO no Yukiie, which was of nominal priority, ordered in 1185, and the origin of provincial constable which would continue until the Muromachi period lay in the authority which was agreed between Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, Kanezane KUJO and Yoritomo to enforce 'provincial constables in all the provinces' when Yoritomo came out to Kyoto for the first time in 1190.
Japanese: また、「守護」職はこのときではなく、1185年での要求は源義経・源行家の捜索・追捕を名目とした一国単位の「国地頭」と「総追捕使」であって、室町時代にまで繋がる守護職の発端は1190年（建久元年）に頼朝が初めて上京し、後白河法皇や九条兼実らと合意した「諸国守護」を奉行する権限にあるとされている。
English: Yoritomo died in 1199; thereafter he participated in the administration of the shogunate government in collaboration with Yoshitoki HOJO and Masako HOJO.
Japanese: 1199年（正治元年）の頼朝の死後は、北条義時や北条政子と協調して幕政に参与する。
English: However, according to "Azuma Kagami," Hiromoto was on the bakufu's side, and was regarded one of contributors behind the scene who led the bakufu army to victory in collaboration with Masako HOJO, who advocated war and encouraged reluctant direct vassals of the shogun to fight against the Imperial Court.
Japanese: しかし、『吾妻鏡』では広元はあくまで幕府軍の側に立って朝廷との一戦に慎重な御家人を鼓舞、主戦論を唱えた北条政子に協調して幕府軍を勝利に導いた影の功労者のひとりとされる。
English: However, the above-mentioned issue was considered suspicious as the issue of 'provincial constable and General Constable.'
Japanese: ただしこれも「守護・地頭」の件と同様に、顕彰記事の疑いもあるとされる。
English: It is certain that Hiromoto was the head of the court officials in the Kamakura bakufu and was in a critical position, which are proved by the existence of documents with signatures of Shogunal regent Yoshitoki HOJO, and Hiromoto in gathering forces for Yoshimori WADA's disturbance and a suit for territory; and Hiromoto's own interactions with imperial nobles such as Michichika TSUCHIMIKADO whom Yoritomo didn't have any particular interactions with.
Japanese: しかし広元が和田義盛の乱の際しての軍勢召集や所領訴訟に際して、執権である北条義時とともに広元が「連署」をした文書が存在することや、頼朝が強いつながりを有していなかった土御門通親などの公卿との独自の交流を有するなど、鎌倉幕府における京吏の筆頭であり、重要な地位を占めていたことは確かである。
English: Administration office was changed into Administrative Borad and he remained in the position of chief officer when MINAMOTO no Yoritomo became a court noble on June 4 (different theories; administration office and Administrative Borad coexisted, and he assumed the position of chief officer in addition to another position in Administrative Borad).
Japanese: 4月27日、源頼朝公卿に列するに伴い、公文所を政所と改め、引き続き別当留任（異説として公文所・政所の両所並存・別当兼務説がある）。
English: On April 12, 1192, he resigned from police and judicial chief and Senior Lieutenant at the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards.
Japanese: 建久3年（1192年）2月21日、検非違使・左衛門大尉両官職辞職辞任。
English: Hiromoto's eldest son, OE no Chikahiro successively held the positions of Director of the Administrative Board, provincial constable of Kyoto, etc., but he ran away when he took the Imperial Court side and it was defeated in the Jokyu Disturbance, and stayed in Sagae no so, Dewa Province.
Japanese: 長男・大江親広は政所別当・京都守護などの幕府要職を歴任するが、承久の乱で朝廷方に付いて敗走し、出羽国寒河江荘に籠もる。
English: Hiromoto's second son, Hirotoki NAGAI became a provincial constable of Bingo Province, and his descendants, at least from his son, Yasuhide NAGAI, filled critical posts in the Kamakura bakufu such as a member of Council of State as a direct blood line of the Oe clan after his elder brother, Chikahiro lost his position in the Jokyu Disturbance.
Japanese: 次男・長井広時は備後守護となり、兄大江親広が承久の乱でその地位を失って以降、大江氏の嫡流として、少なくともその子長井泰秀から評定衆を始め幕府の要職を務めた。
English: Munehide NAGAI, the fifth descendant from Hiromoto became a member of the top decision making council, and was estimated as a compiler of "Azuma Kagami."
Japanese: 広元から五代目の長井宗秀は寄合衆にもなり、『吾妻鏡』の編纂者のひとりと目されている。
English: Masashige NAWA, the child of Munemoto became a Lieutenant the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards in 1239, he was conferred a peerage as Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade in 1241, and promoted to Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade, before finally becoming Coadjutors of the High Court in 1254.
Japanese: その子那波政茂は1239年（延応元）に左近将監、1241年（仁治2）に従五位下に叙爵、その後従五位上に進み、1254年（建長6）に引付衆となっている。
English: Hiromoto's fourth son, Suemitsu MORI was conferred a peerage as Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade at the age of 16 in 1216, and became a member of Council of State at the age of 32 according to the article "Azuma Kagami"on November 3, 1233.
Japanese: 四男・毛利季光は16歳の1216年（健保4）に従五位下に叙爵、32歳のとき『吾妻鏡』1233年（天福元）11月3日条に評定衆とある。
English: When the Battle of Hoji occurred in 1247, Suemitsu was on Yasumura MIURA's side and committed suicide with the Miura family at Hokke-do which was the private Buddha statue hall for MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.
Japanese: 1247年の宝治合戦で三浦泰村に味方して三浦一族とともに源頼朝持仏堂であった法華堂で自害する。
English: Suemitsu's fourth son, Tsunemitsu MORI was not involved in the incident as he was in Echigo and inherited the territory.
Japanese: しかしその四男毛利経光は越後に居たため巻き込まれず、所領を安堵された。
English: Hiromoto's fifth son, Tadashige KAITO was conferred a peerage as Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade in 1227, and later advanced to Junior Forth Rank, Lower Grade.
Japanese: 五男・海東忠成は1227年に叙爵し従五位下、その後従四位下まで進んだ。
English: He became a member of Council of state in 1245, but resigned with suspicion of supporting his brother in the Battle of Hoji.
Japanese: 1245年に評定衆となったが、宝治合戦における兄への加担を問われ辞職。
English: Many clans including the Sakai clan in Mikawa Province, the Inaba-Mori clan in Inaba Province, the Tago clan in Izumo Province seemed to be originated in Hiromoto OE, although their authenticity remains uncertain.
Japanese: また、三河国の酒井氏、因幡国の因幡毛利氏、出雲国の多胡氏など大江広元を祖とするとものは多数見られるが、真偽のほどは不明である。
English: Hiroshima City (広島市) was named after taking the character 広 from Hiromoto 広元 who was the ancestor of the Mori clan, when Hiromoto's descendant, Terumoto MORI performed a ritual of spading the ground of the newly built Hiroshima-jo castle in 1589 (various theories as to this).
Japanese: 広島市の地名は、広元の子孫・毛利輝元が1589年（天正17年）広島城築城の鍬入れの時に、毛利氏の祖先である広元から一字を採って命名したといわれている（諸説あり）。
English: Tomoteru TAKAYAMA (1527 - 1595) was a busho (military commander) in the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (Japan).
Japanese: 高山友照（たかやまともてる、大永7年（1527年）-文禄4年（1595年））は戦国時代(日本)の武将。
English: Along with his son Ukon (Shigetomo) TAKAYAMA, he was known as a most early Kirishitan daimyo (Christian feudal lord).
Japanese: 最初期のキリシタン大名の一人として、息子の高山右近（重友）とともに知られる。
English: Tomoteru TAKAYAMA is said to have been born as a son of dogo (local ruling family) in Takayama Village, Shimashimo County, Settsu Province (present-day, Takayama, Toyono Town, Toyono County, Osaka Prefecture), and he was known as the Lord of Sawa-jo Castle in Uda County, Yamato Province.
Japanese: 摂津国島下郡高山村（現在の大阪府豊能郡豊能町高山）の土豪の出自といわれ、大和国宇陀郡の沢城の城主として知られる。
English: Being a brave and educated military commander, Tomoteru TAKAYAMA was beloved of his people in the domain, and was well known as a faithful 'model of samurai' among his contemporaries.
Japanese: 武将として勇猛で、教養もあり、領民にも慕われ、誠実な「武士の鑑」として同時代人に知られた。
English: As a man of mature years Tomoteru TAKAYAMA served Hisahide MATSUNAGA, who was a senior vassal of Nagayoshi MIYOSHI, who had assumed control over Kinai region (the five capital provinces surrounding the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto: Yamashiro, Yamato, Kawachi, Izumi and Settsu).
Japanese: 壮年期には、畿内の実権を握る三好長慶の重臣であった、松永久秀に仕えた。
English: Buddhist monks, who had learned that a Jesuit missionary of Gaspar VILELA was to visit Sakai City, petitioned their lord Hisahide MATSUNAGA for the banishment of the missionary.
Japanese: イエズス会の宣教師ガスパル・ヴィレラが堺市を訪問することを知った僧侶たちは領主松永久秀に宣教師の追放を依頼した。
English: Hisahide did not banish the missionary arbitrarily, and insisted that the missionary should discuss with someone who had enough Buddhist knowledge before making a final judgment of banishment upon detection of any foul play.
Japanese: 久秀は問答無用で追放するのではなく、宣教師と仏教についての知識のあるもので議論させた上で、なにか不審な点があれば追放しようと考えた。
English: Therefore, KIYOHARA no Edakata (a Confucian scholar) was chosen to attend the discussion, where Hisahide employed judges that were Tomoteru TAKAYAMA and Tadamasa YUKI (the Governor of Yamashiro Province), both having a detailed knowledge of the Buddhism.
Japanese: そこで清原枝賢に議論をさせることにし、仏教に造詣の深い高山友照と結城忠正（山城守）の二人を討論の審査役とした。
English: Lorenzo Ryosai, who had formerly been a biwa hoshi (visually-impaired Buddhist troubadours who was dressed like a bonze and played the guitar-like musical instrument called biwa) before being baptized, was invited to Nara to attend the discussion as the representative of the Christians.
Japanese: キリスト教徒側でこの討論をすべく奈良へやってきたのは琵琶法師出身のロレンソ了斎であった。
English: The two judges became unexpectedly enraptured by the reasonability and profundity that lay in the Christian teachings, as they listened to the discussion between Lorenzo and Kiyohara.
Japanese: ところが、ロレンソと清原が議論を続ける中で二人の審査役が、すっかりキリスト教の説く教えの合理性や奥深さに惚れ込んでしまった。
English: Thus, the discussion was led to a most unlikely conclusion that Tomoteru TAKAYAMA invited Vilela to the Sawa-jo Castle and the whole family including him was baptized there.
Japanese: こうして高山友照はヴィレラを沢城に招いて家族とともに洗礼を受けるという意外な結末になった。
English: In 1568 Nobunaga ODA entered Kyoto to serve Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, and Tomoteru and his son served under Koremasa WADA, who was the lord of Takatsuki-jo Castle.
Japanese: 1568年（永禄11）、織田信長が足利義昭を奉じて上洛し、友照親子は高槻城主和田惟政の組下につけられた。
English: Koremasa, however, was killed in a campaign against the Ikeda clan (the Battle of Shiraikawara), and the Takatsuki-jo Castle was succeeded by Koremasa's young son Korenaga WADA.
Japanese: ところが惟政は池田氏との争いで討死（白井河原の戦い）、高槻城はまだ若年の惟政の子・和田惟長が引き継いだ。
English: Availing themselves of this opportunity, Tomoteru and his son ousted Korenaga and seized the lordship of Takatsuki-jo Castle in May, 1573.
Japanese: これを好機と見た友照親子は1573年（元亀4）4月、惟長を追放し、自らが高槻城主となった。
English: Kiyohide NAKAGAWA, who was the Takayama clan's relative, was serving then as a senior vassal of Murashige ARAKI, who was about to take control of Settsu, and therefore, it is likely that the ousting of Korenaga was attained by mutual consent without great confusion.
Japanese: この際、摂津の実権を握りつつあった荒木村重の重臣に、高山氏の親戚である中川清秀がいたこともあり、これらの承諾を得て、大きな混乱もなくこの追放劇は実現したと考えられる。
English: Under the rule of Tomoteru who protected the missionary work, Takatsuki had the flourishing Christian population.
Japanese: 友照が宣教師らの布教を保護したこともあり、彼の治世、高槻ではキリシタンが増加した。
English: In 1578 Murashige ARAKI rebelled against Nobunaga, and the Araki's retainers including Tomoteru and Ukon TAKAYAMA gathered at Takatsuki-jo Castle so as to oppose Nobunaga.
Japanese: 1578年（天正6）に荒木村重が信長に対して叛旗を翻すと、組下であった高山親子も高槻城に拠って信長に対抗した。
English: During the battle, a conflict arose in the Araki's retainers between a group for surrendering to Nobunaga and other group for resisting him the whole way.
Japanese: この戦いの中で、信長に降伏すべきという一派と徹底抗戦を主張する派が対立。
English: After Murashige's escape, Tomoteru was captured despite his resistance, but he narrowly escaped the death sentence because his son Ukon and the others had implored Nobunaga to spare Tomoteru's life, and Tomoteru was thus ousted and transferred to Echizen Province.
Japanese: 村重が逃亡すると、抗戦した友照は捕縛され、死刑になるところを息子右近らの助命嘆願によって越前国追放になった。
English: After Nobunaga's death, Tomoteru appears to have moved from area to area, and finally died as a devout Christian in Kyoto in 1595.
Japanese: 信長死後は各地を転々としていたようであるが、1595年（文禄4）に京で熱心なキリシタンとしてその生涯を閉じた。
English: Shokado Shojo (1582-October 14, 1639) was a Buddhist priest of the Shingon sect and a cultural figure in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 松花堂昭乗（しょうかどうしょうじょう、天正10年（1582年）-寛永16年9月18日(旧暦)（1639年10月14日））は、江戸時代初期の真言宗の僧侶、文化人。
English: Shojo was proficient in calligraphy, painting and the tea ceremony, and was particularly famous as a good penman, who learned the calligraphy under Sakihisa KONOE, studied calligraphy of the Daishi-ryu and Teike-ryu schools, established a new school of calligraphy which was called Shokado-ryu school (or Takimoto-ryu school), and was, along with Nobutada KONOE and Koetsu HONAMI, given the honorary title of 'Three Brushes of the Kanei Era'
Japanese: 書道、絵画、茶道に堪能で、特に能書家として高名であり、書を近衛前久に学び、大師流や定家流も学び，独自の松花堂流（滝本流ともいう）という書風を編み出し、近衛信尹、本阿弥光悦とともに「寛永の三筆」と称せられた。
English: This is because Shojo's older brother (Sakyo NAKANUMA) served the head priest of Ichijo-in Monastery, Sonsei (the second younger brother of Nobutada KONOE).
Japanese: これは、昭乗の兄（中沼左京）が一乗院門跡尊勢（近衛信尹の次弟）に仕えていたことによる。
English: Shojo entered the priesthood at Iwashimizu Hachimangu-Shrine in 1598, and studied esoteric Buddhism under Takimotobo Jitsujo.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）石清水八幡宮に入り出家、瀧本坊実乗に師事して密教を学ぶ。
English: When it was revealed in May, 1615, that Shojo had provided shelter to Sanraku KANO after the fall of Osaka-jo Castle and Shojo was thereby severely interrogated by the TOKUGAWA regime, Shojo asserted that Sanraku was an eshi (painter) but not a bushi (warrior), thus being freed safely.
Japanese: 慶長20年（1615年）5月大坂城落城後、狩野山楽を匿っていたことで徳川方の厳しい詮索を受けたが、昭乗は「山楽は絵師であって武士にあらず」と言い張り、事なきを得る。
English: In between May and June, 1619, Shojo busied himself realizing a meeting of Yoshinao TOKUGAWA and Nobuhiro KONOE.
Japanese: 元和(日本)5年（1619年）5月～6月、徳川義直と近衛信尋を対面させるため奔走する。
English: In June, 1623, Shojo busied himself preparing for the visit of the TOKUGAWA shogun family to Kyoto, where Hidetada TOKUGAWA and his son Iemitsu TOKUGAWA entered Kyoto together (for the imperial designation of the new shogun Iemitsu).
Japanese: 元和9年（1623年）6月　徳川将軍家徳川秀忠・徳川家光の上洛に際しての準備に奔走。
English: In 1624, by Nobuhiro KONOE's recommendation, Shojo moved to Edo so as to be employed as calligraphic instructor of the Shogun family.
Japanese: 寛永元年（1624年）近衛信尋の推挙で将軍家書道師範として江戸に下向する。
English: On August 2, 1626, Shojo held a tea gathering hosted by Yoshinao TOKUGAWA as sekishu (host) in an attempt to mediate between 'ko' (the Imperial Court) and 'bu' (the Tokugawa shogunate), where Shojo invited Masakazu KOBORI, Nobuhiro KONOE, Akiyoshi ICHIJO, Cloistered Imperial Prince Sonkaku of Ichijoin and Imperial Prince Hachijonomiya Toshihito.
Japanese: 寛永3年（1626年）6月11日(旧暦)、徳川義直を席主とした茶会（昭乗は小堀政一とともに近衛信尋、一条昭良、一乗院尊覚法親王、八条宮智仁親王等を招待）を催し、公武間の斡旋に尽力する。
English: After the death of Jitsujo on May 8, 1627, Shojo succeeded the post of jushoku (head priest) of Takimotobo Temple.
Japanese: 寛永4年（1627年）実乗の死後（3月23日(旧暦)没）、瀧本坊住職となる。
English: In July, 1628, in Daitokuji Ryukoin Mittan (teahouse of Ryukoin which is a branch temple of Daitoku-ji Temple), Shokado Shojo, Enshu KOBORI and Tanyu KANO finished a painting together for Kogetsu Sogan ('tokowaki kobusuma e' or a picture painted on the small sliding doors of a tokowaki cabinet).
Japanese: 寛永5年（1628年）7月大徳寺龍光院蜜庵で、江月宗玩のために小堀遠州、狩野探幽とともに絵筆をふるう（床脇小襖絵）。
English: In 1629, Shojo dedicated a waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) to Takuan Soho, lamenting his exile due to the Shie Incident (the great conflict between the shogunate and the Imperial Court).
Japanese: 寛永6年（1629年）沢庵宗彭の紫衣事件による配流を嘆き和歌を贈る。
English: Details of tea gatherings which were held during a period between 1631 and 1633 are described in "Shokado Chakaiki" (record of tea gatherings in the Shokado, Shojo's hut as a retirement cottage).
Japanese: 寛永8年～寛永10年（1631年-1633年）この間の茶会については『松花堂茶会記』。
English: In November, 1637, Takimotobo Temple was burnt down; taking this opportunity, Shojo handed over control of the temple to his disciple Jojun (son of Sakyo NAKANUMA who was Shojo's older brother), called himself "Shojo (or '猩々', a tipster sprite), and lived an elegant life.
Japanese: 寛永14年（1637年）11月、瀧本坊の焼失を期に瀧本坊を弟子の乗淳（昭乗の兄中沼左京の子）に譲り、自らは猩々と号して風雅の生活を送る。
English: "Shojo ate Enshu shojo" (personal writings for Shokado Shojo by Enshu KOBORI) dated on December 16, and "Nagai Naokiyo ate Shojo shojo" (personal writings for Naokiyo NAGAI by Shokado Shojo) dated on December 23'
Japanese: 「12月16日付『昭乗宛遠州書状』及び12月23日付『永井直清宛昭乗書状』」
English: In March, 1638, Shojo traveled with Kogetsu Sogan for Nara to enjoy cherry blossoms in Yoshino region ("Shokado Yoshino Michinoki" or an account of Shokado's travel to Yoshino).
Japanese: 寛永15年（1638年）3月江月宗玩とともに吉野の桜を見に奈良を旅する（『松花堂芳野道之記』）。
English: Retsudo Gisen (1635-August 17, 1702) was a priest of the Rinzai sect in the Edo period.
Japanese: 列堂義仙（れつどうぎせん、寛永12年（1635年）-元禄15年7月24日(旧暦)（1702年8月17日））は、江戸時代の臨済宗の僧。
English: He was a son of Munenori YAGYU (Tajima no kami [the governor of Tajima Province]), the first lord of Yagyu Domain in Yamato Province, and he became the first chief priest of Hotoku-ji Temple, the temple of the Yagyu family.
Japanese: 大和国柳生藩初代藩主柳生宗矩（但馬守）の子で、柳生家菩提寺の芳徳寺の第一世住持となった。
English: When he lost his father at the age of 12, he entered priesthood in Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto by his father's will around that time, then became a disciple of Tenyu Joka and a priest, changed his name to Gisen, and called himself "Retsudo Osho (High Priest Retsudo)."
Japanese: 12歳のとき父を亡くすが、その前後に父の意志により京都の大徳寺で出家、天祐紹果に入門して僧となり名を義仙と改め、列堂和尚と称した。
English: Then he moved to his family temple, Hotoku-ji Temple as the chief priest, which had been built by Munenori to hold a memorial service for his deceased father, Muneyoshi YAGYU (Sekishusai) by engaging Soho TAKUAN in Yagyu (present Yagyushimo-cho, Nara City).
Japanese: さらに宗矩が亡父柳生宗厳（石舟斎）を弔うため沢庵宗彭を招いて柳生（現在の奈良市柳生下町）に建立した菩提寺の芳徳寺の住持に定められ、芳徳寺に移る。
English: And by Iemitsu TOKUGAWA's intention based on Munenori's last wish, 200 koku from Munenori's property inheritance 12500 koku were distributed to Hotoku-ji Temple as jiryo (temple estate).
Japanese: また、宗矩の遺志に基づく徳川家光の内意によって、宗矩の遺領1万2500石のうち200石が芳徳寺に寺領として分与された。
English: Soon after his father Munenori died in 1646, his oldest brother Mitsutoshi YAGYU (Jubei) who had inherited most of their father's property died young in 1650, and the second older brother Munefuyu YAGYU succeeded to the Yagyu family.
Japanese: 1646年に父・宗矩が亡くなって間もなく、1650年には父の遺領の大半を相続していた長兄の柳生三厳（十兵衛）が若くして没し、次兄の柳生宗冬が代わって柳生家を継承する。
English: But compared to Gisen, Munefuyu was also a 22 years older brother, and it has been said that violent tempered Gisen did not get along well with Munefuyu.
Japanese: だが、宗冬も義仙と比べると22年と大きく年齢の離れた兄で、気性の激しかった義仙は宗冬と不仲であったと言われる。
English: Gisen seems to have had too fierce temper to fit into priesthood entirely that he had run away from Yagyu and been absent from Hotoku-ji Temple for a long time.
Japanese: 義仙は僧職に収まりきれない奔放な気性であったらしく、長く柳生を出奔して芳徳寺を留守にしていた。
English: There remains a will of his older brother Munefuyu who got enraged at Gisen's absence, directing to banish Gisen and have someone replace him as the chief priest.
Japanese: これに激怒した兄の宗冬が、義仙を追放して代わりの者を住持に立てるよう指示した遺言状が残っている。
English: But it is not certain whether Gisen was actually banished or not, and Retsudo Osho (Gisen) has been listed as the first chief priest at Hotoku-ji Temple till now.
Japanese: しかし、義仙が実際に追放されたかどうかは定かではなく、現在も芳徳寺では列堂和尚（義仙）を第一世住持に数えている。
English: Retsudo Gisen left his name in the history since he was the last son of Munenori YAGYU and the founder of his family temple, but few studies from academic points of view such as historical science and so on have been made, and there are many parts in his history and legends which are not fully known.
Japanese: 列堂義仙は柳生宗矩の末子で柳生家の菩提寺の開基であることから歴史に名を残したが、歴史学などの学術的視点からの研究はあまり行われておらず、その事歴については十分に分かっていない部分も多い。
English: For Kazuo KOIKE set up a role of villain named 'Retsudo YAGYU' in his work of period drama, "Kozure Okami" (Lone Wolf and Cub), this image has become predominant and it seems that his real person and fictitious images have been mixed up.
Japanese: 小池一夫が時代劇作品の『子連れ狼』で「柳生烈堂」という名で悪役に設定したため、現在ではそのイメージが強くなり、実像が虚像と入り混じってしまっている感もある。
English: In Keiichiro RYU's novels, "Yoshiwara Gomenjo" and its sequel "Kakuresato Kugaiko," he makes appearance as 'Gisen YAGYU'.
Japanese: 隆慶一郎の『吉原御免状』とその続編『かくれさと苦界行』においては「柳生義仙」として登場する。
English: At first, he appears as the strongest villain who controls the backstage of YAGYU, then after going through the fights with the hero, Seiichiro MATSUNAGA, in the latter half of "Kakuresato Kugaiko," the character of his role changes greatly; however, regretfully, the author's sudden death left the series as a whole incomplete.
Japanese: 当初は柳生の裏を統べる最強の悪役の役回りで登場、主人公・松永誠一郎との闘いを経て『かくれさと苦界行』の後半にはその役回りは大きく変化してゆくが、惜しくも作者の急逝によりシリーズ全体としては未完に終わった。
English: Akifusa MANABE was the lord of Takasaki Domain in Kozuke Province, and was the first member of the Manabe clan to rise to the position of lord over Murakami Domain in Echigo Province.
Japanese: 間部詮房（まなべあきふさ）は、上野国高崎藩主、越後国村上藩の間部氏初代藩主。
English: In 1684, he became a chamberlain of Tsunatoyo TOKUGAWA (later Ienobu TOKUGAWA, the 6th shogun), who was the lord of the Kofu Domain at the time.
Japanese: 貞享元年（1684年）に甲府藩主・徳川綱豊（後の6代将軍徳川家宣）の用人になった。
English: In 1704, when Tsunatoyo moved his residence to the west wing of Edo-jo Castle, Akifusa was selected from among the samurai of Kofu Domain to serve as a retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate; he was also promoted to Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, and given the position of Viceroy of Echizen Province, becoming one of the Tokugawa clan's Chamberlains and having his income increased by 1500 koku.
Japanese: 宝永元年（1704年）の綱豊の江戸城西の丸城入と同時に甲府藩士から幕臣に編入され、従五位下越前国に叙任し、側衆になり、1500石加増。
English: Thereafter, his income was gradually increased until in 1706, he became the daimyo (feudal lord) over Sagami province, which brought him an annual income of 10,000 koku.
Japanese: その後も累次加増され、宝永3年（1706年）には、相模国内で1万石の大名となった。
English: In all of Japanese history, Akifusa was the only Noh actor ever to rise to the position of feudal lord (note however that Nagayasu OKUBO--who was the son of a Noh actor, though he never became an actor himself--stands out as an example of someone with a connection to Noh theater who nevertheless wielded great power in the Tokugawa shogunate).
Japanese: 日本の歴史上において、猿楽師であった者が大名になった例は他にない（なお、猿楽師自身ではないが、猿楽師の子が徳川幕府内において強大な権勢を振るった例として大久保長安があげられる）。
English: Akifusa was promoted to Chamberlain, coming to occupy a position just below that of Wakadoshiyori (Junior Advisor to the Shogun), and was subsequently appointed to the position of assistant member of the Shogun's Council of Elders.
Japanese: 詮房は、側衆としての格が上がり、若年寄に次ぐ地位になり、ついで序列上、老中の次席を命じられた。
English: Akifusa joined forces with Hakuseki ARAI, a Confucian scholar, and Shogun Ienobu in a triumvirate, working to carry out policies (in what became known as the "Shotoku Suppression") to reduce the power of the Fudai daimyo (hereditary close vassals of the Shogun) of the best lineages as well as curtail the tremendous influence the Shogun's group of consorts (known as the "Ooku") wielded over the Shogun.
Japanese: 詮房は、将軍家宣・儒学者新井白石とのトロイカ体制で、門閥の譜代大名や将軍に対して強い影響力を有する大奥などの勢力をさばき、「正徳の治」を断行した。
English: However, Akifusa and Hakuseki's government, whose political authority depended entirely on Shogun Ienobu, was fundamentally unstable.
Japanese: しかしながら、詮房・白石の政治は、その政治的権威が将軍家宣にのみ依拠するという不安定な基盤に拠っていた。
English: Thus, particularly after the death of Ienobu--succeeded as Shogun by Ietsugu TOKUGAWA, who was still a young child at the time--families of high pedigree and shogunal officials in the anti-Akifusa camp steadily increased their resistance to his policies, thereby preventing Akifusa from making any real progress with his political reforms.
Japanese: 特に家宣死後、幼少の徳川家継が将軍職を継ぐにあたり、門閥層や反甲府派の幕閣の抵抗がいよいよ強まり、政治改革が中々進まなかったのが実情である。
English: Given this state of affairs, when Ietsugu died of illness while still a child and Yoshimune TOKUGAWA--upon the recommendation of the Fudai daimyo and the Shogun's group of consorts--was chosen to succeed him as the 8th Shogun, Akifusa and Hakuseki entirely lost their political base and were driven from power.
Japanese: そのため、家継が幼少のまま病没し、譜代大名や大奥などの推挙で徳川吉宗が8代将軍に就任すると、両人は一切の政治的基盤を喪失し失脚した。
English: Nevertheless, Akifusa was not stripped of his position as a feudal lord; instead, he was simply transferred away from Takasaki Domain, one of the most important domains in the Kanto region, and sent off to remote Murakami Domain, yet retained his position as a feudal lord with an annual income of 50,000 koku.
Japanese: しかしながら大名としての地位を剥奪されることはなく、領地を関東枢要の地・高崎から、遠方の村上藩に左遷されたにとどまり、形式の上では5万石の大名であり続けた。
English: On August 19, 1720, Akifusa died of heatstroke in Murakami.
Japanese: 享保5年7月16日(旧暦)（1720年8月19日）、詮房は暑気あたりで村上の地に没した。
English: Akifusa is believed to have been an honest person with a strong sense of duty, and while other Tokugawa retainers worked in shifts, Akifusa served Ienobu TOKUGAWA around the clock.
Japanese: 真面目で信義に篤い人物だったとされ、他の幕臣は交代で勤務にあたったが、詮房は徳川家宣に昼夜片時も離れず勤務した。