nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The state may financially support appropriate persons to cover a part of the expense to exhibit, record and preserve the intangible folk cultural properties (Article 77 applied with Article 91 of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties).
Japanese: 国は、適当な者に対し、当該無形の民俗文化財の公開又はその記録の作成、保存若しくは公開に要する経費の一部を補助することができる（文化財保護法第91条で準用する第77条）としている。
English: What was selected by the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs according to this regulation is called selected intangible properties of folk culture.
Japanese: この規定により文化庁長官によって選択されたものを、選択無形民俗文化財という。
English: The selected intangible properties of folk culture is a common name, which indicates the intangible folk cultural properties selected based on the regulation, and is not a legal term.
Japanese: この選択無形民俗文化財という名称は、この規定にもとづいて選択された無形の民俗文化財を指す通称であり、法律上の用語ではない。
English: The selection criteria for intangible folk cultural properties selected for measures such as recording is stipulated as follows.
Japanese: 「記録作成等の措置を講ずべき無形の民俗文化財の選択基準」が次のとおり規定されている。
English: (1) One that shows typical features of Japanese foundational life and culture in origin, details, etc.
Japanese: (1)由来、内容等において我が国民の基盤的な生活文化の特色を示すもので典型的なもの
English: (2) An annual event or event held in a festival, a memorial service, etc. that shows the foundation of performing arts.
Japanese: (2)年中行事、祭礼、法会等の中で行われる行事で芸能の基盤を示すもの
English: 4. Immaterial folk cultural properties that are not applicable to the above three numbers yet are especially necessary in order to understand the characteristics of important tangible folk cultural properties.
Japanese: 4.無形の民俗文化財のうち前3号には該当しないが、重要有形民俗文化財の特質を理解するために特に必要なもの
English: 5. Foreign immaterial folk cultural properties that are Stipulated in the previous numbers and especially important in connection with Japanese people's lives and cultures.
Japanese: 5.我が国民以外の人々に係る前各号に規定する無形の民俗文化財で我が国民の生活文化との関連上特に重要なもの
English: Based on 'the selection criteria for intangible folk cultural properties selected for measures such as recording, the director-general of the Agency for Cultural Affairs selects 'intangible folk cultural properties selected for measures such as recording' (commonly known as 'selected intangible properties of folk culture') and supports a local public entity's research project and record making project.
Japanese: 「記録作成等の措置を講ずべき無形の民俗文化財の選択基準」に基づき、これらに該当するものついて、文化庁長官が「記録作成等の措置を講ずべき無形の民俗文化財」（通称「選択無形民俗文化財」）として選択し、地方公共団体の行う調査事業や記録作成の事業に助成を行っている。
English: The 'folk technology' was added to the area of intangible folk cultural properties in the Revised Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, enacted in 2005.
Japanese: 2005年に施行された改正文化財保護法により、無形の民俗文化財の領域に「民俗技術」が加えられた。
English: Accompanying to the revision, 'Nakatsugawa technique to make a dam to convey wood' was selected first as a folk technology in 2008.
Japanese: この改正に伴い、2008年、民俗技術として最初に「中津川の鉄砲堰製作技術」が選択された。
English: From the shape of the small topknot tied by old men having a thin head of hair, it was called "chonmage."
Japanese: 髪の少ない老人が結う小ぶりな髷をその形から「ゝ髷」（ちょんまげ）と言った。
English: Today, ichomage (a hair-style like a fan, like the leaf of the sacred gingko tree), hondamage, which is often seen in period dramas, and oicho tied by sumo wrestlers are called chonmage, but those chonmage are not quintessential.
Japanese: 現在丁髷と呼ばれるものは時代劇などでよく登場する銀杏髷、本多髷や相撲の力士が結う大銀杏で本来の丁髷では無い。
English: Among chonmage today, sumo wrestlers' hair style at training time is the most similar to the quintessential chonmage although they do not have part of their forehead shaved.
Japanese: 現在見られるものでは力士が稽古時に結う髪型が月代（さかやき）は剃っていないものの一番近い。
English: Sanpatsudattokatterei (so-called dampatsurei [order of bobbed hair]) was issued as Dajokan fukoku (proclamation by the Grand Council of State) on August 9, 1871.
Japanese: 明治4年8月9日に散髪脱刀勝手令（いわゆる断髪令）が太政官布告された。
English: In 1873, the Emperor Meiji turned to bobbed hair, and men who tied traditional topknots for men decreased in numbers drastically and the western hair style and the shortcut hair style became widespread instead.
Japanese: さらに明治6年明治天皇の断髪に至ると、伝統的な男髷を結う男性は激減し、洋髪やざんぎり頭が流行した。
English: Nevertheless, conservative people who still tied topknots for men were called 'chonmage atama' (in a playful way), and this naming has been used as the general term for topknots for men.
Japanese: それでもなお保守的な男髷姿の人を（半ば揶揄して）「丁髷頭」と呼ぶようになり、現在、この呼称が男髷全体の名称として用いられるようになった。
English: It took a lot of trouble for many people to keep the chonmage hairstyle by shaving the top of the head with a razor everyday like fictional characters' one seen in paintings, ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints), kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors) and period dramas, etc.
Japanese: 絵画、浮世絵、歌舞伎、時代劇などに出てくる頭頂部を剃った丁髷の髪型に多くの人々が、日々剃刀などで整えることは、予想以上に手間のかかることである。
English: Making clear the background of the needs for chonmage can lead to a better understanding of the pre-dampaturei society.
Japanese: その必要性の背景を明らかにすることは、断髪令以前の社会を更に理解することにつながると思われる。
English: On the other hand, 'chonmage' seen in cartoons and character goods is simplified, which simplified chonmage may be based on chasenmage (a hair-style like a tea whisk) because mage (topknot) is rolled up vertically from the back of the head with the tips of hair spread roundly.
Japanese: また、幼児向けの漫画やキャラクター商品で「ちょんまげ」と称しているものは簡略化されているが、後頭部から垂直に髷を巻き立て毛先を円形に広げていることから茶筅髷を参考にしていると思われる。
English: It is one of the three major wagyu beef brands along with Kobe beef and Matsuzaka beef, all of which have the same breeding cattle, Tajima beef.
Japanese: 同じ但馬牛を素牛とする神戸牛、松阪牛と合わせ、日本三大和牛の一角を占める。
English: After the beef breed record camouflage incident, in December 2005, Omigyu was defined not only as a Japanese black beef brand raised from an excellent calf, brought to or produced in Shiga Prefecture, for the longest period in the prefecture but also as the one whose place of origin can be indicated as 'Shiga Prefecture' under JAS law (Act for Standardization and Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Products).
Japanese: 牛の肥育履歴偽装事件を受け、2005年12月、近江牛の定義は、優秀な子牛を導入もしくは生産し、滋賀県内で最も長く肥育した黒毛和種でかつ、JAS法に定める原産地表示が「滋賀県産」と表示できるもの、とされた。
English: In the Edo Period, beef was presented to the Shogun family by Hikone Clan in the form of misozuke (pickling in miso [fermented soybean paste]) or of dried meat in the name of 'yojoyaku' (medicine for health).
Japanese: 江戸時代には、牛肉が「養生薬」の名目で、味噌漬や干し肉として彦根藩から将軍家へ献上、賞味されていた。
English: During the Meiji Period, people started to eat beef under the influence of the western culture and Omi shonin (Omi merchants) reportedly contributed to the spread of beef consumption as Ise shonin (Ise merchants) did to the spread of Matsuzaka beef.
Japanese: 明治になり、西洋文化の影響で牛肉食が始まり松阪牛の普及に伊勢商人が貢献したように近江商人の活躍があったためともいわれている。
English: It is said that foreign residents tasted Omi beef brought to Kobe Port for transportation, believing that it was Kobe beef, and named it as Kobe beef by mistake.
Japanese: 神戸産の牛ではなく輸送のために神戸港に運ばれてきた近江牛を在留外国人が賞味し名付けたともいわれている。
English: Omi beef has been produced mainly in Gamo County, Kanzaki County (Shiga Prefecture), and Echi County (Shiga Prefecture) (currently, Omihachiman City, Higashiomi City, and Ryuoh Town, etc.) in Shiga Prefecture.
Japanese: 主に滋賀県の蒲生郡、神崎郡(滋賀県)、愛知郡(滋賀県)（現在の近江八幡市、東近江市、竜王町など）において生産されてきた。
English: It is said that those areas, as leading producers of rice and other agricultural products, are blessed with feedstuff for fattening cattle and mild climate.
Japanese: これら一帯は米の生産やその他の農業も盛んで、このため牛を肥育するための飼料とストレスの少ない気候に恵まれたためともいわれている。
English: Songs with words in seven-and-five syllable meter can be sung in the melody of other song in this meter without uncomfortable feeling as a song.
Japanese: 七五調の歌詞を持つ歌は、同じ七五調の別の曲の節で歌っても歌唱上は違和感がない。
English: A theme song of a TV drama 'Mitokomon' (Panasonic Drama Theater), 'A Jinsei ni Namida Ari'
Japanese: テレビドラマ「水戸黄門(パナソニックドラマシアター)」の主題歌「ああ人生に涙あり」
English: A theme song of a TV cartoon 'Dr. Slump Ararechan,' 'Waiwai World'
Japanese: テレビアニメ「Dr.スランプアラレちゃん」の主題歌「ワイワイワールド」
English: "Ko" originally referred to fragrances of natural aromatic trees such as eaglewood, agalloch, and sandalwood.
Japanese: 香（こう、incense）とは、本来、伽羅、沈香、白檀などの天然香木の香りをさす。
English: For this reason, the term is used to describe the fragrance of joss sticks, shoko (fragrance giving materials such as fragrance woods that are cut into small pieces), incense powder, and zuko (incense for applying to a priest's body or Buddha statue), or it is used as a general term for all of these incense.
Japanese: そこから線香、焼香、抹香、塗香等の香り、またこれらの総称として用いられる。
English: India, where Buddhism originated, produces many fragrant woods, and Ko plays an important role in preventing odor resulting from the hot climate.
Japanese: 仏教の発祥地であるインドは多くの香木の産地であり、また酷暑の気候による悪臭を防ぐために、香は重要な役割を果たしている。
English: In Buddhism, when an incense is burned, it is considered to drive off impurity and cleanse the mind; therefore, burning incense before the Buddha or a mortuary tablet and making offerings along with flowers and votive light is regarded as the fundamentals of memorial service for the dead (there is a saying 'koge wo tamukeru' (offer flowers and incense for Buddha)).
Japanese: 仏教では、香を焚くと不浄を払い心識を清浄にするとされ、仏前で香を焚き、花や灯明とともに仏前に供することを供養の基本としている（「香華を手向ける」という言葉がある）。
English: In addition, there are many cases where fragrant woods are used as materials for making Buddha statues and Buddhist altar fittings, and there also are many descriptions on incense in the Buddhist sutra.
Japanese: また仏像、仏具の材料として香木を用いる事も多く、経典の中にも香についての記述は多い。
English: The history of incense is old, dating back around 3000 B.C. to the Mesopotamia civilization.
Japanese: 香の歴史はかなり古く、紀元前3000年前のメソポタミア文明のころまで遡る。
English: There are many kinds of incense, such as powders made from the barks, leaves, and roots of sandalwood and cloves, those such as frankincense and benzoin that are made from fragrant resins, or those which are made from animals such as musks and ambergris; and normally, incense is divided into koboku (meiko) and neriko (awasego) (pastille).
Japanese: 種類も多く、白檀、丁香などのように樹木の皮、葉、根などの粉末や、乳香、安息香など、芳香のある樹脂や麝香、竜涎香など動物性のものがあり、ふつう香木（明香）と練香（煉香、合香）とに分けられる。
English: Furthermore, according to the way in which they are used, ko is divided broadly into incense which are used by burning (shoko), and incense which are used for rubbing into one's body (zuko).
Japanese: また使用方法の違いで、焚いて使用する香（焼香）と、焚かずに体に塗る香（塗香）に大きく別けられる。
English: Among them, shoko is divided according to their shapes, into senko which are in the forms of a stick, coil, or whorl, and makko which are in powder; but there are many variations.
Japanese: このうち焼香も形状によって、棒状、コイル状、渦巻状の線香・粉末状の抹香に別けられるが、種類は多種に上る。
English: Ko has healing effects, for by smelling its aroma, substances that bring comfort such as alpha wave and endorphin are secreted inside the brain.
Japanese: 香の香りをかぐことで、脳内にアルファ波や、エンドルフィンなどの心地よさをもたらす物質が分泌され、癒し効果がある。
English: Jika means market price as an economic term ->see "Market Price"
Japanese: 時価（じか）とは、経済用語としての市場価格のこと　→記事「市場価格」を参照
English: It is used for goods such as valuable fresh food whose selling price fluctuates with change of the market price (buying price).
Japanese: －貴重な生鮮食品など、市場価格（仕入れ値）の変動により売値が定まらない商品に対して用いられる。
English: There are cases in which you may know the actual price by directly asking a restaurant staff but sometimes you would never know how much the unit price was even after check.
Japanese: 実際の価格は店員に直接尋ねて知ることが出来る場合から、会計を終えてもなお単価が幾らであったのか判然としない場合まで様々である。
English: In English, both 1. market price as an economic term and 2. a style of price display at restaurants etc., mentioned above are similarly indicated as "Market Price".
Japanese: 英語表現でも同様に、1・2のいずれもが「MarketPrice（マーケット・プライス）」となる。
English: "Atsusa Samusa mo Higan made" is a Japanese idiom that means 'The cold of winter lasts until the spring equinox, and the heat of summer calms by the autumnal equinox, and will become easier to bear."
Japanese: 暑さ寒さも彼岸まで（あつささむさもひがんまで）とは「冬の寒さは春分の頃まで、夏の暑さは秋分の頃までには和らぎ、凌ぎやすくなる」という意味の、日本の慣用句である。
English: In fact, according to the observatory data by the Meteorological Agency, it is possible to deduce that what this idiom implies is, by and large, to the point.
Japanese: 実際、気象庁などの観測データによれば、この慣用句の意味するところが概ね的を射ていることは推測可能である。
English: Although there are differences between North Japan and South Japan as well as year to year, there may be snowfall, snow accumulation, and icy roads until the spring equinox; until the autumnal equinox, there may be days which the temperature rises above 30℃, days when the temperature climbs to 25℃, and nights that the temperature does not fall below 25℃.
Japanese: 北日本と南日本では差はあり、年によって違うが、概ね春分前までは降雪・積雪・路面凍結のおそれ、真冬日や冬日になることはあり、また秋分前までは真夏日や夏日・熱帯夜になりうる。
English: The temperature during the spring equinox is by and large the temperature of the late November to the early December; and the temperature during the autumnal equinox is almost the same as that of June, and each of these temperatures equals to the average temperatures of the transition periods of autumn to winter, and spring to summer.
Japanese: 春の彼岸は概ね11月末から12月上旬の気温、秋の彼岸は概ね6月前半の気温とほぼ同じであり、それぞれ秋から冬への過渡期、春から夏への過渡期の平均気温と等しくなる。
English: Oni was a system of conferring a rank above a certain court rank to the descendants of high officials, according to the court ranks those high officials, the descendants' forefathers, had under the system of the Ritsuryo codes in Japan.
Japanese: 蔭位（おんい）とは、日本の律令制体制のなかで、高位者の子孫を父祖である高位者の位階に応じて一定以上の位階に叙位する制度。
English: According to Senjoryo (the regulations for the recruitment and promotion of government officials), ranks were bestowed upon the descendants when they become over the age of 21, and those eligible for oni were children and grandchildren of Koshin (Emperor's family), the children of the emperor's great grandchildren, descendants of shoshin (retainers) who were higher than third rank, and children of those who were higher than the fifth rank.
Japanese: 選叙令によれば、子孫が21歳以上になったとき叙位され、蔭位資格者は皇親・五世王の子、諸臣三位以上の子と孫、五位以上の子である。
English: Oni system was modeled on the Ritsuryo system of Tang (China), but compared to the Chinese system, its extent of qualification was limited, and the ranks bestowed upon were high.
Japanese: 蔭位の制は唐の律令制に倣った制度だが、中国の制度よりも資格者の範囲は狭く、与えられる位階は高い。
English: "Kusunokiryu Hanami no Makuhari" is a program of Kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors).
Japanese: 『樟紀流花見幕張』（くすのきりゅうはなみのまくはり）は、は歌舞伎の演目。
English: Chuya MARUBASHI, one of his comrades, disguised himself as a drunken chugen (a rank below a common soldier) to measure the depth of the moat in preparing for the attack on Edo-jo Castle, but roju (member of shogun's council of elders) Nobutsuna MATSUDAIRA was passing by and questioned him (Edojo Horibata no Ba [a scene on the side of the Edo-jo Castle's moat]).
Japanese: 同士の一人丸橋忠弥は、江戸城攻撃に備え掘の深さを測量すべく泥酔した中間に変装するが、来かかった老中松平信綱に見咎められ（江戸城掘端の場）。
English: Chuya was perplexed and tried to persuade his father-in-law to understand him by telling the truth, but Tokuro was astounded and went to the police about him.
Japanese: 困った忠弥は舅に真相を話し納得させようとしたが、かえって驚愕した藤九郎に訴人される。
English: Chuya was surrounded by a lot of torite (officials in charge of imprisoning offenders) and was arrested despite his resistance (Chuya Torimono no Ba [a scene when Chuya is caught]).
Japanese: 大勢の捕り手に囲まれた忠弥は抵抗空しく捕縛される（忠弥内捕物の場）。
English: The characters and the historical backdrop of this program at the premiere followed those in the Muromachi period.
Japanese: 本作は、初演時には時代設定や登場人物の背景が室町時代のそれに倣ったものになっていた。
English: This seems to imply that Shinshichi KAWATAKE the second began to write for this program a few years before the premiere.
Japanese: このことから、二代目河竹新七はこの作品をすくなくとも初演の数年前から書きはじめていたことがうかがえる。
English: Shinshichi wrote this script for Sadanji ICHIKAWA the first who was adopted by Shinshichi's best friend Kodanji ICHIKAWA the fourth.
Japanese: 新七はこの作品を、親友だった市川小團次(4代目)の養子である初代市川左團次のために書下ろした。
English: Although this program was aimed at bringing Sadanji to the fore for his revival, friction arose between the writer's part and the costars and the proprietor of the theater.
Japanese: その起死回生を図って左團次を全面に押し立てた作品としたのだが、作者側と共演者や芝居小屋座元との間に摩擦が起る。
English: The most contentious issue was "Edojo Horibata no Ba," a scene played only by Sadanji.
Japanese: 特に左團次の一人舞台である「江戸城堀端の場」を巡ってはかなり揉めた。
English: Shinshichi burned his boats and at the hazard of his career, he taught Sadanji acting on a one-to-one basis even a few days after the premiere.
Japanese: 背水の陣を引き、己の職を賭して左團次に一対一の指導をし、初日が開いてもしばらくは演技指導を行うほどだった。
English: The famous monologue of Chuya in the "Horibata" scene is as follows: "I know Umegaeda's Mugen no kane (bell of infinity) is an unusual story, but I will end up pawning my armor in a way similar to Genta because I cannot scrape together enough money for sake. I cannot help drinking sake even if I lose my shirt."
Japanese: 「掘端」では「……とんだ無限の梅が枝だが、ここで三合かしこで五合、ひろい集めて三升あまり、これじゃしまいに源太もどきで、鎧を質に置かざあなるめえ。裸になっても、酒ばかりは呑まずにはいられねえ」という忠弥の科白が有名。
English: In a sharp contrast with the calmness of Japanese dancing in the previous scenes, the performance is vigorous and realistic in this scene.
Japanese: それまでの濃い舞踊色とは打って変わって、写実的な激しさで演じられる。
English: In a broad sense, they refer to all the cultural products with a tangible form that were created by the cultural acts of human beings.
Japanese: 広義では、人類の文化的活動によって生み出された有形の文化的所産全般を意味する。
English: In a narrow sense, they are a type of cultural properties stipulated in the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties and ordinances of the local public entities, and it refers to cultural products with a tangible form including buildings and other structures, and works of fine arts and crafts.
Japanese: 狭義では、日本の文化財保護法や地方公共団体の条例における文化財の種類のひとつで、建造物や美術工芸品などの有形の文化的所産を意味する。
English: In particular, the term refers to 'tangible cultural properties' stipulated under No.1, Item 1, Article 2 of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
Japanese: 特に、文化財保護法第2条第1項第1号において規定された「有形文化財」を意味する。
English: Generally, when something is referred to as 'Tangible cultural properties', it frequently means tangible cultural properties that the local public entities designated under the Regulation for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
Japanese: 一般に「有形文化財」といった場合には、地方公共団体が文化財保護条例により指定した有形の文化財を指すことが多い。
English: Under No.1, Item 1, Article 2 of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, 'tangible cultural properties' are defined as buildings, paintings, sculptures, crafts, calligraphy, classical books, paleography, and other cultural products with tangible forms (including land and other properties that create value by being a part of those products) that possess high historical or artistic value for Japan as well as archaeological artifacts and other historical documents with high academic values.
Japanese: 文化財保護法第2条第1項第1号では、建築物、絵画、彫刻、工芸、書道、典籍、古文書その他の有形の文化的所産で、日本国にとって歴史上または芸術上価値の高いもの（これらのものと一体をなしてその価値を形成している土地その他の物件を含む。）並びに考古資料及びその他の学術上価値の高い歴史資料を、「有形文化財」と定義している。
English: Also, there are cases which the regulation for the Protection of Cultural Properties and so on of local public entities stipulate 'tangible cultural properties' as one of the types of cultural products.
Japanese: 地方公共団体の文化財保護条例等においても、文化財の種類の一つとして「有形文化財」を規定している場合がある。
English: The Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties establishes systems for designating, registering, and protecting national treasures, important cultural properties, and registered tangible cultural properties among the tangible cultural properties.
Japanese: 文化財保護法では、有形文化財の中から国宝、重要文化財、登録有形文化財を指定・登録し、保護する制度を定めている。
English: Important Cultural Property (Item 1, Article 27): The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may designate 'important cultural properties' which are important products among the tangible cultural properties.
Japanese: 重要文化財（第27条第1項）：文部科学大臣は、有形文化財のうち重要なものを「重要文化財」に指定することができる。
English: National Treasure (Item 2, Article 27): The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology may designate among important cultural properties, products with high values from the perspective of worldwide culture which are the treasure of the nation having no equal as 'national treasure.'
Japanese: 国宝（第27条第2項）：重要文化財のうち、世界文化の見地から価値の高いもので、たぐいない国民の宝たるものを、文部科学大臣は「国宝」に指定することができる。
English: Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Article 57): The system of registered tangible cultural properties was founded owing to the amendment of the Law for the protection of cultural properties in 1996.
Japanese: 登録有形文化財（第57条）：、1996年の文化財保護法改正により登録有形文化財制度が創設された。
English: The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology registers on the original register of cultural properties, tangible cultural properties other than those designated by the national government or the local public entities that are in particular need for preservation and utilization.
Japanese: 文部科学大臣が、国または地方公共団体の指定を受けていない有形文化財のうち、保存と活用が特に必要なものを文化財登録原簿に登録する。
English: The local public entities may, by establishing regulations, designate important products that exist within the districts of the local entities, which are other than those products such as important cultural properties designated by the national government (Item 2, Article 182).
Japanese: 地方公共団体は、条例を定めて、重要文化財などの国が指定する文化財以外の文化財でその地方公共団体の区域内に存するもののうち重要なものを指定することができる（第182条第2項）。
English: Each of the local public entities establishes Regulation for the Protection of Cultural Properties, and designates those products that are important to the local public entities among the tangible cultural properties (excluding properties which are designated as important cultural property) in the form of 'a tangible cultural asset designated by xx prefecture', 'a tangible cultural asset designated by municipalities' and so on.
Japanese: 地方公共団体では、それぞれ文化財保護条例を定めて、有形文化財（重要文化財に指定されたものを除く）のうち、その地方公共団体にとって重要なものを「○○都道府県指定有形文化財」、「市町村指定有形文化財」などの形で指定している。
English: It is based on a koshaku (narration of a story) about the robber Seikichi ONIBOZU, who was executed in 1805, and also includes the incident of Edo-jo Castle Gokinzo Yaburi (Theft of the shogun's gold) in 1856, anecdotes of the expert swordsman Monzo YAEGAKI, and the scene of the Soga brothers' encounter which was often performed as a new year's program.
Japanese: 物語は文化(日本)二年(1805)に処刑になった盗賊・鬼坊主清吉の講釈ネタに、安政二年(1856)の江戸城御金蔵破り事件をからめ、剣客・八重垣紋三の逸話と初春恒例の曾我兄弟の対面を付け加えたもの。
English: These days, the story of Seikichi and his courtesan Izayoi is extracted and performed under the title of "Satomoyo Azami no Ironui."
Japanese: 今日では清吉とその情婦・十六夜にかかわる部分のみが『花街模様薊色縫』（さともようあざみのいろぬい）の外題で上演されている。
English: This extracted version is known by the common title of "Izayoi Seishin."
Japanese: 『十六夜清心』（いざよいせいしん）の通称で知られるのはこちらの方である。
English: In the process of an investigation, it turns out that the sexton Seishin-bo at the temple, who was in charge of accounting, has had a sexual relationship with a courtesan Izayoi at Ogiya, and he is expelled from Kamakura.
Japanese: 捜査の過程で、金子管理の役僧清心坊が扇屋の女郎十六夜と関係しているのが発覚し、清心は鎌倉を追放される。
English: Seishin is aimlessly walking down Inasegawa Hyappongi, when Izayoi, who slipped out of the entertainment establishment, catches up with him, and the two attempt a double suicide by throwing themselves into the river.
Japanese: あてもなく稲瀬川百本杭を歩く清心に店を抜け出てきた十六夜が追いつき、二人は世をはかなんで川に身を投げる。
English: Izayoi, who has become a courtesan of Hakuren and been given the name of Osayo, believes that Seishin is dead and prays to his Buddhist mortuary tablet every day.
Japanese: 白蓮の妾となっておさよとなった十六夜であったが、清心を死んだと思いこみ毎日位牌を拝んでいる。
English: Osayo has been abducted by villains and turned into Izayoi Osayo, a follower of the female robber Jigokuba Otani.
Japanese: おさよは悪人に連れ去られ、女盗賊の地獄婆お谷の子分十六夜おさよとなる。
English: Seikichi and Osayo become a villainous pair, and visit Hakuren's house with the purpose of extorting money from him.
Japanese: 清吉とおさよは夫婦揃っての悪党になり、連れ立って白蓮の家に強請りに行く。
English: As Hakuren hands them some koban (former Japanese oval gold coin) to get rid of them, Seikichi finds on the wrapping paper of the koban a seal which he carved as a sexton of the Gokuraku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 白蓮が手切れ金に渡した小判の包み紙に清吉が極楽寺の役僧のときに押した刻印があるのがわかる。
English: However, it turns out that Hakuren is the top robber of the country, Shobei ODERA, and is an older brother of Seikichi separated at his young age.
Japanese: だが実は白蓮こそ天下の大泥棒大寺正兵衛であり、しかも清吉が幼い時に生き別れた実の兄であることが分かる。
English: The three get surprised at this unexpected truth, when an official Tojuro TERASAWA who has disguised himself as Hakuren's manservant learns the situation and orders the torite (officials in charge of imprisoning offenders) to surround them.
Japanese: 思わぬ因縁に驚く三人であったが白蓮の下男に変装していた役人寺澤搭十郎に知れる事となり、捕り手に囲まれる。