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English: In 1656, Ryoo worked hard for the Zenji (INGEN Ryuki) when Ingen founded the Obakuzan Manpuku-ji Temple in Uji City in the Yamashiro Province (present-day Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture).
Japanese: 明暦2年（1656年）、禅師が山城国宇治市に黄檗山萬福寺（京都府宇治市）を開くにあたって尽力した。
English: Ryooo's attitude was extremely serious, this lead to the action of severing his penis with a razor because of his firm belief that it was "source of sexual desire," and it was a hindrance to learning (It was called "Rasetsu", to cut one's penis off [in order to keep sexual desire off mind]).
Japanese: その姿勢はきわめて真剣なもので、寛文2年（1662年）にはついに「愛欲の源」であり学道の妨げであるとしてカミソリで自らの男根を断った（羅切）。
English: At the time Ryoo adhered to Buddhist precepts of Bonmo-kyo (Sutra of Brahma's Net) and continued his daily routine, and he performed worship service of the 100,8000 times per day in 100 days.
Japanese: 梵網経の持戒を保ち、日課として十万八千仏の礼拝行を100日間続けた時のことであった。
English: In the same year, Ryoo suffered from pain and stayed at the Arima-onsen Hot Spring (present-day Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) for his medical treatment with Kosenshoton Zenji.
Japanese: 同年、その苦しみのため高泉性敦禅師にともなわれて有馬温泉（兵庫県神戸市）で療養している。
English: Ryoo performed the Nenshi-gyo practice, smashing his left little finger, lighting up the finger, and performed a pray for the Kannon Bosatsu (Kannon Bodhisattva) at the Katsuo-ji Temple in the Settsu Province.
Japanese: 摂津の勝尾寺では、左手の小指を砕き燃灯する燃指行を行い、観音菩薩に祈願している。
English: In 1663, Ryoo prayed at Hase-dera Temple (present-day Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture), Ise Jingu Shrine (present-day Ise City, Mie Prefecture), and Taga Taisha Shrine (present-day Taga-cho, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: 翌寛文3年（1663年）には長谷寺（奈良県桜井市）、伊勢神宮（三重県伊勢市）、多賀大社（滋賀県多賀町）にも祈願している。
English: "Shito" was an asceticism to smash his left little finger, wrapped the finger with a piece of oiled clothe, tied the finger to the lattice of the temple, and then put his finger on fire while he was handling incense sticks in his right hand, reading twenty one volumes of the Hannya-shingyo Sutra (Heart Sutra).
Japanese: それは、左手の指を砕いて油布で覆い、それを堂の格子に結びつけて火をつけ、右手には線香を持って般若心経21巻を読誦するという荒行であった。
English: At that time Ryoo practiced asceticism and also read books such as, "Nankai-kiki-nai-hoden" by Gijo and "The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions" (Da Tang Xiyu ji) by Xuanzang.
Japanese: この頃の了翁は、苦行のかたわら義浄の『南海寄帰内法伝』、玄奘の『大唐西域記』を読んでいる。
English: Thus, Ryoo confirmed his firm decision to built a Daizo-kyo Sutra zo (a depository of Complete Collection of Scriptures) and the collection of both domestic and foreign books.
Japanese: それにより、大蔵経蔵建立と内外の図書聚集の大願成就の決心をいよいよ固くしたとされている。
English: Therefore, Ryoo began a journey tp collect funds, starting from the Kinai region (provinces surrounding Kyoto and Nara), then reached into the Kanto region through the Ou region and received almsgivings from many people.
Japanese: そのための募金の旅に出、畿内を発して奥羽地方から関東に及び、多くの人々から喜捨をうけた。
English: In Edo, Ryoo was staying at a residence of Koseki MATSUDAIRA, who was a hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and while staying there Ryoo again suffered from the pain from the old wound of the Shito.
Japanese: 江戸では旗本の松平孝石邸に滞泊していたが、そのとき指灯の旧痕が再び痛み出した。
English: In Ryoo's dream, high priest, Mokusu Nyojo, who came from the Ming dynasty and funded the Kofuku-ji Temple, appeared and outlined the process for making a miracle medicine.
Japanese: それは、長崎興福寺を開いた明の高僧黙子如定が夢枕に現れ、霊薬の製法を与えるという夢だった。
English: Ryoo prayed to the Kanzeon Bosatsu (the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy) in Asakusa, drew a kuji (a thin strip of bamboo upon which written words or symbols to foretell success or luck) three times, and named the drug "Kintaien."
Japanese: そして、了翁は、浅草の観世音菩薩に祈念し、籤を3度ひいて「錦袋円（きんたいえん）」と名づけた。
English: Ryoo also sold Kintaien at a store which constructed near Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, Edo (present-day, Ikenohatanaka-cho).
Japanese: 錦袋円は、江戸上野の不忍池のほとり（今の池之端仲町）に構えられた店舗でも売られた。
English: The miracle medicine became a famous product of Edo, and Ryoo eventually earned 3,000 Ryo of gold (one Ryo in the Edo period was roughly converted to 16g of gold; so, 3,000 Ryo was roughly 48kg of gold.) from the sales.
Japanese: そのため、江戸土産にまでなり、寛文10年（1670年）には金3,000両を蓄えるまでに至った。
English: It was said that the sign board of the pharmacy was a written by Mitsukuni TOKUGAWA and the letters were traced and engraved by Jingoro HIDARI.
Japanese: さらに、看板は、徳川光圀の直筆の文字を左甚五郎が彫ったものともいわれている。
English: Furthermore, in the "Edo Meisho Zue" (the topography which consists of 20 books in 7 series on the Edo period, written from 1834 to 1836), an artist illustrated a picture of the "landscape of Kintaien store of Ikenohata."
Japanese: そして、『江戸名所図会』にも「池之端錦袋円店舗の景」が描かれている。
English: In 1670, using 3,000 Ryo from Kintaien sales, Ryoo purchased the Daizo-kyo Sutra (the Daizo-kyo Sutra of Tenkai edition, 6,323 volumes), which was his cherished dream, for three hundreds Ryo gold (one Ryo in Edo period was roughly converted to 16g of gold; so, 300 Ryo was roughly 4.8kg of gold).
Japanese: 寛文10年（1670年）、錦袋円の売上金3,000両をもとに、300両で宿願の大蔵経（天海版大蔵経6,323巻）を購入した。
English: Additionally, Ryoo received permission from the Shucho Hosshinno (Cloistered Imperial Prince Shucho), the first Rinoji-no-Miya, to create a small island ("Kyodo Island") in the Shinobazu Pond.
Japanese: さらに輪王寺宮初代の守澄法親王の許可を得て、不忍池に小島（「経堂島」）を築いた。
English: In 1671, Ryoo relocated the Kyodo building, which was constructed near the surface of the water; then he reconstructed the building on the island's highest point.
Japanese: 寛文11年（1671年）、水面に近い位置に建てられた経堂を上部に移築した。
English: Ryoo collected a wide range of domestic and foreign books, these items were referred by experts and he enshrined three holy iconic statues of the Nyojo inside the Kyodo building.
Japanese: そして、広く内外の典籍を蒐集、識者の披閲に供し、堂内に如定将来の三聖像を安置した。
English: Additionally, Ryoo constructed a Seyaku-kan building (pharmacy) in front of the gate of the Anyo-ji Temple in Ise Province, established another Seyaku place (pharmacy) in front of the gate of the Senyu-ji Temple in Kyoto, and eventually prescribed more than 55,000 bags of Kintaien.
Japanese: また、伊勢の安養寺の門前に施薬館を建てたほか、京都の泉涌寺の門前にも施薬所を設置して、5万5千袋余に及ぶ錦袋円を処方した。
English: Ryoo stored Japanese and Chinese books inside the six libraries, which stood side by side, and he opened the libraries for Buddhist monks as well as to general public.
Japanese: 並立した文庫6棟には和漢の書籍を収蔵し、僧侶ばかりではなく、一般にも公開した。
English: These facilities had two significant elements; these were the first libraries in Japan to open for the general public and Ryoo served meals, such as porridge and accommodation for visitors who were poor or came from the long distances.
Japanese: これは、日本初の一般公開図書館であったばかりでなく、閲覧者のなかで貧困の者や遠来の者には飯粥や宿を与えるというものである。
English: Although the students were served modest meals in the dormitories, Ryoo served pickles as side dish and it is said that those pickles were original of Ryoo.
Japanese: 勧学寮で寮生に与えられた食事は質素なものであったが、おかずとしては、了翁が考案したといわれる漬物が出された。
English: Ryoo made the pickles using dried and cut left over vegetables, such as daikon radishes, eggplants, and cucumbers, then he pickled them.
Japanese: ダイコン、なす、きゅうりなど野菜の切れ端の残り物をよく干して漬物にしたものである。
English: At the dormitories, there was the tuition fee exemption for students facing financial hardship.
Japanese: 勧学寮ではまた、経済的に窮乏している者に対しては授業料が免除された。
English: In 1674, Ryoo built a Kyozo building at the Zuisho-ji Temple in Shiroganedai of Edo Shiba (present-day Minato Ward, Tokyo), there he stored a complete Daizo-kyo Sutra and also about five thousands volumes of Chinese books in the building.
Japanese: なお、延宝2年（1674年）には江戸芝(東京都港区)白金台の瑞聖寺にも経蔵を建て大蔵経を完置したほか、約5,000巻の漢籍を納めた。
English: These great achievements were recognized and in 1678, he received the Hoin (the highest rank in the hierarchy of the Buddhist priesthood) position for the concurrent study of the three sects, the Tendai Sect, the Shingon Sect, and the Zen Sect, at the Choraku-ji Temple (Ota City) in the Joshu region.
Japanese: こうした功績が認められ、延宝6年（1678年）、了翁には天台宗、真言宗、禅宗の兼学の法印が、上州の長楽寺(太田市)において授けられている。
English: Therefore the Toeizan Kanei-ji Temple allocated four sub-temples for mausoleum and then the Temple granted the substitute lands from the Tokugawa Bakufu for the exchange.
Japanese: そのため、寛永寺は山内の塔頭4ヵ院の地をこれに充当し、代地を別に賜わっている。
English: On this occasion, Ryoo petitioned to Tadatomo OKUBO, a Gohoji So-bugyo (a supervisor of shogunate administrator for the handling of affairs in the Buddhist memorial service for Tokugawa Bakufu and the Shogunate families) and requested the construction of a Kyozo building and an academic school on the remaining spare lands.
Japanese: そのおり了翁は、代地のうち余った所に経蔵と学問所の建立を御法事総奉行大久保忠朝に願い出ている。
English: Furthermore, with the assistance of Masanori INABA, Ryoo acquired more than 10,000 volumes of the Min-ban Zoku-zo Daizo-kyo Sutra (The continuation of Tripitaka in Ming Edition) and 5,000 volumes of non-Buddhist books, Ryoo donated these books to the Zuisho-ji Temple.
Japanese: また、稲葉正則の助力により、明版続蔵大蔵経1万巻余と外典5千巻余を入手し、瑞聖寺に寄進している。
English: Additionally, the next year, Doko TETSUGEN, who was born the same year as Ryoo and also studied under the Ingen with Ryoo, published 6,923 volumes of the Obaku-ban Daizo-kyo Sutra (also referred to as the "Tetsugen-ban" [Tetsugen Edition], the Tripitaka in the Obaku Zen Buddhism Sect Edition, published by the Doko TETSUGEN).
Japanese: なお、翌年には、了翁と同年生まれでともに隠元に学んだ鉄眼道光が、鉄眼道光黄檗版大蔵経（鉄眼版）6,923巻を刻刊している。
English: In 1682, the great fire of Tenwa, called "The fire by Yaoya Oshichi (greengrocer Oshichi)" occurred and Ryoo's book collection, which he had purchased and collected a total of 14,000 volumes, and those books were lost in the fire.
Japanese: 天和2年（1682年）には、天和の大火いわゆる「八百屋お七の火事」により、買い集めていた書籍14,000巻を失った。
English: However, Ryoo gave his private savings, more than 1,100 bronze coins to the victims of the fire, and nursed dozens of abandoned children.
Japanese: しかし、それでもなお被災者に青銅1,100余枚の私財を分け与え、棄て児数十名を養った。
English: Ryoo then rebuilt the pharmacy using 1,000 Ryo and completed the construction of the leaning dormitory using 1,200 Ryo.
Japanese: そして、1,000両で薬店を再建し、1,200両で勧学寮を完工させた。
English: Furthermore, Ryoo rebuilt the Hon-ji Temple of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, which collapsed during a Typhoon, he dedicated himself to rebuilding through his own initiative.
Japanese: さらに、台風で倒壊した日蓮宗の法恩寺を再建するなど自ら救済活動に奔走した。
English: In 1683, Ryoo donated money, 1,300 Ryo, to support the victims from the previous year's fire.
Japanese: 天和3年（1683年）、前年の火災の被災民のため約1,300両もの義捐金を供出した。
English: Additionally, Ryoo delivered Japanese style sticky rice cakes, searched for the parents for lost children, and buried the dead people by the fire.
Japanese: そのほか、餅を配ったり、迷子の親を探したり、焼死者を埋葬したりした。
English: During the same year, the people of the Kansai region suffered from famine, and Ryoo extended his arms for the relief of these people using more than 1,100 Kan of Zeni (coin made of non-precious materials) coins, (1kan is 1,000 Zeni coins; so, 1,100 Kan is 1,100,000 of Zeni coins) and 1,000 Ryo of gold.
Japanese: この年はまた関西では飢饉が起こっているが、ここでも銭1,100余貫、黄金1,000両を施して救済に手をさしのべた。
English: As to the matter of Ryoo's petition in the previous year, the new Rinoji-No-Miya, Shuzen Hosshinno (later, he called himself as Tenshin Hosshinno [Cloistered Imperial Prince Tenshin]), and the prefectural governor of Toei-zan Ryoo, each gave their consent to Ryoo.
Japanese: 先年より了翁が願い出ていた件については、新しく輪王寺宮となった守全法親王（のち天真法親王を名乗る）と東叡山両知事の了解を得た。
English: Through an arrangement with Takatomo AKIMOTO, Jisha-bugyo (an official with responsibility for supervision of shrines and temples) of the Edo Bakufu, Ryoo was granted a part of the lands, which the Toei-zan had newly received from the Baku administrator to its territory.
Japanese: 幕府の寺社奉行秋元喬朝の取り計いもあって新しく東叡山領となった地の一部を賜わった。
English: Ryoo relocated the library, which stored more than 30,000 volumes of domestic and foreign books and the Kyodo building into the newly built learning dormitory.
Japanese: 内外の典籍3万余巻を備えることとなった文庫と経堂は新しい勧学寮に移された。
English: Then, Ryoo constructed a Kyozo building, a library, a lecture hall, and a hojo (guest house of a temple), and he also placed of four dormitory, the four dormitory buildings were the north, the south, the west, and the east dormitory building which surrounding said 4 buildings.
Japanese: 経蔵・文庫・講堂・方丈と、その周囲には北寮、南寮、西寮、東寮の四寮が建設された。
English: Upon this occasion there was opposition on the matter of the incorporation of their own dormitory (at Toeizan) with that of Ryoo's new learning dormitories.
Japanese: このとき、かつての東叡山所化寮が勧学寮に合同されることになった件については、一部に根強い反対があった。
English: The four new leaning dormitories had a total of two hundreds Ken (a measure of length) and arranged to surround the four the important buildings.
Japanese: 勧学寮の寮舎は200間もあり、主要な建物の四方を囲んで建てられていた。
English: The enrolled students of the dormitories totaled more than 600, and the general public participants were greater than four 400, the dormitories were operated successfully.
Japanese: 勧学寮の受講者600名余り、一般利用者400名余りを数え、盛況を呈した。
English: In 1684, to tell Ryoo's achievement to future generations, the Kanei-ji Temple built a life-sized bronze statue of Ryoo in the temple.
Japanese: 貞享元年には了翁の功績を伝えるため、寛永寺境内に等身大の銅像が建立された。
English: In 1685, Shuzen Hosshinno of Rinno-ji Temple assigned Ryoo to the Hoin (the highest rank in the hierarchy of Buddhist priesthood) position for the learning dormitories.
Japanese: 貞享2年（1685年）、輪王寺の守全法親王より勧学寮法印に任じられた。
English: On this occasion, Ryoo appealed to Hosshinno to invite the great scholars of the day.
Japanese: このとき了翁は、講師として当代の碩学を招きたい旨を法親王に訴えている。
English: In the same year, through his connections to Kanryu Hosshinno (Cloistered Imperial Prince Kanryu) at Ninna-ji Temple, Ryoo constructed the Kyozo building with in Kodai-in, a sub-temple of the Kongobuji Temple on Mt. Koya.
Japanese: 同年、仁和寺の寛隆法親王の縁で高野山金剛峯寺の塔頭光台院に経蔵を設立した。
English: Additionally, from 1685 to 1694, Ryoo donated the Kyozo buildings to the 21 temples of the three sects, the Tendai sect, the Shingon sect, and the Zen sect.
Japanese: そのほか、この年より元禄7年（1694年）まで天台宗・真言宗・禅宗の3宗21カ寺に経蔵を寄進している。
English: The Zen sect: the Manpuku-ji Temple of the Province of Yamashiro, the Bukkoku-ji Temple of the Province of Yamashiro, the Zuisho-ji Temple of the Musashi Province, Komatsu-ji Temple of the Mino Province, the Enpuku-ji Temple of the Ise Province, the Hotoku-ji Temple of the Yamato Province, and the Horin-ji Temple of the Totomi Province.
Japanese: 禅宗…山城国萬福寺、同仏国寺、武蔵国瑞聖寺、美濃国小松寺、伊勢国円福寺、大和国法徳寺、遠江国宝林寺
English: The Tendai sect: the Kanei-ji Temple of the Musashi Province, the Kanasana-ji Temple of the Musashi Province, the Enryaku-ji Temple of the Province of Omi, the Soko-ji Temple of the Province of Shimotsuke, the Kosho-ji Temple of the Province of Yamashiro, Choraku-ji Temple of the Kozuke Province, and the Gassan-ji Temple of the Shimousa Province.
Japanese: 天台宗…武蔵国寛永寺、同金讃寺、近江国延暦寺、下野国宗光寺、山城国興聖寺、上野国長楽寺、下総国月山寺
English: The Shingon sect: the Kodai-in Temple of Mt. Koya in the Kii Province, the Taiun-in of the Kii Province, the Shinbessho Temple of the Kii Province, the Enmei-ji Temple of the Kawachi Province, the Jinho-ji Temple of the Kawachi Province, the Tojou-ji Temple of the Yamato Province, and the Ryoun-ji Temple Musashi Province.
Japanese: 真言宗…紀伊国高野山光台院、同泰雲院、同新別所、河内国延命寺、同神鳳寺、大和国東浄寺、武蔵国霊雲寺
English: Moreover, Ryoo built the Koseki-in library for storing 58,005 volumes, including Chinese and other books and he provided maintenance costs of the library as well.
Japanese: その他群書や漢籍など58,005巻を集蔵すべき光石院文庫も建て、これらの維持費も寄進した。
English: Furthermore, in 1689, Ryoo made a donation to the Hachiman-jinja Shrine in his hometown and restored the shrine.
Japanese: さらに、元禄2年（1689年）、郷里の八幡神社に浄財を寄進して神社を再興した。
English: Ryoo helped Doki TETSUGYU Zenji (monk), who is Ryoo's best friend with land reclamation project, so Ryoo started the irrigation works at Gokasho, Uji City.
Japanese: さらに親友鉄牛道機禅師の干拓事業を援助したり、宇治五ヶ庄の灌漑工事を起こした。
English: Ryoo built about 30 libraries, some were opened to public, and some were limited access to the public, throughout Japan, centering Edo, Ryoo encouraged the general public to read and study.
Japanese: また、江戸をはじめ全国に約30もの公開または半公開の図書館を建立して世人に読書研究を勧めた。
English: Of special note is the fact that no other example exists in the world, a person like Ryoo built such large number of libraries for the public with only his own powerful efforts.
Japanese: 特に公開図書館を一個人の力で数多く開設したことでは世界でも他に例がないといわれる。
English: In 1692, Kosen Zenji (disciples of Ingen's disciples) became the fifth shinzan (taking a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple) of Obakuzan, so Ryoo donated a great monetary offering for the celebration.
Japanese: 元禄5年（1692年）、高泉禅師（隠元の孫弟子）の黄檗山第五世晋山祝に巨額の浄財を寄進した。
English: Then, Ryoo built the Tenshin-in temple as his private building on the left side at the Sanmon gate (temple gate) of the Obakuzan temple, and this was for ascetic practice during his old age, and he lived there.
Japanese: そして、老後の修行のため山門の左手に天真院を建てて自房とし、そこに住んだ。
English: In 1695, at the age of 68, Ryoo received an Inka (Certification of spiritual achievement) from Kosen Zenji and inherited the dharma from Kosen Zenji.
Japanese: 翌元禄8年（1695年）には68歳で高泉禅師の印可を受けて嗣法した。
English: When the water well of the Tenshin-in temple dried out, Ryoo dug out the old unused water well and named it Sairai-i (reborn water well).
Japanese: また、天真院の井戸が枯渇したため、古井戸を掘り当て、再来井と称した。
English: Moreover, Ryoo built the Jitoku-in temple next to the Tenshin-in temple in Obakuzan Mountain.
Japanese: さらに元禄10年（1697年）には黄檗山内、天真院の隣に自得院を建てている。
English: Ryoo named the temple after his benefactor, Jitoku SAITO, who had introduced the Buddhism priesthood to Ryoo when he was twelve years old.
Japanese: これは12歳のときに仏門に導いてくれた恩人斎藤自得を記念して名付けたものであった。
English: In 1699, Ryoo became 70 years old, and at this time he made small Kannon (Deity of Mercy) total 333,333 of bronze statues, for his 70th birthday commemoration, giving the statues to the people.
Japanese: 元禄12年（1699年）、70歳となった了翁は自らの古稀を記念して観音小銅像33万3,333体をつくり、人々に施している。
English: The next year, although Ryoo had went back to Edo and stayed in the Kanei-ji Temple, but he returned to the Jitoku-in temple because he discovered a bad tumor in the left section off his chest.
Japanese: 翌年正月、江戸に赴き寛永寺に逗留するも、左胸に悪腫ができ、自得院に戻った。
English: Then in 1701, Ryoo became the forth chief priest of the Bukkoku-ji Temple in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
Japanese: そして、元禄14年（1701年）には伏見区の仏国寺の第4代の住職となった。
English: Prior to this time, only monks of Ming dynasty had served in this position, so this was the first time this honor was given to a Japanese monk.
Japanese: これは、それまで明国出身の僧が務めていたもので、日本人としては初めての栄誉であった。
English: Ryoo retuned to his hometown, Yawata village, and performed a memorial service for victims of the flood occurred at Omono-gawa River in the previous year, the flood was referred to as the "Shirahige no Kozui" (flood of white beard).
Japanese: 八幡村に帰郷し、前年の雄物川の氾濫による「白髭の洪水」と呼ばれた水害の犠牲者を供養する。
English: Therefore, Ryoo gathered 1,000 stones from the Omono-gawa River; then he wrote sutras on each stone and buried them.
Japanese: そのため、雄物川から石を千個集め、その一つ一つに経文を墨書して埋めた。
English: Koben Hosshinno (Cloistered Imperial Prince Koben) petitioned to the Shogun Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA that from thereafter, the learning dormitories shall be built by the Tokugawa Bakufu government.
Japanese: ここにおいて公弁法親王は将軍徳川綱吉に対し、爾後は公儀建立とする旨を願い出た。
English: On the other hand, Ryoo visited Edo from Uji for the restoration of the dormitories, stated his expression of gratitude to the Hosshinno.
Japanese: 一方再建のため宇治より江戸に来ていた了翁は法親王に御礼のために言上した。
English: In 1707, Ryoo completed seven days long fast, and then he entrusted his disciples to look after future affairs after his death.
Japanese: 宝永4年（1707年）、断食7日間をおこない、弟子たちに後事を託した。
English: When his disciples asked Ryoo for last words as teacher at his deathbed, Ryoo once refused.
Japanese: その了翁に、弟子たちが臨終での最後の教えの言葉を求めると、了翁はいったん断った。
English: However, his disciples strongly requested for Ryoo's last words, so Ryoo drew a large circle and wrote underneath of the circle as follows, "Exclamation of surprise, 22nd, written by Ryoo."
Japanese: しかし重ねて強い求めがあったため、筆で大円を描き、その下に「咄咄、二十二日了翁書」と記した。
English: As Ryoo wrote, his life came to end on May 22 in Japanese old calendar (June 21, 1707).
Japanese: その書のとおり、宝永4年5月22日（1707年6月21日）了翁は78年の生涯を閉じた。
English: By Ryoo's will, from his inheritance 500 Ryo was donated to several temples and shrines, such as the Shishirin, Bukkoku-ji Temple, Hoon-in Temple, and the Jitoku-in Temple.
Japanese: 遺言により、獅子林、仏国寺、法苑院、自得院などの諸寺院に対し、500両を寄進している。
English: In 2007, the Ueno Kanei-ji Temple held a magnificent ceremony, three hundreds year Buddhist Mass on May 22, the day of Ryoo's death anniversary.
Japanese: 2007年（平成19年）、上野寛永寺では了翁の命日にあたる5月22日に盛大な300年法会が執りおこなわれた。
English: On June 22 of the same year, the Jigen-ji Temple in Yuzawa City, which is located near Ryoo's birth place, held two ceremonies, "The Buddhist memorial service for three hundreds years of Ryoo's entering nirvana" and the "Kaigen-hoyo (Buddhist ceremony for consecration) service on the wooden statue of Ryoo Zenji."
Japanese: 同年6月22日には、生地に近い湯沢市の慈眼寺でも「入寂300年法要」と「了翁禅師木像開眼法要」が執りおこなわれた。
English: Tokuei HAMANA, a Buddhist monk, who resided in Chiba Prefecture, had donated the wooden statue (the heights was fifty centimeters; and the width was forty-five centimeters) to the Jigen-ji Temple in the previous month.
Japanese: 木像（高さ50cm、幅45cm）は千葉県在住の僧侶濱名徳永が1ヶ月前に慈眼寺に寄進したものであった。
English: Tadakatsu UTSUMI (September 12, 1843 - January 20, 1905) was samurai as well as a government official and a statesman in Japan.
Japanese: 内海忠勝（うつみただかつ、天保14年8月19日(旧暦)（1843年9月12日）-明治38年（1905年）1月20日）は、日本の武士、官僚、政治家。
English: He served as (the twentieth) Minister of Home Affairs, the prefectural governor of Nagasaki and Mie, the governor of Hyogo Prefecture, the (second) governor of Nagano Prefecture, the (third) governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, the (eighth) governor of Osaka Prefecture, the (the eight) governor of Kyoto Prefecture, the President of the Board of Audit, and a member of the House of Peers.
Japanese: 内務大臣（第20代）、長崎県令、三重県令、兵庫県知事、長野県知事（第2代）、神奈川県知事（第3代）、大阪府知事（第8代）、京都府知事（第8代）、会計検査院長、貴族院議員を務めた。
English: As a local official, he held various posts of the governor of prefectures such as Nagasaki, Mie, Hyogo, Nagano, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Kyoto.
Japanese: 地方官として長崎、三重、兵庫、長野、神奈川、大阪、京都の各県令・知事を歴任。
English: Shigeru NARAHARA (June 29, 1834 - August 13, 1918) was samurai and a government official in Japan.
Japanese: 奈良原繁（ならはらしげる、天保5年5月23日(旧暦)（1834年6月29日）-大正7年（1918年）8月13日）は、日本の武士、官僚である。
English: He held various posts such as the Shizuoka prefectural governor, the (fourth) governor of Okinawa, a member of the House of Peers (of Japan), Genroin gikan (councilor of Chamber of Elders), Kinkei-no-ma shiko (Kinkei Hall attendance) and the president of Nippon Railway (later serving concurrently as the president of Kobu Railway Company, Ryomo Railway Company, and Mito Railway Co.).
Japanese: 静岡県令、沖縄県知事（第4代）、貴族院(日本)議員、元老院議官、錦鶏間祗候、日本鉄道会社、（のち甲武鉄道会社、両毛鉄道会社水戸鉄道社長兼任）の社長など。
English: He was called Yukigoro after reaching adulthood, but he changed it to Shigeru around the time when he served as a butler for the Shimazu family in 1874.
Japanese: 名乗りは幸五郎だが、明治7年（1874年）の島津家家令あたりから繁と改める。
English: His older brother, Kizaemon was a devout disciple of Yakumarujigen-ryu school and the younger brother was known as a spearman.
Japanese: 兄・喜左衛門は、熱心な薬丸自顕流の門弟であるが、弟のほうは鎗の使い手として知られた。
English: When Hisamitsu SHIMAZU's soldiers went up to Kyoto in 1862, Shigeru played an active role in the Teradaya Incident as one of Chinbushi (temporary government post involving security enforcement).
Japanese: 文久2年（1862年）の島津久光の卒兵上京に従い、寺田屋事件では鎮撫使の一人として活躍。
English: A descendant of Kizaemon protested against the Namamugi Incident happened during the year, saying that it was the younger brother, Shigeru, not his older brother, Kizaemon who slashed Richardson.
Japanese: その年の生麦事件では、リチャードソンに斬りつけたのは、兄の喜左衛門ではなく、弟の繁であると子孫から異議が申したてられている。
English: In the Coup of August 18 in the following year, he worked behind the scenes with Masakaze TAKASAKI and succeeded in driving Choshu Domain out of Kyoto.
Japanese: 翌年の八月十八日の政変では、高崎正風らと暗躍し、京から長州藩追放に成功している。
English: His older brother, Kizaemon joined the Anglo-Satsuma War but the younger brother, Shigeru did not.
Japanese: 薩英戦争には、兄の喜左衛門が加わっているが、弟の繁は加わっていない。
English: Although he was promoted to Sobayaku (Secretary), he was removed from the administration of the domain on February, 1869 due to the domain administration reform initiated by lower ranked feudal retainers who came back from the Boshin War.
Japanese: 明治2年（1869年）2月、戊辰戦争より帰国した下級藩士たちより起った藩政改革のため、側役まで出世した藩政から退けられる。