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English: On July 27, 1532, he besieged the Imoriyama-jo Castle, the residence of Nagamasa KIZAWA, together with Motonaga MIYOSHI and while predominantly carrying forward the state of the war, he was defeated by Ikko Ikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers) which appeared to support Kizawa and committed suicide by the sword (Battle of Imori-jo Castle).
Japanese: 享禄5年6月15日、木沢長政の居城・飯盛山城を三好元長と攻囲し、戦局を優位に進めていた中、木沢の支援に現れた一向一揆に敗れて自刃（飯盛山城飯盛城の戦い）。
English: This ruined the Hatakeyama clan in the line of Yoshinari HATAKEYAMA (Hatakeyama Soshu family), one of the clans that had been divided the Hatakeyama clan into two since the Onin war.
Japanese: これによって応仁の乱以来、畠山氏を二分していた畠山義就系畠山氏（畠山総州家）は没落した。
English: Koteko was a wife of the 32nd emperor of Japan, Emperor Sushun (reign; 587 - 592) who was assassinated by the SOGA clan.
Japanese: 小手子は、蘇我氏により暗殺された第32代天皇崇峻天皇（すしゅんてんのう、在位587年-592年）の妃。
English: In the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), there is a description that Koteko, who was resentful about the Emperor whose love toward her had withered away, secretly informed SOGA no Umako of the words the Emperor had said to himself when he saw a boar presented to him, "Some day I will kill the man I hate just like cutting off the boar's head," which triggered assassination of the Emperor.
Japanese: 日本書紀には、小手子が天皇の寵愛が衰えたことを恨み、献上された猪を見て天皇が漏らした「何の時かこの猪の頸を断るがごとく朕が嫌しと思うところの人を断らむ」という独り言を、蘇我馬子に密告したことが、天皇暗殺事件のきっかけとなったという記述がある。
English: A legend of Koteko called "Otehime densetsu" (Legend of Princess Koteko) has it that Koteko escaped safely to Kawamata-machi, Fukushima Prefecture (referred to by today's place names) and introduced sericulture to the place.
Japanese: 小手子には、現在の福島県川俣町に落ち延びて養蚕を伝えたという「小手姫（おてひめ）伝説」がある。
English: It is said that Koteko's son, Prince Hachiko, escaped from the capital at the discretion of Prince Umayado (Prince Shotoku), and became the founder of Dewa Sanzan (Three Sacred Mountains of Dewa) in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.
Japanese: 小手子の子、蜂子皇子は厩戸皇子（聖徳太子）の計らいで京を逃れ、山形県鶴岡市の出羽三山の開祖となったと伝えられる。
English: Koteko also fled to Tohoku region with her own father and her daughter, Princess Nishikite, searching for Prince Hachiko,
Japanese: 小手子も、蜂子皇子を捜し求めて、実父と娘・錦代皇女とともに東北に落ち延びた。
English: It is said that after losing Princess Nishikite during the escape, Koteko stayed in the regions having similar atmosphere to her hometown, Yamato Province, which regions are present Kawamata-machi, Date-gun, Fukushima Prefecture and Tsukidate-machi, Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, and she planted mulberry trees there and passed on the art of sericulture to the people living there.
Japanese: 旅の途中に錦代皇女を亡くした小手子は、故郷の大和の風情に似た、現在の福島県伊達郡川俣町や伊達市(福島県)月舘町の地域にとどまり、桑を植え養蚕の技術を人々に広めたという。
English: It is said that lamenting over not being able to see Prince Hachiko, she drowned herself in clear water in Oshimizu, Kawamata-machi.
Japanese: その後小手子は、蜂子皇子に会えないことを悲嘆して、川俣町大清水地内にある清水に身を投げたと伝えられている。
English: There exist several historic sites related to Otehime in and around Kawamata-machi, and Tsukidate-machi is carrying out a campaign to promote the town as "Otehime no sato" (the town Otehime lived in), led by the commerce and industry association of the town.
Japanese: 川俣町付近には小手姫にちなむ史跡等が残り、月舘町は「小手姫の里」として商工会が中心となって町おこしを行っている。
English: Kawamata-machi erected the statue of Otehime in Chuo-koen Park in the town in 1992.
Japanese: 小手姫像（川俣町）　1992年（平成4年）に川俣町が同町中央公園に建立
English: There is a theory that Kawamata-machi was named after Kawamata, Takaichi-gun, Yamato Province (Nara Prefecture at present), which was Koteko's hometown.
Japanese: 川俣町の地名は、小手子の郷里、大和国（やまとのくに・奈良県）高市郡川俣の里にちなむという説がある。
English: Otehime Kinu Youkan (azuki-bean jelly) (product of Shogetsudo Honten, a sweets shop in Tsukidate-machi), Otehime Udon (Japanese wheat noodle) (product of the business union of developers of local products in Tsukidate-machi)
Japanese: 小手姫絹ようかん（月舘町・松月堂本店）、小手姫うどん（月舘ふるさと産品開発企業組合）
English: Kinkage ANEGAKOJI (October 26, 1602 - January 21, 1652) was a court noble in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 姉小路公景（あねがこうじきんかげ、慶長7年9月12日(旧暦)（1602年10月26日）-慶安4年12月11日(旧暦)（1652年1月21日））は江戸前期の公卿。
English: In 1613, he restored the Anegakoji family that had been extinguished for nearly 300 years since the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 慶長18年（1613年）、室町時代から300年近くにわたって断絶していた姉小路家を再興した。
English: He had several daughters, one of which became the legal wife of Muneoki DATE, who was the heir of Munekatsu DATE, and in connection with Date Sodo (the Date family disturbance) she was left to the care of the Yoshida clan in Iyo Province.
Japanese: 娘が数人おり、うち一人は伊達宗勝の嫡男・伊達宗興の正室となって、伊達騒動に関連して伊予吉田藩に預けられた。
English: Tadanaga KAZANIN (1588 - November 6, 1662) was a court noble in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 花山院忠長（かざんいんただなが、天正16年（1588年）-寛文2年9月26日(旧暦)（1662年11月6日））は、江戸時代初期の朝臣。
English: His sons include Sadatoshi NOMIYA (Shonii Gon Dainagon [Senior Second Rank, Provisional Chief Councilor of State]), who was the first head of the Nomiya family, and Kokai (Buddhist priest), a disciple of Tenkai, who was called Kokui no Saisho (literally Chancellor in Black, a priest having a strong influence on politics).
Japanese: 子に野宮家の初代当主野宮定逸（正二位権大納言）や黒衣の宰相と称された天海の弟子公海(僧)がいる。
English: In 1609, he was exiled to Ezochi (current Hokkaido) for committing adultery with a court lady serving for the Emperor Goyozei (the Inokuma Incident).
Japanese: 慶長14年（1609年）、後陽成天皇の女官と密通した罪により、蝦夷地へと配流される（猪熊事件）。
English: In the place of exile, he received kind treatment from the Matsumae clan and is said to have contributed to diffusion of the culture of Kyoto in Matsumae.
Japanese: 配所では松前藩の厚遇を得て、松前に京文化が伝える契機を作ったとされる。
English: In 1636, he was forgiven and became a Buddhist monk, and later in 1652 returned to Kyoto.
Japanese: 寛永13年（1636年）に赦免され出家、降って慶安5年（1652年）に帰洛した。
English: Teigo IBA (February 19, 1847 - October 22, 1926) was the second Director General of Sumitomo.
Japanese: 伊庭貞剛（いばていごう、弘化4年1月5日(旧暦)（1847年2月19日）-大正15年（1926年）10月22日）は、第二代住友総理事である。
English: Regarded as a restorer of the Bessidozan Copper Mine, he actively worked on environmental restoration by solving a smoke pollution caused by the Sumitomo refinery in Niihama in the Meiji period.
Japanese: 「別子銅山中興の祖」といわれ、明治時代に住友新居浜精錬所の煙害問題の解決にあたり、環境復元にも心血を注いだ。
English: He was born a son of a local governor of the Hakata Domain in 1847, and he served as a judicial officer during an upheaval of the early Meiji period.
Japanese: 1847年（弘化4年）近江国蒲生郡西宿村（現滋賀県近江八幡市）に伯太藩代官の子として出生、明治時代初期の動乱期に司法官として仕えた。
English: Soon afterwards, he decided to leave this legal career, and he joined Sumitomo in 1879 at the recommendation of his uncle Saihei HIROSE, who worked as Director General of Sumitomo.
Japanese: しかし、程なくして司法官職を辞職し、住友の総理事をしていた叔父・広瀬宰平の勧めにより1879年（明治12年）に住友に入社。
English: He was appointed head office manger three months after joining the company, and from that time on, he assumed various positions as Sumitomo recognized his resourcefulness.
Japanese: 三ヵ月後に本店支配人となった後も住友家から才覚を高く買われ、さまざまな役職を経験。
English: In 1880, he founded the Osaka Commercial Training Institute together with Tomoatsu GODAI and Tatsuo YAMAMOTO.
Japanese: 1880年（明治13年）に五代友厚、山本達雄らとともに私立大阪商業講習所を設置した。
English: He was called on to assume many public positions as well as director of the Osaka Boseki Co., Ltd. (later became Toyobo Co., Ltd.), as he took part in the establishment of the company.
Japanese: 多数の公職に請われて就いたほか、大阪紡績株式会社（のちの東洋紡）の設立にも参画、役員となった。
English: In 1894, he visited Niihama to solve an air pollution problem caused by smoke, which intensified during the 1890s and led peasants to petition directly to the prefectural government.
Japanese: 明治20年代なかば頃から深刻さを増し、農民の県庁への直訴騒動が起こっていた煙害問題を解決するため、1894年（明治27年）に新居浜に赴いた。
English: Iba ordered his trustworthy assistants to buy the Shisakajima Island under his name and relocate the refinery so that the local residence would not know Sumitomo was maneuvering behind closed doors.
Japanese: 伊庭は、住友が動いていると悟られないよう、腹心の社員に命じて伊庭の個人名義で買い取り、精錬所を移転した
English: He was also devoted to restoring nature by planting trees on the Nishiakaishiyama mountain range that had become bold due to copper mine development, believing that it was their responsibility to restore greenery and nature's blessing there.
Japanese: また、銅山の開発により荒れるがままになっていた西赤石山系の山々に「別子全山を旧のあおあおとした姿にしてこれを大自然にかえさねばならない」として、植林を施すなど、環境復元にも心血を注いだ。
English: Later, Sumitomo Forestry was established as a company managing the mountain range, and this area has been handed down as the Sumitomo mountain until today.
Japanese: それらの山林は、後に管理会社として住友林業が設立され、今日まで住友の山として受け継がれている。
English: Shozo TANAKA, who was trying to pin down the pollution caused by the Ashiodozan Copper Mine, valued Iba's achievements and referred to the Besshidozan Copper Mine as the 'roll model that every Japanese copper mine should follow.'
Japanese: 足尾銅山の鉱害を追及していた田中正造も伊庭の一連の行動を評価し、別子銅山を「我が国銅山の模範」とまで言い切っている。
English: In 1895, he served as the chair (there was no Director Chair due to the resignation of Saihei HIROSE) in the Sumitomo directors' meeting held in Onomichi City, which was accessible both from Osaka and Besshi, and he promoted the modernization of business management by introducing a council system.
Japanese: 1895年（明治28年）に大阪と別子から集まりやすいよう尾道市で、住友の重役会議である会議（後に「尾道会議」と呼ばれる）の議長（総理事は広瀬宰平の辞職により空席となっていた）を務め、合議制とするなど経営の近代化を推進。
English: They decided to establish the Sumitomo Bank in this meeting (Hirose is said to have been reluctant to go into bank business).
Japanese: この時、住友銀行の創設が決まった（広瀬は銀行業を好まなかったと伝えられる）。
English: In January 1897, he was promoted to the Assistant of Director General, and in 1897, he left Niihama after making sure that the company began construction at Shisakajima Island.
Japanese: 明治30年1月総理事心得に昇任、1899年（明治32年）に四阪島工事着手を見届けたのち新居浜を離任。
English: He left his post of Director General in 1904, giving way to younger generations in accordance with his belief that what was most harmful to business progress was not mistakes of the young but infestation of the old (however, he continued to serve as an adviser to Sumitomo's businesses at request of Tomoito SUMITOMO, the head of the Sumitomo family at the time).
Japanese: 1904年（明治37年）に「事業の進歩発展に最も害するものは、青年の過失ではなくして、老人の跋扈である」として総理事を辞し引退（ただし家長の友純の説得により住友家関係の顧問等は続けた）。
English: He also had a firm belief that Sumitomo should always keep a spirit of serving the nation before everything else, and Sumitomo should be willing to join hands with other major capitalists all over Japan if necessary, without being caught up in their small pride, in order to accomplish great businesses that should need more than Sumitomo's capital to be completed but would definitely contribute to Japan.
Japanese: また「もしその事業が本当に日本の為になるもので、しかも住友のみの資本では到底成し遂げられない大事業であれば、住友はちっぽけな自尊心に囚われないで何時でも進んで住友自体を放下し、日本中の大資本家と合同し、敢然之を造上げようという雄渾なる大気魄を絶えず確りと蓄えて居ねばならない」という言葉も残している。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI (date of birth unknown - January 14, 690) was a Baekje general.
Japanese: 黒歯常之（こくしじょうし、生年不詳－689年（永昌(唐)元年）11月26日）は百済の将軍。
English: He surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, however, after realizing that the revival of Baekje would not be achieved, and later he greatly contributed to Tang as a Tang Dynasty general.
Japanese: だが、復興の果たせないことを悟り、唐に投降し、唐の将軍として活躍した。
English: In August 660, when King Uija of Baekje surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and thus the Baekje kingdom fell, Kokushi and his troops surrendered to the Tang General of the Left Military Guard, So Teiho.
Japanese: 660年（顕慶5年）8月に国王の義慈王が唐に降伏し滅亡すると、唐の左武衛大将軍蘇定方に部隊を率いて降伏した。
English: After the surrender, however, discipline in the Tang army became corrupted and Kokushi could not stand to see men, women, and children left behind in Baekje to be killed or raped.
Japanese: しかし、降伏後、唐軍の軍紀は乱れ、百済の遺民の壮丁、婦女子が殺戮され、強姦されるのを黙視できなくなる。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI called together the army he used to lead and took up arms against Tang at the Ninsonzan Castle.
Japanese: 黒歯常之は、旧来指揮していた部隊を糾合して、任存山城において唐に叛旗を翻した。
English: Former army soldiers of Baekje gathered together in response to Kokushi's call, and the number of soldiers swelled up to 30 thousand in no time.
Japanese: それをみて百済の旧軍兵士が参集し、その数は瞬く間に3万を数えるまでになった。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI with his best-picked troops daringly attempted a surprise raid on the besieging Tang army and defeated them.
Japanese: 黒歯常之は配下の軍兵の中から精鋭を選び、包囲する唐軍に果敢に奇襲を試みて、唐の攻囲軍を打ち破った。
English: The Kokushi army followed the retreating Tang army, and captured more than 200 fortresses to regain their former territory.
Japanese: 黒歯軍は逃げる唐軍を追撃し、200余の城塞を攻略してその領域を回復した。
English: Although So Teiho was a leading Tang Dynasty general who was well versed in tactics at the time, he could not defeat Joshi KOKUSHI.
Japanese: 蘇定方はこの時期の唐を代表する名将であり、用兵は巧みであったが、黒歯常之を打ち破ることはできなかった。
English: However, after So Teiho took command of the front line, corrupted discipline in the Tang army receded and they gradually started regaining the fortresses captured by Joshi KOKUSHI.
Japanese: しかし、蘇定方の前線指揮の結果、唐の軍紀は回復し、黒歯常之が回復した城塞も次第に攻略されていった。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI, together with another general Shojo Shataku, continued to put up resistance in a critical fort and joined his forces with an anti-Tang Baekje general, Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu), at Fukushin's foothold Suru-jo Castle.
Japanese: 黒歯常之は別将の沙宅相如とともに険峻な要害の地によって抵抗を続け、同じく唐に抵抗する百済の将軍、扶余福信（鬼室福信）の拠る周留城に軍を率いて合流した。
English: In 603, the former Baekje army that was working on the Baekje revival thought they would need a leader for the movement and requested Wakoku (Japan) to send back the Baekje Prince, Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO), who had been sent there as a hostage.
Japanese: 百済復興を目指す旧百済軍は指導者を求めて、603年、倭国（日本国）に人質として派遣されていた百済の王子、扶余豊（扶余豊璋）の帰国を倭国に求めた。
English: However, Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO), who had lived in peace and abundance in Japan, was not apparently qualified as a king, as he was ill-fitted to live in tense circumstances including holing up in a castle at a battlefield.
Japanese: だが扶余豊（扶余豊璋）には王の資質はなく、倭国で安穏とした豊かな生活をすごしてきたため、戦場での非常事態の篭城戦という緊迫した状況に馴染めなかった。
English: Since Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO) had been sent to Wakoku as a consequence of losing a political strife in Baekje, generals of the Baekje revival army and people left behind in Baekje had contempt for him.
Japanese: また、倭国に人質として派遣されたことがそもそも百済国内での政争に敗れた結果であったため、百済の遺民や復興軍の将帥たちのなかにも扶余豊（扶余豊璋）に対する侮蔑があった。
English: Also, as Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO), himself, harbored hard feelings as he had been sent to Japan as a hostage, the Baekje revival movement did not turn out as people expected.
Japanese: 扶余豊（扶余豊璋）自身も被害者意識があったことなどから、百済復興運動は巧く機能しなかった。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI and Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu) had misgivings about the insensitivity of Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO), speculating he might not understand what it was like to live in a wartime regime, as Buyeo Pung complained about the rugged geographical condition of the Suru-jo Castle and pushed forward a plan to move their footing to the Hi-jo Castle in favor of a flat land with scenic views.
Japanese: 扶余豊（扶余豊璋）は険峻な周留城を嫌い、平坦で景色の良い避城への移動を推し進めるなど、戦時とは思えない感覚が黒歯常之や扶余福信（鬼室福信）に違和感を持たせた。
English: Military advisors of the Wa (Japan) army, including HATA no Takutsu, claimed that if they moved to the Hi-jo Castle that was closer to the enemy camp and surrounded by flatland with no barriers, the revival army with fewer soldiers than the enemy would have no prospect of winning.
Japanese: 倭軍の秦田来津（はたのたくつ）ら軍事顧問は、避城への移動が軍事的に敵に近く、なお、防ぐ障壁とてない平地では兵数に劣る復興軍に勝ち目のないことを主張した。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI agreed to the claim, but Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu) did not, in consideration for feelings of Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO).
Japanese: 黒歯常之もそれに同調したが、扶余福信（鬼室福信）は、扶余豊（扶余豊璋）を慮ってそれに与しなかった。
English: However, as the Tang army was approaching them, they had to retreat to the Suru-jo Castle precipitately, which led to lose many of their soldiers.
Japanese: しかし、唐軍が近づくと慌てて周留城へ撤退したため、少なからぬ兵を失う結果となった。
English: Since around this time, Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu) and Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO), who were the leading members of the Baekje revival forces, attracted criticism from the forces.
Japanese: この頃から、百済復興軍のなかで、指導部である扶余福信（鬼室福信）や扶余豊（扶余豊璋）に対する批判がおこった。
English: Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu) and Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO) gradually grew an aversion to each other, resulting in Fukushin Fuyo (Fukushin Kishitsu) being executed by Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO).
Japanese: そうして二人は互いに相手を毛嫌いするようになり、ついに扶余福信（鬼室福信）が扶余豊（扶余豊璋）によって処刑される結果となった。
English: Afterwards, at the news of an attack made by the Wa army that was sent to aid the Baekje revival forces, Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO) gave up on holing up in the castle and left there claiming to join the Wa army.
Japanese: その後、百済復興支援のために派遣された倭軍（日本軍）の出撃の報が知らされると、扶余豊（扶余豊璋）は周留城を捨てて、倭軍と合流すると称して城を抜け出した。
English: As the Wa army assumed that Buyeo Pung (Hosho FUYO) was still remaining at the Suru-jo Castle, they tried to rescue him and recklessly carried out a plan of breaking through enemy lines at the Battle of Hakusukinoe, but they were defeated by the Tang army.
Japanese: 倭軍は扶余豊（扶余豊璋）が周留城にいると考え、その救援をはかり、白村江の戦いで無謀ともいえる敵中突破作戦を遂行するが、唐水軍の前に敗退した。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI, who was defending the Suru-jo Castle, lost hope in prospects of the Baekje revival movement and withdrew from the movement, following Tang's advice to surrender.
Japanese: 黒歯常之は周留城を防衛していたが、百済復興運動の前途を悟り、唐からの降伏勧告に応じ、百済復興運動から脱落した。
English: When Joshi KOKUSHI surrendered, the Tang Dynasty appreciated his talent in tactics and had him serve as a general for the Tang Dynasty.
Japanese: 黒歯常之の投降に対して唐は、その軍事的才能を高く評価し、将軍として彼を招いた。
English: In 678, Tang appointed him to be the General of the Left Guard of Tang, recognizing his resourcefulness and abilities to lead troops, and had him join the conquest of Toban.
Japanese: 678年（儀鳳3年）には、その高い指揮能力および知略を認められて唐の都左領軍将軍となり、吐蕃討伐に参加した。
English: As he joined under the authority of commander-in-chief Ri Keigen, who served as Chushorei (imperial edict), superintendent general for the Toga section, repression delegate to the Xihe region, and governor-general of Zenshu, he advanced against Toban, together with the commander of the Ekishu region, Ri Koitsu, and governor-general of the Zenshu region, Taku Oho, and defeated Toban at Ryushi (present-day Southeast district, Qinghai Province).
Japanese: 総指揮官である中書令、洮河道行軍大総管・西河鎮撫大使・鄯州都督の李敬玄の指揮下に入り、益州長史李孝逸、嶲州都督拓王奉などとともに進軍し、龍支（現在の青海省東南地区）で吐蕃と戦い、これを撃ち破った。
English: However, the battle reached a deadlock in face of a large enemy army sent by Toban, and despite Ri Keigen's direction to attack the Toban army, they were soundly defeated and Sinrei Ryu died in the battle.
Japanese: しかし、吐蕃も大軍を派遣したために戦線は膠着し、李敬玄は軍を動かして吐蕃軍を攻撃させたが大敗し、劉審礼が戦死した。
English: Ri Keigen moved his troops to a station in Shofurei, but they were eventually enveloped by vast forces of Toban.
Japanese: また、李敬玄は軍を承風嶺に移動し駐屯したが、吐蕃の大軍に包囲されてしまった。
English: In order to break through the situation, he led a suicide squad consisting of best-picked 500 soldiers to make a night raid in the dark on the besieging Toban camp.
Japanese: その事態を打開するために、黒歯常之は精鋭の決死隊500人を率い、闇夜に隠れて包囲する吐蕃の陣営に夜襲を敢行した。
English: In 680, Toban again sent a vast army of 30,000 soldiers to make inroads into Kogen and camped at Ryohigawa.
Japanese: 680年（永隆(唐)元年）には再び吐蕃は3万の大軍を派遣して河源を攻め、良非川に駐屯した。
English: Joshi KOKUSHI, who was awarded the post of the General of the Left Military Guard and the Vice Commander of the Kogen section as a reward for his contributions in former years, again made a night attack on the Toban camp with his best-picked elite 3,000 cavalrymen and made the enemy retreat.
Japanese: 先年の戦功により左武衛将軍・河源軍副使となった黒歯常之は精鋭の騎兵3000を率いて、再び、吐蕃の陣を夜襲して、吐蕃軍を退却させた。
English: He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Kogen region as a reward for these contributions and worked hard to guard boarders, develop colonies, and construct fortresses.
Japanese: それらの功績を評価されて黒歯常之は河源道経略大使となり、国境警備や屯田開発、城塞の設置などに奔走した。
English: In 681, the commander-in-chief of the Kogen region Joshi KOKUSHI defeated Ron Sanba of Toban at Ryohigawa and returned with the enemy's food and livestock.
Japanese: 681年（開耀元年）河源道経略大使の黒歯常之が良非川に吐蕃の論贊婆を撃ち破り、その兵糧や家畜を収めて帰還した。
English: The Tang Dynasty valued Joshi KOKUSHI's contributions in repulsing the Toban army multiple times and his other achievements including the development of colonies, and they graced him with the title of Enkokuko (The Lord of the En region).
Japanese: 何度かの吐蕃軍の撃退などの功績および屯田開発などの成果に対して、唐は黒歯常之に燕国公の爵位を与えた。
English: While seven years of Joshi KOKUSHI's services to the Tang army, Toban was so afraid of him that they would not dare to invade the frontier.
Japanese: 黒歯常之が軍にいた7年間は、吐蕃はこれを深く畏れ、敢えて辺境を犯すことはなかった。
English: In 684, when Empress Sokuten ascended the throne, the governor of Bishu, Ri Keigyo, was relegated to the Sima (Great Officer) of the Ryusyu region by the Empress.
Japanese: 684年（光宅元年）、則天武后が即位すると、眉州刺史英公李敬業は則天武后によって柳州司馬に左遷された。
English: Empress Sokuten appointed the great general of 左玉鈐衛 Ri Koitsu to be superintendent general for the Yoshu section and told him to suppress the movement with 300 thousand soldiers.
Japanese: 則天武后は、左玉鈐衛大将軍李孝逸を揚州道大総管として兵30万を与えて討伐に向かわせた。
English: The family name of Ri Keigyo had originally been Jo and was then changed to Ri due to contributions of his ancestors, but Empress Sokuten had his name changed back to Jo Keigyo.
Japanese: 李敬業の姓は先祖の功績から李姓となっていたが、元来は徐姓であったので、それに戻し、徐敬業と則天武后は改めさせた。
English: However, since Ri Koitsu could not suppress the insurrection aroused by Jo Keigyo, Empress Sokuten appointed Joshi KOKUSHI as superintendent general for the Konan section and sent him to subdue them in November.
Japanese: しかし、徐敬業を李孝逸は鎮圧することができなかったので、11月、則天武后は黒歯常之を江南道大総管として討伐させた。
English: In September 686, Joshi KOKUSHI, with his more than 200 soldiers, soundly defeated the East Tokketsu army of more than 3000 soldiers.
Japanese: 686年（垂拱2年）9月には侵入した東突厥軍3000余を200余で撃退する大勝利を収めた。
English: He was appointed superintendent general of the Enzen section as a reward for his contributions, and he became the supreme commander at the front line to fight against the East Tokketsu.
Japanese: その戦功によって燕然道大総管に任命され、対東突厥の前線の最高指揮官となった。
English: The Tang Dynasty ordered great general of 左鷹揚衛 Joshi KOKUSHI to take command of the army and repel the Tokketsu army.
Japanese: 唐はそれに対して、左鷹揚衛大将軍の黒歯常之に諸軍を率いて突厥軍を撃退せよと出撃を命じた。
English: San Hoheki, who was plotting to take all the credit generated in the battle for himself, made the troops take action without permission of Joshi KOKUSHI in order to pursue the East Tokketsu army, but he was thoroughly defeated by the enemy.
Japanese: しかし、爨宝璧は戦功を独り占めしようと考え、黒歯常之に無断で独自に兵を動かし、東突厥を追撃したが大敗した。
English: The Empress also discharged Joshi KOKUSHI from his duties, attributing the blame for his incompetence in regard to San Hoheki's insubordination.
Japanese: また、黒歯常之も爨宝璧の暴走を止められなかった責任を追及され、免官された。
English: On November 26, 689, Joshi KOKUSHI (the Great General of the Right Military Guard and the Lord of the En Region) was falsely accused of plotting a rebellion by Shu Kyo and his henchmen, and he was jailed and clubbed to death.
Japanese: 689年（永昌(唐)元年）11月26日に周興らによって＜右武衞大将軍・燕国公＞黒歯常之は謀反を企んでいると誣告され、獄に繋がれ撲殺された。
English: After his death, it was revealed that he was killed on a false accusation and Busokuten awarded him the title of 大周故左武威衞大将軍検校左羽林軍贈左玉鈴大将軍燕国公黒歯府君, which was inscribed in his epitaph.
Japanese: 没後、冤罪が判明し、武則天より「大周故左武威衞大将軍検校左羽林軍贈左玉鈴大将軍燕国公黒歯府君」の称号を与えられ、その墓誌に刻まれた。
English: In November 2006, one report was issued and it insisted that 'Mononobe' must have referred to the Mononobe clan, but scholars have divergent opinions on that.
Japanese: 2006年11月に「勿部」は「物部」であるとの研究が発表されているが学界での賛否は分かれている。
English: It is said that ancestors of Joshi KOKUSHI were the Baekje royal family, and Uija, who was the king when the Baekje Kingdom fell, must have been relatively closely related to Kokushi.
Japanese: 黒歯常之の祖は、百済の王族であり、黒歯常之もさほど百済滅亡時の義慈王からみて遠い同族ではなく、比較的近い親族であったと思われる。
English: It is also said that the Kokushi family took the family name of 'Kokushi' because they had governed the 'Kokushi-koku' (literally, "black-teeth country").
Japanese: また、「黒歯氏」の由来に関して、「黒歯国」を領したことから、「黒歯」を氏としたとされている。
English: Some people say that the 'Kokushi-koku' must be present-day Taiwan, which used to be a part of Baekje's territory in ancient times, and others say that, based on the Gishiwajinden (literally, an 'Account of the Wa' in "The History of the Wei Dynasty"), the 'Kokushi-koku' must have been a country located to the south of Wakoku (Japan) and ancestors of Joshi KOKUSHI were given one of the Baekje's territories, 'Kokushi-koku,' that was located to the southeast of Wakoku, as a reward for their conquering of Wakoku.
Japanese: 「黒歯国」は台湾であるとし、台湾は古代には百済の勢力圏に含まれたとする論や、魏志倭人伝を典拠に「黒歯国」は倭国（日本）の南にあった国で、黒歯常之の祖先は、倭国を平定し、その東南にあった「黒歯国」まで百済の勢力圏に含まれていたとし、それらの平定の功績から領地として黒歯の地が黒歯常之の祖先に与えられたとする論などがある。