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English: Furthermore, the Reizei family residence is the sole surviving example of pre-Edo period aristocratic dwellings, and as such is a treasure in its own right.
Japanese: また、冷泉家住宅は近世以前の公家住宅の現存唯一の遺構として貴重なものである。
English: In addition to handling these tangible cultural properties, the Foundation of the Shigure-tei library of the Reizei family was established to preserve records of ancient cultural practices like the Tanabata Star Festival (the festival of the Weaver, which still takes place on the seventh day of the seventh month) as well, and to preserve the Reizei family's poetic conventions as a family famed for its waka poems.
Japanese: こうした有形文化財に加え、乞巧奠（きっこうてん、七夕）のような昔ながらの年中行事や和歌の家としての伝統を保持するため、財団法人冷泉家時雨亭文庫が設立された。
English: Both the residence and the manuscripts had not been open to the public for a very long time, but having received aid from the Great Heisei Repairs (a nationwide effort to restore old buildings to their ancient appearance) which lasted from 1994 to 2000, the Reizei residence only was opened to the public for the first time--but only to winners of a special lottery--for five days in the fall of 2001.
Japanese: 住宅、古写本とも長らく一般公開はされてこなかったが、1994年から2000年にかけて「平成の大修理」が行われたことを受け、冷泉家住宅のみ2001年秋に抽選の当選者に限って初めて5日間公開された。
English: Starting in 2005, another step was taken towards opening the Reizei residence to the public, in that now it is opened every autumn--for only four days--for a sponsored 'special viewing of privately owned cultural properties' to the general public, and although an admission fee is charged, now anyone can come examine the building, without reservations or lotteries.
Japanese: 2005年以降は毎年秋に4日間に限って主催の「非公開文化財特別拝観」の一環として、冷泉家住宅の一般公開が行われており、有料ではあるが予約・抽選などは無く誰でも見学ができる。
English: However, with the exception of the earthen floor of the kitchen, on which visitors can walk, the building, although open to the public, must be viewed from the outside; it is not possible to enter the main building.
Japanese: なお公開は台所土間以外は住宅外から室内を見学する形となり、室内に上がることはできない。
English: One jo ("large section," hereafter translated as "section") of the Kokin wakashu (a Collection of Waka Poems from Ancient and Modern Times, usually abbreviated to "Kokinshu"), written by FUJIWARA no Teika; Supplement: one scroll containing Emperor Gotsuchimikado's official letters and personal writings, Emperor Gokashiwara's official letters as well as poem drafts he personally wrote, and Emperor Gonara's official letters and personal writings.
Japanese: 古今和歌集（藤原定家筆）1帖　附：後土御門天皇宸翰消息・後柏原天皇宸翰詠草・後奈良天皇宸翰消息1巻
English: 58 volumes and one hanging scroll of the Meigetsuki (Chronicle of the Clear Moon, written in Teika's own hand); Supplement: one complementary volume, and one bundle of old covers (10 total).
Japanese: 明月記（藤原定家自筆本）58巻1幅　附：補写本1巻、旧表紙（10枚）1巻
English: One section of the Tokiakira Collection, an anthology of poems exchanged between Tokiakira, Heian-period Governor of Sanuki Province, and his ladies-in-waiting.
Japanese: 時明集（ときあきらしゅう）1帖－平安時代の人物、讃岐守時明が女房らと詠み交した歌を集めたもの。
English: These volumes comprise a personal compilation of poems by about 40 poets, including YAMABE no Akahito, OTOMO no Iemochi, and ONO no Komachi.
Japanese: 山部赤人、大伴家持、小野小町など約40人の人物の私家集（個人歌集）である。
English: One section of the Nakafumi Collection (transcribed by FUJIWARA no Teika), a written section of the house poetry anthology of FUJIWARA no Nakafumi, one of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
Japanese: 仲文集（藤原定家筆）1帖－三十六歌仙の1人藤原仲文の家集（歌集）の写本。
English: One section of the Egyo Collection (transcribed by Teika), a written section of the house poetry anthology of Egyo, the Heian-period poet-monk.
Japanese: 恵慶集（えぎょうしゅう）（藤原定家筆）1帖－平安時代の歌僧・恵慶の家集（歌集）の写本。
English: One section, a transcription (whose preface and colophon only were written by Teika) of the Sanmokuki kashu, the house poetry anthology of the Heian-period poet MINAMOTO no Toshiyori.
Japanese: 散木奇歌集（巻頭と奥書のみ藤原定家筆）1帖－平安時代の歌人源俊頼の家集（歌集）の写本。
English: One section of the catalog of anthologies (written by Teika), a catalog, in Teika's own hand, of the poetry anthologies he had personally transcribed or revised.
Japanese: 集目録（藤原定家筆）1巻－定家が自ら筆写または校訂した歌集の自筆目録。
English: One volume from the Imperial poetry contest held in the Kampyo era, transcribed by FUJIWARA no Teika and Tameie.
Japanese: 寛平御時后宮歌合（かんぴょうのおおんとき　きさいのみやのうたあわせ）（藤原定家・為家筆）1巻
English: A Kamakura-period transcription (done in 1274-1275) of the Shin kokin wakashu (New Collection of Ancient and Modern Waka, usually called the Shin kokinshu).
Japanese: 新古今和歌集－鎌倉時代、文永11年（1274年)－文永12年(1275年）の筆写。
English: One section of the Sosei Collection (the "iroshi" or "colored paper" version), a late Heian-period transcription of Sosei's personal house poetry anthology that was written on variously colored ornamental writing paper.
Japanese: 素性集（色紙）1帖－素性の家集（個人歌集）の平安時代末期の写本で、色変わりの装飾料紙に書かれている。
English: One section of the Sosei Collection (the "toshi" or "Chinese paper" version), a late Heian-period transcription of Sosei's personal house poetry anthology that was written on variously colored ornamental writing paper.
Japanese: 素性集（唐紙）1帖－素性の家集（個人歌集）の平安時代末期の写本で、色変わりの装飾料紙に書かれている。
English: One section of the Renchusho, a Kamakura-period transcription of the book on ancient customs originally written by the Heian-period poet FUJIWARA no Suketaka.
Japanese: 簾中抄（れんちゅうしょう）1帖－平安時代の歌人藤原資隆が著した故実書『簾中抄』の鎌倉時代の写本。
English: Twelve sections, nine books, and twelve sheets of the Chokusen wakashu (Imperial waka anthology), which includes transcriptions of Imperial waka anthologies all the way from the "Kokinshu" handed down in the Reizei family to the "Zoku gosen wakashu" (Later Imperial Waka Anthology, Continued).
Japanese: 勅撰和歌集　12帖、9冊、12紙－冷泉家に伝わる『古今和歌集』から『続後撰和歌集』までの勅撰和歌集の写本を一括指定したもの。
English: Four volumes, 83 books, and 196 sections of the Reizei family poetry anthology, designating all the transcriptions of the private family anthologies (personal waka anthologies) passed down in the Reizei family.
Japanese: 私家集　4巻83冊196帖－冷泉家に伝わる私家集（個人歌集）写本を一括指定したもの。
English: Monogatari (tales) as well as annotated versions of: miscellaneous tales (eight books and two sections), the Tales of Ise, including annotated versions of it (thirteen books and three sections), the Tale of Genji, including annotated versions of it (one volume, 38 books, and two sections).
Japanese: 物語ならびに注釈書　物語類8冊2帖、伊勢物語ならびに注釈書13冊3帖、源氏物語ならびに注釈書1巻38冊2帖
English: The Reizei holdings have been published in facsimile by the Asahi Newspaper Company under the title "the Reizei Shigure-tei Series."
Japanese: なお、主要な典籍については冷泉家時雨亭叢書として影印本が朝日新聞出版から刊行されている。
English: The Jinno Shotoki (A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns) was written by the court noble Chikafusa KITABATAKE during the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan) on behalf of the young Emperor Gomurakami; it is a book on history that Chikafusa wrote at Oda-jo Castle in Hitachi Province (present day Oda, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture), in which he lays out the case for why the Yoshino Court (often called the Southern Court) and its imperial lineage was the true, legitimate one.
Japanese: 神皇正統記（じんのうしょうとうき）は、南北朝時代(日本)に公卿の北畠親房が、幼帝後村上天皇のために、吉野朝廷(いわゆる南朝(日本))の正統性を述べた、常陸国小田城（茨城県つくば市小田）で著した歴史書である。
English: The book describes each successive generation of Japanese emperor, from the age of myth all the way up until Emperor Gomurakami's enthronement (the passage on Emperor Godaigo's death is borrowed from the Kakurin, a section from an ancient Chinese history book).
Japanese: 日本神話から後村上天皇の即位（後醍醐天皇の死を「獲麟」に擬したという）までが、天皇の代毎に記される。
English: Concerning when the Jinno Shotoki was written, it is said to have been in the autumn of 1339, the year Emperor Godaigo died and the new Emperor Gomurakami ascended to the throne.
Japanese: 執筆時期については、後醍醐天皇が崩御して、新王・後村上天皇が即位した延元4年/暦応2年（1339年）の秋ごろであると言われている。
English: The book was presented to Emperor Gomurakami, yet in the colophon, it is addressed only to "a (foolish) child"; some have pointed out that it is impossible to conceive of Chikafusa daring to refer to the Emperor as essentially a dumb child.
Japanese: 村上天皇に献上された書ではあるが、奥書には「ある童蒙」に宛てるとされており、天皇を童蒙扱いするのは有り得ないという指摘がなされている。
English: Regarding this problem, it has been argued that the book was originally addressed to Chikatomo YUKI and then later revised and presented to Emperor Gomurakami.
Japanese: これについては、本来は結城親朝)に宛てたものであるが、後に改稿した上で村上天皇に献上したものと言われている。
English: As a result, it is thought Chikafusa KITABATAKE wrote it while he was in the Kanto, and used only what few references he had on hand in writing it, which explains the errors and misrepresentations seen here and there concerning true historical events (as they were understood in those days).
Japanese: そのため北畠親房が関東にいた時期に執筆がなされており、手元にある僅かな資料だけを参照に書いているため、（当時知られていた）歴史的事実に関しての間違いも散見される。
English: In it, he argues that retaining possession of the Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family is an absolutely vital requirement for the ruler of Japan to remain legitimate.
Japanese: 君主の条件としてまず三種の神器の保有を皇位の必要不可缺の条件とする。
English: But on the other hand, he may have been influenced by the "Bussotoki" (the Record of the Buddhist Founders) and Song-period philosophy (especially that of the 'Spring and Autumn Annals,' the 'Mencius,' and the 'I Ching') into intentionally emphasizing other virtues over Gomurakami's royal lineage.
Japanese: だがその一方で、『仏祖統記』や宋学（特に「春秋」・「孟子」・「易経」）の影響を受け、血統の他に有徳を強調している。
English: Consequently, Chikafusa is critical of Emperor Gotoba, who instigated the Jokyu War, and by contrast highly esteems the era of stability ushered in by the good government that began after the time of Yoshitoki HOJO and his son Yasutoki, who fought the loyalist forces into submission; the book also includes the seemingly contradictory assertion that 'the one that was truly faithful to the intentions of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu was Yasutoki,' but to Chikafusa, who placed such emphasis on virtuous rule, it must have seemed consistent and logical.
Japanese: 従って、承久の乱を引き起こした後鳥羽天皇は非難され、逆に官軍を討伐した北条義時とその子北条泰時のその後の善政による社会の安定を評価して、「天照大神の意思に忠実だったのは泰時である」という一見矛盾した論理展開も見られるが、これも徳治を重視する親房から見れば、「正理」なのである。
English: Yet some have pointed out the inconsistency in Chikafusa not criticizing Gotoba's enthronement per se, which was done by decree of Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa during the chaotic era of the Jisho-Juei war despite not having possession of all Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family at the time.
Japanese: また治承・寿永の乱の混乱期に神器を缺いた状態で後白河法皇の院宣により行われた後鳥羽天皇の即位自体を否定していないという矛盾も指摘されている。
English: MINAMOTO no Yoritomo had exceptional merit, but when viewed from the perspective of the Imperial Court, which commands all under heaven, he is surely of little interest.
Japanese: 源頼朝は勲功抜群だが、天下を握ったのは朝廷から見れば面白くないことであろう。
English: How much less so Yoritomo's wife Masako HOJO or his rear vassal Yoshitoki HOJO, to whom the reins of government fell after Yoritomo's death; truly, to seek to eliminate such as these is an undertaking that is not unreasonable.
Japanese: ましてや、頼朝の妻北条政子や陪臣の北条義時がその後を受けたので、これらを排除しようというのは理由のないことではない。
English: Yet Yoritomo was the one who pacified the disorder in the land, relieved the distress of the Imperial house, and brought peace to the common folk, and even if MINAMOTO no Sanetomo had died, if they wished to eliminate the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), it was necessary for them to replace it with an even better government.
Japanese: しかし、天下の乱れを平らげ、皇室の憂いをなくし、万民を安んじたのは頼朝であり、源実朝が死んだからといって鎌倉幕府を倒そうとするならば、彼らにまさる善政がなければならない。
English: Moreover, the battle to become ruler (not supreme ruler) of the land should involve the striking down of the guilty and avoid destroying the blameless.
Japanese: また、王者（覇者でない）の戦いは、罪ある者を討ち罪なき者は滅ぼさないものである。
English: Yoritomo ascended to a high official rank, but it was Emperor Goshirakawa who intended that he recognize the establishment of the shugo system; it was not something Yoritomo did without sanction.
Japanese: 頼朝が高い官位に昇り、守護の設置を認められたのは、後白河天皇の意思であり、頼朝が勝手に盗んだものではない。
English: Gotoba erred in trying to subjugate Yoritomo's rear vassal Yoshitoki merely because he had taken control of all under heaven.
Japanese: 陪臣である義時が天下を取ったからという理由だけでこれを討伐するのは、後鳥羽に落ち度がある。
English: It follows that the chance to overthrow the bakufu did not reach fruition, and it cannot be doubted that heaven did not smile on such an attempt.
Japanese: 従って、幕府を倒すには機が熟しておらず、天が許さなかったことは疑いない。
English: Firstly, had there been a path that would have enabled him to rule virtuously, establish the prestige of the imperial court, and be victorious against Yoshitoki, then by all means that path should have been taken and Yoshitoki should have been struck down.
Japanese: まず真の徳政を行い、朝威を立て、義時に勝つだけの道があって、その上で義時を討つべきであった。
English: In any other case, he should have closely examined conditions and circumstances of the world, and trusted in the will of heaven to determine whether to go to war, following public opinion.
Japanese: もしくは、天下の情勢をよく見て、戦いを起こすかどうかを天命に任せ、人望に従うべきであった。
English: Eventually, the imperial throne passed to Gotoba's descendant (Emperor Gosaga), so it cannot be said that Gotoba did not achieve his intentions, but it is most regrettable that the imperial Court was brought momentarily to the brink of collapse.
Japanese: 結局、皇位は後鳥羽の子孫（後嵯峨天皇）に伝えられ、後鳥羽の本意は達成されなかったわけではないが、朝廷が一旦没落したのは口惜しい。
English: Furthermore, Chikafusa criticizes aspects of Emperor Godaigo's policies that were inconsistent with right and correct principles.
Japanese: また、後醍醐天皇の政策にも「正理」にそぐわないところがあると批判的な記事も載せている。
English: Overall, Chikafusa places emphasis on the standpoint and position of the conservative aristocracy, and argues the combination of Emperor with court nobility (which really refers to the family of Sekkan (regents) and the Murakami branch of the Minamoto clan), joining together to rule all Japan and taking a leadership role over the warrior class, was the ideal polity (in particular, he draws a very clear distinction between nobles and Buddhist priests, whom he terms 'the (good) people,' and warriors, called just 'persons,' thereby reflecting, it has been argued, his own views of social status).
Japanese: 全体として、保守的な公家の立場を主張し、天皇と公家（＝摂関家と村上源氏）が日本国を統治して武士を統率するのが理想の国家像であるとする（特に公家や僧侶を「人（ひと）」、武士を「者（もの）」と明確に区別しているところに彼の身分観の反映がなされていると言われる）。
English: On the other hand, he simultaneously advances the very active view that if the ruler and his retainers observe and safeguard a virtuous style of government, by basing their actions on correct principles, the course of history could be rescued from a misguided direction and restored to the correct path.
Japanese: その一方で、君臣が徳のある政治を守ってゆく事で、「正理」の元に歴史は誤った方向から正しい方向へと修正されるという能動的な発想を兼ね備えていた。
English: After the unification of the Southern and Northern Courts, Chikafusa's book was willfully altered under the influence of the Muromachi bakufu to support the view that the Northern Court lineage was the one true and legitimate lineage, and a book critical of Chikafusa's viewpoint was written by Harutomi KOZUKI--and dubbed a "sequel"--called the "Zoku (continued) Jinno Shotoki."
Japanese: 南北朝統一後、北朝(日本)正統論を唱える室町幕府の影響下に改竄や“続編”と称しながら親房の論を否定して、『続神皇正統記』（小槻晴富）が書かれた事もあった。
English: Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA, however, rated Chikafusa's opinions very highly in his 'Dainihonshi' (History of Greater Japan), and argued in places for the view that even from Chikafusa's perspective, who would likely have criticized the fundamental existence of the Edo bakufu, it was nevertheless possible to achieve a 'virtuous governmental administration under the warrior class,' citing contemporary examples of Yasutoki-like figures within the bakufu.
Japanese: だが、徳川光圀が「大日本史」で親房の主張を高く評価し、また親房からすれば、本来否定されるべき存在である筈の江戸幕府の中にも泰時の例などを引用して「武家による徳治政治」の正当性を導く意見が現れるようになった。
English: Beginning in the Meiji period, however, when looked at from an ultranationalist point of view, Chikafusa's book was denounced as far too heavily influenced by Confucianism, Buddhism, and the Ise sect of Shinto--which were all considered heretical--and for that reason, efforts were made to alter the text (to criticize Chikafusa's opinions) under the name of "the re-revision," but such efforts never really took root.
Japanese: だが、明治になってから逆に国粋主義の立場から儒教や仏教、異端視された伊勢神道の影響を受けすぎているという理由で“重訂”という名の改竄（親房思想の否定）を行う動きも起こったが、これは定着には至らなかった。
English: Research and study of the 'Jinno Shotoki' experienced a resurgence a few years after the end of World War II, once the Imperial house had been barred from active involvement in governing.
Japanese: 「神皇正統記」研究が再び興隆するのは、現実政治から切り離された、戦後暫くたってからのことである。
English: In this diary, Teika conscientiously recorded events over a span of 56 years, from 1180 to 1235.
Japanese: 定家が治承4年(1180年)から嘉禎元年（1235年）までの56年間にわたり克明に記録した日記である。
English: For example, Teika has an entry on the 1054 supernova explosion in the Crab Nebula, despite the fact that this happened before he was born, meaning the entry was made as pure hearsay.
Japanese: 例えば、1054年のかに星雲の超新星爆発は、定家誕生以前の出来事であるが伝え聞いた内容として以下のように記載されている。
English: Today, most portions of the diary remain in the Shigure-tei bunko (storehouse) library of the Reizei family (Teika's descendants), but some are part of other private literary collections, while others are held at the Tokyo National Museum, the Kyoto National Museum, and the Tenri library.
Japanese: 日記の主な部分は冷泉家時雨亭文庫に残り、芸林荘・東京国立博物館・京都国立博物館・天理図書館にもある。
English: Furthermore, in terms of Teika's waka poems and calligraphy, there is a strangely strong reverence for his work, so they have spread widely, so it is not uncommon to see examples of his work mounted as hanging scrolls (kakejiku) and so forth and distributed to a wide range of different families.
Japanese: また和歌および書道の上での定家への異常な尊崇から広く分散し、掛け軸などとして諸家に分散しているものも少なくない。
English: Because many sections of the manuscript that remain in the Shigure-tei storehouse of the Reizei family were cut apart in order to be made into hanging scrolls and the like, the copy held by the Tokudaiji family, which is considered close to the original, is usually used for the purposes of research and so forth.
Japanese: 冷泉家時雨亭文庫に残る原本は掛け軸等にするため切り取られている部分が多いため、研究などには一般には原本に近いとされる徳大寺家本が使用されている。
English: The "Ouki" (also pronounced Shoyuki) is the diary of the Heian-period court noble FUJIWARA no Sanesuke.
Japanese: 『小右記』（おうき、しょうゆうき）は、平安時代の公卿藤原実資の日記。
English: There are two main versions of this diary that have survived for posterity, the one in the Sanjonishi family library (entitled "Ouki"), and the one in the Fushiminomiya family library (entitled "Yafuki"), and as most manuscripts and printings of this diary in recent years rely on one or the other of these two versions, both titles continue to co-exist.
Japanese: 後世に残されたもののうち、三条西家所蔵本には『小右記』、伏見宮家所蔵本には『野府記』という書名が付けられており、近世以後の写本・刊本はそのいずれかの系統に依拠するところが大きかったために、両方の書名が並存した。
English: Moreover, the diary has many alternate names in use, including "Zokusuishinki" (Suishinki, Continued), so named because it followed in the tradition of "Suishinki" (or "Seishinkoki"), the diary of his grandfather Saneyori.
Japanese: 更に実頼の祖父『水心記』（『清慎公記』）を継ぐという意味で『続水心記』という呼称も用いられるなど、異名が多い。
English: But in fact all of these names were coined after Sanesuke's death; he himself called it the "Rekki" (calendrical record).
Japanese: もっとも、これらは全て実資の没後の命名であり、実資自身は『暦記』と呼称していた。
English: This is thought to be because the original manuscript was written in the margins of the Guchu calendar; in any case, the word "Rekki" appears quite frequently in the diaries of nobles of that period.
Japanese: これは原本が具注暦の余白に書かれたことに由来すると考えられ、当時の貴族の日記に広く見られる呼び名である。
English: It appears Sanesuke began writing it starting in about 978, but the only currently extant section is the portion from 982 to 1032.
Japanese: 天元(日本)元年（978年）頃から書かれていたらしいが、現存するのは天元5年（982年）～長元5年（1032年）の部分のみである。
English: The Ouki records the golden age of FUJIWARA no Michinaga and Yorimichi and goes into great detail about its society, government, Court ceremonies and ancient practices, and considering that it is largely thanks to this diary that we know what we do about these aspects of life during this period, it is a historical record of immense value and importance.
Japanese: 藤原道長・藤原頼通の全盛時代の社会や政治、宮廷の儀式、故実などを詳細に記録してあり、それらを知るうえで大変重要な史料である。
English: The tone of his descriptions is dry and harsh overall, and critical of the Fujiwara family's Kujo lineage (rivals of Sanesuke's own Ononomiya lineage) but it is especially scathing in its criticisms of both the political decisions and personal life of Michinaga, the head of the Fujiwara family during Sanesuke's lifetime, and furthermore, because the diary covers a lengthy 55 year span, it is possible to achieve a true understanding of the circumstances and Court/military practices of society during the Fujiwara regency period.
Japanese: 記述は全体的に辛口であり、実資達小野宮流と対立する九条流、特に実資と同時代の当主道長の政治および人物を痛烈に批判している、55年間の長期の記述であるため摂関時代の社会の状態や有職故実がよく理解できる。
English: And it also gives a rich, flavorful account of Michinaga's life at Hojoji temple after taking the tonsure and entering the priesthood, a period of time the "Mido kanpakuki" (Record of the Mido Chief Advisor) doesn't cover.
Japanese: また『御堂関白記』に記載されていない出家後の道長の法成寺での生活ぶりが窺え趣き深いものとなっている。
English: The reason the famous Michinaga poem, 'When I reflect, this world is indeed my world, nor is there any flaw in the full moon,' is known to the world is thanks to the "Ouki," where it was recorded (it does not appear in Michinaga's own diary, the "Mido kanpakuki").
Japanese: 藤原道長が詠んだという歌、「この世をば　我が世とぞ思ふ　望月の　欠けたることの　なしと思へば」が世に知れたのは『小右記』に記されたためである（道長の日記『御堂関白記』には登場しない）。
English: A third describes the time when Sanesuke invited FUJIWARA no Tadakuni, a man famed for his gluttonous appetite, to his house for dinner, and had him eat six bushels-worth of rice.
Japanese: 藤原忠国という大食いで評判の男を召して、飯六升を食べさせた話などがある。
English: Honamigire is a nickname for the manuscript of "Kokin Wakashu" (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry), which is assumed to have been transcribed at the beginning of the twelfth century.
Japanese: 本阿弥切（ほんあみぎれ）は、12世紀初め頃の書写と推定される『古今和歌集』の写本の通称である。
English: From olden times, it has been considered that ONO no Tofu transcribed it, but in the light of the style of calligraphy and writing paper, it seems to have been made during the rule by the retired Emperors, two centuries later than Tofu's time
Japanese: 古来小野道風を伝承筆者とするが、書風・料紙等から見て道風より2世紀ほど後の院政期の作と思われる。
English: The name 'Honamigiri' was derived from the fact that Koetsu HONAMI, a calligrapher who lived at the beginning of the early-modern times, treasured a part of the manuscript.
Japanese: 近世初期の能書家本阿弥光悦が一部を愛蔵していたことから「本阿弥切」の名がある。
English: As well as Koya-gire (fragments of the Kokin Wakashu), it is a valuable old manuscript of "Kokin Wakashu" which was made during the Heian period, and an important work in the history of calligraphy.
Japanese: 『古今和歌集』の平安時代の古写本として高野切と並び貴重なものであり、書道史上も重要な作品である。
English: Kire' (literally "cut") originally referred to hanging scrolls or other items of appreciation which were made from the manuscript collections of waka poetry or Chinese poetry in the shape of a book or a scroll, after cutting them out.
Japanese: なお、「切（きれ）」とは、元来、冊子本や巻物であった和歌集、漢詩集などの写本を、後世鑑賞用に切断して掛軸などに仕立てたものを指す。
English: It was originally in the shape of Kansubon (book in scroll style), and seems to have contained the first to the twentieth volumes of "Kokin Wakashu" including the 'Preface,' but now only the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth volumes are exist.
Japanese: 原装は巻子本で、本来『古今和歌集』の巻一～巻二十と「序」を備えていたものと思われるが、現存する巻は巻十、十一、十二、十三、十四、十六、十七、十八のみである。
English: The writing paper was imported from China during or before the Muromachi period, and 'gubiki' was done on the paper with white, hanada (light indigo blue), and filemot, then the paper was patterned with intertwined foliage, cranes flying in the clouds, and oleanders using mica powders.
Japanese: 料紙は、古渡りの唐紙で、白、縹（はなだ：薄い藍色）、朽葉色などの具引きを施した上に、雲母（きら）で唐草、雲鶴、夾竹桃（きょうちくとう）などの文様を刷り出したものである。
English: ('Gubiki' is 'brush dyeing' with Chinese white (ground oyster shell) or a mixture of pigments and white.)
Japanese: （「具引き」とは、胡粉（貝殻を焼いたものの粉末）または、これに顔料を加えたものを刷毛で紙面に塗る「引き染め」のこと）
English: The existing Honamigire "Kokin Wakashu" contains only reikan (incomplete set of scrolls) and dankan (fragmentary leaves of a book), so the complete original book does not remain.
Japanese: 現存する本阿弥切『古今和歌集』は、零巻（完本でなく、一部が欠けた巻物）と断簡（切断された紙片）のみで、原装のまま残るものはない。