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English: Jomyo OTA, together with his colleague Jonin (Tsunenobu) TOKI (who was called Nichijo as Buddhist priest), became known after accepting Nichiren, who had been under persecution, to his territory in Yawatanosho of Shimousa Province (present-day Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture).
Japanese: 太田乗明は同僚の富木常忍（日常）とともに迫害されていた日蓮を自領のある下総国八幡荘（現在の千葉県市川市）に受け入れた事で知られている。
English: When inviting Nichiren in, Jomyo donated a Jibutsu-do (temple building enshrining a Buddhist statue for private, individual worship) named 'Honmyo-ji Temple'in Nakayama, and Jonin built 'Hokke-ji Temple' in Wakamiya, a village next to Nakayama.
Japanese: その際、乗明は中山にあった持仏堂を寄進して「本妙寺」とし、常忍は中山の隣村である若宮に「法花寺」を造営した。
English: It is commonly believed that Nichiko became the pupil of Nichiren in 1275, and there remains such a passage in the "Bendono Goshosoku" (a collection of letters from Nichiren to Ben no ajari [acarya or Master Ben, referring to Nissho]) in 1272, which is attributed to Nichiren, that Nichiren called Nichiko "Sotsu."
Japanese: 弟子入りの時期については建治元年（1275年）が通説とされているが、それ以前の文永9年（1272年）に日蓮によって書かれたとされている「弁殿御消息」の中において、日蓮が日高を「そつ」と呼んでいた事が分かる。
English: At that time, Jonin (Tsunenobu) TOKI, who had entered Buddhist priesthood and called himself 'Nichijo,' was actively engaged in the propagation of Buddhism at Hokke-ji Temple, and Nichiko became the pupil of Nichijo, with whom he had a common acquaintance to his father Jomyo OTA, and started to assist Nichijo at Hokke-ji Temple.
Japanese: その頃、富木常忍は出家して「日常」と名乗って法花寺で布教活動にあたっていたが、日高は父親との縁から日常とも師弟関係を結んで法花寺の仕事も手伝うようになった。
English: In 1299, Nichijo died of illness, who left a will to designate Nichiko to the office of Kanju (or Kanshu, the head priest) of Hokke-ji Temple while remaining at Honmyo-ji Temple, thereby establishing a rule that a single individual was appointed Kanju of both Honmyo-ji and Hokke-ji Temples since then, which laid the foundation for development of the two temples to be united to form single Nakayama Hokekyo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 永仁7年（1299年）に日常が病死すると、その遺言により本妙寺に留まったまま法花寺の貫首に就任し、以後両寺院の貫首は同一人物が務める規則が成立して、後の中山法華経寺への発展の基礎となった。
English: Nichiko, on one hand, devoted himself to dissemination of Nichiren's teachings that he had been taught directly by word of mouth, and on the other hand, greatly contributed to development of his temples by inviting Tanesada CHIBA, who was the former employer of Nichijo and was a potential successor to head of the Chiba clan, to an office of Zoku betto (lay administrator) for the purposes of increasing branch temples in number based on Tanesada's donation of plentiful landholdings in Sendasho, Shimousa Province, and stabilizing the finance of his temples.
Japanese: 日高は日蓮面授の弟子としてその教えを広める事に力を尽くす一方、日常の旧主であり、千葉氏当主の継承権のある千葉胤貞を俗別当に迎えて下総国千田荘の多くの土地の寄進を受けて末寺の拡大と寺院財政の安定化を図った。
English: Nichiyu is known as a distinguished priest due to his achievement of establishing the Nakayama-monryu school, which is still highly estimated today, thus proving that Nichiko had a sharp eye for his pupils.
Japanese: 日祐は後に名僧として名を残して中山門流を確立した功績は、今日でも高く評価されているところであり日高の弟子を見る目は確かなものであった。
English: Nichiyu, however, left a bitter legacy such that his close adherence to Tanesada CHIBA entangled his school in conflict over succession of the Chiba family head among the potential successors, which resulted in his school adopting a policy which gave priority to carry on the school while having a cooperative relationship with secular powers and the other sects.
Japanese: しかし、同時に千葉胤貞との密着は胤貞自身が盟主として擁立された千葉氏の家督争いに門流を直接巻き込む事になってしまい、結果的に世俗勢力や他宗との関係を保ちながら門流の維持を優先する路線を選択することになった。
English: This became a remote cause of severe criticism by Nisshin who was a future generation preceptor of the Nakayama-monryu school and known as a passionate supporter of the Fuju-fuse-gi (a slogan of "Accept nothing from non-believers and give nothing to them").
Japanese: これが後に同門流から出た日親の不受不施義より激しく非難の対象としてあげられる遠因ともなった。
English: Her children were Tomotoki HOJO (the founder of NAGOE-ryu [Line of HOJO clan]), Shigetoki HOJO (the founder of Gokurakuji-ryu [Line of HOJO clan]), and Takedono (a wife of OE no Chikahiro first and then a wife of Sadamichi TSUCHIMIKADO).
Japanese: 子に北条朝時（北条氏(名越流)祖）、北条重時（北条氏(極楽寺流)祖）、竹殿（大江親広・土御門定通妻）。
English: Hime no Mae, who worked at MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's Palace as a court lady was famous for her beauty, and according to "Azumakagami" (a histrical book written in the Kamakura period), she was described as 'a daughter of Tomomune TONAI in HIki county and at the time a matchlessly powerfull employee, a favorite of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, and a very beautifull woman.'
Japanese: 源頼朝の御所に勤める女官であった姫の前は美人で有名で、『吾妻鏡』に｢比企の籐内朝宗が息女、当時権威無双の女房なりて、殊に御意に相叶う、容顔太だ美麗なり｣と記されている。
English: Yoshitoki kept sending love letters to Hime no Mae for about a year without any response, and Yoritomo who could not stand watching this helped Yoshitoki to marry her by making him write a sworn oath, saying 'he would never divorce her.'
Japanese: 義時は一年あまりの間姫の前に恋文を送っていが、姫の前は一向になびかず、それを見かねた頼朝が義時に｢絶対に離縁致しません｣という起請文を書かせて二人の仲を取り持ったという。
English: Thus, Hime no Mae finally married with Yoshitoki on November 8, 1192 and gave birth to Yoshitoki's second son, Tomotoki in 1193 and to his third son, Shigetoki in 1198.
Japanese: こうして建久3年（1192年）9月25日、姫の前は義時に嫁ぎ、建久4年（1193年）義時の次男･朝時を、建久9年（1198年）三男･重時を産む。
English: Her later life was unknow, however, since Hime no Mae's family, the Hiki clan was destroyed after Yoshikazu HIKI no Hen (the Conspiracy of Yoshikazu HIKI) in 1203, and Yoshitoki remarried Iga no Kata who gave birth to his son, Masamura HOJO in 1205, she was presumed to have died or to be divorced for any reason during this time.
Japanese: その後の消息はわからず、建仁3年（1203年）に姫の前の実家である比企氏一族が比企能員の変で滅亡していることや、義時の後妻の伊賀の方が元久2年（1205年）北条政村を産んでいることから、その間に死去したか、または何らかの事情により離縁したと推測される。
English: Masanori FUKUSHIMA was a busho (Japanese military commander) and a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) active during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the early Edo period.
Japanese: 福島正則（ふくしままさのり）は安土桃山時代から江戸時代前期にかけての武将・大名である。
English: In 1561, Masanori FUKUSHIMA was born as the eldest son of Masanobu FUKUSHIMA in present-day Miwa-cho, Ama County, Aichi Prefecture.
Japanese: 永禄4年（1561年）、福島正信の長男として現在の愛知県海部郡(愛知県)美和町で生まれる。
English: At the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, he distinguished himself as the Ichibanyari (person who spark a war in the spearmen's group), and first decapitated the enemy commander Ieyoshi HAIGO, and was rewarded with a territory worth 5,000 koku which was much more than what his comrades, Seven Spears of Shizugatake, received (other 6 commanders received 3,000 koku).
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）の賤ヶ岳の戦いのときは一番槍・一番首として敵将・拝郷家嘉を討ち取るという大功を立てて賞され、賤ヶ岳の七本槍の中でも突出して5000石を与えられた（他の6人は3000石）。
English: Since then, he participated in many of Hideyoshi's decisive battles, and after the Kyushu Conquest in 1587, he was assigned as daimyo of Imabari region, Iyo Province which was worth 110,000 koku.
Japanese: その後も秀吉の主要な合戦の多くに参戦し、天正15年（1587年）の九州征伐ののち、伊予国今治市11万石の大名に封ぜられる。
English: At the occasion of Japan's Invasion of Korea in 1592, he was in charge of assaulting Gyeonggi Province as the commander-in-chief of the fifth troop which included Katsutaka TODA, Motochika CHOSOKABE, Iemasa HACHISUKA and Chikamasa IKOMA.
Japanese: 文禄元年（1592年）からの朝鮮出兵では五番隊の主将として戸田勝隆、長宗我部元親、蜂須賀家政、生駒親正、来島通総などを率いて京幾道の攻略にあった。
English: As a result of the peace negotiation, the formation of the battle array in the south was decided, and he was appointed to oversee the defensive of 松真浦城 and 場門浦城 in Geoje Island.
Japanese: 翌年、講和交渉の進展により南部布陣が決まると巨済島の松真浦城や場門浦城の守備を担当した。
English: When the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-shin, attacked 場門浦 in October 1594, Masanori himself went into the sea and conducted his army, and repelled the enemy force by setting fire to their ships (Seikanroku, or the Record of Subjugation of Korea) (from Chiefs of Staff 'Chosen-eki').
Japanese: 文禄3年（1594年）10月に朝鮮水軍を率いる李舜臣が場門浦を攻撃した時（場門浦海戦）には正則自ら海水に下りて指揮を行い、敵船を焼き討ちするなどの反撃でこれを撃退した（征韓録）（参謀本部「朝鮮役」より）。
English: However, the relation between Masanori, who was a military expert, and the Bunchi faction (civilian party), which included Mitsunari ISHIDA, rapidly worsened with Japan's Invasion of Korea, and when Toshiie MAEDA died in 1599, he caused incidents with his close friend Kiyomasa KATO, such as, an attack of Mitsunari.
Japanese: しかし、武勇に優れた正則は文治派の石田三成らと朝鮮出兵を契機としてその仲が一気に険悪になり、慶長4年（1599年）の前田利家の死後、朋友の加藤清正と共に三成を襲撃するなどの事件も起こしている。
English: At that time, he was dissuaded by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA from attacking Mitsunari, and as a result, he became one of the closest daimyo of Ieyasu.
Japanese: この時は徳川家康に慰留され襲撃を翻意したが、その経緯から家康の昵懇大名の一人となる。
English: He was also able to arrange the marriage between Masayuki, his elder sister's son whom he adopted, and Matehime, Ieyasu's adopted daughter.
Japanese: また、姉の子で正則の養子になっていた正之と家康の養女・満天姫との婚姻を実現させた。
English: This went against Hideyoshi's will to ban the marriage between the families of daimyo; however, Masanori was convinced that this marriage will lead to the peace of the families of Toyotomi and Tokugawa in the future.
Japanese: これは諸大名の私婚を禁じた秀吉の遺命に反するものだったが、正則はこの婚姻こそが豊臣・徳川の将来の和平に繋がると確信していた。
English: During the campaign, Koyama council was held as Ieyasu received the news that Mitsunari ISHIDA raised an army in Kamigata (Kansai region), and at that meeting, Masanori, who had been persuaded beforehand by Nakamasa KURODA by Ieyasu's order, readily pledged his allegiance to Ieyasu and preempted the agitation of daimyos caused by Mitsunari's rebellion.
Japanese: その途中、上方で三成が挙兵した報を受けての小山評定では、家康の意を受けた黒田長政にあらかじめ懐柔されていた正則が三成挙兵に動揺する諸大名の機先を制して、いち早く家康の味方につくことを誓約した。
English: Masanori advanced his army towards Mino Province from Kiyosu, and when attacking Gifu-jo Castle defended by Hidenobu ODA of the Western Camp, he scrambled for the position of the spearhead with Terumasa IKEDA, and together with Nakamasa KURODA, they took control of the castle.
Japanese: 清洲から美濃方面に進軍し、西軍の織田秀信が守る岐阜城攻めでは池田輝政と先鋒を争い、黒田長政らと共同で城を陥落させる。
English: At the final battle of the Battle of Sekigahara, he originally asked to directly confront the Ishida army, but was not allowed.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の戦い本戦では当初石田勢との対陣を希望したが結局叶わなかった。
English: Furthermore, to his fury, Ii and Matsudaira went ahead of him despite the fact that he assumed the role of leading the spearhead army in many of the battles in the past.
Japanese: 更にこれまで幾多の戦いで先陣を務めたにも関わらず、井伊・松平らに抜け駆けされ激怒する。
English: Their provocation provided the offensive spark, and their battle against the Ukita army 17,000 strong was started.
Japanese: 彼らの挑発に乗せられる形で戦端が開かれ、宇喜多勢1万7000と激闘を繰り広げた。
English: Takenori AKASHI, a commander famed for his bravery, was leading the vanguard of 8,000 men of Hideie Ukita's army, and the Fukushima army was pushed backwards for 500 meters and was on the threshold of total collapse at one point.
Japanese: 宇喜多秀家隊の前衛8000を率いた明石全登は音に聞こえた勇将で、福島勢は一時500メートルあまりも押しまくられ、壊滅寸前に追い込まれる。
English: Masanori, who changed color, whipped his army to sustain, and the battle saw the two armies go back and forth at each other.
Japanese: 血相を変えた正則自身が叱咤して何とか持ちこたえ、一進一退の攻防を続ける。
English: The army of Masanori FUKUSHIMA also succeeded in beating the Ukita force, despite receiving serious damage.
Japanese: 甚大な被害を受けながらも、福島正則隊は宇喜多勢を打ち破ることに成功した。
English: Masanori, who was regarded as the most important commander contributed to the victory of the Eastern Camp, also actively worked to seize the Osaka-jo Castle from Terumoto Mori who was the supreme commander of the Western Camp, thus he was rewarded after the war with the Hiroshima Domain, Aki Province and Hiroshima Domain, Bingo Province worth as much as 498,200 koku.
Japanese: こうして東軍の勝利に貢献第一と目された正則は西軍総大将・毛利輝元からの大坂城接収にも奔走し、戦後安芸国広島藩と備後国広島藩49万8200石の大封を得た。
English: In March 1601, Masanori entered into his new domain in Aki and Bingo Provinces, and immediately went around to check the area and recalculated the kokudaka (crop yield) by conducting land surveys.
Japanese: 慶長6年（1601年）3月に芸備に入封した正則は早くも領内を巡検するとともに、検地で石高の再算出を行った。
English: He proved himself as a surprisingly good local governor; he had in place a system of paying the salary rice to his vassals instead of allotting them fiefs (chigyo-wari), and reduced the burden of the peasants by disclosing the result of the land surveys, and collecting nengu (land tax) accordingly.
Japanese: 家臣への知行割も事実上の給米制とし検地の結果を農民に公開した上で実収に伴った年貢を徴収して負担を少なくするといった善政を布き、意外な地方巧者ぶりを発揮している。
English: It is also true, however, that the burden of the people of the domain actually increased under his government for the construction of the castle and the military expansion.
Japanese: ただし築城や軍拡などのために領民の負担自体は高くなったのも事実である。
English: He was also enthusiastic for protecting the temples and shrines within the domain, and it is known that in 1602, he restored Heike-nokyo at Itsukushima-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: また領内の寺社の保護にも熱心であり、慶長7年（1602年）には厳島神社の平家納経を修復させたことが知られている。
English: While he provided his men for the repairs of various castles by the Edo bakufu since 1640 and displayed his royalty to the Tokugawa, he also did not forget to pay his respect to the Toyotomi family as his lineage.
Japanese: 慶長9年（1604年）からの江戸幕府による諸城修築の動員に参加して忠勤に励む一方、豊臣家を主筋に立てることも忘れなかった。
English: In March 1611, when Ieyasu pressured Hideyori to come to meet him at the Nijo-jo Castle, together with Kiyomasa KATO and Yoshinaga ASANO, he persuaded Yodo-dono who strongly opposed to it by saying that the Toyotomi family was the main lineage, and succeeded in making Hideyori's procession to Kyoto.
Japanese: 慶長16年（1611年）3月に家康が秀頼に対し二条城での会見を迫った時には、いまなお豊臣家が主筋と自負して強硬に反対した淀殿を加藤清正や浅野幸長とともに説得し、秀頼の上洛を実現させた。
English: (Although Masanori did not go to the meeting on the plea that he was sick, he placed 10,000 soldiers alongside the highway from Maikata to Kyoto in case of an event.)
Japanese: （正則自身は病と称して会見に同席せず、枚方から京の街道筋を1万の軍勢で固めて変事に備えた）
English: Just after this meeting was held, close friends of Masanori, Kiyomasa, Nagamasa and Yoshinaga ASANO (father and son), and Terumasa IKEDA who were daimyo favored by Toyotomi, passed away one after another.
Japanese: この会見直後に清正や浅野長政・幸長父子、池田輝政といった朋友の豊臣恩顧大名が相次いで死去した。
English: However, it was not granted and he was kept useless on his duty, and when he was requested to provide his army at the Siege of Osaka from Hideyori, he refused it.
Japanese: しかしそれも許されずに飼い殺しの状態に置かれた正則は大坂の陣では秀頼に加勢を求められても拒絶した。
English: When the bakufu found this out, they did not allow Masanori to take part in a campaign of the Eastern Camp, and ordered him to remain as Edo rusuiyaku (a person representing the master during his absence).
Japanese: これを知った幕府には東軍への従軍も許されず、江戸留守居役を命じられた。
English: When the Toyotomi clan extinguished, Masanori who also abandoned the family name of Hashiba, had no choice, but to offer his allegiance to the bakufu.
Japanese: 豊臣氏の滅亡を機に羽柴姓も捨てた正則は、ひたすら幕府への恭順を余儀なくされる。
English: Shortly after the death of Ieyasu in 1619, Masanori was accused of breaching Buke Shohatto (codes for the warrior households) by repairing a small part of the Hiroshima-jo Castle, which was damaged during the flood caused by a typhoon, without permission.
Japanese: 家康死後まもなくの元和(日本)5年（1619年）、台風による水害で破壊された広島城を無断でほんの少しだけ修理したことが武家諸法度違反に問われる。
English: Although Masanori aplied the permission two months ago, he had not received it officially from the bakufu.
Japanese: 正則は2ヶ月も前から届けを出していたが幕府からは正式な許可が出ていなかった。
English: Although this case was once settled down on the condition where Masanori, who was in attendance for his duty in Edo, would apologize and remove the repaired parts of the castle.
Japanese: 江戸参勤中の正則が謝罪し、修繕した部分を破却するという条件で一旦は沙汰止みになった。
English: However, the bakufu again accused him of insufficient removal of the repaired parts, and as a result, his territories in Aki and Bingo Provinces worth 500,000 koku were confiscated; instead he was given Takaino Domain of Takaino County, one of 4 counties in Kawanakajima of Shinano Province and Uonuma County, Echigo Province, worth 45,000 koku.
Japanese: しかし破却が不十分であることを咎められ、安芸・備後50万石を没収、信濃国川中島四郡中の高井郡高井野藩、越後国魚沼郡、4万5000石に減封される。
English: However, there is also a theory that he got involved in the power struggle between Masazumi HONDA and Toshikatsu DOI which was caused by the abolition of the dual-power system in the bakufu after the death of Ieyasu.
Japanese: しかし家康死後の二元政治廃止に伴う本多正純と土井利勝らの幕府内権力争いにまきこまれたという説も提示されている。
English: It is said that Masanori's application paper was received by Masazumi, but was left on purpose by Toshikatsu in order to bring disgrace on Masazumi's reputation.
Japanese: 正純が受け取った届出を利勝らが正純の信頼を失墜させるためわざと放置していたと言うものである。
English: It was the second shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA who forcefully conducted Masanori's kaieki (sudden dismissal and deprivation of position, privileges and properties), and leaders of the bakufu, such as Toshikatsu and Masazumi, were actually hesitant as they feared that it may cause rebellion of daimyo.
Japanese: 最終的に改易を強行したのは2代将軍・徳川秀忠だが、利勝や正純ら幕府首脳はむしろ正則の改易が諸大名の反抗に繋がることを恐れ、処分に及び腰であった。
English: In 1620, Masanori's legitimate son and heir, Tadakatsu FUKUSHIMA died young, and Masanori returned his territory worth 25,000 koku to the bakufu.
Japanese: 元和6年（1620年）に嫡男・福島忠勝が早世したため、正則は2万5000石を幕府に返上した。
English: (A theory has it that in fear of being blamed that Masanori committed ritual suicide by disembowelment, seppuku, out of abasement, his body was quickly cremated to hide the fact.)
Japanese: （一説には正則が屈辱に耐えかね切腹したのを咎められるのを恐れこれを隠蔽するために急いで火葬にしたとも言われる）
English: As a result, another 20,000 koku was confiscated from the Fukushima family, and Masatoshi, the son of Masanori who inherited the family, was lowered his status as hatamoto (direct retainer of bakufu) with a territory worth of 3,000 koku.
Japanese: そのため、福島家は残りの2万石も没収され、後を継いだ正則の子・正利は3000石の旗本に身分を落とすこととなった。
English: On August 11, 1585, he was appointed to Saemon no taifu (third-ranked officer of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards) at Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, under the name of Masanori TAIRA.
Japanese: 天正13年7月16日(旧暦)（1585年8月11日）、平正則として従五位下左衛門大夫に叙任。
English: On April 28, 1602, he was reassigned as Sakonoe Gonnoshosho (Provisional Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) under the name of Masanori TOYOTOMI (perhaps he was also promoted to the Lower Junior Fourth Rank at this time).
Japanese: 慶長7年3月7日(旧暦)（1602年4月28日）、豊臣正則として左近衛権少将に転任（時に、従四位下に昇叙か）。
English: On July 23, 1617, he was promoted to the Junior Third Rank and reassigned as sangi (councilor) under the name of Masanori TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 元和(日本)3年6月21日(旧暦)（1617年7月23日）、豊臣正則として従三位に昇叙し、参議に転任。
English: Although he received recognition for his military excellence as the best commander at the Battle of Sekigahara, there are also records of his words and behaviors at Sekigahara which suggest that he would not hesitate even to relinquish such a recognition in order to accomplish his purpose.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の戦いでは第一の武功を賞されたが、関ヶ原では度々それを投げ打つことも辞さない言動をしている。
English: When he seized the Gifu-jo Castle, he pleaded to save the life of Hidenobu ODA, the lord of the castle, saying 'even in exchange with my military honor'.
Japanese: 岐阜城を攻め落とした際には「某（それがし）の武功に代えても」の一言で城主・織田秀信の助命を嘆願した。
English: Masanori demanded seppuku of Akitsuna INA, a hatamoto and the lord of the ashigaru, and blustered out 'if my demand is not accepted, I will leave this castle at once'.
Japanese: その上司である旗本・伊奈昭綱の切腹を正則が要求したときも「聞き容れられなければ城地を立ち去るのみである」と啖呵を切っている。
English: Upon hearing Mitsunari's words 'a military commander should always try to comeback by escaping his peril' uttered when he was captured after the Battle of Sekigahara, it is said that Masanori praised him saying that 'it is quite right, escaping from the battle field should never be a thing to be ashamed'.
Japanese: 関ヶ原後に三成が捕えられた際に、三成の「脱出して再起を図ろうとする事こそ大将の心がけだ」との発言を聞き、「至極もっともなり、（戦場から脱出する事は）少しも恥辱にあらず」と賞賛したという。
English: Although he is remembered more as a military commander of Budan faction (pro-military faction), he also achieved a good result in terms of administration as a feudal lord; his domain was calculated worth 498,000 koku in the land survey of 1601, and he increased it to 515,000 koku in 1619.
Japanese: 武断派の印象が強いが、慶長6年（1601年）の検地で知行高498,000石だったのを元和5年（1619年）に515,000石まで増加させており、領主として行政面でも結果を残している。
English: He was not a Christian, however, he consistently took a position to support the policy to protect Christians since the time when he was the lord of Kiyosu-jo Castle.
Japanese: 自らはキリシタンではなかったが、清洲城主当時から一貫してキリシタン保護政策を堅持していた。
English: There is an anecdote that he got very drunk one night and ordered one of his vassals to commit seppuku, and the next morning, he realized his mistake but it was too late, and he apologized crying to the decapitated head of the vassal.
Japanese: 泥酔して家臣に切腹を命じ、翌朝になって間違いに気付いたがもはや取り返しがつかず、その家臣の首に泣いて詫びたという逸話もある。
English: In a drinking party, he forced Tomonobu MORI who was a vassal of the Kuroda family, to drink sake, and had to give up a spear called Nihon-go, which was the family treasure.
Japanese: 酒席で、黒田家家臣母里友信に酒を無理矢理一気飲みさせ家宝の日本号をとられた話もある。
English: When he was on duty to help to construct Nagoya-jo Castle on order from the bakufu, he lamented as follows.
Japanese: 幕府の命で名古屋城の手伝普請に従事している際、下記のようにこぼした。
English: And he pressured Terumasa, saying 'you are Ieyasu's son-in-law. Please make a direct plea for us'.
Japanese: そして輝政に「お前は（家康の）婿殿だろう、我々のためにこのことを直訴してくれ」と迫った。
English: In 1615 after the fall of Osaka-jo Castle, Masanori visited Sadakiyo ISHIKAWA of Myoshin-ji Temple, and was given a part of the land in the complex of Myoshin-ji Temple, and founded Kaifuku-in Temple there to pray for the souls of the dead to rest in peace.
Japanese: 元和元年（1615年）大坂城の落城後、妙心寺の石川貞清のもとを訪れ面会した正則は、貞清から妙心寺内の土地の一部を譲り受けて海福院を建立し、死者の冥福を祈った。
English: Sadakiyo joined the Western Camp at the Battle of Sekigahara, and after the war, he became a tea master and a merchant, and there are several theories about his wife, which is said to be the daughter of Mitsunari ISHIDA, a younger sister of Yoshitsugu OTANI, or the daughter of Nobushige SANADA.
Japanese: 貞清は関ヶ原の戦いで西軍に与して戦後は茶人・商人となっていた人物で、その妻について石田三成の娘、大谷吉継の妹、真田信繁の娘などの諸説がある。
English: If you have a complaint about the shogun family (Hidetada TOKUGAWA), you should raise an army without hesitation'.
Japanese: 「将軍家（徳川秀忠）に不服があれば、遠慮せず、兵を挙げられるが良い。」
English: After he asked himself out, Masanori cried out loud disregarding people's attention, lamenting 'it is such a shame to be given words like that despite the fact that I had served him until this day'.
Japanese: 御前を退出した正則は「今日までご奉公に努めて来たにも関わらず、あのような申されようは情けない限りだ」と嘆き、人目も憚らず泣いた。
English: Having heard this, Ieyasu was satisfied, as saying, 'I said what I said because I wanted Masanori to say that word'.
Japanese: それを聞いた家康は「その一言を吐き出させるために、あのように言ったのだ」と安心したという。
English: He was known to be a henpecked husband, and there is an anecdote that he escaped from his wife who was threatening him with a long sword out of jealousy for his affairs with other women.
Japanese: かなりの恐妻家で女性問題で嫉妬に狂った夫人に長刀で斬りつけられて逃げ出したこともあると言う逸話も残っている。
English: Arinori MORI (his name is written 森有禮 in orthographic style) (August 23, 1847 - February 12, 1889) was a Japanese samurai as well as a feudal retainer of Satsuma Province and a statesman.
Japanese: 森有礼（もりありのり、正字体：森有禮、1847年8月23日（弘化4年7月13日(旧暦)）-1889年（明治22年）2月12日）は、日本の武士・薩摩藩士・政治家である。
English: He was born as the fifth son of Kiemon Arikuni (喜右衛門有恕) MORI, a feudal retainer of Satsuma Province, in Kasugakoji-cho near Kagoshima-jo Castle in Satsuma Province in 1847.
Japanese: 1847年（弘化4年）、薩摩国鹿児島城下春日小路町で薩摩藩士森喜右衛門有恕の五男として生まれた。
English: He studied in England with other students including Tomoatsu GODAI in 1865 and then went to study in the US.
Japanese: 1865年（慶応元年）、五代友厚らとともにイギリスに留学し、その後アメリカ合衆国にも留学する。
English: When he returned to Japan after the Meiji Restoration, he founded the Meirokusha (Meiji 6 Society, a group of promoting civilization and enlightenment in Japan) with Yukichi FUKUZAWA, Amane NISHI (an illuminator), Shigeki NISHIMURA, Masanao NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki KATO, and Mamichi TSUDA.
Japanese: 明治維新後に帰国すると福澤諭吉、西周(啓蒙家)、西村茂樹、中村正直、加藤弘之、津田真道らと共に明六社を結成する。
English: In 1875, he established a private school, Shoho Koshujo (the Commercial Law Institute) (the predecessor of Hitotsubashi University) in Owari-cho, Ginza, Tokyo.
Japanese: 1875年（明治8年）、東京銀座尾張町に私塾商法講習所（一橋大学の前身）を開設する。
English: In 1885, he became the Minister of Education under the first Hirofumi ITO cabinet and since then, he engaged in Japanese education policies.
Japanese: 1885年（明治18年）、第一次伊藤博文内閣の下で文部大臣に就任し、以後、日本における教育政策に携わる。
English: Guideline for educating pupils' prepared based on the policy was distributed to girls' schools and girls' high schools nationwide.
Japanese: 翌年それに基づく「生徒教導方要項」を全国の女学校と高等女学校に配る。