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English: In December of 1185, after being evaluated by Yoritomo as a court noble wotrhy of a government position, he was recommended for the Giso-kugyo (Council of Nobles).
Japanese: 文治元年（1185年）12月、頼朝から有職の公卿であることを評価されて、議奏公卿に推挙された。
English: Tadanori KUJO (1248 - January 1, 1333) was a court noble of the Kamakura period, reaching the position of Kanpaku (chief advisor to the emperor) and Juichii (Junior First Rank); he was commonly called Hoonin-dono.
Japanese: 九条忠教（くじょうただのり、宝治2年（1248年）-正慶元年/元弘2年12月6日(旧暦)（1332年12月24日））は鎌倉時代の公卿、従一位・関白、通称は報恩院殿。
English: Tadanori built present-day Anraku-ji Temple (in Nagahama City) on the site of FUJIWARA no Fuhito's villa in Omi Province.
Japanese: 近江国にあった藤原不比等の別荘跡に忠教が現在の安楽寺(長浜市)を建てる。
English: In 1299, the site of MINAMOTO no Toru's Heian period residence, located in Kyoto's Rokujo-gawara, was donated to Zendo-ji Temple, and Tadanori moved Zendo-ji Temple to its present site, changing the name to Kankiko-ji Temple.
Japanese: 正安元年（1299年）、平安時代の京都六条河原にあった源融公邸跡地を歓喜光寺歴史に寄進して、忠教が現在地に善導寺を移らせて、歓喜光寺とした。
English: In 1309, Tadanori became a priest and his posthumous Buddhist name was Ena.
Japanese: 延慶(日本)2年（1309年）に忠教は出家して、戒名を円阿と称する。
English: Moronori KUJO (June 20, 1273 - July 21, 1320) was a court noble who lived in the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 九条師教（くじょうもろのり、文永10年5月27日(旧暦)（1273年6月13日）-元応2年6月7日(旧暦)（1320年7月13日））は鎌倉時代の公卿。
English: On April 21, 1285, he was given Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), and was later appointed to the post of Togu no fu (in charge of the Crown Prince's education) when Imperial Prince Tomihito (later Emperor Hanazono) was formally installed as Crown Prince.
Japanese: 弘安8年（1285年）3月8日(旧暦)、従三位に叙され、以後正安3年（1301年）に富仁親王（後の花園天皇）が立太子すると東宮傅に任官した。
English: He assumed the post of Kanpaku (chief advisor to the emperor) for Emperor Gonijo and that of Sessho (regent) for Emperor Hanazono, resigning as Sessho in December of 1308.
Japanese: 後二条天皇の関白、花園天皇の摂政等を歴任し、延慶(日本)元年（1308年）11月(旧暦)に摂政を辞任した。
English: FUJIWARA no Norisue (1130 - 1205) was a court noble who lived from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period.
Japanese: 藤原範季（ふじわらののりすえ、大治5年（1130年）-元久2年（1205年））は平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期にかけての公家。
English: During the Kennin War, which started in 1201, FUJIWARA no Takahira, one of the ring-leaders, temporarily took refuge in his residence.
Japanese: 建仁元年（1201年）発生した建仁の乱では首謀者の一人藤原高衡が一時邸内に逃げ込む。
English: In addition, perhaps according to instructions from Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, he assumed the posts of Governor of Mutsu Province and that of Chinju-fu shogun in succession and, because of connections with the Oshu-Fujiwara clan, took Yoshitsune under his wing.
Japanese: また、後白河法皇の指示もあったと思われるが、陸奥守、鎮守府将軍を歴任し、奥州藤原氏との縁もあり、義経を庇護している。
English: However, his son, Norisuke, was active in hunting down and killing Yoshitsune, and when Yoshitsune fled the capital for Kyushu, he led Noriyori's men, who were in the capital at that time, in pursuit.
Japanese: ただし、実子範資は義経の追討に積極的で、義経が九州に向けて都落ちする時に在京していた範頼の手勢を率いて出陣している。
English: Shigekata YOSHIOKA (date of birth is unknown - August 8, 1613) was an expert swordsman from the Azuchi Momoyama period to the Edo period.
Japanese: 吉岡重堅（よしおか　しげかた、？-慶長18年6月22日(旧暦)（1613年8月8日））は安土桃山時代から江戸時代にかけての剣客。
English: In 1613, in the midst of performance of Noh play (the common men were also privileged to see) at the feast to celebrate the completion of reconstruction of the Great Buddha hall of Hoko-ji Temple held by Hideyori TOYOTOMI in the Kinri (Imperial Palace), Shigekata YOSHIOKA (who was allegedly on bad terms with Yazaemon TADAMI) was assaulted by an officer Yazaemon TADAMI who admonishing him for his attitude, and killed and wounded many persons including Tadami, before finally being killed by Kaneuji OTA who was a vassal of Katsushige ITAKURA, Kyoto shoshidai (the Kyoto deputy).
Japanese: 慶長18年（1613年）、豊臣秀頼が方広寺大仏殿を再建し、禁裏で落成の祝宴の能（庶民の拝観が許されていた）の最中に警護に当たっていた役人の只見弥五左衛門に態度を窘められたことに逆上（只見とは普段から不仲だったという）して只見を始め多くの人々を殺傷したため、駆けつけた京都所司代・板倉勝重家臣の太田兼氏に斬られた。
English: Shigefusa UESUGI (dates of birth and death unknown) was a court noble and samurai who lived in the middle of the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 上杉重房（うえすぎしげふさ、生没年不詳）は鎌倉時代中期の公家、武士である。
English: He was the second child of Kiyofusa KAJUJI (a descendant of FUJIWARA no Takafuji of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan), a mid-ranking court noble from Kyoto who held the position of Saemon no jo (Lieutenant of the Left Division of the Outer Palace guards).
Japanese: 京都の中級公家であった、左衛門尉勧修寺清房（藤原北家藤原高藤流）の二子として生まれる。
English: When Imperial Prince Munetaka, a son of Emperor Gosaga, became the sixth Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) in 1252, Shigefusa moved to Kamakura together with the prince to be his attendant.
Japanese: 1252年（建長4年）、後嵯峨天皇の皇子宗尊親王が鎌倉幕府第6代征夷大将軍に就任するが、重房はその介添えとして共に鎌倉へ下向した。
English: He was awarded Uesugi-sho, Ikaruga County, Tanba Province (around present-day Uesugi-cho, Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture), and thereafter he used Uesugi as his family name.
Japanese: 丹波国何鹿郡上杉庄（京都府綾部市上杉町周辺）を賜り、以後あらたに上杉氏を称した。
English: Imperial Prince Munetaka was forced to return to the capital on suspicion of rebellion in 1266, but Shigefusa remained in Kamakura, becoming a samurai and working for the bakufu.
Japanese: 1266年（文永3年）、宗尊親王は謀反の疑いにより帰京させられるが、重房はそのまま鎌倉にとどまって武士となり、幕府に仕えた。
English: His younger sister (or his daughter?) became Yoriuji ASHIKAGA's Ie no Nyobo (lady-in-waiting), and after that, through inter-marriage, the Uesugi clan became very influential in the Ashikaga family.
Japanese: 重房の妹（娘？）が足利頼氏の家女房となり、以後、上杉氏は姻戚関係を通じて足利家中で権勢を得るようになった。
English: It is said that these marriages were made because the Ashikaga clan valued the connections the Uesugi clan, as former court nobles, had with the imperial court.
Japanese: この婚姻は、足利氏が、もともと公家で朝廷とのコネクションがあった上杉氏を重要視した結果といわれる。
English: Kiyoko UESUGI, his granddaughter, married Sadauji ASHIKAGA and gave birth to Takauji ASHIKAGA, who later became Seii Taishogun, and his younger brother Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: また、重房の孫娘上杉清子は、足利貞氏に嫁して後の征夷大将軍足利尊氏やその弟の足利直義を産んでいる。
English: A younger brother of Kiyoko became a priest of Daimokushu (a Nichiren sect), called himself Nichijo, and became the chief priest of Honkoku-ji Temple in Kyoto and Honjo-ji Temple in Sanjo, Echigo Province (present Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture.
Japanese: また、その清子の弟は題目宗の僧となって日静と名乗り、京本圀寺や越後国三条本成寺（新潟県三条市）の住職となった。
English: Then he wrote 'Kamakura Denchu Mondo' (literally, questions and answers in a hall of the Kamakura bakufu), describing how his mentor, the great priest Nichiin, refuted arguments of all of the other Buddhist sects in a hall of the bakufu.
Japanese: 師の名僧日印が幕府の殿中で全宗派を論破したことについて「鎌倉殿中問答」として書き残すことになる。
English: A seated statue of Shigefusa UESUGI (a national important cultural property) is owned by Meigetsu-in Temple in Kamakura (entrusted to Kamakura Museum of National Treasures).
Japanese: 鎌倉明月院に木造上杉重房坐像（国の重要文化財）が所蔵されている（鎌倉国宝館に寄託）。
English: He was a son of Hisayori ROKKAKU and is considered to have been the father of Takayori ROKKAKU (one theory has it that he was Takayori himself).
Japanese: 六角久頼の子であり、六角高頼の父と推定される人物（異説では高頼当人である）。
English: However, his adult name is not fixed, and is said to have been Masakatsu or Takasada.
Japanese: ただし、成人後の名前は確定されておらず、政勝、高貞ともされ、はっきりしない。
English: After his father, Hisayori, died, he was placed in the custody of his cousin, Masataka ROKKAKU (a son of Tokitsuna ROKKAKU), but was later stripped of his shugo post due to the shogunate's plans and Masataka's ploys.
Japanese: 父の久頼の没後、従兄弟の六角政尭（六角時綱の子）の後見を受けるものの、のちに幕府の思惑と政尭の策略により守護職を剥奪される。
English: The Rokkaku clan became divided, with Masataka and Masanobu (a son of Mochitsuna ROKKAKU), supported by the Kyogoku clan of northern Omi, joining the Eastern Army.
Japanese: 六角氏も、北近江の京極氏の力を背景に政尭、政信（六角持綱の子）が東軍につくなど分裂状態となった。
English: With the cooperation of Rokuro ROKKAKU of his clan, of the Iba clan and of the Yamanouchi clan as well, he won the battle, making Masataka kill himself in 1471, and secured the headship of the Rokkaku clan.
Japanese: 一族の六角六郎や伊庭氏、山内氏の協力もあり亀寿（政頼）は1471年に政尭を自刃させるなど抗争に勝ち抜き六角氏の家督を確保した。
English: It is said that he fled to Iga together with his son, Takayori, when the Rokkaku clan was chased by Shogun Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA after the Onin War.
Japanese: 応仁の乱終了後に六角氏が将軍足利義尚の討伐を受けた際には、子の高頼と共に伊賀に逃れるとされる。
English: Many parts of the Rokkaku clan family tree of the latter years of the Muromachi period to the early Sengoku (Warring States) period are unclear.
Japanese: 室町時代後期から戦国時代(日本)初期の六角氏の系図ははっきりしない部分が多い。
English: Therefore, there are many theories concerning who the person recorded as Kameju ROKKAKU (Kamejumaru ROKKAKU), who was active during the Onin War, actually was.
Japanese: そのため、応仁の乱の際に活動した「六角亀寿」（六角亀寿丸）と記録のある人物が誰に比定されるかは諸説ある。
English: It is commonly believed that Takayori was born after Hisayori died (though there is also a theory that he was born before Hisayori died).
Japanese: 通説では高頼の生年は久頼の没後である（ただし、高頼の生年は久頼の生前とする説もある）。
English: Therefore, it is supposed that he might be a son of Hisayori and the father of Takayori.
Japanese: そのため、久頼の子で高頼の父に当たる人物のことであると推測されている。
English: Furthermore, it is sometimes said that the persons who were chased by Yoshihisa and fled to Iga were Takayori and his heir, Ujitsuna ROKKAKU.
Japanese: また、義尚に討伐を受けた際に伊賀に逃れたのは高頼とその嫡男の六角氏綱ともされることがある。
English: Therefore, there is also a theory that the person who fled to Iga together with Takayori was his father, Masayori (Masakatsu).
Japanese: そのため、高頼と共に伊賀に逃れたのは高頼の父の政頼（政勝）とする見解もある。
English: Mineo HASHIMOTO (1924 - 1984) was a Japanese philosopher and the thirtieth chief abbot of the Honen-in Temple.
Japanese: 橋本峰雄（はしもとみねお、1924年（大正13年）-1984年（昭和59年））は、日本の哲学者であり、法然院の第30代貫主でもあった。
English: He participated in forming 'Beheiren in Kyoto,' and also took part in the research activities in Shiso no Kagaku Kenkyukai (Association for the Study of Science of Thought, or the Institute for the Science of Thought) and Gendai Fuzoku Kenkyukai (Research Association of Contemporary Culture, or Research Group on Contemporary Popular/Everyday Culture) as a member.
Japanese: 「京都べ平連」の結成に参加するほか、思想の科学研究会・現代風俗研究会の会員としても研究活動に参加した。
English: After his death, Gendai Fuzoku Kenkyukai founded 'Mineo HASHIMOTO Prize' to commemorate his achievements.
Japanese: 没後には現代風俗研究会がにその業績を記念して「橋本峰雄賞」を創設した。
English: "Kurashi no naka no Bukkyo" (Jinbun shoin, 1979, Chuko bunko, 1998)
Japanese: 『くらしのなかの仏教』（人文書院、1979年、中公文庫、1998年）
English: Yukihide NIKAIDO (1581 - date of death is unknown) was sengoku busho (military commander in the Warring State period in Japan) from the Azuchi Momoyama period to the Edo period.
Japanese: 二階堂行栄（にかいどうゆきひで、天正9年（1581年）-没年不詳）は安土桃山時代から江戸時代初期にかけての戦国武将。
English: In 1589, when the Sukagawa-jo Castle fell, he escaped to Moriya Village, and became an ascetic Buddhist monk in the Shogo-in Temple.
Japanese: 1589年，須賀川城の落城で守屋村に落ち延びた後，京都の聖護院の修験者となる。
English: When he returned to his birthplace in 1600, he built Tokuzen-in Temple and was called Hoin sama (Yukihide Sozu).
Japanese: 1600年に故郷に戻ってからは徳善院を建立し，法印様（行栄僧都）と呼ばれた。
English: Tsunefusa YOSHIDA (1142 - April 3, 1200) was a court noble who lived from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period.
Japanese: 吉田経房（よしだつねふさ、永治2年（1142年）-正治2年閏2月11日_(旧暦)（1200年3月27日）は、平安時代末期・鎌倉時代初期の公卿。
English: The following year, after the sudden death of his elder brother, FUJIWARA no Nobukata, he assumed the post of Kokushi (governor) of Izu Province, holding it for seven years, although he performed the necessary work while remaining in the capital.
Japanese: 翌年に急死した兄・藤原信方に代わって伊豆国国司を遥任とは言え、7年間務めている。
English: And later as Kurodo (Chamberlain) to Emperor Rokujo and Emperor Takakura, he came to be recognized and favored by TAIRA no Kiyomori.
Japanese: また六条天皇・高倉天皇両天皇の蔵人を務めた事から、平清盛の知遇を得る。
English: Following this, as a working-level bureaucrat in the Taira clan-based government, he held each post in the Benkan except Ushoben (Minor Controller of the Right), and then the post of Kura no kami (Chief of the Bureau of Palace Storehouses).
Japanese: その後、平氏政権の実務官僚として各弁官（右少弁以外を全て歴任）や内蔵頭を歴任。
English: Not long after, Emperor Antoku ascended the throne and Emperor Takakura retired and started cloistered rule (Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa was under house arrest at that time).
Japanese: やがて安徳天皇が即位して高倉上皇が院政を開始（当時後白河法皇は幽閉中であった）。
English: However, from around the time he advanced to Sangi (Councilor) in 1181 and became a court noble two years later, his name suddenly emerged as a friend of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.
Japanese: ところが養和元年（1181年）に参議に昇進し、2年後に公卿に加わった頃から、一転して源頼朝の友人の一人として経房の名前が突然浮上する事になる。
English: It is a mystery how he gained this position when he had advanced smoothly in the Taira clan-based government and had not been involved in any anti-Taira clan activity.
Japanese: 今まで平氏政権の下で順調に出世し、反平家の行動とも全く無縁であった彼がなぜその地位を手に入れたのかは謎とされているが、
English: A widely accepted theory is that with both Tsunefusa and his elder brother assuming the post of Governor of Izu Province, he had relations with Tokimasa HOJO, who was the foster father of Yoritomo and a local officer in the Izu Province government, and using this connection, communicated with Yoritomo secretly from around the time when Yoritomo started raisnig an army.
Japanese: 有力説とされているのは、経房は兄とともに2代にわたって伊豆守の地位にあったことから、頼朝の義父で伊豆国の在庁官人であった北条時政との関係があり、その縁で挙兵前後から秘かに頼朝と連絡を取り合っていたという説である。
English: Regardless of the truth, the tales that Yoritomo regarded him as 'a graceful person' (in "The Tale of the Heike") and as 'an honest, righteous vassal' (in "Azuma Kagami" literally, The Mirror of the East) were not exaggerated.
Japanese: 真相はどうあれ、「うるわしい人」（『平家物語』）・「廉直な貞臣」（『吾妻鏡』）と頼朝が評したとされる話も決して大袈裟ではない。
English: After Yoritomo's requested to the imperial court in 1184 that Tsunefusa be appointed Gon Chunagon was accepted, many of Yoritomo's requests to the imperial court or the office of the retired emperor became to be made through Tsunefusa.
Japanese: 元暦元年（1184年）に頼朝が朝廷に対して経房の権中納言昇進を求めて受け入れられたのを機に頼朝からの朝廷や院への要請は多くが経房を経由して行われるようになる。
English: Important requests, such as establishing a new shugo (governor) or jito (lord of a manor) post or chasing MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, were actually passed to the imperial court via Tsunefusa.
Japanese: 守護・地頭の設置や源義経の追討などの重要な要請は実際には経房を経由して朝廷に申し出がなされた。
English: After being appointed giso (conveying decisions of the Daijokan, or Department of State to the emperor) and Dazai gon no sochi (Provisional Governor-General of Dazai-fu, the office governing Kyushu) in 1185, and then Minbukyo (Minister of Popular Affairs) in 1190, he was awarded the rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) in the next year
Japanese: 文治元年（1185年）に議奏・大宰権帥、建久元年（1190年）に民部卿に任命されると、翌年には正二位に叙された。
English: It is said that, during this time, he received Yoritomo's permission to marry TAIRA no Koremori's widow (a daughter of FUJIWARA no Narichika).
Japanese: この間に頼朝の許しを得て平維盛の未亡人（藤原成親の娘）を後室としたという。
English: He further advanced to Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) in 1195 and to Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor of state) in 1198.
Japanese: 建久6年（1195年）には中納言、建久9年（1198年）には権大納言にまで昇進する。
English: It is said that, although initially calling himself 'Kadenokoji' after the street along which his residence was placed, he changed his family name to 'Yoshida' because he later built another residence in Yoshida in the east suburb of the capital.
Japanese: 初めは邸宅のあった通りより、「勘解由小路」と名乗っていたが、後に京の東郊・吉田に別邸を建てたために家名を「吉田」と改めたとされる。
English: Although the family name was later changed to Kanroji, many branches descended from him left their names on the history of Japan as Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of court nobles occupying relatively high ranks).
Japanese: 後に家名を甘露寺に改めたものの、多くの分家が堂上家として後世に名を残した。
English: SHIMADA no Tadaomi (828 - 892) was a noble and poet who lived in the first half of Heian period.
Japanese: 島田忠臣（しまだのただおみ、天長5年（828年）－寛平4年（892年））は、平安時代前期の貴族・詩人。
English: Although his father and mother are unknown, his grandfather, SHIMADA no Kiyota, (died November 5, 855 aged 77) came from a powerful local clan in the Owari Province.
Japanese: 父母は不明だが、祖父の島田清田（斉衡2年9月18日_(旧暦)、77歳で没）は、尾張の地方豪族の出身であった。
English: Tadaomi became a monjosho (student of literary studies in the Imperial University) in 854, studying under SUGAWARA no Koreyoshi, a Monjo hakase (professor of literature) at that time.
Japanese: 斉衡元年（854年）に文章生となり、当時の文章博士菅原是善に師事する。
English: After that, at Koreyoshi's request, Tadaomi taught Koreyoshi's heir, Michizane.
Japanese: その後、忠臣は是善の願いによって嫡男・道真の教育にあたるようになる。
English: In "Kanke Bunshu," an anthology of Chinese-style poetry, Michizane wrote that at the age of 11, he learnt Chinese poems from Tadaomi and wrote his first Chinese poem.
Japanese: 『菅家文集』に道真が11歳の時に忠臣に漢詩を習い、初めて漢詩を作ったと記されている。
English: Just at that time, a messenger from Balhae (a Korean kingdom) drifted ashore at Echizen, and Mototsune ordered Tadaomi to handle the case.
Japanese: 折りしも越前の海岸に渤海国の使者が漂着し、基経は忠臣にその応対を命じる。
English: Although there was some concern over his low rank, he dealt with the case appropriately and the customary Chinese poem he wrote at the welcome banquet for the messenger was superb.
Japanese: 忠臣の官位が低すぎる事を危惧する声もある中、適切な対応を取って使者の接待の宴席で行われる慣例があった漢詩の作成も秀逸なものを書き上げた。
English: After that, he was appointed Dazai no shoni (Junior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai-fu) and then Hyobu-shoyu (Junior Assistant Minister of War) in and, in 879, was awarded Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade).
Japanese: 以後大宰少弐・兵部少輔などを歴任して元慶3年（879年）に従五位上となった。
English: Then, proving he was a capable official, he gained results working for the central government and local government alternately, for example Governor of Mino Province, then Tenyaku no kami (head the Bureau of Medicine).
Japanese: その後美濃国国司・典薬頭など京官と地方官を交互に務めながら能吏としての実績を発揮した。
English: When a messenger from Balhae arrived again in 883, Michizane, who was in charge of the case as Shikibu-shoyu (Junior Assistant Minister of Ceremonial), recommended that Tadaomi handle it and called back him quickly from his assignment at Mino Province.
Japanese: また、元慶7年（883年）に渤海からの使者が再度派遣された折には、当時式部少輔として応対にあたった道真の推挙で急遽任国の美濃から呼び戻されて応対にあたっている。
English: The contents of these letters, which still remain, include not only poems but also political issues, such as the Ako Incident.
Japanese: その中には詩などだけではなく、「阿衡事件」などの政治問題に関する遣り取りなども遺されている。
English: It is said that FUJIWARA no Mototsune, an influential person in the political world, loved Tadaomi's Chinese poems so much he ordered FUJIWARA no Toshiyuki to make folding screens on which 500 of Tadaomi's Chinese poems were written, and placed them in his residence.
Japanese: また、政界の実力者・藤原基経も忠臣の漢詩をこよなく愛し、藤原敏行に命じて忠臣の漢詩500首を屏風を作らせて自宅に飾ったと言われている。
English: When Tadaomi died at the age of 65, Michizane mourned his death saying that 'No person with such a real talent of a poet will appear again.'
Japanese: 忠臣が65歳で病死すると、道真は「今後再びあのように詩人の実を備えた人物は現れまい」と嘆き悲しんだ。
English: It is also said KI no Haseo, who knew Tadaomi through Michizane, mourned his death as well saying, 'he was a great poet of the day.'
Japanese: 道真との縁で忠臣との交際を持った紀長谷雄も「当代の詩匠」と評してその死を惜しんだという。
English: He also wrote, amongst others, "Hyakkan Tomyosho" (literally, a copy of the Chinese names of 100 official posts), but almost all his works were scattered and lost.
Japanese: 他にも『百官唐名鈔』などの著作があったがほどんどが散逸してしまった。
English: Influenced by Chinese poets of the Six Dynasties period and Juyi BAI of the Tang Dynasty, many of his poems are simple and frank, and are greatly appreciated even today.
Japanese: 中国六朝時代の詩人や唐代の白居易の影響を受けた平明で素直な述懐詩が多く、それらは今日でも高く評価されている。
English: Tadatsuna ASHIKAGA (1164? - date of death unknown) was a military commander who lived towards the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 足利忠綱（あしかがただつな、長寛2年（1164年）？-没年不明）は、平安時代末期の武将。
English: In the historical chronicle "Azuma Kagami" (literally, "Mirror of the East"), written by his opponents (who later became the Kamakura bakufu, Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he is described as follows.
Japanese: 敵対した側（後の鎌倉幕府）の歴史書である『吾妻鏡』は、忠綱を形容して以下のように記している。
English: In 1180, at Prince Mochihito's command, MINAMOTO no Yorimasa and others raised an army to subjugate TAIRA no Kiyomori.
Japanese: 治承4年（1180年）、平清盛を討伐するため、以仁王の令旨を奉じて源頼政らが挙兵。
English: The Oyama clan, also from Shimotsuke and related to the Ashikaga clan, received the Prince's order, but the Ashikaga clan did not.
Japanese: 同じ下野の同族小山氏が王の令旨を受けたのに対し、足利氏は受けなかった。
English: At the Battle of Uji-gawa River, however, he impressively distinguished himself, arriving as the vanguard, urging his men across the river and leading them to victory (Yorimasa died in the battle).
Japanese: ところが宇治川の戦いで先陣として堂々たる名乗りを上げ、将兵の渡河をうながし、合戦を勝利を導くという勲功を挙げた（頼政は討死）。
English: And he requested that TAIRA no Kiyomori give him, as the reward, the Osuke-shiki (governorship) of the sixteen counties of Kozuke Province and the Nitta no sho (manor), gaining both of which had been a long-cherished ambition of this family since his father, Toshitsuna.
Japanese: そのため、恩賞として父・俊綱以来の宿願である上野国十六郡の大介職と新田荘を平清盛に請求した。
English: However, he changed his mind several hours later after Tadatsuna's retainers appealed to Kiyomori that the reward should be divided equally among them.
Japanese: しかしながら、忠綱の郎党が恩賞は一門で等しく配分すべきであると清盛に抗議したため、わずか数時間で撤回されたという。
English: According to the "Genpei Seisuiki" ("The Rise and Decline of the Minamoto and Taira Clans"), Tadatsuna was derided and nicknamed 'Umano-suke,' (Governor of Noon) because he was Osuke (governor) of Kozuke Province only for the hours of Uma no koku (around noon) between Mi no koku (around 11 am) and Hitsuji no koku (around 1 pm).
Japanese: 巳の刻（午前11時頃）から未の刻（午後1時）までの間の、午の刻のみ上野大介となったことから、「午介」とあだ名されて嘲笑されたと伝えられる（以上、『源平盛衰記』）。
English: In March, 1183, he joined forces with MINAMOTO no Yoshihiro (SHIDA Saburo Senjo) of Hitachi Province to fight against Tomomasa OYAMA of Yoritomo's army at Nogimiya, but was defeated miserably and fled to Kozuke (the Battle at Nogimiya).
Japanese: 寿永2年（1183年）2月、常陸国の源義広(志田三郎先生)と結び、頼朝方についた小山朝政と野木宮で戦うが、あえなく敗北し上野へ逃げ戻った（野木宮合戦）。
English: The entry for April 17, 1181 in "Azuma Kagami" includes the description that, after his defeat, he went to Saikai (in western Japan) via the Sanin-do Road on the advice of Rokuro KIRYU, one of his retainers, but nothing about him after that is known.
Japanese: その後は郎党・桐生六郎のすすめに従い、山陰道を経て西海へ赴いたと『吾妻鏡』養和元年閏2月25日（1181年4月10日）条にあるが、その後の消息は不明。
English: Saneuji SAIONJI (1194 - July 14, 1269) was a court noble who lived in the first half of the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 西園寺実氏（さいおんじさねうじ、建久5年（1194年）-文永6年6月7日(旧暦)（1269年7月7日））は、鎌倉時代前期の公卿。
English: Known as a court noble in the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he attended the ceremony at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine to celebrate to the nomination of MINAMOTO no Sanetomo, who was assassinated leaving the shrine, to Ududaijin (Minister of the Right).
Japanese: 親鎌倉幕府の公家として知られ、源実朝が暗殺された鶴岡八幡宮での右大臣拝賀の儀式にも参列している。
English: Omiyain, his daughter, became Emperor Gosaga's consort and gave birth to two later emperors, Emperor Gofukakusa and Emperor Kameyama.
Japanese: 女の大宮院が後嵯峨天皇に入内し、後の後深草天皇・亀山天皇両天皇を生んだ。
English: His waka poems were included in Shoku-Gosen Wakashu (Later Collection of Japanese Poetry, continued), Shokukokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry, Continued) and Shoku Shui Wakashu (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poetry, continued).
Japanese: なお、続後撰和歌集、続古今和歌集、続拾遺和歌集には歌が収録されている。
English: FUJIWARA no Narimichi (1097 - 1162) was a court noble who lived in the latter half of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原成通（ふじわらのなりみち、承徳元年（1097年）-応保2年（1162年））は、平安時代後期の公卿。
English: Particularly in kemari, he was known by later generations as 'Saint Kicker' and long regarded as the standard for kemari players.
Japanese: 特に前者においては後世まで「蹴聖」と呼ばれて、長く蹴鞠の手本とされた。
English: Both FUJIWARA no Yorimune, his great-grandfather, and FUJIWARA no Toshiie, his grandfather, advanced to the post of Minister of the Right.
Japanese: 成通の家系は、曽祖父藤原頼宗、祖父藤原俊家いずれも右大臣にまで昇進した。
English: However after his father, though a close aide to Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, failed to become a minister and died at the age of 50.
Japanese: しかしながら、父が白河法皇の側近でありながら大臣に至ることなく50歳で没した。
English: He was an eloquent speaker, and was good at kemari, imayo and the fue (Japanese flute) but, according to the "Kojidan" (Talks on the Past), it seems he made many faux pas.
Japanese: 弁が立ち、蹴鞠や今様、笛などにも優れていたが、失言も多かったらしい（『古事談』）。
English: Therefore, even when Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa recommended he be made a court noble in 1129, the Retired Emperor Gotoba opposed it and it came to nothing.
Japanese: 大治4年（1129年）に白河法皇が成通を公卿に推挙した際も鳥羽上皇の反対で実現しなかった。