nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Furthermore, there is an opinion that this is evidence that the Kyushu kingdom existed, but it cannot be said that the remains necessarily indicate that Kyokusui no en was in fact held there, which also applies to the case of the Tohoku region.
Japanese: 更には九州王朝が存在した証拠であるとする主張もあるが、東北地方と同じく、遺構は必ずしも曲水の宴が催された証拠とは言えない。
English: The Kyokusui no en held today were all restored in modern times based on historical data.
Japanese: 現在行われている曲水の宴は、いずれも上記の故事に基づいて近代以降に復元したものである。
English: Kyokusui no en at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine was revived in 1962.
Japanese: 太宰府天満宮の曲水の宴は、1962年（昭和37年）に再興されたものである。
English: The Kyokusui no en held at Kamigamo-jinja Shrine was revived in 1960 to celebrate the birthday of Crown Prince Akihito (present Emperor), but was discontinued and revived again in 1994 as a memorial ceremony of Crown Prince Naruhito's wedding, the 1200th anniversary of the relocation of the Heian capital, and the forty-first shikinen sengu (rebuilding a shrine every 20 or 30 years) of Kamigamo-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 上賀茂神社の曲水の宴は、1960年（昭和35年）、皇太子明仁親王（今上天皇）誕生を記念し再興されたが中断し、1994年（平成6年）皇太子徳仁親王成婚、平安建都1200年、上賀茂神社第41回式年遷宮の奉祝行事として復活したものである。
English: The Kyokusui no en at Motsu-ji Temple came to be held in 1986 in memory of restoration of yarimizu at 'Oizumiga-ike Pond.'
Japanese: 毛越寺の曲水の宴は、1986年（昭和61年）「大泉が池」の遣水の遺構が復元されたことを記念して開かれるようになったものである。
English: The Kyokusui no en at Senganen garden began to be held in 1992 because the garden made by the twenty-first generation, Yoshitaka SHIMAZU, following 'Lan Ting' (Orchid Pavilion) in China around 1736, was excavated in 1959.
Japanese: 仙巌園の曲水の宴は、第21代島津吉貴が1736年頃、中国の「蘭亭」を参考にして作庭したものが1959年に発掘され、1992年（平成4年）に始められたものである。
English: It is a professional name of headship passed down through a family of joiners who have made shelves, incense containers and hearth frames for the three Houses of Sen.
Japanese: 三千家御用達の棚や香合、炉縁などを製作する指物師が代々継承する名跡である。
English: After the death of the fourteenth generation in 1977, the position of headmaster has been vacant for a long time, and Hirozo YOSHIDA (吉田博三), a son of the fourteenth Risai KOMAZAWA's nephew, is undergoing training in order to succeed the position.
Japanese: 当代は14代が昭和52年（1977年）に逝去後、長く空席が続いており、14代の甥の息子である吉田博三が後を嗣ぐべく修行中である。
English: The second generation headmaster, Sokei, who became involved in the House of Sen, was ordered by Sotan SEN to make joinery.
Japanese: 千家に関わったのは2代・宗慶からで、千宗旦の注文により指物を製作したと言われる。
English: He established a warm friendship with Kakukakusai, the sixth generation of Omote Senke (the main branch of the Senke school of tea ceremony), and was designated as a regular joiner for tea ceremony and given the name of 'Risai' by the House of Sen.
Japanese: 彼は表千家六世・覚々斎の知遇を得て千家出入りの茶方指物師として指名され、「利斎」の名を与えられた。
English: The seventh Risai, who worked vigorously in the late Edo period and was also an excellent lacquerer as well as a joiner, collaborated with both Seigen KURODA and Ikkan HIKI, and lived a long life, being called 'the restorer of the Komazawa family.'
Japanese: 江戸時代後期に活躍した7代・利斎は指物だけではなく塗師としても一流の腕を持ち、黒田正玄や飛来一閑らと合作を作るなど意欲的に製作を行い、長寿にも恵まれ「駒沢家中興の祖」といわれる。
English: The thirteenth Risai lived up to seventy, but suffered the misfortune of losing his son who was born in his later years.
Japanese: 13代・利斎は70歳まで生きたものの、晩年に儲けた息子に先立たれると言う不幸にあう。
English: After the death of the thirteenth generation, his wife Namie deicided to become the fourteenth Risai and have her daughter Chiyoko succeed her in the future, but the daughter died young in 1961, and she also died in 1977, leaving the position vacant to this day.
Japanese: 13代の死後、妻であった浪江は娘・千代子を後継者とするべく家業の継承を決意、14代・利斎となるが、その千代子も昭和36年（1961年）に早世、14代も昭和52年に死去、以後現在に至るまで名跡は空席となっている。
English: The family has worked as scroll mounters for the three Houses of Sen, mounting pieces of calligraphy written by the school heads on hanging scrolls, creating folding screens and 'kamashiki,' a kind of placemat which is laid under the teakettle.
Japanese: 三千家御用達の表具師として、家元らの揮毫の軸装（掛け軸に仕立てること）や屏風、釜の敷物の一種である「釜敷」の製作などを行う。
English: It is said that the Okumura family were the descendants of the Sasaki clan and country samurai of 'Tani no sho,' the northern Omi Province.
Japanese: 奥村家は佐々木氏の末裔を称し、近江国北部の「谷の庄」なるところの郷士であったとされる。
English: Sadamichi's son, Genrokuro Sadatsugu OKUMURA, made his eldest son Genshiro serve Toshiie MAEDA, and later the son became a clansman of Kaga Domain, calling himself 'Okumura Settsu no Kami Sadamitsu.'
Japanese: 定道の息子・奥村源六郎定次は長男・源子郎を前田利家に仕官させ、長男は後に「奥村摂津守定光」を名乗り加賀藩士となる。
English: His second son Kichiemon Kiyosada did not enter government service, and succeeded the family business on his mother's side, becoming a merchant and a scroll mounter in Kyo.
Japanese: 次男・吉右衛門清定は仕官せず、母方の家業を継いで商人となり京にて表具屋となる。
English: The second Kichibe became a purveyor to the Kishu Tokugawa family, being introduced by Kakukakusai, the sixth head of Omote Senke (the main branch of the Senke school of tea ceremony), and laid the foundations for the prosperity of the family.
Japanese: 2代・吉兵衛は表千家6代・覚々斎の取りなしにより紀州徳川家御用達となり、家運興隆の基礎を作る。
English: Over several generations, the men in the family died young, forcing them to adopt men as husbands for their daughters from the family's hometown, the northern Omi Province.
Japanese: その後数代に渡り男子が夭折し跡取りに恵まれず、代々婿養子を郷里の北近江より迎える事態となる。
English: The sixth Kichibe, one of the adopted sons-in-law, conducted investigations in order to compile the achievements of the Okumura family, making a record of mounting done by past generations as well as a family tree.
Japanese: その中の1人、6代・吉兵衛は奥村家の功績をまとめるために調査を重ね、家系図はもちろん、歴代の表具作成の記録などを文書化する。
English: While the eighth Kichibe was said to be the best scroll mounter out of all the generations, he was also familiar with Kokugaku (the study of Japanese classical literature) and Confucianism, maintaining deep friendships with scholars and loyal supporters of "Revere the Emperor and expel the foreigners."
Japanese: 8代・吉兵衛は歴代の中でも最も名手といわれる一方、国学、儒学に通じ、尊皇攘夷派の学者や志士と深く交わりを持った人物である。
English: Ironically, tea ceremony declined due to civilization and enlightenment which came after the Meiji Restoration, and the Okumura family was badly damaged.
Japanese: しかし、皮肉にも明治維新後の文明開化により茶道が衰退、奥村家は大ダメージを受ける。
English: The ninth Kichibe succeeded the family during a period of hardship, but managed to reconstruct the Okumura family, which continues to this day.
Japanese: 9代・吉兵衛はこの困難な時代に名跡を継ぎ、奥村家の建て直しに成功、現在に至る。
English: Kichiemon the first (1618 - September, 1700)
Japanese: 初代　吉右衛門（元和(日本)4年（1618年）～元禄13年（1700年）9月）
English: The letters on the Okumura family's store curtain were written by Kyuraku, and still hangs at the entrance of the store.
Japanese: 現在も奥村家の玄関にかかる「表具師」ののれんの揮毫はこの窮楽の筆による物とされる。
English: In 1698, he became a purveyor to the Kishu Tokugawa family and Omote Senke through the good offices of Kakukakusai, the sixth generation of the Omote Senke.
Japanese: 元禄11年（1698年）、表千家6代・覚々斎の取りなしで紀州徳川家御用達、また表千家御用達となる。
English: Among the paintings by Mitsuzane TOSA whose triad of collaboration with the three Houses of Sen are well known, he obtained legends to the two of them by Omote Senke Ryoryosai (sacred gem) and Urasenke Nintokusai (a mallet), and mounted them.
Japanese: 三千家合作の三幅対として有名な土佐光孚筆の絵のうち、表千家・了々斎（宝珠）、裏千家・認得斎（小槌）の2作の賛を得て、表装を行う。
English: He was interested in compiling historical materials, and decided to recompile the family tradition lost during the Great Fire of Tenmei, writing 'A Family Tree of the Okumura Family' and two volumes of 'A Record of Colors and Sizes of Mounting Preferred by the House of Sen,' producing important historical materials concerning styles of tea utensils and tea party rules for posterity.
Japanese: 史料編纂に興味を持ち、天明の大火で失った家伝の再編纂を決意、「奥村家系図」、「千家御好表具并諸色寸法控」乾巻・坤巻を著し、茶道具の様式や、茶会のルールなど、貴重な資料を後世に伝える功績を残す。
English: He was also interested in studying, and learned Confucianism under Koseki OKAMOTO, who later became a chief vassal of the Hikone Domain, and through his teacher came to know Seigan YANAGAWA and Koran YANAGAWA (husband and wife).
Japanese: 当人は学問の方に興味があり、後に彦根藩家老となった岡本黄石を師として儒学を学び、その紹介により梁川星巌、梁川紅蘭夫妻と親交を結ぶ。
English: He moved from Kamidachiuri, Ogawa-cho (present-day Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City) to Ebisugawa, Kamanza dori (present-day Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City).
Japanese: 小川町上立売（現京都市上京区）から、現在奥村家のある釜座通夷川（現京都市中京区）へ転居。
English: In 1883, Mushanokoji Senke Isshisai wrote a legend to the incomplete drawing called 'a pair of scales' among the 'triad of collaboration of three Houses of Sen,' and the triad was completed sixty years after the project was commenced.
Japanese: 明治15年に、「三千家合作の三幅対」のうち未完であった「天秤計り」に武者小路千家・一指斎の賛を頂戴し、発起より60年後に完成させる。
English: The tenth generation, Kichijiro (May, 1869 - September, 1944)
Japanese: 十代　吉次郎（明治2年（1869年）5月～昭和19年（1944年）9月）
English: Seigen KURODA was one of the Senke Jisshoku (The Ten Craftsmen of the House of Sen), and for generations the name has been passed down through this family of craftsman in bamboo-ware and ladles.
Japanese: 黒田　正玄（くろだ　せいげん）は千家十職の一つで、竹細工・柄杓師を務める家が代々襲名している名称。
English: The family creates tea equipment made of bamboo such as daisu (a display stand for tea ceremony utensils), kogo (an incense case), and hanaire (a flower vase), and supplies these things to the House of Sen.
Japanese: 柄杓の他、台子、香合、花入など竹を使う茶道具を製作し、千家に納めてきた家系。
English: However, the Niwa clan sided with the West Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, and was deprived of samurai status and the family territories forfeited, so Seigen became ronin (masterless samurai), shaving his head, and moved to Otsu City to be a bamboo-ware artisan.
Japanese: しかし関ヶ原の戦いで丹羽氏は西軍に付き改易、浪人となったために剃髪して大津市に移り住み、竹細工職人となった。
English: Seigen, who became a famous craftsman in bamboo-ware, received an order from Enshu KOBORI, which gave him a chance to cultivate connections within the world of tea ceremony and Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 評判の竹細工師となった正玄は小堀遠州からの注文を受け、茶道界・江戸幕府とのつながりを作る。
English: Due to the early death of Seigen the ninth, Seigen the tenth was hastily adopted as the husband for a daughter of the family, but the succession to the head of the family and Meiji Restoration happened around the same time; during the time when the family's patron bakufu collapsed and tea ceremony was declining, he took great pains to maintain the family business.
Japanese: 10代正玄は9代正玄の早世により急遽婿養子となった人物だが、家督相続が明治維新と重なり、庇護者である幕府が崩壊、茶道も衰退する中、家業の保持に苦心した。
English: Seigen the eleventh also died young, and Seigen the twelfth supported the family business during difficult times during and after the war with the help of people around him.
Japanese: その後を嗣いだ11代正玄も早世、12代正玄は周囲の援助を得ながら、戦中・戦後の困難な時期に家業を支えた。
English: Seigen the first (1578 - August 8, 1653 (lunar calendar))
Japanese: 初代　正玄（天正6年（1578年）～承応2年（1653年）8月8日（旧暦））
English: He grew up serving Nagashige NIWA, the family head in the district, but his master sided with the West Army during the Battle of Sekigahara, and being deprived of his samurai status and having his family territories forfeited, Shichirozaemon became ronin.
Japanese: 成長して、当地の当主である丹羽長重に仕えるが、関ヶ原の合戦で長重が西軍につき改易、七郎左衛門も浪人となる。
English: It is said that his instructor was Ichiami, Ido no Kami (a person who takes care of a well) in Samegai, who supplied ladles to Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and was praised as being 'the best in the country.'
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉に柄杓を納めて「天下一」と称されていた一阿彌という醒ヶ井の井戸守が、正玄の柄杓づくりの師匠であったといわれる。
English: He undertook tea ceremony training under Enshu KOBORI, and became a purveyor of ladles to the Edo bakufu due to his recommendation.
Japanese: 小堀遠州の元で茶を修行し、その推挙により江戸幕府御用達の柄杓師となる。
English: Practicing Zen meditation under Sogan KOGETSU, the 156th Head Priest of the Daitoku-ji Temple, he was also introduced to SEN no Sotan and came to supply him with ladles.
Japanese: また、大徳寺156世住持・江月宗玩の元に参禅していたことで、千宗旦に紹介されて柄杓を納めるようになる。
English: After his retirement, he lived at the foot of Mt. Uryu in the northern suburb of Kyoto, befriending Jozan ISHIKAWA, who lived in his neighborhood.
Japanese: 隠居後は洛北・瓜生山の麓に住み、近所のよしみで石川丈山と親交を結ぶ。
English: It is said that the letters on the store curtain, which still hangs in the Kuroda family today, were written by Jozan ISHIKAWA.
Japanese: 現在も黒田家に掛かっているのれんの字は石川丈山の筆によるものと伝えられる。
English: Although he had served the Honda clan of Zeze Domain by recommendation of Enshu KOBORI, he quit his service and became an instructor of tea ceremony at Aburanokoji-dori Street, Nijo-dori Street.
Japanese: 小堀遠州の推薦により膳所藩本多氏に仕えるも、晩年官を辞して京の油小路通二条通にて茶の湯指南となる。
English: Seigen the second (1626 - May 24, 1687)
Japanese: 二代　正玄（寛永3年（1626年）～貞享4年（1687年）4月14日（旧暦））
English: Seigen the third (1656 - November 4, 1717)
Japanese: 三代　正玄（明暦5年（1656年）～享保2年（1717年）10月2日（旧暦））
English: Seigen the fourth (1692 - August 28, 1731)
Japanese: 四代　正玄（元禄5年（1692年）～享保16年（1731年）7月26日（旧暦））
English: He succeeded his father when he was thirteen, and became a purveyor to the three Sen Houses, but died young at the age of forty.
Japanese: 13歳の若さで家督相続し、将軍家・三千家御用を務めるが、40歳で早世。
English: Since the fourth Seigen did not have any children, he was adopted from the family of Gorobe KATSUMI, the house of the second Seigen's wife.
Japanese: 四代に子供がいなかったため、二代の妻の実家・勝見五郎兵衛家から養子に迎えられる。
English: He was a purveyor to Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, Omote Senke Nyoshinsai, Urasenke (school of tea ceremony) Yugensai, and Mushanokoji Senke (school of tea ceremony) Jikisai.
Japanese: 徳川吉宗、表千家・如心斎、裏千家・又玄斎、武者小路千家・直斎の御用を務める。
English: Seigen the sixth (1747 - July 18, 1814)
Japanese: 六代　正玄（延享4年（1747年）～文化(日本)11年（1814年6月2日（旧暦））
English: He was a leading figure in Kyo, being the head of townsmen at Kamigyo District, and a purveyor to Ieharu TOKUGAWA, Ienari TOKUGAWA, Omote Senke Sottakusai, Urasenke Fukensai, and Mushanokoji Senke Ittotsusai.
Japanese: 上京の町年寄を務めるなど、京の町人の中でも重鎮であり、柄杓師としては徳川家治、徳川家斉、表千家・ソツ啄斎、裏千家・不見斎、武者小路千家・一啜斎の御用を務める。
English: In 1788, he lost his estate during the Great Fire of Tenmei, but thanks to warehouse of the Kuroda family which survived, old materials have been passed down through the family to this day, while most of other Senke Jisshoku lost their family traditions and materials.
Japanese: 天明8年（1788年）、天明の大火に遭遇、家屋敷を失うが、他の千家十職がそれまでの家伝や資料なども失った家が多かったのに対し、黒田家は倉だけは焼け残ったため、比較的古い資料を現代まで伝える結果となる。
English: Seigen the seventh (1768 - January 22, 1820)
Japanese: 七代　正玄（明和5年（1768年）～文政2年（1819年）12月7日（旧暦））
English: Following his adoptive father, he took the position as town head at Kamigyo District, and was a purveyor to Ienari TOKUGAWA, Omote Senke Ryoryosai, Urasenke Nintokusai, and Mushanokoji Senke Kokosai.
Japanese: 養父に引き続き上京町年寄、及び徳川家斉、表千家・了々斎、裏千家・認得斎、武者小路千家・好々斎の御用を務める。
English: During the time of upheavals or the last days of the Tokugwa Shogunate, he lost his successor at the age of fifty-one and due to the Meiji Restoration he suffered greatly at the hands of the Shogun family's collapse, which was a valued patron.
Japanese: 幕末動乱期の中、51歳で後継者を失い、明治維新によって大得意先の将軍家の消滅という悲劇に遭う。
English: Seigen the ninth (1837 - November 14, 1859)
Japanese: 九代　正玄（天保8年（1837年）～安政6年（1859年）10月20日（旧暦））
English: He had been a disciple of the eighth Seigen and already married and set up business on his own, but due to the sudden death of the ninth Seigen, he was called back hastily by his master, and became a successor.
Japanese: 八代の弟子であり、既に結婚独立していたが、九代の急死のため、急遽師匠の命により呼び戻されて後継者となる。
English: In 1869, he succeeded as head of the family due to the death of his adoptive father, but the Shogun family had already disappeared and he took pains to maintain the family business during the decline of the tea ceremony.
Japanese: 明治2年、養父の死により家督相続するが、将軍家が無くなり、茶道も斜陽の時期を迎えるという困難の中、家業の維持に苦心。
English: In accordance with his will, he was not buried in the Kuroda family's temple, but in Shugaku-in Temple (present-day Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), a temple that retains his real parents' family grave, having a bamboo-shoot-shaped gravestone established for him.
Japanese: 遺言により黒田家の菩提寺ではなく修学院（現京都市左京区）の実家の菩提寺に、筍型の墓石を築かれ、葬られる。
English: He was a purveyor to Omote Senke Rokurokusai, Urasenke Yumyosai, and Mushanokoji Senke Isshisai.
Japanese: 表千家・碌々斎、裏千家・又ミョウ斎、武者小路千家・一指斎の御用を務める。
English: He was only six years old when his father passed away, so came under the guardianship of his uncle, Tsunejiro KURODA, and his father's disciple, Teijiro UEDA, succeeding as head of the family in 1926.
Japanese: 父が死去したときまだ6歳だったため、叔父・黒田常次郎と父の弟子・上田定次郎に後見され、大正15年に家督相続する。
English: He became a qualified craftsman approved by the government in 1943, and was awarded a Dark Blue Ribbon Medal on April 28, 1976.
Japanese: 昭和18年に政府認定技術保存資格者、昭和51年4月28日紺綬褒章受賞。
English: Zen Nihon Senchado Renmei (National Japanese Sencha Association) is an incorporated association founded for the promotion and development of Sencha-do (the way of sencha).
Japanese: 全日本煎茶道連盟は、煎茶道の普及発展を目的として結成された社団法人。
English: The way of Senchado pushed the tea ceremony forward almost overwhelming from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate through the beginning of the Meiji period, but after that Senchado lost its popularity rapidly.
Japanese: 煎茶道は幕末-明治時代初頭にかけて茶道を圧倒する勢いを見せたが、その後は急速に人気が無くなっていった
English: Under such circumstances, the organization "Koyukai" was founded to promote sencha by lovers of sencha and the heads of Senchado schools who felt a sense of impending crisis in the last year of the Taisho period (1925).
Japanese: この状況に危機感を持った煎茶愛好者や煎茶道宗家達は、大正末年に煎茶振興のため「高遊会」という組織を結成する
English: In the autumn of 1928, 'Baisado' for publicly honoring Baisao and the Senchado tea house 'Yuseiken' were built in the precincts of the Manpuku-ji temple.
Japanese: 昭和3年秋、萬福寺の境内に売茶翁顕彰のため「売茶堂」と煎茶道茶席「有声軒」が建立される。
English: Since then, Koyukai's tea parties and meetings have been held with Manpuku-ji temple at the center, aiming for a renaissance of Senchado.
Japanese: 以後、萬福寺を中心として高遊会の茶会・会合が行われ、煎茶道復興が計られた。
English: In 1954, a Senchado tea party supported by various schools was held in the Daihoe (great Buddhist memorial service) in Manpuku-ji temple, which became the catalyst for increasing momentum toward the need of an organization uniting Senchado again, and in January 1956, popular schools all over the country gathered and founded the federation.
Japanese: 昭和29年、萬福寺大法会において煎茶道諸流協賛茶会が開催されたことをきっかけに、再び煎茶道を統合する組織が必要であるという気運が高まり、昭和31年1月、全国の有力流派が集まり連盟が結成されたのである。
English: In the autumn of 1962, the federation held a Hyakuseki chakai (a tea party with 100 seats) at Manpuku-ji temple on the two-hundredth anniversary of Baisao's death.
Japanese: 昭和37年秋、売茶翁二百年忌を記念し萬福寺を会場として百席茶会を開催。
English: The federation has also held a study meeting and a national conference every year since the founding without missing a single year, and devoted itself to Senchado promotion.
Japanese: また、結成直後から毎年研究会や全国大会を欠かさず開き、煎茶道の普及に尽力する。
English: Recognized for its past performance, the federation, which was a voluntary organization, was re-established as an incorporated association in 1966.
Japanese: 昭和41年、それまでの実績が認められて任意組織だった連盟は社団法人として設立されることになった。
English: However, there suddenly occurred a conflict among the schools over the policy then, and that made some popular schools such as the Ogawa school, the Kagetsuan school, etc., withdraw from the association.
Japanese: しかし、この時の方針を巡って諸流派の間で対立が勃発、有力な流派であった小川流、花月菴流などが脱退してしまう。
English: The association held an exhibition of Senchado culture and calligraphy left by departed Obaku monks in 1967, participated in the Japan World Exposition in 1970, and held a tea ceremony in Hawaii for five years consecutively from 1973 to 1977.
Japanese: 昭和42年煎茶道文化黄檗遺墨展開催、昭和45年日本万国博覧会に参加、昭和48年-昭和52年、5年連続ハワイ茶会開催。
English: In 1975, the association held a festival for the three-hundredth anniversary of Baisao's birth, and appealed to nonmember schools to take part in it at the time, but only two or three nonmember schools responded and they did not join the association.
Japanese: 昭和50年に売茶翁生誕三百年祭を開催、この時、連盟は未加盟の諸流派にも参加するよう呼びかけたが、参加した未加盟流派は2,3に留まり、しかも、それらの流派はその後連盟に加盟しなかった。
English: In 1985, the Senchado assembly hall, where its office is now located, was built to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the association's being founded.
Japanese: 昭和60年、連盟30周年を記念し、萬福寺内に現在事務局がある煎茶道会館を建設。
English: In 1986, the association cooperated with the establishment of Nihon Sencha Kogyo Kyokai (Japan Sencha Arts and Crafts Association), and also is trying to aid craftsmen who make utensils used in Senchado.
Japanese: 昭和61年には日本煎茶工芸協会の設立に協力し、煎茶道で使う道具を作る工芸家達の援助にも務めている。
English: Tawawa-chan is the mascot of Kyoto Tower, which is located in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto city.
Japanese: たわわちゃんは京都市下京区にある京都タワーのマスコットキャラクター。
English: It was originally a nameless mascot, designed for employee badges along with the tower's fortieth anniversary, and only given for free to business clients and the friends of employees.
Japanese: 元々タワーの開業40周年に合わせ、社員用バッジのために作られた名もないキャラクターで、取引相手や社員の友人などに無料で渡していた程度だった。
English: However, its reputation spread and it officially came into being in December 2004 after entries for its name were collected from the public.
Japanese: しかし、噂が広まり、名前を公募した上で2004年12月、正式に誕生した。
English: She likes "tall men,, and the mascot of Tokyo Tower, the "Noppon brothers, " got some chocolate from her on Valentine's day in February, 2007.
Japanese: 好きなタイプは「背の高い人」で、2007年2月のバレンタインデーには、東京タワーのマスコット「ノッポン兄弟」にチョコを贈っている。
English: She appeared on the FNS 26-hour program "National Excitement! The biggest in history!! A special mid-summer quiz program festival for 26 hours straight! "What are the real claims to fame of the twenty-eight local FNS stations' hometowns?".
Japanese: FNS26時間テレビ国民的なおもしろさ!史上最大!!真夏のクイズ祭り26時間ぶっ通しスペシャル「FNS28局お国自慢ホンモノはどれだ?」出演
English: She gets along with Pursa-kun and sometimes visits Sanga Town to see the Kyoto Sanga F.C. team's practices.
Japanese: パーサくんと交流があり、サンガタウンへ京都サンガF.C.の練習を見学に行くこともある。
English: In Shiga prefecture, a strange light called abura-bo was said to appear from the end of spring through summer in Hoshika village, Yasu district (the present Yasu city), and it was said to be a Buddhist monk who had stolen lamp oil from Mt.Hiei then turned himself into it.
Japanese: 滋賀県では、野洲郡欲賀村（現・野洲市）に、晩春から夏にかけて油坊という怪火が現れたと伝えらており、比叡山の灯油を盗んだ僧侶が変化したものといわれた。
English: "Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyo‎ban (One Hundred Strange and Weird Tales of Past and Present)," a collection of ghost stories from the Edo period, named it "Abura-nusubito" (an oil-thief).
Japanese: 江戸時代の怪談本『古今百物語評判』では、名は「油盗人」（あぶらぬすびと）とされている。
English: It is said that a similar strange light appeared in Kyoto prefecture, and according to "Shokoku rijindan" (Tales collected from village people), a book on miscellaneous subjects in the Kansei era, and that it also appeared at the western foot of Mt.Hiei.
Japanese: このような怪火は京都府にも現れたといい、寛政時代の雑書『諸国里人談』によれば比叡山の西麓にも現れたという。
English: Furthermore, abura-bo is regarded as a ghost with oil in his hand at Kongo-ji temple in Aisho town, Echi district, Shiga prefecture.
Japanese: また、滋賀県愛知郡(滋賀県)愛荘町の金剛寺では、油坊は油を手にした霊とされる。
English: It has a folk tale similar to the one in Yasu district; a Buddhist monk, who had had the duty of delivering lamp oil to the temple, stole the oil and made money for his love of having a good time, however, a sudden attack of illness took his life before he went out to have fun, and since then his ghost would appear at the temple gate.
Japanese: こちらにも野洲郡のものと似た伝承があり、寺に灯油を届ける役目を持つ僧侶が、遊ぶ金欲しさに灯油を盗んで金を作ったが、遊びに行く前に急病で命を落としてしまい、それ以来、寺の山門に霊となって現れるようになったという。
English: It is said that if a picture is left untended even when it gets old and need restoration, a character in the picture will give warning.
Japanese: その絵画が古くなって修復が必要となった際、修復せずに放っておくと、絵の中の人物が警告を促すという。
English: There is a story about 'A woman painted on a folding screen' in the first part of an essay by FUJIWARA no Ietaka "Ochiguri monogatari" (The Story of Fallen Chestnuts) written in Bunsei era.
Japanese: 藤原家孝による文政時代の随筆『落栗物語』前編「屏風画の女」に記述がある。
English: Once upon a time, there was a worn-out folding screen with a picture of woman on it owned by a family called the Kajuji, a family that held the office of the premiership.
Japanese: その昔、勧修寺という宰相家に、女性の絵が描かれたぼろぼろの屏風があった。
English: One day, the samurai-dokoro (the Board of Retainers) of Honami-dono asked the Kajuji to borrow the folding screen, and the Kajuji lent it willingly.
Japanese: あるとき、穂波殿の侍所からその屏風の借用を依頼され、勧修寺は快く貸し出した。
English: However, from that time on a strange woman frequented the surroundings of the Honami-dono residence.
Japanese: しかしその後、穂波殿の屋敷近辺で怪しげな女性が出没するようになった。
English: On one occasion, when someone witnessed the woman and followed her, she moved to the screen and disappeared.
Japanese: あるときに女性を目撃した者が、その跡をつけてみると、女性は屏風のもとまで移動して姿を消した。