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English: The angry Yoshihira grilled him; Kagesumi apologetically explained that he was 'waiting for a chance until the Minamoto clan takes over power;' Kagesumi ended up cooperating with Yoshihira.
Japanese: 怒った義平は詰問するが、景澄は「源氏の世が戻るまで機会をうかがっていたのです」と弁解し、結局、協力することになる。
English: The owner of the inn peeped inside and found that Yoshihira, pretending to be the servant, was eating the master's meal, and Kagesumi was eating the servant's meal.
Japanese: 宿舎の主人が二人の食事の様子をのぞき見ると下人のはずの義平が主の膳を景澄が下人の膳を食べていた。
English: Acting on the tip, TATSUKAI no Tsuneto and his 300 soldiers surrounded the lodge in the evening of March 4.
Japanese: さてはと密告され、18日夜に田使経遠が300騎を率いて宿を取り囲んだ。
English: Yoshihira drew a sword as soon as he jumped out, struck down four or five enemy, and ran away.
Japanese: 義平は飛び出すや石切の太刀を抜いて4、5人を斬り捨てて逃げ去ってしまった。
English: He was discovered at Ishiyama-dera Temple, where he had been hiding out, and was taken alive by a retainer of NANIWA no Tsunefusa on March 11.
Japanese: 25日に石山寺に潜んでいたところを発見され、難波経房の郎党に生け捕られた。
English: You will never know what will happen if you keep me alive. I am such a formidable enemy. You should kill me now;' he then pursed his lips and remained silent.
Japanese: 俺ほどの敵を生かしておくと何が起こるかわからんぞ、早よう斬れ」と言ったきり、押し黙ってしまった。
English: I was going to kill you all in an ambush in Abeno. But, I could not because I had to obey Nobuyori, the man of blunders. That is the only regret I have;' Yoshihira hurled insults.
Japanese: 阿倍野で待ち伏せて皆殺しにしてやろうと思ったのに、信頼の不覚人に従ったためできなんだのが悔やまれるわ」と憎まれ口を叩く。
English: Turning to Tsunefusa, he said 'Are you good enough to kill me? It is your honor. Make sure you do it right.
Japanese: 経房へ振り向き「貴様は俺ほどの者を斬る程の男か？名誉なことだぞ、上手く斬れ。
English: Being asked 'how a man who had his head cut off could possibly bite someone?' he answered 'I am not going to bite you right after.'
Japanese: 「首を斬られた者がどうして喰らいつけるのか」と問うと、「すぐに喰らいつくのではない。
English: Eight years after his death, NANIWA no Tsunefusa was believed to have been killed by lightening at the Nonobiki Waterfall in Settsu Province, where he accompanied Kiyomori and was hit by a sudden thunder storm.
Japanese: それから8年後、難波経房は清盛のお伴をして摂津国布引の滝を見物に行った時、にわかに雷雨となり、雷に打たれて死んだという。
English: He took over as the head of the family when his father, Yoshimoto, was killed by Nobunaga ODA at the Battle of Okehazama, but when he was invaded by Shingen TAKEDA and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA he lost, and the Imagawa family was destroyed as a daimyo.
Japanese: 父・義元が桶狭間の戦いで織田信長によって討たれたため家督を継いだが、武田信玄と徳川家康の侵攻を受けて敗れ、大名としての今川家は滅亡した。
English: He was born in 1538 as the heir between Yoshimoto IMAGAWA and Jokei-in (daughter of Nobutora TAKEDA).
Japanese: 天文(元号)7年（1538年）、今川義元と定恵院（武田信虎の娘）との間に嫡子として生まれる。
English: In 1554, he married Ujiyasu HOJO's eldest daughter, Hayakawadono, and he contributed to the establishment of Tripartite Alliance of Ko-So-Sun.
Japanese: 天文23年（1554年）に北条氏康の長女・早川殿と結婚し、甲相駿三国同盟の成立に寄与した。
English: One view states that because Yoshimoto retired he was made into the head of the family, but because Yoshimoto continued to hold administrative and military leadership the passing down of the family leadership was presumably only in form.
Japanese: 義元が隠居したため、家督を譲られて当主になったという説があるが、その後も義元は政治・軍事の主導権を掌握していたため、恐らくは形式的な家督相続であったものと思われる。
English: In the same year, Yoshimoto, who invaded Owari Province, was killed by Nobunaga ODA at the Battle of Okehazama, and therefore, he effectively inherited the family leadership and became the 10th head of the Imagawa family.
Japanese: 同年、尾張国に侵攻した義元が桶狭間の戦いで織田信長に討たれたため、実質的にも家督を相続して今川家の第10代当主となった。
English: Because of this, groups of countrymen and vassals in Mikawa and Totomi Provinces panicked, and the movement to secede from the Imagawa clan spread.
Japanese: このため三河国・遠江国では国人・家臣団が動揺し、今川氏からの離反の動きが広がった。
English: In 1562, Motoyasu MATSUDAIRA (name changed to Ieyasu TOKUGAWA the following year) of Nishi (West) Mikawa formed Kiyosu Alliance with Nobunaga ODA, and he made his position clear to become independent from being a subsidiary of the Imagawa clan.
Japanese: 永禄5年（1562年）、西三河の松平元康（翌年、徳川家康に改名）は織田信長と清洲同盟を結び、今川氏の傘下から独立する姿勢を明らかにした。
English: When many of Ieyasu's vassals seceded because of the Ikko Ikki uprising in Mikawa, Ujizane took this opportunity and dispatched his troops to Ushikubo-jo Castle, but he was beaten off.
Japanese: 氏真は、家康が三河一向一揆で多くの家臣団に離反されたことに乗じて牛久保城に出兵したが撃退されている。
English: In 1565, Yoshida-jo Castle (Mikawa Province), which was the base in Higashi (East) Mikawa, was fallen and Imagawa clan's forces were expelled from Mikawa.
Japanese: 永禄8年（1565年）には東三河の拠点である吉田城_(三河国)が失陥し、今川氏の勢力は三河から駆逐される。
English: In 1562, he made his senior vassal, Yasutomo ASAHINA, kill Naochika II as a punishment because Naochika was suspected of plotting an insurrection.
Japanese: 永禄5年（1562年）には謀反が疑われた井伊直親を重臣の朝比奈泰朝に誅殺させている。
English: Ujizane ordered his senior vassal, Masatoshi MIURA, and others, to attack Hikuma-jo Castle, but was not able to take control of it, and in December, 1565, he killed Tsuratatsu IIO as a punishment when he descended in response to a request to make peace.
Japanese: 氏真は、重臣三浦正俊らに命じて曳馬城を攻撃させるが陥落させることができず、和議に応じて降った飯尾連竜を永禄8年（1565年）12月に謀殺した。
English: However, these measures he took failed to bring situations under his control, and instead, they drove his countrymen to Tokugawa's side.
Japanese: しかしこれらの措置も事態を収拾することはできず、かえって国人たちを徳川方に走らせることになった。
English: Ujizane was given supervision by his grandmother, Jukeini, and he made an attempt to stabilize his territory by designating Fujinomiya City as an area of Rakuichi-Rakuza (regulation-free market) in April of 1566, and he conducted his policy for industrial development by implementing Tokusei-rei and by exempting by certain duties, but he was unable to stop the decline.
Japanese: 氏真は祖母寿桂尼の後見を受けて領国の安定を図り、永禄9年（1566年）4月に富士宮市を楽市・楽座とし、徳政令の実施や役の免除などの産業振興政策を行ったが、衰退をとどめることはできなかった。
English: He finally ended up pursuing pleasure, and he also ended up encouraging secessions of his own vassals within Suruga because he made a favorite of his vassal, Yoshimasa MIURA (also known as MIURA Uemon no suke Yoshishizu, a kin of Masatoshi MIURA) and left him with all the administrative duties.
Japanese: ついに遊興に耽るようになり、家臣の三浦義政（三浦正俊の一族・三浦右衛門佐義鎮）を寵愛して政務を任せっきりにしたため、駿河内部でも家臣の離反を招くことになった。
English: Yoshinobu TAKEDA, who was a Shingen's heir as well as a husband of Ujizane's younger sister, Reisho-in, opposed this, but in 1565, Shingen incarcerated Yoshinobu for the crime of treason, disinherited him, and annulled the marriage alliance.
Japanese: 信玄の嫡男で氏真の妹・嶺松院の夫である武田義信はこれに反対したが、信玄は永禄8年（1565年）に義信を反逆の罪で幽閉して廃嫡し、婚姻同盟を破棄した。
English: Ujizane fought back by forming an alliance with Kenshin UESUGI of Echigo Province, and with Ujiyasu HOJO of Sagami Province, he blocked the flow of goods into Kai Province at checkpoints, but Shingen also fought back by forming alliances with Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and Nobunaga ODA, and therefore, this did not bring about anything definitive.
Japanese: 氏真は越後国の上杉謙信と盟約を交わして対抗し、相模国の北条氏康とともに甲斐国への荷留を行ったが、信玄は徳川家康や織田信長と同盟を結んで対抗したため、これは決定的なものにはならなかった。
English: Ujizane headed to Seiken-ji Temple of Okitsu in order to ambush the Takeda army at Satta Pass, however, because 21 influential countrymen such as Nobuteru SENA, Ujimoto KATSURAYAMA, Masasada ASAHINA and Yoshikane MIURA were communicating with Shingen, the Imagawa army faced a debacle and Sumpu was quickly occupied on December 13th.
Japanese: 氏真は武田軍を薩埵峠で迎撃すべく興津の清見寺に出陣したが、瀬名信輝や葛山氏元、朝比奈政貞、三浦義鏡など駿河の有力国人21人が信玄に通じたため、12月13日に今川軍は潰走し駿府もたちまち占領された。
English: Ujizane fled to Kakegawa-jo Castle in Totomi Province, which was the residential castle of Yasutomo ASAHINA, but Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, who was promised a share of Imagawa territory by Shingen, also invaded Totomi, and the majority of the territory was conquered.
Japanese: 氏真は朝比奈泰朝の居城遠江国掛川城へ逃れたが、遠江にも今川領分割を信玄と約していた徳川家康が侵攻し、その大半が制圧される。
English: On December 27, Kakegawa-jo Castle was surrounded by the Tokugawa army, but senior vassals headed by Yasutomo and others struggled for almost half a year in a defensive battle in which they confined themselves within the castle.
Japanese: 12月27日には徳川軍によって掛川城が包囲されたが、泰朝をはじめとした家臣たちの奮闘で半年近くの籠城戦となった。
English: The Hojo army with superior military power was dominating the battle, but it was insufficient to obliterate the Takeda army, and the battle situation stalled.
Japanese: 戦力で勝る北条軍が優勢に展開するものの、武田軍の撃破には至らず戦況は膠着した。
English: As the battle in which the Tokugawa army surrounded Kakegawa prolonged, Shingen violated the agreement and increased oppression on Totomi, and Ieyasu sought to make peace with Ujizane.
Japanese: 徳川軍による掛川包囲戦が長期化する中で、信玄は約定を破って遠江への圧迫を強め、家康は氏真との和睦を模索する。
English: On May 17, 1569, Ujizane surrendered Kakegawa-jo Castle in exchange for sparing the lives of his senior vassals.
Japanese: 永禄12年（1569年）5月17日、氏真は家臣たちの助命と引き換えに掛川城を開城した。
English: At this time, a pact was formed among Ujizane IMAGAWA, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and Ujiyasu HOJO that would reinstall Ujizane as the lord of Suruga Province after Shingen TAKEDA's forces were expelled from Suruga.
Japanese: この時に今川氏真・徳川家康・北条氏康の間で、武田信玄の勢力を駿河から追い払った後は、氏真を再び駿河の国主とするという盟約が成立する。
English: However, this pact was not fulfilled in the end, and because neither Ujizane nor his descendants returned to the position as the lord, and in general, this surrender of Kakegawa-jo Castle is interpreted as the downfall (loss of sovereignty) of the Imagawa clan as a warlord.
Japanese: しかし、この盟約は結果的に履行されることはなく、氏真およびその子孫が領主の座に戻らなかったことから、一般的には、この掛川城の開城をもって戦国大名としての今川氏の滅亡（統治権の喪失）と解釈されている。
English: After the surrender of Kakegawa-jo Castle Ujizane relied on Go-Hojo clan, which was Ujizane's wife's family, and he entered into Izu Province Tokura-jo Castle (Izu Province) (later moved to Odawara).
Japanese: 掛川城の開城後、氏真は妻の実家である後北条氏を頼り、伊豆国戸倉城_(伊豆国)に入った（のち小田原に移る）。
English: On May 23, 1569, Ujizane adopted Kokuo-Maru (later Ujinao HOJO), a son of Ujimasa HOJO, and he promised to pass down Suruga to Kokuo-Maru after he became of age (at this point, Norimochi IMAGAWA, Ujizane's heir, was not yet born).
Japanese: 永禄12年（1569年）5月23日、氏真は北条氏政の嫡男・国王丸（後の北条氏直）を猶子とし、国王丸の成長後に駿河を譲ることを約した（この時点で氏真の嫡男・今川範以はまだ生まれていない）。
English: Furthermore, he sent a messenger to Kenshin UESUGI with an aim to form a coalition against the Takeda clan, and he formed the Imagawa, Hojo and Uesugi alliance (the Etsu-So Alliance, or the Echigo and Sagami Alliance).
Japanese: また、武田氏への共闘を目的に上杉謙信のもとに使者を送り、今川・北条・上杉三国同盟を結ぶ（実態は越相同盟）。
English: In Suruga, activities by Imagawa forces still remained, such as Masatsuna OKABE temporarily recapturing Sumpu and Shigezane OHARA of Hanazawa-jo Castle continuing to resist the Takeda clan, and there even was a dispatching of troops from the Hojo clan in a campaign to support the Imagawa family.
Japanese: 駿河では、岡部正綱が一時駿府を奪回し、花沢城の小原鎮実が武田氏への抗戦を継続するなど、今川勢力の活動はなお残っており、今川家支援を掲げた北条氏による出兵も行われた。
English: However, the Hojo army lost in the Battle at Kanbara-jo Castle, and the long-time vassals of the Imagawa clan also lost one battle after another against the Takeda clan due to attacks and conspiracies, and Ujizane was not able to regain control over Suruga.
Japanese: しかし、蒲原城の戦いなどで北条軍は敗れ、今川遺臣も攻撃や調略により順次武田氏の軍門に降り、氏真は駿河の支配を回復することはできなかった。
English: In October, 1571, when Ujiyasu HOJO died, Ujimasa HOJO who succeeded after him changed his direction and made peace with the Takeda clan.
Japanese: 元亀2年（1571年）10月に北条氏康が死ぬと、その後を継いだ北条氏政は方針を転換し武田氏と和睦した。
English: It can be considered that he relied on the terms of peace formed upon surrendering Kakegawa-jo Castle, but protecting the former provincial lord also gave Ieyasu an excuse for invading Suruga.
Japanese: 掛川城開城の際の講和条件を頼りにしたと見られるが、家康にとっても旧国主の保護は駿河侵攻の大義名分を得るものであった。
English: It is recorded in "Shincho Koki" (Account of Lord Nobunaga) that on May 16, 1575, he had a conference with Nobunaga ODA, who was his father's foe as well as Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's ally, at Sokoku-ji Temple, and on the 20th of the same month, he showed a game of kemari (a type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan) with court nobles in front of Nobunaga.
Japanese: 天正3年（1575年）3月16日、徳川家康の同盟者にして父の仇でもある織田信長と京都の相国寺で会見、同20日、信長の面前で公家たちとともに蹴鞠を披露したことが『信長公記』に記されている。
English: It is said that at one point he was entrusted with Suwahara-jo Castle in Totomi Province (formerly, Suwahara-jo Castle, Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which would be one of the bases upon Ieyasu's fight against Katsuyori TAKEDA.
Japanese: 一時は徳川家康が武田勝頼と争う拠点の1つ、遠江国諏訪原城（元は諏訪原城、静岡県島田市）を任せられたともいう。
English: However, in the end, he gave up returning to Suruga (it is also said that he was removed from the position of the lord of the castle) and settled in Kyoto.
Japanese: しかし結局駿河復帰を諦め（城主を解任されたとも言われる）、京に定住した。
English: After that, it can be seen from "Tokitsune-kyo ki" (Lord Tokitsune's Diary), diary of Tokitsune YAMASHINA, with whom he formed friendship, that he received Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's assistance and socialized with intellectuals such as court nobles who were old acquaintances and relatives, and he attended renga poetry gatherings.
Japanese: その後は徳川家康の援助を受けながら旧知・姻戚の公家などの文化人と往来し、連歌の会などに参加していたことが、親交のあった山科言経の日記『言経卿記』から伺える。
English: In 1600, after the Battle of Sekigahara, he moved to Edo because he, his grandson, Naofusa IMAGAWA, and his second son, Takahisa SHINAGAWA (Ieyasu notified that 'the use of family name Imagawa should be limited to the head family,' therefore, family members other than the head Imagawa family used the name 'Shinagawa'), all served Hidetada TOKUGAWA and became direct retainers of Edo Shogunate (the heir, Norimochi IMAGAWA died young of an illness).
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）、関ヶ原の戦いの後、嫡孫・今川直房と、二男・品川高久（家康より「今川の姓は宗家に限る」との沙汰上があり、今川宗家以外は「品川」を名乗った）と共に徳川秀忠に出仕して江戸幕府の旗本に列したため、江戸に移住した（嫡男の今川範以は若くして病死していた）。
English: The funeral was conducted by Ujizane's younger brother, Ichigetsu Chotoku, at Bansho-in Temple, and he was buried at Bansho-in Temple, but later, his grave was moved to Hoju-san Kanzen-ji Temple located at 2-chome, Imagawa, Suginami Ward, Tokyo Prefecture, along with the grave of his wife, Zoshun-in Hayakawadono.
Japanese: 葬儀は氏真の弟の一月長得が萬昌院で行い、萬昌院に葬られたが、後に妻・蔵春院早河殿の墓とともに、東京都杉並区今川(杉並区)二丁目の宝珠山観泉寺に移された。
English: The official wife, Hayakawadono who was the eldest daughter of Ujiyasu HOJO, stayed with Ujizane even after his downfall, and she was by his side until she died in 1613.
Japanese: 正室である北条氏康の長女・早川殿は、氏真が没落した後も行動をともにし、慶長18年（1613年）に没するまで生涯連れ添った。
English: Ujizane was skilled in the practical arts such as waka poetry, renga poetry and kemari, and he was highly regarded as an intellectual.
Japanese: 和歌・連歌・蹴鞠などの技芸に通じており、文化人としての氏真の評価は高い。
English: It is said that he studied under Gon-Dainagon Tamekazu REIZE and others, and over 1000 pieces of poems still remain to this day.
Japanese: 権大納言冷泉為和らより学んだと言われ、現在も1000首を超える歌がのこる。
English: All of Ujizane's work is recorded in "Imagawa clan and Kanzen-ji Temple" edited by Kanzen-ji Shi Hensan Kanko Iinkai (Publication Committee on Editing of the History of Kanzen-ji Temple).
Japanese: 観泉寺史編纂刊行委員会編『今川氏と観泉寺』には氏真の全作品が収録されている。
English: In "Koyo Gunkan," which was established during the early Edo Period, he is described as a valiant person with some selfishness, and it criticizes the appointment of untrustworthy vassal, such as Yoshimasa MIURA, to an important position.
Japanese: 江戸時代初期に成立した『甲陽軍鑑』では、我侭な部分のある剛勇な人物として描かれており、三浦義政のような「奸臣」を重用したことが批判されている。
English: Just as Sadanobu MATSUDAIRA admonishes in "Shizukanaru Amari," which he authored, by citing Ujizane IMAGAWA's waka poems along with the tea ceremony of Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA and the learning of Yoshitaka OUCHI, in the documents written after the mid-Edo Period Ujizane is often described as an inept lord who destroyed his province by spending too much time in 'weak culture' such as waka poetry and kemari, and this image often persists in portraying his character in today's historical novels and period dramas.
Japanese: 松平定信が随筆『閑なるあまり』で、足利義政の茶の湯、大内義隆の学問とともに今川氏真の和歌を挙げて戒めている様に、江戸時代中期以降に書かれた文献の中では、和歌や蹴鞠といった「文弱」な娯楽に溺れ国を滅ぼした暗君として描かれていることが多く、このイメージは今日の歴史小説や歴史ドラマにおいてしばしば踏襲されている人物像である。
English: FUJIWARA no Michinaga (966 - 1027) was a court nobility during the mid-Heian Period, Dajo-Daijin (held the position from December 4, 1017, to February 9, 1018, both in lunar calendar).
Japanese: 藤原道長（ふじわらのみちなが、康保3年（966年）-万寿4年（1027年））は平安時代中期の公卿、太政大臣（寛仁元年12月4日(旧暦)-寛仁2年2月9日(旧暦)、在任）。
English: He was the 5th (the 4th according to another view) son of FUJIWARA no Kaneie, and his mother was Toki-hime, a daughter of FUJIWARA no Nakamasa, Lord of Settsu Province.
Japanese: 藤原兼家の五男（四男という説もある）で、母は摂津守藤原中正の娘・時姫。
English: He had brothers and sisters by different mothers, including FUJIWARA no Michitsuna, Priest Kanetoshi and FUJIWARA no Suishi/Yasuko (Princess to Crown Prince Emperor Sanjo).
Japanese: 異母の兄弟姉妹として藤原道綱・僧正兼俊および藤原綏子（三条天皇東宮妃）らがいる。
English: He gained career advancement when his father, Kaneie, became Regent and gained control of authority, but he had a low profile because he was the 5th son with powerful brothers, such as Michitaka and Michikane, but he got closer to the reins of power when Michitaka and Michikane, who became Regent and Senior Regent after Kaneie's death, died one after another due to illnesses.
Japanese: 父の兼家が摂政になり権力を握ると栄達するが、五男であり道隆、道兼という有力な兄がいたためさほど目立たない存在だったが、兼家の死後に摂関となった道隆、道兼が相次いで病没して権力に近づく。
English: After he won the political power struggle against Michitaka's heir, FUJIWARA no Korechika, he became Sadaijin (Minister of the Left) and he became a dominant figure in the government by the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 道隆の嫡子・藤原伊周との政争に勝って左大臣となり朝政のトップとなった。
English: However, Michinaga had a serious conflict with Emperor Sanjo, and he used the Emperor's eye illness as a reason and forced him to step down, and he became Regent by enthroning Emperor Go-Ichijo, whom Shoshi/Akiko bore.
Japanese: だが道長は三条天皇とは深刻な対立を生じ天皇の眼病を理由に退位に追い込み、彰子の生んだ後一条天皇の即位を実現して摂政となる。
English: He sent his third daughter, FUJIWARA no Ishi/Takeko, to the Court as a wife of Emperor Go-Ichijo so that she could become an empress, and he amazed those around him for having 'three empresses from one family.'
Japanese: 後一条天皇には三女の藤原威子を入れて中宮となし、「一家立三后」と驚嘆された。
English: His grandfather, FUJIWARA no Morosuke, was an influential figure who supported Emperor Murakami's reign as Udaijin (Minister of the Right), and when his daughter, Empress FUJIWARA no Anshi/Yasuiko, gave birth to Emperor Reizei and Emperor Enyu he strengthened his position as a maternal relative of the Imperial Family.
Japanese: 祖父の藤原師輔は村上天皇の治世を右大臣として支えた実力者で、娘の中宮藤原安子が後の冷泉天皇、円融天皇を生んだことで外戚として立場を強化した。
English: Because of this, Morosuke's family, the Kujo Line, was placed in a more advantageous position than the descendants of his elder brother, FUJIWARA no Saneyori (Ononomiya Line), which should have been the main line of the family.
Japanese: これにより、師輔の家系の九条流は本来嫡流であるはずの兄の藤原実頼の家系（小野宮流）よりも優位に立つことになる。
English: In 970, when Saneyori, who was Regent and Dajo-Daijin, passed away, Morosuke's eldest son, FUJIWARA no Koretaka, became Regent, but he died suddenly two years later.
Japanese: 天禄元年（970年）、摂政・太政大臣だった実頼が死去すると師輔の長男の藤原伊尹が摂政となるが、2年後に急死してしまう。
English: The second son, FUJIWARA no Kanemichi, and the third son, FUJIWARA no Kaneie, fought over the successor's position, but in the end, Kanemichi was announced as Kanpaku (chief advisor to the Emperor).
Japanese: 後継を二男の藤原兼通と三男の兼家が争うが、結局兼通に関白が宣下される。
English: In 977, just before Kanemichi died of an illness, he even downgraded Kaneie's rank.
Japanese: 貞元(日本)2年（977年）に兼通は病死するが死ぬ寸前に兼家を降格させることまでしている。
English: On the last recommendation by Kanemichi, FUJIWARA no Yoritada of the Ononomiya Line became Kampaku, and in 979, Yoritada upgraded Kaneie's rank to Udaijin, which ended his unhappy days.
Japanese: 兼通の最後の推挙により小野宮流の藤原頼忠が関白となったが、天元(日本)元年（979年）に頼忠は兼家を右大臣に引き上げてやり、ようやく不遇の時期を脱した。
English: He sent his second daughter, Senshi/Akiko, to the Court as Emperor Enyu's Nyogo (Emperor's concubine), and in 980, she gave birth to the First Prince, Emperor Ichijo.
Japanese: 次女の詮子を円融天皇の女御に入れ、天元3年（980年）に第一皇子・一条天皇を生んだ。
English: In 983, Emperor Enyu handed his throne to Emperor Kazan (Emperor Reizei's prince), and Prince Kanehito, whom Senshi/Akiko bore, was assigned as the Togu (Crown Prince).
Japanese: 永観2年（983年）、円融天皇は花山天皇（冷泉天皇の皇子）に譲位し、東宮（皇太子）には詮子の生んだ懐仁親王が立てられた。
English: Because Kaneie wanted Prince Kanehito to ascend to the throne early, in June, 986 he and his second son, Michikane, concocted a scheme in which they abetted in taking Emperor Kazan from the Imperial Palace, and they retired him by making him become an ordained monk.
Japanese: 兼家は懐仁親王の早期の即位を望んだため、寛和2年（986年）6月に兼家と二男の道兼が中心となって策謀を仕組み、花山天皇を唆して内裏から連れ出し出家退位させてしまう。
English: Upon this incident, Michinaga served in the role of reporting to Kanpaku Yoritada that the Emperor was missing.
Japanese: この事件の際に道長は天皇失踪のことを関白頼忠に報告する役割を果たした。
English: Young Prince Kanehito (Emperor Ichijo) was enthroned immediately, and his grandfather, Kaneie, was assigned as Regent.
Japanese: 速やかに幼い懐仁親王が即位（一条天皇）して、外祖父の兼家は摂政に任じられた。
English: Kaneie quickly promoted his sons, and in 987, Michinaga was given the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) as well as the position of Sakyo Daibu (Minister of Left Kyoto).
Japanese: 兼家は息子たちを急速に昇進させ、道長も永延元年（987年）には従三位に叙し、左京大夫を兼ねた。
English: Prior to this, Michinaga married MINAMOTO no Rinshi, a daughter of Sadaijin, MINAMOTO no Masanobu, and his eldest daughter, Shoshi/Akiko, was born in Masanobu's Tsuchimikado Mansion in 988.
Japanese: これより以前に、道長は左大臣・源雅信の娘・源倫子と結婚し、永延2年（988年）には長女・彰子が雅信の土御門殿で誕生している。
English: Kaneie passed away in July, 990, and his eldest son, Michitaka, became Kanpaku, and then Regent.
Japanese: 正暦元年（990年）7月、兼家が死去し、長男の道隆が後を継いで関白、次いで摂政となった。
English: In October of the same year, when Michitaka's eldest daughter, FUJIWARA no Teishi/Sadako, became an empress Michinaga was assigned as Chugu Daibu (Minister of the Palace of the Empress).
Japanese: 同年10月、摂政・道隆の女・藤原定子立后に際し道長は中宮大夫に任ぜられる。
English: Michitaka's heir, FUJIWARA no Korechika, was assigned as Naidaijin and identified as his father's successor, bypassing Michinaga altogether.
Japanese: 道隆の嫡男の藤原伊周は道長を凌いで内大臣に任じられ、父の後継者に擬されていた。
English: Furthermore, Emperor Ichijo deeply favored Teishi/Sadako, and because of this, he had an exceptionally strong trust and confidence in her older brother, Korechika.
Japanese: また、一条天皇の定子への寵愛も深く、そのために兄の伊周への信任もことの外厚かった。
English: In April, 995, Kyoto was plagued by 'akamogasa' (presently know as measles), and court nobles also died one after another.
Japanese: 長徳元年（995年）4月、京都で麻疹（「あかもがさ」。今でいう「はしか」）が猛威をふるい、公卿たちも次々に死去した。
English: In the midst of this, Kampaku Michitaka was also struck down with an illness, but the illness was not because of the plague but because of heavy everyday drinking, and Michitaka begged the Emperor to allow Korechika to succeed him as Kanpaku, but this was not permitted, and only Nairan (Authority to review documents presented to Emperor) during his illness was allowed.
Japanese: その最中に関白・道隆も病に倒れるが、これは疫病ではなく普段の大酒が原因で道隆は天皇に後継の関白として伊周を請うがこれは許されず、病中の内覧のみが許された。
English: After Michitaka passed away his younger brother, Michikane, was assigned as Kanpaku, but he also died only a few days after he assumed his position, and he was called as 'Seven Days as Kampaku.'
Japanese: 道隆が死去するとその弟の道兼に関白宣下されるが、就任わずか数日で病で死去し「七日関白」と呼ばれた。
English: According to "Okagami" Korechika himself wanted to become Kanpaku, and Emperor Ichijo also had Korechika in mind.
Japanese: 『大鏡』などによると伊周は自らが関白たらんと欲し、一条天皇の意中も伊周にあった。
English: However, Michinaga wanted to be Sekkan (regent-chancellor) himself because he thought that if Korechika administered politics then there would be chaos in the country.
Japanese: 一方、道長は伊周が政治を行えば天下が乱れると考え、自らが摂関になろうとした。
English: Emperor Ichijo's mother, Empress Higashi Sanjo-in (Senshi), had deeply cared about her younger brother, Michinaga, and conversely, she did not like her nephew Korechika so she strongly recommended Michinaga, but because the Emperor would not change his mind she cried and begged him, and it is said that because of this the Emperor finally decided to appoint Michinaga.
Japanese: 一条天皇の母后・東三条院（詮子）はかねてより弟の道長を愛し、逆に甥の伊周を疎んじており道長を強く推したが、天皇が考えを変えないため涙を流して固く請い迫まり、このために遂に天皇も道長の登用を決めたという。
English: The standoff between Michinaga and Korechika continued, and on August 22, they had an acrimonious argument in front of various nobilities in Court, and 3 days later, two of their squires instigated a mass brawl in the capital.
Japanese: 道長と伊周の対立は続き、7月24日(旧暦)（8月22日）には陣座で諸公卿を前に激しく口論し、その3日後2人の従者が都で集団乱闘騒ぎを起こしている。