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English: Around that time, the Peiyang militarists with Yuan Shikai as the central figure had great interest in Manchuria among bureaucrats of Qing Dynasty, and many of Yuan's trusted followers were put in important positions for establishing the Dongsansheng Provinces (the North-East Three Provinces).
Japanese: 当時、清朝の官僚の中で満州に大きな関心を持っていたのは袁世凱を中心とする北洋軍閥であり、明治40年（1907年）4月の東三省建置に当たっては彼の腹心である人物が多く要職に配置された。
English: The Peiyang militarists disliked the condition where concessions in Manchuria were monopolized exclusively by Japan, thus The Peiyang militarists actively tried to involve the USA because of it's economic power to construct railway lines equally matched with Japan's South Manchuria Railway lines.
Japanese: 彼らは日本の満州における権益独占を好まずアメリカを盛んに引き込もうとし、その経済力を以って満鉄に並行する路線を建設しようとした。
English: This movement was a large threat to Japan pushing the development and the management of the South Manchuria Railways from Dalian City.
Japanese: これは大連を中心に満鉄経営を推し進めていた日本にとって大きな脅威であった。
English: Shinpei forwarded a letter directly to Yuan, stating that the activities of the Peiyang militarists constructing railways would be in violation of a treaty, and succeeded in checking this project.
Japanese: そこで新平は袁に直接書簡を送ってこれが条約違反であることを主張し、この計画を頓挫させた。
English: However, he approved other options, such as the assist the construction of connecting lines to the South Manchurian Railways, the permission of obtaining the company stock by Qing citizens, and the admission of Qing citizens becoming executives of the company, in order to conciliate anti-Japanese influences.
Japanese: ただし満鉄への連絡線の建設の援助、清国人の満鉄株式所有・重役就任などを承認し、反日勢力の懐柔を図ろうとしている。
English: He also tried to restore the relationship with Russia, as Russia had still maintained its influence in Northern Manchuria, by importing the rails of the South Manchuria Railways from Russia, and by setting up a meeting between Hirobumi ITO and Russian political executives, (but this meeting was not realized because Ito was assassinated in Harbin).
Japanese: また北満州に勢力を未だ確保していたロシアとの関係修復にも尽力し、満鉄のレールをロシアから輸入したり伊藤博文とロシア側要路者との会談も企図している（ただしこの会談は伊藤がハルビンで暗殺されたために実現しなかった）。
English: Although mainstream idea in the Japanese government at that time was to protect vested preferential interests in Manchuria, he tried to establish cooperation between the Qing government, Russia, and Japan to share the benefits of Manchuria among the three countries.
Japanese: 当時の日本政府では満州における日本の優先的な権益確保を唱える声が主流であったが、新平はむしろ日清露三国が協調して互いに利益を得る方法を考えていたのである。
English: In 1919, he became the president of Takushoku University, (the predecessor of the School of Taiwan Association established by Taro KATSURA), (period of service: from August 2, 1919 to April 13, 1929).
Japanese: 大正8年（1919年）、拓殖大学（前身は桂太郎が創立した台湾協会学校）学長に就任（在職：大正8年（1919年）8月2日-昭和4年（1929年）4月13日）。
English: When he was in the position of the Civil Administrative General of the Governor-General of Formosa, he was an sympathetic supporter both materially and spiritually for the newly founded 'The School of Taiwan Association,' and he often gave speeches at the entrance or graduation ceremonies of the school; in 1919, he became the third university president of Takushoku University to directly work on the management of the school.
Japanese: 拓殖大学との関係は台湾総督府民政長官時代、設立間もない「台湾協会学校」の良き理解者としてたびたび入学式や卒業式で講演をし物心両面において支援していたが、大正8年（1919年）より第3代学長として直接拓殖大学の経営に携わることとなった。
English: He started preparation to solve various issues in order to raise the status of this school to become a 'university' (university under the prewar education system) in accordance with the imperial edict of the university system enacted around that time, and finally raised to university status in June 1922, while he continued to stay on as the university president until he died in April, 1929, establishing the foundation of Takushoku University.
Japanese: そして当時発令された大学令に基づく「大学（旧制大学）」に昇格すべく各般の整備に取りかかり、大正11年（1922年）6月、大学昇格を成し遂げるなど亡くなる昭和4年（1929年）4月まで学長として拓殖大学の礎を築いた。
English: The record of the school suggests that he was sincerely adored by students, as illustrated by the comments in a record saying, 'president Goto was kind to students and full of affection, and students also felt familiar with a university president as if he were an affectionate father.'
Japanese: 学内での様子は当時の記録として「後藤先生は学生に対しては慈愛に満ちた態度を以て接せられ、学生もまた親しむべき学長先生として慈父に対するような心安さを感じていました」と当時の記録にあるように学生達に心から慕われていた。
English: This reform stirred strong criticism from both inside and outside of the company, and his conduct was ridiculed as 'the train shakes goto-goto, (this is onomatopoeia that often describes the sound of rattle, which also sounds similar to the pronunciation of Goto) thus I am so shinpei' ('shinpei' here is 'shinpai' spoken with regional accent, which actually means 'worry,' while shinpai here is the homonym of Shinpei indicating the name of Goto).
Japanese: これに対しては内外から批判も強く「汽車がゴトゴト（後藤）してシンペイ（新平）でたまらない」と揶揄された。
English: Today, there is a tourist train on the Hisatsu Line of the Kyushu Railway Company, named 'Isaburo' and 'Shinpei' derived from the name of Goto.
Japanese: しかし、今日の九州旅客鉄道の肥薩線にその名前を取った肥薩線観光列車「いさぶろう」・「しんぺい」が走っている。
English: While he was serving in the second Yamamoto Cabinet established right after the Great Kanto Earthquake, he held positions as Minister of Home Affairs and President of the Imperial Capital Reconstruction Department to draft out the city revival plan.
Japanese: 関東大震災の直後に組閣された第2次山本内閣では、内務大臣(日本)兼帝都復興院総裁として震災復興計画を立案した。
English: His original plan including a large-scale land rezoning and provision of parks and arterial roads demanded so enormous budget of 1.3 billion yen in those days (roughly equal to the national budget for a year) that this plan was opposed by financial circle fiercely, and the original plan had to be reduced in scale, (and the final approved budget was 575 million yen).
Japanese: それは大規模な区画整理と公園・幹線道路の整備を伴うもので13億円という当時としては巨額の予算（国家予算の約1年分）のために財界などからの猛反対にあい、当初計画を縮小せざるを得なくなった（議会に承認された予算は5億7500万円）。
English: Still, his administration devoted to establishing a framework for the urban planning of Tokyo, and developing parks and public facilities throughout Tokyo is generally well-regarded.
Japanese: それでも現在の東京の都市骨格を形作り、公園や公共施設の整備に力を尽くした後藤の治績は概ね評価されている。
English: This reconstruction project was one of the world largest urban reform projects carried out for an existing urban condition, recognized as a splendid achievement in the history of city planning throughout the world.
Japanese: この復興事業は既成市街地における都市改造事業としては世界最大規模であり、世界の都市計画史に残る快挙と言ってよい。
English: Regarding road construction, he strongly insisted on the necessity of both radiating roads from the central Tokyo and beltways, and put this plan in to effect, while the original plan was reduced in scale.
Japanese: 特に道路建設に当たっては、東京から放射状に伸びる道路と環状道路の双方の必要性を強く主張し、計画縮小がされながらも実際に建設された。
English: This lofty original plan suggested that the width of a road should be 70 to 90 meters including a broad sidewalk and a green strip be set up between roads or a road and a sidewalk, and it is a matter of course that such plan could not be accepted in those days before the spread of cars.
Japanese: 当初の案ではその幅員は広い歩道を含め70mから90mで、中央または車・歩間に緑地帯を持つと言う遠大なもので自動車が普及する以前の時代では受け入れられなかったのも無理はない。
English: Today, we can find the traces of road construction based on his plan at Wadakura-mon Gate or Babasaki-mon Gate areas near the outer garden of the Imperial Palace.
Japanese: 現在、それに近い形で建設された姿を和田倉門、馬場先門など皇居外苑付近に見ることができる。
English: It is possible to say that the road network of Tokyo today was mostly produced by him, especially those roads in Shitamachi district, (or traditional working-class area in Tokyo), where any new streets were constructed newly since his urban revival project of the imperial capital, therefore, the legacy of the reconstruction project is still used today as the essential infrastructure that supports the capital.
Japanese: 現在の東京の幹線道路網の大きな部分は新平に負っていると言ってよく、特に下町地区では帝都復興事業以降に新たに街路の新設が行われておらず、帝都復興の遺産が現在でも首都を支えるインフラとしてそのまま利用されている。
English: He left some examples which are highly regarded today for his foresight, such as the underground construction of additional lines for Showa-dori Street, which made the construction possible witout road-widening work or eviction of residents, and if he had carried out the construction of Yasukuni-dori Street or Meiji-dori Street (Tokyo) or Yamanote-dori Street, there might not be so terrible and frequent traffic jams in Tokyo.
Japanese: 昭和通り(東京都)の地下部増線に際し、拡幅や立ち退きを伴わず工事を行なえた事でその先見性が改めて評価された事例もあり、もし彼が靖国通りや明治通り(東京都)・山手通りの建設を行っていなければ東京で頻繁に起こる大渋滞はどうなっていたか想像もつかない。
English: On the other hand, there is also criticism that his reconstruction project eliminated the traditional atmosphere of Tokyo reflecting the culture of the Edo Period, in exchange for expanding the urban functionality of Tokyo.
Japanese: その反面、東京の都市機能拡充の引き換えに江戸以来の情緒を喪失させ、無機質な町に変質させてしまったとの批判もある。
English: Still, some would argue against this criticism saying 'eliminating the traditional atmosphere of the Edo period' is irrelevant considering the following points; the areas rebuilt under the Reconstruction Project of the Imperial Capital were limited to those areas which were reduced to ashes by the great fire after the earthquake, so there retained little atmosphere of the Edo culture; and the Tokyo city before the Great Earthquake had full of urban problems similar to today, such as traffic and hygienic problems.
Japanese: しかしながら帝都復興事業が行われた区域は震災の大火災によって灰燼と化した地域に限定されており、そもそも江戸の情緒を残す町並みはほとんど残されていなかったこと、震災前の東京は交通や衛生など現在にも共通する多くの都市問題を抱えていたことなどを考慮すると、「江戸の情緒を喪失させた」という批判は決して的を射ているとは言えないものであろうとする意見もある。
English: It is needless to say that it is too early to draw a conclusion without considering the following points.
Japanese: しかしながら、下記の点を忘れて結論を出すのは早すぎるのも言を俟たない所である。
English: It is also a common knowledge that Tokyo had experienced various damages from earthquakes and fires even before the Great Kanto Earthquake, and under the budget cuts of the project, the reconstruction committee utilized common lands of shrines and filled up old canals without costing any money.
Japanese: 即ち、関東大震災以前にも東京が震災や火災による被害を受けていた点、また帝都復興予算が削られたために復興委員会は買収費用がかからない共有地の杜を潰し掘割を埋めているのもまた周知の事実である。
English: Although it is not inappropriate to blame him for the fact that there are incomparably less green in Tokyo than London, New York, or Paris, we can not overlook his error that the aspects to unify a local community, the core to solve urban problems, were destroyed by the person who was describing himself as professional of self-government, yet in reality simply followed the fashion of the day.
Japanese: 世界のロンドン、ニューヨーク、パリと比しても圧倒的に森が少ない点を後藤の責に帰する訳にはいかないが、自治のプロを任じながら時代の流れののままに、都市問題解決の中核となる地域コミュニティの結束点を破壊しているのは断じて見過ごせない点である。
English: In 1923, when he was the Tokyo City Mayer, as the standard-bearer of people's diplomacy, he held a meeting with Adolph JOFFE in Atami of Izu to initiate eagerly-hoped normalization of the diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
Japanese: 大正12年（1923年）、東京市長時代に国民外交の旗手として後藤アドリフ・ヨッフェ会談を伊豆の熱海で行い、成立せんとするソビエト連邦との国交正常化の契機を作った。
English: Joffe was sent by the recommendation of Sen KATAYAMA who had been staying in Moscow at the time as a member of the Communist Party of the USA, and the meeting was mediated by Tamiji NAITO and Unzo TAGUCHI, socialists who organized the Reimei-kai Organization.
Japanese: ヨッフェは当時モスクワに滞在していたアメリカ共産党員・片山潜の推薦を受けて派遣されたもので、仲介したのは黎明会を組織した内藤民治と田口運蔵等の社会主義者であった。
English: He was sometimes called the 'Red Baron,' and advocated friendship between Japan and Russia through the viewpoint of common people, considering that communist ideology was only a nationalistic ideology of Russia and not worth worrying about, and that the normalization of diplomatic relations was desirable in order to soften the Soviet Union.
Japanese: 一部から新平は「赤い男爵」といわれたが、新平はあくまで日本とロシアの国民としての友好を唱え共産主義というイデオロギーは単なるロシア主義として恐れるに足らず、むしろソビエト体制の軟化のために日露関係の正常化が望ましいとしていた。
English: In 1924, he became the first president of the Tokyo Broadcasting System Corporation upon its establishment.
Japanese: 大正13年（1924年）、社団法人東京放送局が設立され、初代総裁となる。
English: After the experimental broadcasting, Tokyo Broadcasting System Corporation began the first trial radio broadcasting in the year following its establishment, on March 22, 1925.
Japanese: 試験放送を経て翌大正14年（1925年）3月22日、日本で初めてのラジオ仮放送を開始。
English: He made a speech announcing the start of the service as president (and in 1926 Tokyo Broadcasting System Corporation merged with Osaka Broadcasting Corporation and Nagoya Broadcasting Corporation to be consolidated into Nihon Hoso Kyokai [NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation]).
Japanese: 総裁として初日挨拶を行った（大正15年（1926年）、東京放送局は大阪放送局、名古屋放送局と合併し、社団法人日本放送協会に発展的解消する）。
English: In 1928, he visited the Soviet Union and met with Joseph Stalin, while he was received as a state guest.
Japanese: 昭和3年（1928年）、新平はソ連を訪問しヨシフ・スターリンと会見し国賓待遇を受ける。
English: He visited the Soviet Union as chairman of the Boy Scouts of Nippon, and when he received rice balls made from rice sent from Boy Scout members who gave one grain of rice per boy, he ate them with tears in his eyes.
Japanese: 日本ボーイスカウト連盟会長として、当時の少年達1人が1粒を送った握り飯を泣きながら食べて訪ソしたという。
English: The importance of connection among Japan, China, and Russia was his passionate political belief, about which he told Hirobumi ITO just before his assassination, and it is considered that he tried to make approach to discuss the ideas of the mandatory administration of Manchuria or the foundation of a buffer state there, behind the scenes of the plan of the cabinet of Giichi Tanaka to establish the Department of Overseas Affairs.
Japanese: 日中露の結合関係の重要性は新平が暗殺直前の伊藤にも熱く語った信念であり、田中義一内閣が拓務省設置構想の背後で構想した満洲委任統治構想、もしくは満洲における緩衝国家設立を打診せんとしたものとも指摘される。
English: Yosuke MATSUOKA, who later became the president of the South Manchuria Railways Company, shouted out loud saying, 'it is I who succeeded the spirit of Shinpei GOTO,' when he visited Soviet Union for signing the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, even though he knew that the conversation was listened in by the Soviet side.
Japanese: 後の満鉄総裁・松岡洋右が日ソ中立条約締結に訪ソした際、「後藤新平の精神を受け継ぐものは自分である」とソ連側から盗聴されていることを知りながらわざと大声で叫んだとされる。
English: Soho TOKUTOMI mentioned that the reason why Goto was not chosen to become the prime minister even though he had been often named as a candidate largely depended on the fact that he was disliked by Kinmochi SAIONJI, the last senior statesman (genro), because he orchestrated the downfall of Saionji, the former prime minister and chairman of the Constitutional Party of Political Friends (Rikken Seiyukai), when he was the Minister of Communications in the third KATSURA Cabinet promoting the Constitution protection movement.
Japanese: なお、しばしば総理大臣候補として名前が取り沙汰されながら結局死ぬまで選ばれなかった原因として、第3次桂内閣逓信大臣だった護憲運動時に前首相で政友会総裁の西園寺公望の失脚を画策し、最後の元老となった西園寺に嫌われていたことが大きいことを徳富蘇峰が語っている。
English: In 1929 he had a cerebral hemorrhage in a train heading for Okayama during his campaign tour, and on April 13 he died in a hospital in Kyoto City.
Japanese: 昭和4年（1929年）、遊説で岡山に向かう途中列車内で脳溢血で倒れ、京都の病院で4月13日死去。
English: According to the "The Ten Stories of Scouts" written by Michiharu MISHIMA, his last words left to MISHIMA on the day of his collapse was, "Listen carefully, those who die leaving money behind are lowly,"
Japanese: 三島通陽の『スカウト十話』によれば、新平が倒れる日に三島に残した言葉は「よく聞け、金を残して死ぬ者は下だ。
English: Shinpei became the first chairman of the Boy Scouts of Nippon, and deeply engaged in the development of Boy Scout culture and its activities in Japan.
Japanese: 新平は日本のボーイスカウト活動に深い関わりを持ち、ボーイスカウト日本連盟の初代総長を勤めている。
English: He donated a large sum of 100 thousand yen, (roughly about 775 million yen in today's value), from his pocket money to popularize Boy Scout activities, and also held many lecture presentations for promotion throughout Japan.
Japanese: 新平はスカウト運動の普及のために自ら10万円の大金を日本連盟に寄付し、さらに全国巡回講演会を数多く実施した。
English: When he in Boy Scout uniform appeared at the meeting, boys who adored him began to sing, "our favorite chairman with white mustache and a pair of pince-nez, wearing uniform and walking with a cane, is always cheerful and smiling."
Japanese: 制服姿の新平が集会に現れると、彼を慕うスカウトたちから「僕等の好きな総長は、白いお髭に鼻眼鏡、団服つけて杖もって、いつも元気でニコニコ」と歌声が上がったという。
English: In his later years, externally he made an effort to normalize the diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, while internally he criticized the party politics of Japan controlled by the logic of the majority, and he toured throughout Japan advocating purification of elections through establishing the ethics and morals in politics.
Japanese: 晩年はソビエト連邦との国交回復に尽力する一方、数の論理で支配される政党政治を批判し、倫理確立による選挙粛正を唱え全国を遊説した。
English: He is also known for naming the brand for a watch company, CITIZEN Watch Co., Ltd., (as the president of the company was his friend and asked for a name of a new pocket watch, he gave the name CITIZEN to the watch "to be loved by citizens of Japan."
Japanese: 新平はシチズン時計の名付け親でもある（彼と親交のあった社長から新作懐中時計の命名を頼まれ、「市民から愛されるように」とCITIZENの名を贈った）。
English: When he was the Minister of Home Affairs, he was the superior of Matsutaro SHORIKI, and when Shoriki was later blamed for the Toranomon Incident and left the ministry to begin the business of the Yomiuri Shinbun Newspaper, he lend fund money to Shoriki without any conditions by mortgaging his own house.
Japanese: 虎ノ門事件の責任を取らされ内務省(日本)を辞めた正力松太郎が読売新聞の経営に乗り出したとき、上司（内務大臣）だった新平は自宅を抵当に入れて資金を調達し何も言わずに貸した。
English: When the business became successful and Shoriki wanted to return the debt, he had already passed away.
Japanese: その後、事業は成功し借金を返そうとしたが、もうすでに新平は他界していた。
English: Then Shoriki showed his gratitude for his kindness by donating almost twice the amount of debt to Mizusawa Town (current Mizusawa Ward, Ohshu City), Goto's hometown.
Japanese: そこで、正力はその恩返しとして新平の故郷である水沢町（当時）に新平から借りた金の2倍近い金を寄付した。
English: Goto was also one of the supporters sympathetic to the project of Tokuji HAYAKAWA, who hoped for building subway lines throughout Tokyo, and today Hayakawa is known as the father of the subway system in Japan (Tokyo Subway Co., Ltd.).
Japanese: 地下鉄の父・早川徳次(東京地下鉄道)の「東京に地下鉄を作りたい」という構想に理解を示し、支援者に名を連ねたひとりであった。
English: Yoshifuru AKIYAMA (Feburary 9, 1859 - November 4, 1930) was a military man belonging to the Imperial Japanese Army of Japan.
Japanese: 秋山好古（あきやまよしふる、安政6年1月7日(旧暦)（1859年2月9日）-1930年11月4日）は、日本の大日本帝国陸軍軍人。
English: And Saneyuki AKIYAMA who invented the Crossing the T tactic and wiped out the Baltic Fleet while he was serving as the senior staff officer in Nihonkai Kaisen (Naval battle of Japan sea) was Yoshifuru's younger brother.
Japanese: また、日本海海戦で、先任参謀として丁字戦法を考案、バルチック艦隊を撃滅した秋山真之は実弟にあたる。
English: The French military official who visited the army cavalry school praised Yoshifuru by claiming that "the sole purpose of Yoshifuru AKIYOSHI's life was to defeat the world strogest cavalry in Machuria;" thus, he came to be known as the father of the Japanese cavalry.
Japanese: 陸軍騎兵学校を参観に来たフランス軍人に「秋山好古の生涯の意味は、満州の野で世界最強の騎兵集団を破るというただ一点に尽きている」と賞されているとおり、日本騎兵の父と言われた。
English: He was born as the third oldest son of Hisataka AKIYAMA, a member of the Iyo Matsuyama clan, and Sada in Matsuyama-jo Castle town in Iyo Province (presently known as Hokomachi, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture).
Japanese: ：伊予国松山城(伊予国)下（現・愛媛県松山市歩行町）に伊予松山藩士・秋山久敬、貞の三男として生まれる。
English: The AKIYAMA family belonged to a lower-ranking samurai (a social status of foot guards) one rank above the foot soldier and their hereditary stipend was about ten-goku.
Japanese: 秋山家は足軽よりも一階級上の位で家禄10石程の下級武士(徒士身分)だった。
English: He was earning one Tenpo coin (equivalent to 100 sen) by working at a Sento (a public bath) drawing water, stoking a boiler, and managing Bandai (a platform for the attendant (often the owner) to collect fees or watch over the dressing rooms, placed near the entrance).
Japanese: このころ、天保銭一枚（100銭に相当）にて、銭湯の水汲み、釜焚き、番台の管理をやっていた。
English: He worked at the fifty-eigth elementary school in Kitagawachi, Osaka Prefecture (Horimizo, Neyagawa City) and the primary school associated with the Nagoya school for teacher training.
Japanese: 大阪府北河内（寝屋川市堀溝）58番小学校、名古屋師範学校附属小学校勤務
English: He entered the Army War College (Japan) (the third class under the old system) and was assigned to a position in the Chindai (the Army organizational unit) located in Tokyo Prefecture after graduation.
Japanese: ：陸軍士官学校(日本)（旧制3期生）に入学し、卒業後は東京鎮台に配属される。
English: He traveled to France as an assistant for Sadakoto HISAMATSU who studied at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr and tried to master cavarly tactics.
Japanese: ：サン・シール陸軍士官学校に留学した久松定謨の補導役としてフランスへ渡り、騎兵戦術の習得に努める。
English: During the Russo-Japanese War, he served as brigadier general of the first legion of the cavalry (the Japanese military) and fought against the Russian military as the member of the second string (the Japanese military) in Saka-kaisen (recounter), Kokkodai-Kaisen, and Hoten-Kaisen using his full knowledge in cavalry tactics.
Japanese: 日露戦争において騎兵第1旅団(日本軍)長として出征し、第2軍(日本軍)に属して、沙河会戦、黒溝台会戦、奉天会戦などで騎兵戦術を駆使してロシア軍と戦う。
English: Furthermore, an acive role taken by the Naganuma Teishintai (National Defense Volunteer Party) which was sent from the Akiyama Unit to attack the Russian Empire Force from behind became a famous story decribed in "Tekichu Odan Sanbyakuri."
Japanese: また秋山支隊からロシア帝国軍の後方攪乱のために派遣された永沼挺身隊の活躍は、小説『敵中横断三百里』によって有名となっている。
English: He transferred to the reserve as an officer (he was recommended to the general of the army; however, he declined).
Japanese: ：予備役に編入（元帥(日本)位へ推薦の話もあったが本人が固辞した）。
English: This transfer of positions was extremely unusual (demotion) for a retired Army General; however, it was said that the transfer was Yoshifuru's strong wish.
Japanese: 退役陸軍大将の仕事としては全くの異例（格下）であったが、本人の強い希望だったと言われる。
English: His nickname was "Hanashin" because of his characteristic nose, and his tall stature, white complexion and large eyes caused him to be mistakenly identified as a European by his instructor, Klemens Wilhelm Jacob MECKEL, while he was a student in the army college.
Japanese: 風貌は特徴的な鼻から「鼻信」とあだ名され、長身で色白、大きな目であり、陸軍大学校時代には教官のクレメンス・ウィルヘルム・ヤコブ・メッケルからヨーロッパ人と間違えられたというエピソードがある。
English: His stand-out beauty was praised by many people since he was young and admired by many women in his hometown of Matsuyama, and also in France where he studied.
Japanese: また青年期の頃から眉目秀麗と称賛され、故郷の松山や留学先のフランスでは女性にかなり人気があったという。
English: However, he did not flaunt his beauty because his was grounded in the belief that "a man should not be bothered by neither his beauty nor ugliness."
Japanese: しかし彼自身は「男子に美醜は無用」という価値観を持っていたため、自分の容姿を決して鼻にかけることはなかったという。
English: Hyakken UCHIDA, a writer, described AKIYOSHI as "a man with a mean face" when UCHIDA was an instructor at the military academy.
Japanese: 士官学校教授だった作家の内田百間は「意地の悪そうな顔」とも記している。
English: His own water bottle of liquor was not enough, so his soldiers filled their own water bottles with liquor for him.
Japanese: それだけでは足りず、従兵が気を利かせて、従兵の水筒にも酒をつめていた。
English: He extremely disliked to bath, so he bathed only twice during Russo-Japanese War.
Japanese: 極度の風呂嫌いで、日露戦争中に入浴したのはたったの2回だけだったと云う。
English: He wore the same, unwashed uniform that was infested with lice and emitted an awful odor throughout the war.
Japanese: 軍服も全く洗濯せずに着用し続けていた為シラミが湧き、近くにいるだけでも異様な悪臭が漂う程だった。
English: When his subordinates asked him to take a bath, his excuse was "military soldiers had to be prepared every minute for the enemy in the battlefield," "soldiers could not be ready to fight if something happened during bathing," and "we did not come all way here to the battlefield to take a bath."
Japanese: 部下や同僚が入浴し身体を清潔にする様に何度となく勧めたが「軍人たるもの戦場においてはいつ何時でも敵に対処出来る様にしなければならない（入浴している間に異変があった時対処出来ない）」「風呂に入る為にこれ程遠い戦場まで来たのではない」と言って断っていた。
English: While a principal, he was asked to "tell stories of his experiences as a decorated general of the Russo-Japanese War" and to "show off his uniform"; however, he refused all requests and never bragged about his accomplishments.
Japanese: 校長就任時に生徒や親から「日露戦争の事を話して欲しい」「陸軍大将の軍服を見せて欲しい」と頼まれても一切断り、自分の武勲を自慢する事は無かった。
English: The original writing of the inscription on the stone monument of the portrait bust of Hajime FUJITANI, a mayor of Gunchu Town located at the port of Iyo (the prot of Gunchu) in Iyo city, Ehime Prefecture, was written by AKIYOSHI.
Japanese: 愛媛県伊予市の伊予港（郡中港）にある藤谷元郡中町長の胸像の碑文の原本は、秋山によって認められたものである。
English: Saneyuki AKIYAMA, his younger brother, was almost sent to a temple because of the family's struggle with poverty; however, Yoshifuru asked his parents, 'Do not send my brother to a temple, because one day I am going to earn money as thick as Tofu.'
Japanese: 弟・真之が生まれた際、生活苦から寺へ出そうかと話がでたが、「将来自分が豆腐ほど厚い金を稼ぐから、弟を寺へやらないでくれ」と両親へ懇願した。