nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: In 1801, after Norinaga MOTOORI died, he became a disciple of Ohira MOTOORI, an adopted son of Norinaga MOTOORI through Harukado MURATA to study Japanese classical culture.
Japanese: 1801年(享和元年)村田春門を介して本居宣長没後の門人となり、宣長の養子の本居大平に国学を学ぶ。
English: In 1821, he transferred the head of the family to his son, Nobuchika BAN and afterward, he devoted himself to studying.
Japanese: 1821年(文政4年)、息子の伴信近に家督を譲り、以後、学問に専念した。
English: Harumichi YANO, born on December 18, 1823, in Arimatsu, Azo Village, Kita County, Iyo Province (present-day Osu City, Ehime Prefecture), was a scholar of Japanese classical culture and a theologian.
Japanese: 矢野玄道（やのはるみち、1823年12月18日（文政6年11月17日(旧暦)）-1887年5月19日）は、伊予国喜多郡阿蔵村有松（現、愛媛県大洲市）の国学者・神道学者である。
English: He was called Shigetaro in his childhood and also called 'Tenhosanjin', 'shisei', 'shinshin', 'yaguhisa', 'korakukanjin', 'fusoshinjinisho', 'yaba' and 'umeya'.
Japanese: 幼名は茂太郎、号は天放散人、子清、神臣、谷倶久、後楽閑人、扶桑眞人倚松、谷蟆、梅屋。
English: He was born in Kita Country, Iyo Province as a son of Senzaemondosei YANO, a statesman of the Osu clan.
Japanese: 文政6年（1823年）大洲藩矢野仙左衛門道正の子として、伊予国喜多郡に生まれる。
English: In 1825, at around three years of age, he read some books of around 1,000 words while in his grand mother's arms.
Japanese: 文政8年(1825年)三・四歳の頃、祖母の懐中に在りて千字文の類を読誦す。
English: In 1841, at the age of 19, he changed his name to 'Takamichi' and was called 'fusoshinjinisho'.
Japanese: 天保12年(1841年)玄道19歳の折、名を敬逵(たかみち)と称し扶桑真人倚松と号す。
English: At the end of February, 1844, he set out on a journey to Kyushu to visit the Usahachimangu-Shrine in Bungo Province, the Hakozakigu-Shrine and the Dazaifu tenmangu Shrine in Chikuzen Province via Nagato Province.
Japanese: 弘化元年(1844年)二月下旬周防国から長門国を経由して、豊後国の宇佐八幡宮や筑前国の筥崎宮、太宰府天満宮などを参拝する。
English: After visiting the Shindai ruins in Hyuga Province, he visited the Kirishima-jingu Shrine in Satsuma Province and then, he climbed Mt. Kirishima-yama.
Japanese: その後、日向国の神代古蹟を探訪後、薩摩国の霧島神宮を参詣のち霧島山に登る。
English: In 1855, he started writing "Kotenyoku" which was one of his life's works.
Japanese: 安政2年（1855年）ライフワークの一つでもある『皇典翼』の執筆を開始。
English: In 1867, his plan was discussed in the Imperial Court and they came to an agreement on setting up schools.
Japanese: 慶応3年（1867年）建白書が朝廷で議論され、設置の方向で話が進む。
English: In March 1870, he was called to Tokyo and received the title of Doctor of Philosophy and the honor of Jurokui (Junior Sixth Rank).
Japanese: 明治3年（1870年）2月、東京に召され、大学中博士となり従六位に叙せられる。
English: In 1877, at the age of 55, he had been sick for some time since May.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）玄道55歳の五月より病みて久しく回復しなかった
English: During the time from February to March, he completed writing "Kishinyoron" and "Honkyogakuchu."
Japanese: その間2月から3月にかけて、『魂神要論』及び『本教学柱』を書き上げる。
English: In 1886, he returned to his hometown and took care of his mother, however on December 14th, she died.
Japanese: 明治19年（1886年）帰郷し、母親の介護に当たるが、12月14日に母親が亡くなる。
English: He was profoundly influenced by Taoism which he learned in his younger days, so he did not seek honor or high ranking positions.
Japanese: 玄道は青年時に学んだ老荘思想の影響により、名誉や高い地位を求めなかった。
English: Moreover, he was single all his life without caring for earthly affairs he devoted his whole life to writing books on the study of Japanese classical culture, making maximum effort to learn it more with his heart and soul.
Japanese: また、妻を娶る事なく一生独身で通し、他の事に一切構わず、一心不乱に国学の研鑽に励み、一生を国学の著書の執筆に捧げた。
English: Whenever he read books, he never failed to take notes about important things or thoughts of scholars and try to memorize these things.
Japanese: 読書をすると、必ず大事な所や学者の考えを書き残し、記憶に留める事を忘れなかった。
English: He read tremendous amounts of books on various regions and categories and the numbers of books he copied reached about 700 volumes.
Japanese: まさに博覧強記で、玄道の筆写した書物の数は、約700巻にも及んでいる。
English: Yano bunko placed in the public library of Osu City preserves most of the collections of his books and theses which his descendants presented.
Japanese: 大洲市立図書館にある矢野文庫には、子孫が寄贈した玄道蒐集の本や論考の大半が保存されている。
English: Masayoshi ABE was born January 5, 1763 as 11th son of the Kishu domain lord Munenobu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 宝暦12年（1762年）11月22日、紀州藩主・徳川宗将の十一男として生まれる。
English: In 1793, he became the adopted son of Masatsune ABE and in 1796 inherited the role of head of the family.
Japanese: 寛政5年（1793年）阿部正識の養子となり、寛政8年（1796年）に家督を相続。
English: In 1798 he took on sojaban (an official in charge of the ceremonies) at the shogunate, followed in succession by roles as: jisha-bugyo in 1804, Osaka jodai (1806) and Kyoto shoshidai (1806).
Japanese: 寛政10年（1798年）奏者番、享和元年（1801年）寺社奉行、文化(元号)元年（1804年）大坂城代、文化3年（1806年）京都所司代を歴任した。
English: November 28, 1808: Died (officially announced on January 7, 1809), age 47
Japanese: 文化5年（1808年）10月11日(旧暦)-死去（公には11月22日(旧暦)と発表）、享年47。
English: Kotosuga TANIKAWA (April 5, 1709-November 20, 1776) was a scholar of Japanese classical culture in the Edo period.
Japanese: 谷川士清（たにかわことすが、1709年4月5日(宝永6年2月26日(旧暦))-1776年11月20日(安永5年10月10日(旧暦))）は、江戸時代の国学者である。
English: After coming back to Tsu, while running medical practice, he also learned waka (a 31-syllable Japanese poem) from Imperial Prince Arisugawanomiya Yorihito and studied Japanese classical culture by himself.
Japanese: 津に帰った後、医業の傍ら、有栖川宮職仁親王から和歌を学び、独学で国学を研究した。
English: He made the first Japanese verb conjugation chart, 'wagotsuon' recorded in his book, "Nihon Shoki Tsusho" (A Compendium Treatise on Chronicles of Japan) volume 1 and compiled the first Japanese dictionary arranged in order of the Japanese syllabary, "Wakun no shiori."
Japanese: 彼の著作『日本書紀通証』第1巻に収録した「和語通音」は日本初の動詞活用表であり、また、『和訓栞』は日本初の五十音順に配列された国語辞典であった。
English: However, he was not able to publish a complete set of his dictionary in his lifetime, thus his bereaved family carried out his wishes after his death and published it in 1887.
Japanese: ただこの辞典は士清の生存中に全巻を刊行できず、士清の死後、遺族の手によって引き継がれ1887年(明治20年)に全巻刊行された。
English: On the other hand, there is a negative evaluation that his study of classics just compiled the conventional theories without creative and unique theories.
Japanese: 反面、士清の古典研究は、在来の学説を集成したもので、独創性に乏しいという評価がある。
English: In addition, Norinaga MOTOORI, who gave wago tsuon the highest praise, criticized that his theories were not academic, because there were a lot of strained interpretations about classics based on Suika Shinto.
Japanese: また、和語通音を絶賛していた本居宣長からは、垂加神道に基づく古典の解釈がこじつけが多く非学問的だと批判されている。
English: In 1737 he took over the position of the head of the family, then held the positions of Kyoto Shoshidai, Osaka jodai (the keeper of Osaka Castle), and jisha-bugyo (magistrate of temples and shrines) successively, and then assumed the post as roju in 1760.
Japanese: 元文2年（1737年）に家督を相続し、京都所司代、大坂城代、寺社奉行などを歴任し、宝暦10年（1760年）に老中に就任した。
English: Takahisa KYOGOKU (May 21,1729 - May 15, 1808) was the sixth lord of Mineyama Domain, Tango Province.
Japanese: 京極高久（きょうごくたかひさ、享保14年4月24日(旧暦)（1729年5月21日）-文化(元号)5年4月20日(旧暦)（1808年5月15日））は、丹後国峰山藩の第6代藩主。
English: In 1741, he was adopted by Takanaga KYOGOKU, the fifth lord of the domain, and after Takanaga's retirement on September 22, 1765, he succeeded to the position of lord of the Toyooka Domain.
Japanese: 寛保元年（1741年）、第5代藩主・京極高長の養子となり、明和2年（1765年）8月8日の高長の隠居により、その後を継いで藩主となった。
English: After he had worked as kaban (a person in charge of guard) at aoyaguchi gate of Osaka-jo Castle and Oban gashira (captains of the great guards), he was appointed as wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in the Edo bakufu) in 1788 to participate in the shogunate government in the period of Kansei Reforms.
Japanese: 大坂青屋口の加番や大番頭を務めた後の天明8年（1788年）、若年寄に任じられて寛政の改革期の幕政に参与した。
English: In 1791, he asked for resignation from wakadoshiyori due to his illness, but it was not accepted.
Japanese: 寛政3年（1791年）、病気を理由に若年寄の辞任を求めたが許されなかった。
English: He was known to have adopted out his fifth son to Kyogoku family of Toyooka Domain in Tajima Province, the Kyogoku family which was the same kin and a descendant of Takatomo KYOGOKU who had been the founder of the domain and governed the whole of Tango Province, as was the Kyogoku family of Mineyama Domain, Tango Province.
Japanese: 丹後峰山藩京極家と同じく、藩祖で丹後一国を支配した京極高知の子孫で同族に当たる但馬豊岡藩京極家に五男・高有を養子に出したことでも知られる。
English: On May 15, 1808, Takahisa died in Edo and Takamasa succeeded to him.
Japanese: 文化5年（1808年）4月20日、江戸にて死去し、後を高備が継いだ。
English: Takahisa appeared in a series of period novels written by Shotaro IKENAMI titled " Onihei Hankacho" (Onihei's crimes note), by the name of " Bizen no kami (the governor of Bizen Province) of Kyogoku", and was described as a good understanding of Heizo HASEGAWA known by the name of Onihei.
Japanese: 高久は「京極備前守」の名で池波正太郎の時代小説『鬼平犯科帳』にも登場し、鬼平こと長谷川平蔵の良き理解者として描かれている。
English: Takamasa KYOGOKU (June 8, 1757-May 29, 1835) was the seventh lord of Mineyama Domain in Tango Province.
Japanese: 京極高備（きょうごくたかまさ、宝暦7年4月22日(旧暦)（1757年6月8日）-天保6年5月3日(旧暦)（1835年5月29日））は、丹後国峰山藩の第7代藩主。
English: His children included Takayasu KYOGOKU (first son), Takatoshi KYOGOKU (second son), Takamasu KYOGOKU (fifth son), Takatsune KYOGOKU (seventh son), and a daughter (who became Naokata KURODA's second wife and later, Hiromune YAMAGUCHI's lawful wife).
Japanese: 子に京極高寧（長男）、京極高聡（次男）、京極高倍（五男）、京極高鎮（七男）、娘（黒田直方継室のち山口弘致正室）。
English: When his father became a wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in Edo bakufu) to serve the shogunate government in 1788, Takamasa took the position to preside the administration of the domain.
Japanese: 天明8年（1788年）、父が若年寄になると藩政を取り仕切る立場になった。
English: After he served as Oban-gashira (a captain of the Great Guards of the shogunate government), he was appointed as a wakadoshiyori in March, 1812 and since then participated in the shogunate government.
Japanese: 大番頭を務めた後の文化9年（1812年）2月から若年寄に任じられて幕政に参与した。
English: Although he transferred the headship of the family to his fifth son, Takamasu and went into retirement on December 11, 1832, Takamasu died soon after the succession and as one misfortune followed another, his seventh son, Takatsune, soon after succeeding to Takamasu, also predeceased his father Takamasa.
Japanese: 天保3年（1832年）11月20日、家督を五男・高倍に譲って隠居したが、その高倍とさらにその後を継いだ息子の京極高鎮がわずかな間に自身に先立って次々と早世した。
English: Takamasu KYOGOKU (1808-January 14, 1834) was the eighth lord of Mineyama Domain in Tango Province.
Japanese: 京極高倍（きょうごくたかます、文化(元号)5年（1808年）-天保4年12月5日(旧暦)（1834年1月14日））は、丹後国峰山藩の第8代藩主。
English: His oldest brother, Takayasu KYOGOKU and his second oldest brother Takatoshi KYOGOKU died early and the third and forth oldest brothers were adopted into other families.
Japanese: 長兄の京極高寧と次兄の京極高聡は早世し、三兄と四兄は他家の養子に出されていた。
English: Therefore, although he was the fifth son, he succeeded to the family name and became the lord of the Domain on December 11, 1832 when his father retired.
Japanese: そのため、五男であったが、高倍は天保3年（1832年）11月20日、父の隠居により家督を継いで藩主となった。
English: Takatsune KYOGOKU (1810-July 29, 1834) was the ninth lord of Mineyama Domain of Tango Province.
Japanese: 京極高鎮（きょうごくたかつね、文化(元号)7年（1810年）-天保5年6月23日(旧暦)（1834年7月29日））は、丹後国峰山藩の第9代藩主。
English: Since his older brother and former lord of the domain, Takamasu, died without a child heir on January 14, 1834, Takatsune succeeded to Takamasu's position in the same year.
Japanese: 天保4年（1833年）12月5日に兄で先代藩主の高倍が嗣子無くして死去したため、その後を継いで翌天保5年（1834年）に藩主となった。
English: Since Toshiharu AOYAMA, the lord of the Tanba-Kameyama Domain died without an heir, Tadatomo was adopted as his successor from a branch family which governed the Tango-Miyazu Domain.
Japanese: 享保15年（1730年）、先代藩主・青山俊春が嗣子なく没したため、分家である丹後宮津藩から養子に入る。
English: However, since Tadatomo himself did not have a child heir either, he adopted Tadataka AOYAMA, a son of his elder brother, to succeed to him.
Japanese: しかし、忠朝も嗣子に恵まれなかったため、実兄・青山幸秀の子・青山忠高を養子に迎え後を継がせた。
English: After Narisada, his adopted son Nariharu MAKINO became head of the Makino family and his eldest son (Narinaka MAKINO) continued the family line however, because Narinaka died early (age 21) Sadamichi was called upon to inherit the role of family head.
Japanese: 牧野家家督は成貞の後、養子の牧野成春、その長男・牧野成央が継いでいたが、成央が21歳で早世したため、後を継ぐこととなった。
English: In 1734 at 28 years of age, Sadamichi was appointed as Master of Ceremonies ('Soshaban') and the following year (1735) was appointed as Commissioner of Temples and Shrines ('Jisha Bugyo').
Japanese: 享保19年（1734年）28歳で奏者番、翌享保20年（1735年）には寺社奉行を歴任。
English: Matehime (1589 - May 5, 1638), a woman who lived from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the Edo period, was a daughter of the lord of the Sekiyado Domain in Shimosa Province, Yasumoto MATSUDAIRA who was the half-brother of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 満天姫（まてひめ、天正17年（1589年）？-寛永15年3月22日(旧暦)（1638年5月5日））は、安土桃山時代-江戸時代の女性で、徳川家康の異父弟・下総関宿藩主松平康元の娘。
English: She was adopted by her uncle Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and in 1599, she married Masayuki FUKUSHIMA (the seventh son of Shigemune BESSHO, the husband of Masanori's older sister), the adopted heir of Masanori FUKUSHIMA.
Japanese: 伯父・家康の養女となり、慶長4年（1599年）に福島正則の養嗣子・福島正之（正則の姉の夫・別所重宗の七男）に嫁ぐ。
English: However, Masayuki was in confinement due to his misconduct and eventually died in 1607, so she returned to her parents' home partly because of Masanori's consideration (one theory asserts that she later married Tadakatsu FUKUSHIMA, her brother-in-law).
Japanese: しかし、慶長12年（1607年）、正之が乱行のため幽閉され死去するに至り、正則の判断もあって実家に帰った（その後、義理の兄弟である福島忠勝に嫁ぐ、ともされる）。
English: However, Matehime was pregnant by Masayuki at this time and soon gave birth to a baby boy.
Japanese: しかしこのとき満天姫は正之の子を身ごもっており、程なく男児を出産する。
English: In 1613, with Nankobo Tenkai's advice, Ieyasu had Matehime remarry Nobuhiro TSUGARU, the lord of the Hirosaki Domain in the Tsugaru region.
Japanese: 慶長18年（1613年）、南光坊天海の進言もあり、家康は満天姫を津軽地方弘前藩主・津軽信枚に再嫁させることにした。
English: This was related to the fact that Nobuhiro's brother Nobutake TSUGARU had sheltered his associate page Shigenari ISHIDA as well as Tatsuhime in Tsugaru after the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: 信枚の兄・津軽信建が小姓仲間であった石田重成と辰姫を関ヶ原の戦いの後に津軽に匿っていた縁からである。
English: Tatsuhime was eventually moved to Odate Village, Joshu Province (the present-day Ota City [formerly Ojima-cho], Gunma Prefecture), the outland that the Tsugaru family had been given as a reward for the Battle of Sekigahara, and Matehime was received as the lawful wife.
Japanese: 結局、辰姫は関ヶ原の戦いの論功として津軽家が得ていた飛び地領の上州大館村（現在の群馬県太田市（旧尾島町））に移されることとなり、満天姫は正室として迎えられた。
English: However, Nobuhiro couldn't get Tatsuhime out of his mind, so he visited Tatsuhime's residence in Odate Village at every Sankinkotai (a system in which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo) and became intimacy with her.
Japanese: だが信枚は辰姫のことが忘れ得ず、参勤交代の際には必ず大館村の辰姫の居館に立ち寄り、睦み合っていた。
English: As a result, Tatsuhime became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy in 1619.
Japanese: その結果ついに辰姫は身ごもり、元和(日本)5年（1619年）、男児を出産する。
English: Because Tatsuhime died at the age of 32 in 1623, Heizo was brought into the residence of the Edo Domain from Joshu Odate Village and raised as Nobuhiro's heir.
Japanese: 辰姫は元和9年（1623年）に32歳で亡くなったため、上州大館村より平蔵は江戸藩邸に迎え入れられ、信枚の跡取りとして育てられた。
English: The son of Matehime and Masayuki FUKUSHIMA was adopted by the chief retainer of the Hirosaki Domain Naohide DAIDOJI (the adopted child of Masashige DAIDOJI, a vassal of the Gohojo clan) and assumed the name Naohide DAIDOJI.
Japanese: 満天姫が福島正之との間にもうけた男児は、弘前藩の家老となっていた大道寺直英（後北条氏家臣大道寺政繁の養子）の養子に出され、大道寺直秀と名乗ることとなった。
English: Also, the son of Matehime and Nobuhiro was raised by Matehime as the second son of Nobuhiro.
Japanese: また、満天姫が信枚との間にもうけた男児は、信枚の二男として満天姫が育てた。
English: This boy later became Nobufusa TSUGARU, who was the founder of the Kuroishi Domain, a branch of the Hirosaki Domain.
Japanese: この男児は、後に弘前藩の支藩・黒石藩の祖である津軽信英（のぶふさ）となる。
English: On the other hand, Naohide DAIDOJI, who wasn't eligible for the heir of the Hirosaki Domain but asserted himself as a grandchild of Masanori FUKUSHIMA, had already been punished by being deprived of his fief.
Japanese: 一方、結局弘前藩の跡取りになれなかった大道寺直秀は、自らは福島正則の孫であるとして、このときすでに改易されていた。
English: Naohide became anxious to restore the Fukushima family, which had been reduced to a direct vassal of the shogun, and started to work on it.
Japanese: 一旗本にまで身分を落としていた福島家の大名家再興を考えるようになり、しきりに活動するようになる。
English: As Yojuin feard Naohide's activities would make a bad impression on the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) which might bring harm to the Tsugaru family, she became embittered and remonstrated Naohide.
Japanese: 葉縦院は、直秀の活動は幕府の心証を害し、津軽家に災いとなると考え、苦々しく思い、直秀を諫めていた。
English: However, Naohide did not change his mind, and finally said that he was going up to Edo in order to appeal the restoration of the Fukushima family to the Edo bakufu.
Japanese: だが直秀は一向に考えを改めることなく、ついに江戸へ上って江戸幕府に福島家再興を訴えると言い出した。
English: In 1636, as Naohide visited the residence of Yojuin to say goodbye prior to his departure to Edo, he emptied a cup of sake Yojuin suggested, whereupon he started to struggle and died.
Japanese: 寛永13年（1636年）、江戸に出発するため葉縦院の居所へあいさつにきた直秀は、葉縦院に進められるまま杯をあけると、急に苦しみだし、死んでしまう。
English: When Matehime remarried Nobuhiro TSUGARU, she cried for the 'Battle of Sekigahara folding screen' that Ieyasu had a painter draw, and brought it as a bride's household article.
Japanese: 津軽信枚との再婚の際、満天姫は、家康が描かせた「関ヶ原合戦図屏風」を泣いて懇願し、嫁入り道具として持参したという。
English: The 'Battle of Sekigahara folding screen' designated as a National Important Cultural Property is currently held in the Osaka Museum of History.
Japanese: この「関ヶ原合戦図屏風」は現在は国の重要文化財に指定されており、大阪歴史博物館が所蔵している。
English: Kagefuyu ASAKURA (birth date unknown – October 17, 1495) was a busho (Japanese military commander in the end of Muromachi Period.
Japanese: 朝倉景冬（あさくらかげふゆ、生年不詳-明応4年9月20日(旧暦)（1495年10月8日））は室町時代末期の武将である。
English: He performed well on the battle of Choroku, which occurred between Echizen shugo, Yoshitoshi SHIBA and Shugodai (deputy of Shugo, provincial constable), Jochi KAI
Japanese: 越前守護斯波義敏と守護代甲斐常治との間に起こった長禄合戦や、応仁の乱などで兄英林孝景とともに活躍する。
English: He showed excellent performance on the Onin War, and according to"Asakura Shimatsuki," he was called 'Kotengu (small tengu) of Asakura' by Kyowarabe (Kyoto's young people).
Japanese: 特に、応仁の乱での活躍はめざましく、『朝倉始末記』などによれば、京童から「朝倉の小天狗」と言われた。
English: Moreover, after the death of his brother Eirin Takakage, he supported Ujikage ASAKURA (the eighth family head) as the gunji (local magistrate) of Tsuruga District, and helped to unify Echizen.
Japanese: また、兄英林孝景の死去後は、敦賀郡司として朝倉氏景(8代当主)をよく補佐し、越前統一に助力した。
English: When Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA went for subjugation of Rokkaku clan of Omi Province in 1487, he led his troop of 142 horses and 1500 warriors in the vanguard (however, Sadakage ASAKURA [the nineth family head] stayed Tsuruga in order to avoid to fight with Yoshihiro SHIBA).
Japanese: 長享元年（1487年）の将軍足利義尚の近江国六角氏征伐の際は、先陣として142騎と兵1500を率いて坂本に出陣した（ただし、当主朝倉貞景(9代当主)は斯波義寛との同陣を避けて敦賀に留まった）。
English: In February, 1490, he transplanted a pine tree from Sento Imperial Palace to Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA's Higashimaya Sanso villa.
Japanese: 延徳2年（1490年）2月には足利義政の東山山荘に仙洞御所の松を移植する作業を務めた。
English: Shakugo (Sekigo) MATSUNAGA (1592 – July 12, 1657) was a Confucian scholar in the Edo period.
Japanese: 松永尺五（まつながしゃくご（せきご）、文禄元年（1592年）-明暦3年6月2日(旧暦)（1657年7月12日））は江戸時代の儒学者。
English: As a renowned problem solver during the Warring States period in Japan, Shakugo's great-grandfather was Hisahide MATSUNAGA, a well known master of the tea ceremony.
Japanese: 戦国時代随一のフィクサーで、茶人としても有名な松永久秀は尺五の曽祖父である。
English: Masanori IKEDA (January 29, 1850 - October 7 1907) was the eighth (the last) lord of the Ikusaka Domain, Bicchu Province.
Japanese: 池田政礼（いけだまさのり、嘉永2年12月17日(旧暦)（1850年1月29日）-明治40年（1907年）10月7日）は、備中国岡山藩生坂藩の第8代（最後）の藩主。
English: From the following year, 1868, when Boshin War started, he contributed to the New government Army with the Okayama domain, his head family.
Japanese: 翌慶応4年（1868年）からの戊辰戦争では本家の岡山藩と共に、新政府軍に与した。
English: On August 29, 1871, he was dismissed due to the Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures), and moved to Tokyo in September.
Japanese: 明治4年（1871年）7月14日、廃藩置県により免職され、9月に東京に移った。
English: Takakiyo TODO (October 19, 1837 - November 18, 1889) was the twelfth (the last) lord of Tsu domain of Ise Province.
Japanese: 藤堂高潔（とうどうたかきよ、天保8年9月20日(旧暦)（1837年10月19日）-明治22年（1889年）11月18日）は、伊勢国津藩の第12代（最後）の藩主。
English: In 1863, he went to the capital in place of the father to have an audience with the Emperor Komei, and guarded Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Japanese: 1863年、父に代わって上京して孝明天皇と拝謁し、京都御所の警備を努めた。
English: In October, 1868, he took initiative in the reformation of domain duties after the return of lands and people to the emperor, and he took charge of guard when Emperor Meiji visited Ise Jingu Shrine.
Japanese: 明治元年（1868年）10月、版籍奉還後の藩政改革を主導し、明治天皇の伊勢神宮参拝においても守備などで尽力した。
English: In October, 1870, he dismissed soldiers of feudal domain, which occurred Kenmotsu Incident..
Japanese: 明治3年（1870年）10月、藩兵を解散したことで監物騒動が発生する。
English: On August 14, 1871, when his father retired due to the illness, he succeeded the governor of domain.
Japanese: 明治4年（1871年）6月28日、病を理由に父が隠退したため、その後を継いで藩知事となる。
English: Unlike his father, who was infamous ignorant "dog" lord for betraying bakufu forces at Boshin War (his betrayal put the bakufu forces to flight, and he was accused as a "traitor's dog" by both enemy, bakufu and the ally, new government), he allegedly had wisdom, warm personality and excellent talent of paintings and calligraphic works.
Japanese: 戊辰戦争時に幕府軍を裏切って、幕府軍敗走の原因を作った暗愚な藩主として有名な「犬」藩主（「裏切り者の犬」として、敵の幕府や味方の新政府からも虚仮下ろされた）の父と違い、賢明温厚で、書画の才にも優れていたと言われている。
English: Moreover, his skill in Noh chant was full proficiency; he even gave lessons to Roppeita KITA.
Japanese: また謡の腕前も免許皆伝の腕前で、喜多六平太にも稽古を付けた程であった。
English: Julia Ota (years of birth and death unknown) was a Korean woman who had been forced to come to Japan from the suburbs of Pyongyang on the Korean Peninsula during the Bunroku-Keicho War (1592-1653).
Japanese: ジュリア・おたあ（生没年不明）は、文禄・慶長の役（1592年-1653年）で朝鮮半島の平壌近郊から日本に連行されてきた朝鮮人の女性。
English: Although there are theories about her being a daughter of Korean parents who were killed in the war or killed themselves in the maelstrom of the war or a daughter of aristocrats of Yi Dynasty Korea who were captured as hostages in the war, nothing about her birth date, real name and family lineage is known.
Japanese: 戦乱の中で戦死または自害した朝鮮人の娘とも、あるいは人質として捕虜となった李氏朝鮮貴族の娘とも言われるが、生年月日や実名・家系などの詳細は一切不明である。
English: After captured and taken to Japan by the Japanese army, she was transferred to Yukinaga KONISHI, a Christian daimyo (Christian feudal lord) and brought up by him and his wife.
Japanese: 日本軍に捕縛・連行されたのちキリシタン大名の小西行長に身柄を引き渡され、小西夫妻のもとで育てられる。
English: Educated by Mrs. KONISHI, she is said to have had a detailed knowledge of medicinal plants, which was the original family business of the Konishi family.
Japanese: 行長夫人の教育のもと、とりわけ小西家の元来の家業と関わりの深い薬草の知識に造詣を深めたと言われる。
English: She was already extremely well known as a woman of great beauty in those days and after her lord, Yukinaga KONISHI was defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara and decapitated together with Mitsunari ISHIDA at Rokujo-gawara, Kyoto City, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, who had instantly liked her incomparable beauty and intelligence, took her to the O-oku of Sunpu-jo Castle, and since then, she directly served Ieyasu as a waiting woman and was much loved by him.
Japanese: 当時より既に絶世の美女として世にはなはだ名高く、主君行長が関ヶ原の戦いに敗れて、石田三成とともに京六条河原で斬首された後、おたあの類稀な美貌と才気を見初めた徳川家康によって駿府城の大奥に身柄を召し上げられ、家康付きの侍女として側近く仕え、家康の深い寵愛を大いに受けた。
English: It is said that after work, she prayed, read the Bible and missionized her colleague maids and other vassals at night.
Japanese: 昼に一日の仕事を終えてから夜に祈祷し、聖書を読み、他の侍女や家臣たちをキリスト教信仰に導いたとされる。
English: Since she refused to forsake her faith in Christianity and showed reluctance to become an officially-acknowledged concubine of Ieyasu's, she was ousted from Sunpu-jo Castle for violation of the Ban on Christianity, and was exiled first to Izu-oshima Island in 1612, then to Hachijo-jima Island or Nii-jima Island, and finally to Kozu-shima Island.
Japanese: しかし、キリシタン棄教の要求を拒否した上、家康の正式な側室への抜擢に難色を示したため、慶長17年（1612年）に禁教令により駿府より追放され、まず伊豆大島に、ついで八丈島もしくは新島に、それから最後に神津島に流罪となった。
English: It is said that wherever she went, she kept strongly adhering to her faith and devoted herself to helping the abandoned weak people, nursing sick people, and encouraging desperate young exiles.
Japanese: どの地においても熱心に信仰生活を守り、見捨てられた弱者や病人の保護や、自暴自棄になった若い流人への感化など、島民の日常生活に献身的に尽くしたとされる。
English: (Although Ota is said to have made some people Christian by her edification, it has not been confirmed.)
Japanese: （おたあはその教化で島民からキリシタン信仰を獲得したとも言われるが定かではない。）