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English: ABE no Seimei was highly regarded by Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), FUJIWARA no Michinaga, it is considered that ASHIYA Doman was ordered to curse Michinaga by Sadaijin (minister of the left) FUJIWARA no Koremitsu, Michinaga's political adversary that was the defining moment of the eternal rivalry between Seimei and Doman.
Japanese: 安倍晴明が当時の関白藤原道長に重用されていたのに対し、蘆谷道満は藤原道長の政敵である左大臣藤原顕光に道長への呪祖を命じられたとされ、これが両者の永遠のライバルとしての関係を決定づけた。
English: In 'Hoshoki,' the regional magazine in the Harima Province in the Muromachi Period, it is written that ASHIYA Doman was banished to Harima after being exposed by ABE no Seimei that he was asked to curse FUJIWARA no Michinaga by FUJIWARA no Koremitsu and Doman's descendants subsequently moved to the Aga-Miyake area near the Seto Island Sea to carry on their onmyoji business.
Japanese: 室町時代の播磨の地誌である「峰相記」には、藤原顕光に呪詛を依頼された蘆谷道満は安倍晴明にこれを見破られたために播磨に流され、道満の子孫が瀬戸内海寄りの英賀・三宅方面に移り住み陰陽師の業を継いだと記されている。
English: In literary works including the Kabuki and Bunraku adaptation 'Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami,' Doman often appears as ABE no Seimei's rival having a magic showdown with him but he is invariably portrayed as a villain serving as a foil to Seimei.
Japanese: 歌舞伎や文楽の演目「芦屋道満大内鑑」をはじめとした著作で、しばしば安部晴明と呪術合戦を繰り広げるライバルとして登場するが、もっぱら晴明を引き立てる悪役として描かれることが多い。
English: Doman came to Kyoto with a proposal that the loser of a game of magic between him and Seimei performed at the Imperial Palace become the student of the winner whereby the emperor had a chest containing 16 large oranges brought out hidden from the view of the 2 competitors and said, 'Tell what is inside.'
Japanese: 道満が上京し晴明と内裏で争い負けた方が弟子になるという呪術勝負を持ちかけたことにより、帝は大柑子を16個入れた長持を占術当事者である両名には見せずに持ち出させ「中に何が入っているかを占え」とのお題を与えた。
English: Doman immediately guessed the contents of the chest and excitedly answered, '16 large oranges' but Seimei, after performing kaji, quietly said, '16 mice.'
Japanese: 早速、道満は長持の中身を予測し「大柑子が16！」と答えたが、晴明は加持の上冷静に「鼠が16匹」と答えた。
English: Ministers and kugyo in the audience wanted Seimei who was an onmyoji belonging to the central government to win, but they were disappointed since they knew the contents were unquestionably oranges and it was clear that Seimei had lost the game.
Japanese: 観客であった大臣・公卿らは中央所属の陰陽師である晴明に勝たせたいと考えていたが中身は「大柑子」であることは明白に承知していたので晴明の負けがはっきりしたと落胆した。
English: When the chest was opened, however, Seimei had changed oranges into mice using shikigami, 16 mice jumped out and ran around everywhere.
Japanese: しかし、長持を開けてみると、晴明が式神を駆使して鼠に変えてしまっており、中からは鼠が16匹出てきて四方八方に走り回った。
English: Just like the legends of ABE no Seimei spread across the country, the legends of Doman ASHIYA also spread and there are numerous memorials to Doman such as 'Ashiyazuka,' 'Domanzuka,' and '道満井 (Doman wells)' that still remain in various locations in Japan today.
Japanese: 阿倍晴明伝説が全国的に拡散したのと同様、蘆谷道満伝説も大規模に拡がっており、日本各地に「蘆屋塚」・「道満塚」・「道満井」の類が数多く残っている。
English: An illegal Onmyoji who, while being a monk in Harima Province, made a large amount of money by using magic and divination.
Japanese: 播磨国の僧侶でありながら陰陽道の呪法や占術を用いて金を稼ぎまくったヤミ陰陽師。
English: There are some well-known stories about Chitoku hoshi in Konjaku monogatari where sympathizing with a ship owner who was attacked by pirates, Chitoku hoshi recovered the cargo by using the art of Onmyo and preening himself on having mastered Onmyodo, Chitoku hoshi decided to check on the reputed ABE no Seimei's talent thereby challenging Seimei to a game of magic bringing his shikigami with him but ABE no Seimei hid Chitoku hoshi's shikigami which Seimei returned to Chitoku hoshi after accepting Chitoku hoshi's apologies.
Japanese: 今昔物語の、海賊に襲われた船主に同情して陰陽の術を用いて船荷を取り戻した話や、陰陽道を身につけて得意になり、噂に聞く安倍晴明の実力を確かめようと自分の式神を連れて呪術対決に臨んだが、逆に安倍晴明に式神たちを隠されてしまい、陳謝して自分の式神を返してもらうというエピソードで知られる。
English: It is generally believed that Chitoku hoshi and Doman ASHIYA may have been the same person since their characters and circumstances were very much alike.
Japanese: 人物像や環境設定が酷似しているため、蘆谷道満と同一人物ではないかとの説が有力である。
English: Taking into account their implication on the other religions, since the rituals of Onmyodo are still under investigation, it is difficult to discuss them in specific terms.
Japanese: 他教との影響関係等も含め陰陽道の儀礼は未だ研究の途上にあるため具体的に述べることは難しい。
English: Ceremonies conducted by Onmyoji in the Imperial Court have been recorded in 'Onmyoryo' of "Engishiki."
Japanese: 『延喜式』「陰陽寮」には宮中における陰陽師の司った祭りの記録が見える。
English: According to 'Onmyoryo' of "Engishiki," Oniyarai-sai (儺祭) (setsubun and oniyarai), niwabi (garden fire), Kamadogami no matsuri (Festival of the god of kitchen stove), Gohonmei-sai (御本命祭),and Sangen-sai (三元祭) are mentioned.
Japanese: それによれば儺祭（節分・鬼やらい）や庭火・竈神の祭、御本命祭、三元祭などが挙げられている。
English: Of these rituals, with respect to Oniyarai-sai (儺祭), it is written that Onmyoji proceeds (to the platform) and recites saibun, but the first half of this saibun is the ondoku (Chinese reading) partly consisting of Chinese (kanji characters), whereas, the latter half is the kundoku (Japanese reading) partly written in Manyogana like norito (Shinto prayer).
Japanese: このうち儺祭では陰陽師が（壇に）進んで祭文を読むとあるが、この祭文は前半が中国語（漢字）で構成された音読部分であり、後半が祝詞のように万葉仮名の振られた訓読部分となっている。
English: Additionally, some of the Onmyodo ceremonies are outlined in Bunkansho written in the Middle Ages but the religious ceremonies of Onmyodo consist of large, medium and small methods that seem to be used depending on the circumstance.
Japanese: また、中世の『文肝抄』には幾つかの陰陽道祭の概要が述べられているが、陰陽道の祭儀は大・中・小法からなり、状況により使い分けていたようである。
English: With respect to the representative ceremonies of Onmyodo, one could mention Taizanfukun-sai to celebrate Taizanfukun who controls people's longevity or Tensochifusai that was performed every time a new emperor ascended to the throne, but it is recorded in Bunkansho that the other various Onmyodo ceremonies such as 五帝四海神祭, Hokkyogengusai, 三万六千神祭,七十二星鎮祭,西嶽真人祭,Taishogunsai, 河臨祭,霊気道断祭,and Shokonsai were also performed, and some saibun still remain in existence today.
Japanese: 陰陽道の代表的な祭儀といえば、人の寿命を司る泰山府君を祭る泰山府君祭や天皇の即位毎に行われた天曹地府祭などを挙げる事ができるが、『文肝抄』にはこの他五帝四海神祭や北極玄宮祭、三万六千神祭、七十二星鎮祭、西嶽真人祭、大将軍祭、河臨祭、霊気道断祭、招魂祭等種々の陰陽道祭があったことが記され、幾つかは祭文が伝存している。
English: It is generally referred to 9 letters including 'rin, byo, to, sha, kai, jin, retsu, zen and gyo (Those preparing to fight in the war walk forward at the front of the lineup),' and it is accompanied by ketsuin (crossing fingers) or by a gesture of cutting the air with a hand 4 times vertically and 5 times horizontally.
Japanese: 一般には「臨兵闘者皆陣列在前」の九字を言い、結印したり四縦五横に切る所作を伴う。
English: At present, it is considered that 'Kuji' was first mentioned in '登渉篇' of "Baopuzi" written by Katsuko (Ge-hong) but, in that book, it ended with 'zen gyo' and not 'zai zen' and only the curse '六甲秘祝' which is sung when entering mountains.
Japanese: 現在のところ「九字」の初見は葛洪『抱朴子』「登渉篇」とされるが、同書では末尾が「在前」ではなく「前行」となっており、入山時に唱える「六甲秘祝」として呪のみが載る。
English: It is therefore considered that kuji curse, a gesture of cutting the air 4 times vertically and 5 times horizontally and ketsuin were created separately.
Japanese: したがって九字の呪、四縦五横に切る所作、結印の所作は別個に形成されたものと考えられる。
English: Additionally, while the gesture of cutting the air 4 times vertically and 5 times horizontally appear in some scriptures such as Taoist Scriptures and has existed from long ago, a gesture of ketsuin is not described in those old scriptures.
Japanese: なお、四縦五横に切る所作自体は道教経典等にも見え古くから存在しているが、結印の所作は見えない。
English: It is likely that the gesture of ketsuin was added while Onmyodo was being adopted by the esoteric Buddhism or Shugen-do after it was brought over to Japan.
Japanese: 結印の所作は恐らく我国伝来後、密教或いは修験道が受容する中で付加されたものであろう。
English: Additionally, as for kuji in Onmyodo, there is a version in which Onmyoji chant, 'Suzaku, Genbu, Byakko, Kochin, Teigo (?), Buno, Santai, Tamame (or Gyokujo), Seiryu' while cutting the air 4 times vertically and 5 times horizontally described in literature about the henpai manners of Onmyodo in the Kamakura Period.
Japanese: なお、陰陽道における九字では、古いものでは鎌倉期の陰陽道の反閇儀礼を伝える文献に四縦五横に切りながら「朱雀・玄武・白虎・勾陳・帝后（？）・文王・三台・玉女・青龍」を唱えるものがある。
English: It was originally a set expressions meaning, 'Execute quickly as prescribed in the ritsuryo,' which was written at the end of official documents during the Han Period in China.
Japanese: 元来は、中国漢代の公文書の末尾に書かれた決り文句で「急いで律令の如く行え」の意。
English: A tool used for judging good omens or bad according to Rikujin shikisen which consists of a rectangular seat called 'yo' representing earth and a circular canopy called 'kan' representing heaven.
Japanese: 六壬式占によって吉凶を判断するための道具で、地を表す「輿（よ）」と呼ばれる方形の台座と、天を表す「堪（かん）」と呼ばれる円形の天盤で作られている。
English: Hakka (Ba gua) including Nijuhasshuku (Twenty-eight mansions), Jikkan (Ten celestial stems), Junishi (Twelve earthly signs) and yosumi (Four cardinal points) are described on the earth board (the seat) and Junigessho etc. are described on the heaven board (the canopy).
Japanese: 地盤には、二十八宿、十干、十二支、四隅の八卦が記載され、天盤には十二月将等が記載されている。
English: Identical results to that from performing simple calculations can be obtained by aligning Junigessho on the heaven board with Junishi on the earth board.
Japanese: 天盤の十二月将を地盤の十二支に合わせることで、簡易な計算を行ったのと同じ効果が得られる。
English: To make it correctly, jujube that has been struck by lightening is used for yo, an earth board and fujin that is a burl of liquidambar is used for kan, the heaven board.
Japanese: 正しく作成するためには、輿である地盤には雷に撃たれた棗の木、堪である天盤には楓（ふう）にできるコブである楓人を使用する。
English: A tool used to detect astronomical variations by observing combinations of movements of stars and positions of guiding stars.
Japanese: 天文上の変異知る為に天文観測に用いた道具で、指標となる星の運行の組み合わせや配置を観測した。
English: In particular, it was considered that major disasters or extraordinary phenomenon would occur if meteors, which were not supposed to exist, appeared.
Japanese: 特に本来はあってはならない彗星が現れると大災や天変地異が起こるとされた。
English: Many of them had inscriptions of graphic symbols commonly termed as 'Semandoman' or 'Domanseman.'
Japanese: 俗に「セーマンドーマン」や「セーマンドーマン」と呼ばれる図形を記すものも多い。
English: There were numerous other charms with magic words written in letters such as 'Chintaku shichijuni reifu,' 'X,' 'kagome,' 'uzumaki,' 'rokubosei (hexagram)' or 'Kyukyunyoritsuryo.'
Japanese: 他にも「鎮宅七十二霊符」や「×」・「篭目」・「渦巻」・「六芒星」や、「急急如律令」の呪文を文字で書きつけたものなど数多くの呪符がある。
English: It is considered that charms were originally used in China that were subsequently brought to Japan and while much of the history of charms in Japan still remains unexplained, some items such as jufu mokkan with inscription of a magic word 'kyukyunyoritsuryo' were excavated from the ruins of Fujiwara-kyo long ago, suggesting that they were already in use in the Nara Period.
Japanese: 元来中国で用いられていたものが伝来したものと考えられるが、我国における護符の歴史は未だ解明されていない部分が多く、古くは藤原京跡などから「急々如律令」の呪句を書き付けた呪符木簡等が出土しており、奈良時代にはすでに活用されていたらしい。
English: Virtually no old documentation remain in existence and there are so many questions as to, for example, what sort of charms were used in the Heian Period.
Japanese: 古い資料は殆ど残っておらず、たとえば平安当初にどのような呪符が用いられていたか等は不明な点が多い。
English: 72 kinds of charms that are also known as 'Taijo hiho chintaku reifu' or 'Chintaku shichijunido reifu.'
Japanese: 『太上秘法鎮宅霊符』「鎮宅七十二道霊符」等とも呼ばれる七十二種の護符。
English: At present, 'Taijo hiho chintaku reifu' in Dozo are believed to be the original form and it is considered that they were brought over in the early Middle Ages.
Japanese: 現在の所、道蔵の『太上秘法鎮宅霊符』が原典とされ、中世初期に伝来したものと考えられている。
English: The god who controls this reifu is called Chintaku reifu shin and was considered to be Genten-jotei (Xuan-tian shang-di), one of the Taoist gods originally.
Japanese: この霊符を司る神を鎮宅霊符神いうが、元来は道教の玄天上帝（真武大帝）であると考えられている。
English: Genten-jotei was the humanized divinity of Genbu and the object of the Hokuto hokushin faith.
Japanese: 玄天上帝は玄武を人格神化したものであり、北斗北辰信仰の客体であった。
English: When Genten-jotei was introduced to Japan, it consequently syncretized with Myoken bosatsu and Ame no minakanushi no kami whereby having impact on Seishin worship.
Japanese: それ故日本へ伝来すると妙見菩薩や天之御中主神等と習合し、星辰信仰に影響を与えている。
English: It seems that Onmyodo was more receptive of this reifu with that being the object of Seishin worship and bearing the inscription of Hakka.
Japanese: 星辰信仰の客体であり、また八卦が描かれるため陰陽道では受容しやすかったものと思われる。
English: In recent times, 'Chintakureifu' on which all of 72 kinds of charms are printed is offered in scrolls and enshrined at myoken-gu and reifusha in various locations
Japanese: 近世には七十二種を一枚に刷った「鎮宅霊符」が各地の妙見宮や霊符社から出され、軸装して祭られていた。
English: In addition, Tsuchimikado Shinto's currently enshrined gods (saijin) include Taizanfukun, Chintakureifujin and ABE no Seimei with Seimei being the principal god.
Japanese: なお、土御門神道の祭神は現在泰山府君、鎮宅霊符神、安倍晴明が主神である。
English: Osaka Prefecture: Hoshida myoken-gu Shrine (Komatsu Jinja), Osaka Tenmangu Shrine: Hoo-in Temple, Chintaku Reifu Jinja Shrine (Higashiosaka), Myoho-ji Temple (Imazato) and others
Japanese: 大阪府：星田妙見宮（小松神社）、大阪天満宮、報恩院、鎮宅霊符神社（東大阪）、妙法寺（今里）等
English: Also known as katashiro (or katajiro) or nademono, they were made into human form with materials such as paper, wood, grass, leaves or straw and were used to transfer one's impurity to hitokata by rubbing them against the affected area, whereby getting rid of their impurity which was the origin of the custom of nagashi bina (floating hina dolls).
Japanese: 形代（かたしろ、かたじろ）、撫物（なでもの）とも言い、紙や木材・草葉・藁などで人の形に作られ、それにより患部等を撫でることによって自分の穢れをこれに移しつけて祓うのに使われるもので、流し雛の風習はこれを元としている。
English: On the other hand, hitokata have been used in conjunction with various prayers and ceremonies, for example, to curse someone to suffer a fatal harm such as a death by accident or disease by damaging a hitokata on which the targeted person's name was written or to make a wish for fruition of love by saying prayers while putting 2 dolls representing a male and a female together.
Japanese: 一方で人形に相手の名前等を記し、その人形を傷つけるなどして、相手に事故死や病死などの重大な災いをひき起こす呪いとして用いたり、男女二体の人形を一つにし祈祷することで恋愛成就を祈るなど、様々な祈祷儀礼に広く見られる。
English: Although, there are various arguments concerning interpretation of 'shikigami,' with one of them being that it is like the esoteric Buddhism Goho-doji or with another being that it is to make use of spirits, but the most compelling theory seems to be that it originated from 'Rikujinshikiban' used in Onmyodo.
Japanese: 「式神」の解釈は密教の護法童子に似たものであるとか、精霊を使役するものであるとか諸説存在するが、最も有力なのは陰陽道で用いられる「六壬式盤（りくじんしきばん）」に由来するとの説であろう。
English: Being a divination tool, shikiban is one of the most familiar items to onmyoji and the heaven board and the earth board that are brought together represent the universe.
Japanese: 陰陽師にとって占具である式盤は最も身近な存在であり、天盤と地盤は合して宇宙そのものを表す。
English: At any rate, a faith in an enormous power of incantation that shikiban was believed to possess is occasionally mentioned in historical documentations relating to the esoteric Buddhism and there was a faith such as 'Tohyonyoirinho' in which it was believed that one would receive various benefits by making a tool resembling shikiban used in Onmyodo as a tool of incantation and saying prayers using that tool.
Japanese: それ故強大な呪力を持つとの信仰が少なくとも密教側の史資料には散見され、「都表如意輪法」等のように、陰陽道の式盤によく似たものを作成し、一種の呪具と見做し祈祷することで種々の利益を得るとする信仰があった。
English: It refers to a method of incantation in which an onmyoji walks forward with a swaying gait while stamping the feet on the earth and chanting a charm.
Japanese: 足で大地を踏みしめて呪文を唱えながら千鳥足様に前進して歩く呪法を指す。
English: Basically, this method of walking zigzag assimilates a dipper-like shape of the Big Dipper but there are other versions in which walking to assimilate the alignment of 9 stars of kyukyuhakka or drawing figures on the ground by dragging a foot while walking.
Japanese: 基本は北斗七星の柄杓方を象ってジグザグに歩くものであるが、九宮八卦の九星配置を象って歩くやり方や、片足を引きずりながら歩いて地面に図形を描くといったものもある。
English: As the term Ufu indicates, it was named after a legend in which, after walking throughout China to control flooding, Wu started to drag his feet when walking.
Japanese: 名前の通り、中国の禹が治水のために中国全土を踏破したけっか、遂には足を引きずりながらあるくようになったという伝説にちなんだものである。
English: It aims to clear evil away, to assuage the spirits of the earth, and to bring good luck, and, as with the 9 letters of Doman, it originated from the line in "Baopuzi" in which Katsuko described the way one should walk when going into the mountains to collect medicinal herbs.
Japanese: 魔を祓い地を鎮め福を招くことを狙いとしていおり、ドーマンの九字と同様、葛洪に『抱朴子』には薬草を取りに山へ踏み入る際に踏むべき歩みとして記されていることが起源である。
English: In the hojutsu section (Hokimon) of Kimon tonko (Qi Men Dun Jia), it was being performed for hojutsu to succeed.
Japanese: 奇門遁甲における方術部門（法奇門）では、術を成功させるために行われていた。
English: This incantation was occasionally performed for oneself but it was performed as a service to the emperor or sekkanke (Regent Family) for the most part.
Japanese: 自分自身のために行うこともあるが、多くは天皇や摂関家への奉仕として行われた。
English: Based on the occult image of onmyoji in the Heian Period that turned Onmyodo into a religion and incantation, various original works exaggerating their superhuman quality and uniqueness have been created.
Japanese: 平安時代の宗教化・呪術化した陰陽師が持つオカルトなイメージをもとに、その超人性や特異性を誇張した様々な創作作品やキャラクターが生まれている。
English: "Onna Onmyoji" (Female Onmyoji) (Atsushi KANO) - A fictitious account in which forces in the Imperial Court who were opposed to attempts to unite the Imperial Court and the Shogunate through a marriage of convenience between Princess Kazunomiya and Tokugawa Iemochi sent a female Onmyoji called Yase, who looked exactly like the princess, to take her place and so prevent the marriage.
Japanese: 『女陰陽師』（加野厚志）-公武合体政策に反目する朝廷勢力が、皇女和宮と徳川家茂の政略結婚阻止のために和宮に瓜二つの女陰陽師・八瀬を送り込むというフィクション。
English: "Onmyoji (Movie)" "Onmyoji II" (Directed by Yojiro TAKITA) - Adapted for the movies from novels by Baku YUMEMAKURA).
Japanese: 『陰陽師(映画)』『陰陽師II』（滝田洋二郎監督）-夢枕獏の同名小説を映画化。
English: "Onna Onmyoji Series" (Produced by Kuki (Adult Videos)) - including some 'R' rated videos.
Japanese: 『女陰陽師シリーズ』（九鬼(アダルトビデオ)製作）-一部R指定作品を含む。
English: "Onmyoji " (NHK Drama D Mode) - Adapted as a TV drama from the novel of the same title by Baku YUMEMAKURA.
Japanese: 『陰陽師(テレビドラマ)』（日本放送協会ドラマDモード）-夢枕獏の同名小説をドラマ化。
English: "Onmyoji Abe no Seimei ~Oto Ayakashikitan~" (Fuji Television Network) - Adapted to the TV drama from the comics by Yoko IWASAKI.
Japanese: 『陰陽師☆安倍晴明〜王都妖奇譚〜』（フジテレビジョン系）-岩崎陽子の漫画をドラマ化。
English: "Goketsu Ichizoku" (Atlas (game company)) - Used in part as the background of the stage.
Japanese: 『豪血寺一族』シリーズ（アトラス(ゲーム会社)）-一部ステージの背景に描写。
English: The title of the background music used for that stage is "Let's go! Onmyoji."
Japanese: そのステージバックグラウンドミュージックの曲名は「レッツゴー!陰陽師」。
English: "Cr Fever Onmyoji" (Sankyo (Pachinko)) - Pachinko machine designed based on "Onmyoji Abe no Seimei."
Japanese: 『CRフィーバー陰陽師』（三共(パチンコ)）-テレビドラマ『陰陽師安倍晴明』を題材にしたパチンコ機。
English: Although today 'onmyoji' is generally pronounced with the stress on the opening 'on', it is said that it used commonly to be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable 'myo.'
Japanese: 現代では「おんみょうじ」と先頭を強調する発音が定着しているが、かつては「おんみやうぢ」と2音目にアクセントを置くイントネーションが普通であったと言われている。
English: Taking advantage of the recent onmyoji boom, a self-proclaimed onmyoji by the name of Chihiro ISHIDA has appeared on television shows and the like but his style indisputably conforms to Koshinto and one can hardly say that it is based on Onmyodo.
Japanese: 昨今の陰陽師ブームに乗って、石田千尋なる人物が自称陰陽師としてテレビ出演等をおこなっているが、その儀礼法は明らかに古神道に準拠するもので、陰陽道に基づいたものであるとは言い難い。
English: Additionally, the art that a person, known as a Harima onmyoji (or Kanbarashu) Karindo OBATA, teaches is influenced by martial arts that are said to have originated from the samurai class.
Japanese: また、関西で活動する播磨陰陽師（神祓衆）・尾畑雁多（おばたかりんど）なる人物が教えるのは武家の流れを組むとも言われる武術を伴ったものである。
English: It is considered that the influence of martial arts stemmed from the faith of Harima onmyoji (or Kanbarashu) in the trinity, including religious ceremonies, incantation and martial arts.
Japanese: これは、播磨陰陽師（神祓衆）が祭祀呪術武術を三位一体とするためだとされる。
English: Onmyo-za is a heavy-metal rock band that performs songs about stories such as demon tales in various regions and the legend of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune featuring innovative, heavy metal musical compositions, lyrics loaded with the Heian Period language and the musicians wearing long black hair with costumes from the Heian Period and it is the first rock band ever to hold a concert at a Noh theater in Japan.
Japanese: プログレッシブなヘヴィメタル楽曲に平安古語を多用した歌詞などを載せ、各地の妖怪伝奇や源義経伝説などを黒髪長髪に平安装束を身にまとって演奏し、日本で初めて能楽堂においてコンサートを行った。
English: Onmyo-za calls itself a "Fantasy Heavy Metal Band" and the bandleader, Kuroneko (also one of the vocalists, her name means black cat), incorporated the 'Onmyo' part of Kyutei Onmyodo (literally, Onmyodo of the Imperial Court), which symbolized the occult image that prevailed at the end of the Heian Period, in the name of her band.
Japanese: 『伝奇ヘヴィメタルバンド』を標榜する陰陽座のリーダー黒猫(ボーカリスト)は、平安時代末期のオカルティックなイメージを象徴する宮廷陰陽道から「陰陽」の名をとってバンド名に用いた。
English: Fans of Onmyo-za are called "Junitensho" after the symbolism which various Onmyoji including ABE no Seimei in the mid to late Heian Period are considered to have used and the fan club of that band is known as the "Shikigami Club."
Japanese: 同バンドのファンは、安倍晴明ら平安時代中末期の陰陽師が駆使したとされている『十二天将』と呼ばれ、同バンドのファンクラブ名は『式神倶楽部』と呼ばれている。
English: Shugodai is an official post that was placed under the Shugo in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.
Japanese: 守護代（しゅごだい）とは、鎌倉時代と室町時代に守護の下に置かれた役職である。
English: In a broad sense it is a kind of Daikan, but from the Muromachi period on the agents who ruled lands under the direct control of the Muromachi Shogunate were called Daikan, distinct from the Shugodai who was the Shugo's deputy.
Japanese: 広義には代官の一種であるが、室町時代以降は室町幕府の直轄領の土地支配の代理人を代官といい、守護の代理人たる守護代とは区別された。
English: The Shugo was often involved in the central government in Kamakura or Kyoto, and would leave his fief for long periods.
Japanese: 守護は、鎌倉や京都につめて中央の政務に携わることが多く、任国を留守にする期間が長かった。
English: In the case of a Shugo who oversees several provinces, he would have had even fewer opportunities to observe those for which he was responsible.
Japanese: 複数の国を兼任する守護の場合、兼任した国を視察する機会はさらに少なかった。
English: The Shugodai would place sub-shugodai to be his own agents, thus making many layers of land governance organization in the Shugo's fiefs.
Japanese: 守護代も自らの代理人たる小守護代を置き、守護任国における土地支配構造はきわめて重層的であったといえる。
English: In the beginning of the Muromachi period, the Shugo's family or close relatives, or his chief vassal, or an influential samurai from within the Shugo's fief (kokujin) was appointed (in fact, for those families that had multiple Shugo, there were instances in which kokujin from other fiefs were made Shugodai.
Japanese: 室町時代に入ると、当初は守護の一門やその傍流、或いは重臣、または守護国内の有力武士（国人）が任じられる（ただし、複数の守護を兼ねる家の場合には、他の領国の国人が守護代とされる場合もある。
English: Sanuki Province Kozai Clan: Tanba Province Shugodai; Noto Province Yusa Clan: Kawachi Province Shugodai; etc.) increasingly often, and as the positions became hereditary, they replaced the Shugo as effective rulers.
Japanese: 讃岐国香西氏→丹波国守護代、能登国遊佐氏→河内国守護代など）ことが多くなり、次第に世襲化していくと、守護に代わって実質的統治者になっていった。
English: The Shugodai were elevated by the Muromachi Shogunate to the status just below the Shugo's shirokasabukuro mosen kuraoi and nurigoshi, and were granted a status that allowed them to use the karakasabukuro mosen kuraoi and nurigoshi, a position one level above the kokujin.
Japanese: 守護代は室町幕府より守護の白傘袋毛氈鞍覆及び塗輿の格式に次ぐ、唐傘袋毛氈鞍覆及び塗輿の使用が認められる格式を与えられ、国人よりも一等高い地位にあった。
English: On the other hand, with the decline of the shoen and consequent rise of the so, the social position of local lords and the kokujin class rose and strife broke out in the provinces, and the trend grew toward unilateral rule of fiefs; thus with the growth of feudal daimyo, the Shugodai disappeared along with the Shugo daimyo.
Japanese: いっぽう、荘園の崩壊による惣の発達によって在地土豪や国人層の社会的地位が上昇し諸国で紛争が発生すると、領国を一元的に支配する傾向が顕著になって戦国大名が成長し守護大名とともに守護代は消滅していった。
English: In fact, there were examples all over of Shugodai becoming feudal daimyo, such as the Nagao clan of Echigo Province, the Asakura clan of Echizen Province, the Oda clan of Owari Province, the Miyoshi clan of Awa Province, the Uragami clan of Bizen Province, and the Amago clan of Izumo Province.
Japanese: ただし越後国の長尾氏、越前国の朝倉氏や、尾張国の織田氏、阿波国の三好氏、備前国の浦上氏、出雲国の尼子氏のように、守護代が戦国大名した事例も随所に見られる。
English: Furthermore, as the Shugodai changed into feudal daimyo, there were more and more daimyo families that sought status on the level of a Shugo.
Japanese: また、守護代の戦国大名化に伴い、守護級の格式を求められる大名家が増えていった。
English: The Asakura clan was in fact a powerful branch of the Ashikaga Shogun's family, and as kokujin were hikan (low level bureaucrats) for the Shiba clan, who for generations held the top position among the sankanrei (three deputies).
Japanese: 朝倉氏はそもそも、足利将軍家の有力一門で、代々三管領筆頭の地位を占めた斯波氏の被官であった国人の一人であった。