nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Genseki, skillful enough to win over Santesu as the white player (second mover, usually the better player of the two), was known to be Doseki's pupil, however, whether he was Genkai or not remains unknown.
Japanese: 算哲に白を持つほどの打ち手である玄碩は道碩の弟子とされるが、玄覚と同一人物かは不明。
English: MINAMOTO no Rinshi (964 - June 25, 1053) was the aristocratic lady of the mid-Heian period and was the legal wife of FUJIWARA no Michinaga.
Japanese: 源倫子（みなもとのりんし、康保元年（964年）-天喜元年6月1日(旧暦)（1053年6月19日））は、平安時代中期の貴族女性で、藤原道長の正室。
English: Masanobu was planning to make Rinshi as the prospective Empress, but Emperor Kazan retired with a short career, and the following Emperor Ichijo did not match in age with her therefore, she married Michinaga in 987 with a strong support from her mother, FUJIWARA no Bokushi.
Japanese: 雅信は倫子を后がねにと考えていたようだが、花山天皇は在位短くして退位、続く一条天皇も年齢が不釣合いであり、また母藤原穆子の強い勧めもあって、永延元年（987年）に道長と結婚。
English: Rinshi was 24 and Michinaga was 22 at that time, and the relationship between this couple was good and they were gifted with many children, especially daughters that led to the later fortune of her husband, Michinaga.
Japanese: その当時倫子は24歳、道長は22歳で、夫婦仲は円満であったらしく多くの子女、とりわけ娘に恵まれたことが夫道長の後の幸運を支えることになった。
English: She gave birth to the eldest daughter, FUJIWARA no Shoshi (Later Chugu (the second consort of an emperor) of Emperor Ichijo and called Jotomonin) in 988 and eldest son, FUJIWARA no Yorimichi in 992 (at this time, Michinaga married MINAMOTO no Akiko).
Japanese: 永延2年（988年）に長女藤原彰子（後の一条天皇中宮・上東門院）を、正暦3年（992年）に長男藤原頼通を生む（この頃道長は源明子と結婚）。
English: She gave birth to her second daughter, FUJIWARA no Kenshi (later Chugu of Emperor Sanjo) in 994 and FUJIWARA no Norimichi in 996.
Japanese: 同5年（994年）次女藤原妍子（後の三条天皇中宮）、長徳2年（996年）藤原教通が誕生。
English: She gained the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 998 and gave birth to FUJIWARA no Ishi (later became the Chugu of Emperor Goichijo) in 999.
Japanese: 同4年（998年）従三位になり、長保元年（999年）藤原威子（後の後一条天皇中宮）を生む。
English: She fell ill after giving birth to FUJIWARA no Kishi (later Empress of Togu (the Crown Prince) Imperial Prince Atsunaga and the mother of Emperor Goreizei) in 1007.
Japanese: 寛弘4年（1007年）藤原嬉子（後の東宮敦良親王妃、後冷泉天皇母）が誕生した後、病に冒される。
English: She gained the rank of Jugo (honorary rank next to the three Empresses: Great Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Empress) along with Michinaga in 1016, but Michinaga passed away in 1027.
Japanese: 長和5年（1016年）道長と准后になり、万寿4年（1027年）道長が死去。
English: Her three daughters, excluding her eldest daughter Akiko, passed away before her, and she became a Buddhist priest in 1039 and gained the go (Buddhist name) of Shojoho.
Japanese: また長女彰子を除く娘三人にも相次いで先立たれ、長暦3年（1039年）に出家、清浄法と号した。
English: She later prayed to Buddha for the happiness of the dead, and passed away at the age of 90 during the reign of her great grandchild, Emperor Goreizei, in 1053.
Japanese: その後菩提を弔って、曾孫後冷泉天皇の天喜元年（1053年）に90歳で薨去。
English: Motokazu YAKUSHIJI was a busho (Japanese military commander) at the end of Muromachi period (the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (Japan)).
Japanese: 薬師寺元一（やくしじもとかず）は、室町時代後期（戦国時代(日本)）の武将。
English: There were theories that stated that he was a biological son, adopted son, or a nephew of Motonaga YAKUSHIJI, but details are unknown.
Japanese: 薬師寺元長の実子、または養子、さらに甥とも言われる説があり、詳細は不明である。
English: He achieved the military exploits of rescuing Yoshihide HATAKEYAMA of Kawachi Province and defeating Hisanobu HATAKEYAMA under the orders of Masamoto in 1500.
Japanese: 明応9年（1500年）、政元の命令により河内国の畠山義英を助けて畠山尚順を破るという武功を挙げた。
English: After Motonaga passed away in 1501, he succeed the family head position Settsu to no kuni shugodai (provincial governor of Settsu Province) and served Masamoto HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 文亀元年（1501年）に元長が死去したため、家督を継いで摂津国守護代となり、細川政元に仕えた。
English: He successfully negotiated to invite Sumimoto HOSOKAWA from the Hosokawa family of Awa Province in 1503 under the order of Masamoto.
Japanese: 文亀3年（1503年）、政元の命令により、阿波国細川家から細川澄元を養子に迎える交渉を果たしている。
English: However, he planned a conspiracy with Tomotsune AKAZAWA to assassinate Masamoto and promote Sumimoto and mobilized the army at Settsu in October 1504.
Japanese: ところが永正元年（1504年）9月、赤沢朝経と共に政元を廃して澄元を擁立しようという陰謀を企て、摂津で挙兵する。
English: However, he was defeated, arrested after his residing Yodo-jo Castle fell under the siege of his younger brother Nagatada and others, and he was transferred to Kyoto before being ordered to commit suicide by Masamoto.
Japanese: しかし弟の長忠らに攻められて破れ、居城の淀城は落城して捕縛され、政元の命令で京都に送られて自害を余儀なくされた。
English: Masaie KONOE (1444 - July 30, 1505) was a Kuge (court noble), who lived between the mid-Muromachi period to the early the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) (Japan).
Japanese: 近衛政家（このえまさいえ、文安元年（1444年）-永正2年6月19日(旧暦)（1505年7月20日））は、室町時代中期から戦国時代(日本)前期にかけての公家。
English: He was born in 1444 (there were theories stated that he was born in 1445 or 1446) as the second son to Fusatsugu KONOE, who served as the Kanpaku and Daijo-daijin.
Japanese: 文安元年（1444年）関白・太政大臣を務めた近衛房嗣の次男として生まれる（生年については1445年、1446年説もあり）。
English: There were Doko (Sojo (high-ranking Buddhist priest), Jusango (honorary rank next to the three Empresses: Great Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Empress)), Zoun (daisojo (a Buddhist priest of the highest order) and Jusango), Masazuka (政深) (Gonsojo (the lowest grade that can be held by one who has reached the highest rank in the hierarchy of Buddhist priests), Hoin (the highest rank in the hierarchy of Buddhist priests)), and Masasuke (政弁) (Daisojo) as his younger brothers.
Japanese: 弟に道興（僧正准三后）、増運（大僧正准三后）、政深（権僧正法印）、政弁（大僧正）らがいる。
English: He continued receiving promotions and became Dainagon (chief councilor of state) in 1467 and the Naidaijin (Minister of the Interior) with the rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) in 1472.
Japanese: その後も連年昇進を続け、応仁元年（1467年）には大納言となり、文明(日本)4年（1472年）には正二位内大臣となる。
English: After he retired from the Kanpaku position in 1483, he was assigned to be Daijo-daijin in 1488 (He left the position two years later).
Japanese: 同15年関白を辞した後、長享2年（1488年）太政大臣に任命される（翌々年辞去）。
English: It is widely known that Masaie was invited to Lake Biwa on September 16, 1500 by Takayori ROKKAKU, who was Omi no kuni shugodai (provincial governor of Omi Province), and he read eight waka concerning Omi Hakkei (Eight Sceneries of Omi) impromptu became the origin of Omi Hakkei, but it is believed that Hakkei (Eight Sceneries) was not started by Masaie (there was a powerful theory that Masaie did not travel down to Omi at this time).
Japanese: なお明応9年8月13日(旧暦)（1500年9月6日）に近江国守護六角高頼の招待で琵琶湖へ出向していた政家が、近江八景の和歌8首を即興で詠んだことが、近江八景の由来として広く知られているが、近年では八景の始まりは政家によるものではない（政家はこの時期、近江へ下向していない）とする説も有力である。
English: The Konoe Family inherited important documents, diaries such as the diary of FUJIWARA no Michinaga called "Mido Kanpakuki," and records of the imperial court ceremonies, and Masaie transferred many of these ancient documents to Iwakura located at the northern edge of Kyoto to avoid damage from the battle fires arising from the Onin-Bunmei Wars.
Japanese: 近衛家は藤原氏嫡流として、藤原道長の日記『御堂関白記』をはじめとして、先祖代々の日記や朝廷儀式の記録など、重要な文書を相伝してきたが、政家は応仁・文明の乱に際し、これら大量の古文書を戦火の災いから避けるため、京都の北郊の岩倉に運び出しておいた。
English: As a result, while the palace of Konoe family fell into ashes by the wars, the ancient documents escaped from being damaged to be passed down to different generations (For details, please refer to 'Yomei Bunko' (the Yomei Bunko Library)).
Japanese: このため乱の最中、近衛家の邸宅は焼失したものの、古文書類は難を逃れ後世に伝えられることとなった（詳しくは「陽明文庫」を参照）。
English: The dairy left by Masaie called "Gohokoinki Diary" is also regarded as the important historical document to study the imperial court of the mid-Muromachi period.
Japanese: また、政家自身が残した日記『後法興院記』も、室町時代中期の朝廷を知る上での貴重な史料として知られる。
English: FUJIWARA no Kiyoko (1122 - January 17, 1182) was an empress at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原聖子（ふじわらのきよこ、保安(元号)3年（1122年）-養和元年12月4日(旧暦)（1182年1月10日））は平安時代末期の后妃。
English: She was the eldest daughter of FUJIWARA no Tadamichi, who had the title of Sessho (Regent), Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), and Daijo-daijin (Grand minister of state), and her mother was FUJIWARA no Muneko, who had the rank of Kita no Mandokoro (legal wife of regent or chief adviser to the Emperor) and Juichii (Junior First Rank) (daughter of FUJIWARA no Munemichi, who had the rank of Gon Dainagon (a provisional chief councilor of state))
Japanese: 摂政関白太政大臣藤原忠通の長女、母は北政所従一位藤原宗子（権大納言藤原宗通の娘）。
English: She married into the imperial court to Emperor Sutoku in 1129 and was promoted to Chugu in 1130.
Japanese: 大治4年（1129年）崇徳天皇に入内して女御となり、同5年（1130年）中宮に冊立。
English: Her father was Sessho (regent) at that time, and the imperial marriage of the daughter of active sekkan (regent to the emperor) did not occur for 80 years since Empress FUJIWARA no Kanshi of Emperor Goreizei, and Tadamichi placed hope for Kiyoko and the revival of the Sekkanke (line of regents and advisers).
Japanese: 時に父は摂政で、在任中の摂関の女の入内は、後冷泉天皇の皇后藤原寛子以来、八十年ぶりのことであり、忠通は聖子の入内に摂関家再興の望みを託した。
English: Instead, she became the junbo (foster mother) of Imperial Prince Narihito (later became Emperor Konoe) of Emperor Toba, and the Empress Dowager in 1141 when Narihito ascended to the throne.
Japanese: その代わり、鳥羽天皇の皇子體仁親王（後の近衛天皇）の准母となり、體仁が即位した永治元年（1141年）皇太后となった。
English: During the Hogen War in 1156, her father Tadamichi and husband Retired Emperor Sutoku fought against each other, and the defeated Retired Emperor Sutoku was exiled to Sanuki Province.
Japanese: 保元元年（1156年）の保元の乱には父忠通と夫崇徳上皇が敵に分かれて戦い、敗れた崇徳上皇は讃岐国へ配流された。
English: She adopted Yoshimichi KUJO, who was the legitimate son of Kanezane and passed over the territory of Saishokongo-in Shrine which existed since the time of Tadamichi in 1180.
Japanese: また治承4年（1180年）に兼実の嫡男九条良通を猶子として、忠通伝来の最勝金剛院領などを相続させた。
English: There was a theory that Sutokuin was distant from Kiyoko by giving deep affection to Hyoenosuke no Tsubone of the Nyobo (lady-in-waiting) (she was the daughter of Shinen with the rank Hoin (the highest rank in the hierarchy of Buddhist priests) and the adopted daughter of MINAMOTO no Yukimune with the title of Okura-kyo (Minister of the Treasury), and the real mother of Imperial Prince Shigehito), but this was not certain.
Japanese: 崇徳院は女房兵衛佐局（法印信縁女で大蔵卿源行宗の養女、重仁親王生母）を深く寵愛し、聖子とは疎遠であったという説があるが、これは的確でない。
English: While Emperor Sutoku was on the throne, Kiyoko often resided in the same palace, and the retired emperor constantly visited the palace of Kiyoko or Kiyoko performing gyokei (visit of imperial person) to the palace of the retired emperor.
Japanese: 崇徳天皇の在位中、聖子は常に天皇と同殿しており、退位後も、しばしば上皇が聖子の御所へ行幸、もしくは聖子が上皇御所へ行啓している。
English: The fact that Hyoenosuke no Tsubone accompanied Sutokuin after the Hogen War and Kokamonin remained in the capital without accompanying him reflected on her status rather than the level of his affection.
Japanese: 保元の乱の後、崇徳院が讃岐へ配流になった際に兵衛佐局が同行したのに対し、皇嘉門院が同行せずに都に留まったのは、立場の相違に由来するものであって、寵愛の程度によるものではない。
English: For example, when Emperor Gotoba was exiled later years, the person who accompanied him was the nyobo who was not of the high birth, and Shumeimonin, who was favored by the emperor, did not accompany him.
Japanese: たとえば、後世の後鳥羽天皇の配流に際しても、随行したのはそれほど身分が高くない女房で、院の寵愛篤い修明門院はお供していない。
English: The valets accompanied the exiled aristocrat to take care of him.
Japanese: 貴人の配流に際し、身の回りの世話をするために、近侍していた人々がお供をした。
English: The current nyoin (a close female relative of the Emperor or a woman of comparable standing) such as Kokamonin, who were ladies who were at the ranks of Chugu or Empress Dowager as the legal princess or empress were at the similar rank as the retired emperor that they were not in the position to serve the retired emperor.
Japanese: 皇嘉門院のように、只今の女院、かつて天皇の正妃・母后として中宮・皇太后の尊位にあった女性は、上皇とほぼ同等の身位にあり、上皇に随侍する立場にない。
English: Furthermore, her father Tadamichi of Kanpaku probably did not permit her to accompany the retired emperor to Sanuki.
Japanese: そして何よりも、讃岐への同行は関白の位にある父忠通が許さなかったに違いない。
English: Kokamonin was the only daughter of the legal wife of Tadamichi, and Tadamichi would not act indifferently to the departure of the emperor from the capital (Tadamichi became the victor after a hard battle in the Hogen War which destroyed the structure of Sekkan Family.)
Japanese: 皇嘉門院は、忠通の嫡妻腹の一人娘で、忠通がその遷幸を傍観するはずがないのである（忠通は、摂関家の体面を粉々に潰した保元の乱において、辛うじて戦勝者となっている。)
English: (Due to the support of Tadamichi, Kokamonin was respected in the imperial court even after the Hogen War).
Japanese: (忠通の後ろ盾によって、保元の乱以後も皇嘉門院は朝廷で尊重された）。
English: 1129: Underwent Judai to Emperor Sutoku (February 6) and declared Senge (imperial proclamation) as his Nyogo (consort) (February 13)
Japanese: 大治4年（1129年）　崇徳天皇に入内（1月9日）、女御宣下（1月16日）
English: 1156: The Hogen War (August 4), and Sutokuin was exiled to Sanuki (August 17), and she became a priest and shaved her head (November 22)
Japanese: 保元元年（1156年）　保元の乱（7月10日）、崇徳院讃岐へ遷幸（7月23日）、出家・削髪（10月1日）
English: 1164: Her father Tadamichi passed away (March 20) and Sutokuin passed away in Sanuki (September 21)
Japanese: 長寛2年（1164年）　父忠通没（2月19日）、崇徳院讃岐にて没（8月26日）
English: 1177: Gave the shigo (a posthumous name) to the Sutokuin (August 31 and she was previously called as Sanukiin)
Japanese: 治承元年（1177年）　崇徳院の謚号を奉る（7月29日、それ以前は讃岐院）
English: Nagamitsu KANAMORI was the second (and last) lord of Kozuchi Domain in Mino Province.
Japanese: 金森長光（かなもりながみつ）は、美濃国上有知藩の第2代（最後）の藩主。
English: He was born in 1605 as the second son of the first lord of the domain, Nagachika KANAMORI (who was 82 years old at the time).
Japanese: 慶長10年（1605年）、初代藩主・金森長近の次男（82歳の時の子）として生まれる。
English: Because his eldest brother, Naganori KANAMORI, sacrificed himself for Nobutada ODA by committing suicide in Nijo-jo Castle at the Honnoji Incident in 1582, Arishige KANAMORI, another adopted son of Nagachika, took over as the head of the Kanamori family and inherited the territory of Hida Province, and when Nagachika passed away in 1608, Nagamitsu inherited 23,000 koku in Kozuchi, Seki, and Kaneda in Kawachi Province.
Japanese: 長兄の金森長則が天正10年（1582年）の本能寺の変で二条城において織田信忠に殉じていたため、金森家の家督と飛騨国の領土は長近の養子・金森可重が継いで、長光は慶長13年（1608年）に長近が死去すると、上有知・関・河内国金田2万3,000石を相続することとなった。
English: However, he passed away on November 10 (or September 29, according to another source) in 1611.
Japanese: しかし慶長16年（1611年）10月6日（異説として8月23日）に夭逝する。
English: His vassals, Mitsuyasu SHIMA, Tadachika HIDA and Masanaga IKEDA, were each provided with 1,000 koku from the remaining domain by the shogunate.
Japanese: 家臣の島三安、肥田忠親、池田政長においては、遺領のうちより各1,000石宛がわれ幕府に召しだされた。
English: Mineko IWASAKI (1949 -) is an author and former Gion Kobu geisha (Japanese professional female entertainer at drinking parties) from Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 岩崎究香（いわさきみねこ、1949年-）は、京都府京都市出身の作家で元祇園甲部芸妓。
English: She was born as the youngest child of the family descending from Minamoto clan, and her family moved to Yamashina Ward.
Japanese: 源氏の血を引く実家の末子として生まれ育ち、実の両親、兄弟と共に山科区に移住。
English: When she was young, her father took her to visit her two older sisters (one of the sister was Yaechiyo IWASAKI) at an okiya (dwelling of geisha) in Gion, where the owner, Ima IWASAKI, took a liking for her and she had her adopted by her adopted daughter, a local geisha named Fumichiyo IWASAKI (at the time of adoption, she changed her name to Mineko, because her adopted mother's real name was Masako.)
Japanese: 幼少のころ、実父とともに実姉2人（そのうちの一人が岩崎八重千代（いわさきやえちよ））が、芸妓として勤めている祇園の屋形（置屋）を訪れ、主人の岩崎今（いわさきいま）に見初められ、跡取りとして今の養女であった地方芸妓、岩崎富美千代（いわさきふみちよ）の養女となる（そのとき、名を峰子と改めるが、これは養母の本名が政子であったからだといわれる）。
English: At the age of 6, she was trained at the Inoue school of dance, made her debut at the Miyako Odori (dance performance held in April by geisha and maiko in Kyoto's Gion district), and began performing as a maiko (apprentice geisha) at the age of 15.
Japanese: 6歳で井上流を習い始め、『都をどり』で初舞台を踏み、15歳で舞妓として店出しする。
English: During that time, there was a rumor of her dating an actor, Shintaro KATSU, and she also appeared in the Suntory Whiskey commercial.
Japanese: またその間、俳優の勝新太郎との交際があったとも噂され、サントリーウィスキーのコマーシャルにも出演している。
English: Thereafter, she planned to renovate the building and open an esthetic salon, however she married a budding Japanese artist and had two children (one of them died early).
Japanese: 建物を改築してエステサロンなどを開く計画を立てていたが、新進の日本画家と結婚、2児の母となる（そのうち1人は夭折）。
English: She holds lectures every year to tell the story about the culture of Hanamachi (geisha districts in Kyoto), and she has also lectured about Hanamachi at overseas locations, using her excellent English skills.
Japanese: 花街文化を後世に語り継ぐために毎年講演会を開き、また得意の英語を活かして海外に向けての紹介も行う。
English: Her books, including her autobiography, containing circumstances characteristic of the Hanamachi, made her unwanted in the local area.
Japanese: しかし、自伝を含む著作の中には花街特有の事情が書かれているため、地元から煙たがられているとの噂も聞かれる。
English: Genshitsu SEN (April 19, 1923 - present) is the fifteenth iemoto (the head of a family or school) of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony fame, Soshitsu HANSO.
Japanese: 千　玄室（せん　げんしつ、1923年4月19日-）は茶道裏千家前家元15代汎叟宗室。
English: The fourth generation Soshitsu HANSO identified himself as 'Genshitsu' before succession to the name of Soshitsu, which started when the twelfth Soshitsu JIKISHO identified himself as Genshitsu upon retirement.
Japanese: 「玄室」と言う名は、千家4代目の仙叟宗室が宗室襲名前に玄室と名乗っており、この事に因んで12代直叟宗室が隠居した際に玄室を名乗った事に由来する。
English: He is a professor at Takarazuka University of Art and Design and teaches traditional arts.
Japanese: 宝塚造形芸術大学大学院教授であり、伝統芸術研究領域における指導に当たっている。
English: On April 19, 1923, he was born as the eldest son of Soshitsu SEKISO, the fourteenth Urasenke school iemoto.
Japanese: 1923年4月19日、裏千家14代家元碩叟宗室の長男として産まれる。
English: He was transferred from Maizuru Kaiheidan (marine team) to Tsuchiura Fleet Air Force and received basic training to be an officer.
Japanese: 舞鶴の海兵団から土浦の航空隊に転属し、士官になるための基礎訓練を受ける。
English: In 1964, due to his father Soshitsu's death, he succeeded to the name of Soshitsu as the fifteenth Urasenke school Konnichian iemoto after SEN no Rikyu.
Japanese: 1964年、父宗室死去により千利休居士15代裏千家今日庵家元宗室襲名。
English: The actor Ko NISHIMURA was born in the same year (Sen was one grade below him) and belonged to the same corps in Tokkotai.
Japanese: 同年生まれ（学年は千が1年下）で俳優西村晃と特攻隊で同じ隊に所属していた。
English: On the day he moved to Kushira Navy Base from Tokushima in advance of a suicide mission, according to Nishimura's remembrance after the war and Sen's books and talks, after flight training all five members of the corps gathered next to their airplanes for a tea party with tools that they had on hand and adzuki-bean jellies from their rations.
Japanese: 徳島より串良海軍航空基地に移動する、即ち特攻作戦が近日中に行われるであろう日に、飛行訓練後、自分達が乗る飛行機の機体の傍で手持ちの道具と配給の羊羹で5人の隊員全員と茶会を催した事は、戦後西村の述懐・自身の著作や講演など広く知られる。
English: Nishimura departed but came back because his plane broke down, and Sen never departed, so they were the only two from the corps who survived.
Japanese: 西村は出撃したが機体故障の為引き返し、自身は出撃する事が無かった為同隊ではこの2人のみが生還した。
English: NHK Human Lecture, August-September 2004, Wednesdays "Heart of Tea to the World, Genshitsu SEN."
Japanese: NHK人間講座、2004年8月～9月期・水曜日『茶のこころ世界へ　千玄室』
English: When Nishimura died in 1997, Sen served as funeral chairman by the will of the deceased.
Japanese: 1997年に西村が死去した際、故人の遺言に従って葬儀委員長を務めた。
English: Chikanaga NINAGAWA was a warlord from the time of the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States) to the Azuchi Momoyama period.
Japanese: 蜷川親長（にながわちかなが）は、戦国時代から安土桃山時代にかけての武将。
English: Chikanaga served the 13th Shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, ruling over Kirinokawachi, Funai County, Tanba Province, living in Bankonji Castle along with his father Chikayo; however, in 1565, Yoshiteru was defeated by Hisahide MATSUNAGA and Chikanaga lost his territory.
Japanese: 13代将軍足利義輝に仕え、丹波国船井郡桐野河内を領して蟠根寺城に父の親世とともに拠ったが、永禄8年（1565年）義輝が松永久秀に討ち取られ、親長は所領を失い没落。
English: Thereafter, he went to Tosa Province and served Motochika CHOSOKABE (Chikanaga and Motochika's wife are half-siblings with a different father).
Japanese: のち土佐国に下向して婚姻の好みで長宗我部元親に仕えた（親長と元親の妻は父親は違うが同母の姉妹）。
English: He was treated well because of his knowledge of court rules, ceremony, decorum and records of the past, and customs in Kyoto, as well as being an outstanding renga poet
Japanese: 有職故実に通じており京の礼法に詳しく、連歌の達人でもあり厚遇を得た。
English: He was the envoy seeking gago (Sekkei, Suishinriin) for Motochika and his wife from the priest Shuryo SAKUGEN of Kyoto Toji-ji Temple.
Japanese: 京都等持寺の僧侶策彦周良に元親夫妻の雅号（雪渓、水心理因）を求める使者となっている。
English: In 1600, after the cession of the Battle of Sekigahara, he presented tact in handling financial affairs for the deprival of the Chosokabe family property, and he also showed great performance in the suppress uprising, for which Ieyasu TOKUGAWA awarded him 500 koku at Tsuzuki County, Yamashiro Province, as the Hatamoto (direct retainer of the shogun) and advisor to Ieyasu.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）関ヶ原合戦後の長宗我部家改易の際に残った財務処理に手腕を発揮し、さらに一揆の鎮圧にも功績があったため、慶長7年（1602年）に徳川家康に山城国綴喜郡に500石を給されて旗本として取り立てられ、家康の御伽衆となった。
English: FUJIWARA no Akiyori (1094 - February 3, 1148) was a Kugyo (court noble), who lived in the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原顕頼（ふじわらのあきより、嘉保元年（1094年）-久安4年1月5日(旧暦)（1148年1月27日））は平安時代後期の公卿。
English: His children were FUJIWARA no Mitsuyori, FUJIWARA no Korekata, Hisayori, FUJIWARA no Nariyori, Sukeko (a wife of TAIRA no Tokinobu and the mother of TAIRA no Shigeko), the wife of FUJIWARA no Suenari (The mother of Kinmitsu), and the wife of FUJIWARA no Tadataka (mother of FUJIWARA no Nobuyori), the wife of FUJIWARA no Moronaga (divorced afterwards).
Japanese: 子に藤原光頼・藤原惟方・説頼・藤原成頼・祐子（すけこ、平時信の室、平滋子の母）・藤原季成の室（公光の母）・藤原忠隆の室（藤原信頼の母）・藤原師長の室（後に離別）らがいる。
English: He successively held posts of Zuryo (the head of the provincial governors) of Izumo, Mikawa, Tango, and Tanba Provinces, and was governmental official responsible for practical works after he was appointed to the court rank of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) in 1108.
Japanese: 天仁元年（1108年）に従五位下に叙せられてから、出雲国・三河国・丹後国・丹波国の受領を歴任する一方、実務官僚としても活躍する。
English: He became Sanjikentai (managing three assignments of Benkan, Kurodo (Chamberlain), and Kebiishi (a police and judicial chief)) after he was assigned to be Ushoben (Minor Controller of the Right) while staying as the Kurodo and Kebiishi no suke (assistant official of the Police and Judicial Chief) in 1122.
Japanese: 保安(元号)3年（1122年）、蔵人・検非違使佐のまま右少弁に任じられて三事兼帯となった。
English: He became the Sangi (councilor) in 1131 and was promoted to Gon Chunagon and also held the additional post of the Dazai gon no sochi (Provisional Governor-General of the Dazai-fu offices).
Japanese: 天承元年（1131年）に参議、さらに権中納言に昇進して大宰権帥を兼ねる。
English: He resigned as Gon chunagon and became Minbukyo (Minister of Popular Affairs) before being granted with the rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) in 1141.
Japanese: 永治元年（1141年）、権中納言を辞任して民部卿となり、正二位に叙せられた。
English: As the trusted man of retired Emperor Toba, he was praised as 'the one who controls the power inside and out, and is confronted by serious matters more than others' ('Honcho Shinshu Ojo-den' (New collection of hagiographies of those born in the Pure Land)) and participated in important political agendas even after retiring from the Giseikan (Legislature).
Japanese: 鳥羽上皇の腹心として「内外権を執り、際会人に超ゆ」（「本朝新修往生伝」）と評され、議政官を辞してからも重要な議事に参与する。
English: He spoke out for the protection of Tadamori and Kiyomori when Enryaku-ji Temple strongly demanded the exile of TAIRA no Tadamori (son) and Kiyomori (father) in 1147 by quelling the opinion of FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, who sided with the Enryaku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 久安3年（1147年）の、平忠盛・平清盛親子の流罪を要求した延暦寺の強訴においては、延暦寺に同調する藤原頼長の意見を抑えて忠盛・清盛の擁護を進言した。
English: On the other hand, he had good relations with the Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents) for having one of his daughters become the wife of the child of Yorinaga, Moronaga and this struck a balance between the In (retired emperor) and the Sekkan-ke in conflict.
Japanese: 一方で、後に娘の一人が頼長の子・師長の妻となるなど摂関家との関係も良好であり、院と摂関家の対立を調整する役割も果たした。
English: FUJIWARA no Sinzei became the close adviser of the Cloistered Emperor Toba and quickly became powerful and the opposition between the Sekkan-ke and the In no Kinshin (the retired emperor's courtier) grew severe and led to the Hogen War.
Japanese: その後、藤原信西が鳥羽法皇の側近として急速に台頭して摂関家と院近臣の対立も激しくなり、保元の乱につながっていく。
English: FUJIWARA no Takasue (1127 - February 12, 1185) was a kuge (court noble) during the latter Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原隆季（ふじわらのたかすえ、大治2年（1127年）-元暦2年1月11日(旧暦)（1185年2月12日））は平安時代後期の公卿。