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English: First they took control of most of their former territories in Izumo Province by destroying Shinyama-jo Castle and advanced unresisted to attack Gassantoda-jo Castle, but the castle was so tightly guarded by Takashige AMANO, making it inaccessible and impregnable, that they had problems destroying the castle, despite the castle only being guarded by three hundred warriors.
Japanese: 最初に新山城を陥落させ、出雲国の旧領をほぼ制圧し、破竹の勢いで月山富田城に向かったが、守兵300であるにも関わらず天野隆重が守る難攻不落の険城をなかなか落とすことができなかった。
English: They faced even more difficulties with the rebellion of Tamekiyo OKI, the main force of the Mori family returned from battles in Iyo Province and northern part of Kyushu, while a large army of 13,000 including Terumoto MORI, Motoharu KIKKAWA and Takakage KOBAYAKAWA left Iwami Province for Izumo Province.
Japanese: 隠岐為清の反乱等も重なり手をこまねいていた所へ、伊予国・北部九州へ出兵していた毛利家主力が戻り、毛利輝元・吉川元春・小早川隆景以下、13000の大軍は石見国から出雲国を目指した。
English: As the Amago army became aware of their movements, they decided to have Katsuhisa AMAGO stay at Suetsugu-jo Castle and stop Mori in Fubeyama, while they would go through and reach Gassantoda-jo Castle from Iwamiji Road.
Japanese: これを知った尼子勢は毛利勢を食い止める為、末次城に尼子勝久を残して石見路から月山富田城に行く際に通る布部山で毛利を食い止める事とした。
English: The Amago army sent a total of 68,000 soldiers who were directed by Yukimori YAMANAKA to only two gateways (Mizutani (水谷) gateway and Nakayama (中山) gateway) to Fubeyama and waited for the Mori troops, taking all possible measures.
Japanese: 尼子勢は布部山の2つしかない登り口(水谷口・中山口)に山中幸盛を大将とする総勢6800の兵を布陣し、万全の体制で毛利軍を待ち構えた。
English: While the Amago army was initially dominant due to the advantageous location, Motoharu KIKKAWA found it difficult to defeat the Amago army and obtained information about a by-path from local residents and went up to the top of Fubeyama from the rear side of the mountain, leading a separate battalion of troops.
Japanese: 戦いは当初地の利に勝る尼子勢が優勢だったが、攻め落とすのが難しいと判断した吉川元春が住民に間道を教えてもらい、別働隊を率いて裏から布部山の頂上に登った。
English: Tango okoku ron is a theory in which Teiji KADOWAKI asserted an existence of "Tango Kingdom" in and around Tango region (present Tango City, Kyoto Prefecture) during the Kofun period (tumulus period), which is believed to have been independent and rivaled Yamato sovereignty (the ancient Japan sovereignty) (It is also referred to as "Tanba Kingdom" because Tango Province was divided from Tanba Province later).
Japanese: 丹後王国論（たんごおうこくろん）は、門脇禎二が古墳時代に丹後地方（今の京都府京丹後市辺り）を中心に、ヤマト王権などと並び独立性をもって存在したとされる勢力『丹後王国』があったと提唱したもの（丹後国は後年に丹波国から分国したものであるため『丹波王国』とも称される）。
English: According to Teiji KADOWAKI, the peak of "Tango Kingdom" was the mid to late fourth century to the fifth century.
Japanese: 門脇禎二によれば、『丹後王国』は4世紀中・末期頃から5世紀が最盛期。
English: He assumes that the kingdom came under control of Yamato sovereignty along with the conquest of Izumo by Yamato in the mid sixth century.
Japanese: 6世紀中頃ヤマトの出雲征討に伴いヤマト王権の支配下に入っていったと想定している。
English: It is believed that an independent power existed in Tango region in ancient times due to a large tumulus center found there (Aminochoshiyama Burial Mound, Shinmeiyama-kofun Tumulus, Ebisuyama-kofun Tumulus, and the like), as well as recent excavations and researches.
Japanese: 丹後地方は大型古墳が集中（網野銚子山古墳、神明山古墳、蛭子山古墳など）していることや、近年の発掘調査などから、古代に独自の勢力が存在していたと想定されている。
English: Kanpaku soron was a dispute over the position of Kanpaku (chief advisor to the Emperor) that happened between Akizane NIJO and Nobusuke KONOE in 1585.
Japanese: 関白相論（かんぱくそうろん）とは、天正13年（1585年）に二条昭実と近衛信輔の間で発生した関白の地位を巡るいざこざ。
English: This was a personnel feud that had arisen from Hideyoshi HASHIBA's promotion to Naidaijin (Inner Minister) in the same year, but, as a matter of fact, Hideyoshi was appointed as Kanpaku before those two people; this marked a turning point for the establishment of the Toyotomi administration.
Japanese: これは、この年に豊臣秀吉が内大臣に昇進した事をきっかけとした人事抗争であるが、結果的に当事者の二人を差し置いて秀吉が関白に就任する事になり、豊臣政権にとっては大きな画期となる。
English: Because he was awarded the clan name of Toyotomi on October 21, 1586, the following year of the dispute, Hideyoshi before the award is described as 'Hideyoshi HASHIBA' in this section according to the name at that time.
Japanese: 秀吉が豊臣氏の姓を授かるのは、この一件の翌年の天正14年9月9日_(旧暦)（1586年10月21日）であるため、当時の表記にあわせて賜姓以前については「羽柴秀吉」表記とする。
English: In 1579, Nobunaga ODA resigned from the positions of Udaijin (Minister of the Right) and Ukone-no-daisho (Commander of the right division of the Inner Palace Guards), and remained as the sanikan (ranking personnel without an official position).
Japanese: 天正7年（1579年）に織田信長が今までついていた右大臣兼右近衛大将の官職を辞任してから、散位官の状態のままにあった。
English: It was not unusual for a minister to resign from the position and remain as the sanikan for a few years at that time, but the fact that Nobunaga did not hold any official position even at the time when he almost unified Japan baffled the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 当時、大臣が辞任して数年間散位になることは珍しくは無かったが、天下統一を目前にして何らかの地位についていない事は朝廷を困惑させた。
English: This does not necessarily mean Nobunaga had no interest in the rank awarded by the Imperial Court, for he appealed to the court for the promotion of his eldest son and heir, Nobutada ODA, in rank instead of himself.
Japanese: もっとも信長は代わりに嫡男織田信忠の官位昇進の要望を出している事から朝廷の官位に全く関心がなかった訳ではなかった。
English: In May, 1582, the Imperial Court sent an emissary to Nobunaga at Azuchi-jo Castle to inform him of its being ready to award him the position of either Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), Kanpaku, or Dajodaijin (Prime Minister) of his choice (the sanshoku suinin mondai, or the matter over the three recommended positions).
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年）5月、朝廷は安土城の信長に使者を送って征夷大将軍・関白・太政大臣のうちから希望する官職に任じる用意がある事を伝えた（三職推任問題）。
English: Attacked by Mitsuhide AKECHI in the Honno-ji Incident, however, Nobunaga died as former Udaijin without an official title on June 21, 1582.
Japanese: だが、6月2日_(旧暦)（1582年6月21日）、信長は前右大臣の身分のまま本能寺の変で明智光秀に討たれた。
English: As a result of this, there are a few theories on how Nobunaga tried to deal with this offer: Nobunaga refused to accept any one of the positions, he unofficially agreed to accept the position of either Seii Taishogun or Dajodaijin, or he died in battle before reaching a conclusion.
Japanese: このため、信長がこの問題にどう対応しようとしたのかについて諸説に分かれている（拒絶したとする説、征夷大将軍あるいは太政大臣に就任する事を内諾したとする説、結論が出る前に討ち死にしたとする説）。
English: It was Hideyoshi HASHIBA who defeated Mitsuhide in the Battle of Yamazaki, then crushed Katsuie SHIBATA in the Battle of Shizugatake, and thus secured his position as successor to Nobunaga.
Japanese: 山崎の戦いで光秀を討ち、続いて賤ヶ岳の戦いで柴田勝家を滅ぼして信長の後継者の地位を確実にしたのは羽柴秀吉であった。
English: Along with the battles against remaining daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) across Japan, Hideyoshi, who built Osaka-jo Castle as a base to unify the country, was promoted to Naidaijin on April 9, 1585, in just four months after he was awarded the Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in the previous year.
Japanese: 残った全国の大名との戦いと平行して天下平定の拠点として大坂城を築城した秀吉は天正13年3月10日_(旧暦)（1585年4月9日）に前年に従三位に叙されてからわずか4ヶ月で内大臣に昇った。
English: In December of the year before Hideyoshi became Naidaijin, then Kanpaku and Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), Uchimoto ICHIJO, had yielded the position of Kanpaku to Akizane NIJO; the administration was supposed to be run for the time being by Sadaijin Uchimoto ICHIJO, Kanpaku and Udaijin Akizane NIJO, and Naidaijin Nobusuke KONOE.
Japanese: 秀吉が内大臣になる前年の12月にこれまで関白左大臣であった一条内基が二条昭実に関白を譲り当面は左大臣一条内基・関白右大臣二条昭実・内大臣近衛信輔の体制で当面行く筈であった。
English: Lack of Sento Gosho (palace for retired emperors) had been delaying the abdication of Emperor Ogimachi, but its construction was completed by Hideyoshi, so that he had to be rewarded for this achievement.
Japanese: だが、正親町天皇の譲位を控えて長年譲位の妨げになってきた譲位後の仙洞御所も秀吉の手で完成の運びとなり、その論功行賞の必要も生じた。
English: Furthermore, it was necessary for the Imperial Court to designate Hideyoshi, who was on the verge of establishing the Toyotomi administration, in an appropriate official position.
Japanese: 更に豊臣政権の確立を間近に控え、秀吉にそれ相応の官職を与える必要性が出てきた。
English: No later than May and June, 1585, Akizane NIJO, Nobusuke KONOE, Harusue KIKUTEI, and Hideyoshi HASHIBA are believed to have been each awarded Kanpaku, Sadaijin, Udaijin, and Naidaijin.
Japanese: 遅くても天正13年5月段階では関白二条昭実・左大臣近衛信輔・右大臣菊亭晴季・内大臣羽柴秀吉が在任していたとされている。
English: It seems the plan was to promote Hideyoshi to Udaijin on the premise of Harusue KIKUTEI's yielding the position to him, to let Akizane NIJO serve as Kanpaku for a year and him relinquish the position to Nobusuke KONOE, and to let Nobusuke serve both as Sadaijin and Kanpaku.
Japanese: 更に予定では菊亭晴季の辞任を前提に秀吉を右大臣に昇進させ、二条昭実は1年程度の関白在任を経て近衛信輔に関白を譲り信輔は引き続き左大臣を兼ねる予定であったようである。
English: However, Hideyoshi practically refused the appointment to Udaijin.
Japanese: ところが秀吉は右大臣就任の打診に対して事実上拒否を表明したのである。
English: That is to say, Hideyoshi hoped to be promoted to Sadaijin instead of Udaijin, if possible, because his master, Nobunaga, was killed by Mitsuhide with the title of Udaijin as his highest rank and thus serving as Udaijin would be a bad omen.
Japanese: 理由は「主君であった信長は右大臣を極官として光秀に殺害されており、右大臣は縁起が悪いので出来るならば右大臣は避けて左大臣への昇進をお願いしたい」というものであった。
English: Appointing Hideyoshi to Naidaijin was considered inside the Imperial Court to be unfit for him, the ruler of Japan, and accordingly, the court thought it inevitable to make Nobusuke KONOE resign from Sadaijin and to promote Hideyoshi to Sadaijin to meet his request as long as Hideyoshi hoped to assume the position of Sadaijin, not Udaijin.
Japanese: 朝廷内部では天下人・秀吉を遇するには内大臣では不足であると考えられており、秀吉が右大臣を嫌って左大臣を望む以上、要求通りにするために現在の左大臣である近衛信輔を辞任させて秀吉を左大臣に昇進させる事は避けられないと考えられていた。
English: On hearing this plan, Nobusuke KONOE pressed Akizane NIJO, who had served as Kanpaku only for six months, to relinquish the position of Kanpaku to him because Nobusuke hated to assume the position as former Sadaijin.
Japanese: これを聞いた近衛信輔は前官の状態で関白となる事を嫌い、在任わずか半年の二条昭実に関白を譲るように迫った。
English: Nobusuke insisted that no one in the Konoe family assumed the position of Kanpaku as former minister, and he presented a petition to Emperor Ogimachi, requesting he be appointed to Kanpaku as an incumbent minister before yielding the position of Sadaijin to Hideyoshi; on the other hand, Akizane maintained that no one in the Nijo family resigned from the position of Kanpaku within a year when he assumed the position for the first time, and he made a request to Emperor Ogimachi for rejecting Nobusuke's unreasonable demands.
Japanese: 信輔は「近衛家では前官（前職大臣）の関白の例はない」と主張して左大臣を秀吉に譲る前に現職の大臣として関白に就任したい旨を正親町天皇に奏上し、これに対して昭実は「二条家では初めて任命された関白が1年以内に辞めた例はない」と主張して信輔の理不尽な要求を退けるように訴えた。
English: From May to June of the year, according to the procedure of the sanrei-santo (legal proceedings of three questions and three answers, 三例三答) utilized in the soron (legal dispute) at that time, Nobusuke submitted a written statement four times (officially, a written statement should be submitted three times, but he submitted a forth supplementary one), and Akizane submitted three times, in order to insist on the legitimacy of their own statements and the errors of the opponent's.
Japanese: この年の5月から6月にかけて当時相論で行われていた「三例三答」と呼ばれる手続きに従い、信輔は4度（本来は3度であるが補足として4度目の意見書を出した）、昭実は3度意見書を提出して自己の主張の正当性と相手の主張の誤りを主張した。
English: In the end, Nobusuke emphasized the position of the Konoe family as the head of the sekkanke (family lines of regents and chief advisors) while Akizane pointed out the Nijo family's success in supporting Emperor Gokogon amid the turmoil after the Shohei no Itto (temporal unification of the Northern and Southern Courts by the Southern Court); their arguments were getting more and more chaotic.
Japanese: そして最後には信輔が摂関家筆頭としての近衛家の立場を強調すれば、昭実も正平の一統後の混乱下での二条家による後光厳天皇擁立の功績をあげるなど議論は泥沼化の様相を見せ始めた。
English: The opinions about this matter inside the Imperial Court were divided into two groups, and reaching a conclusion seemed unlikely since more people than expected sympathized with Nobusuke, whose insistence seemed unreasonable at a first glance but who might need to lose the position of Sadaijin from an unforeseen event.
Japanese: これに対して宮廷内部は2つに分かれたものの、一見暴論でありながらも、予想外の事態で左大臣を失う事になるかも知れない信輔への同情は意外と多く、決着のつく見通しは立たなかった。
English: Then, Nobusuke and Akizane were both in a rush to visit Hideyoshi at Osaka-jo Castle to insist on the legitimacy of their own arguments.
Japanese: そこで、信輔と昭実は争うように大坂城の秀吉の許を訪問して自己の正当性を主張した。
English: After Hideyoshi received a report from Geni MAEDA, he discussed how to handle the matter with Geni and Harusue KIKUTEI..
Japanese: 前田玄以から報告を受けた秀吉は玄以や菊亭晴季らと事態の収拾策について協議した。
English: With Nobunaga's sanshoku-suinin-mondai of a few years back in mind, Harusue at this point recommended that Hideyoshi assume the position of Kanpaku.
Japanese: ここで晴季は先年の信長への三職推任問題を念頭に秀吉に関白就任を勧めた。
English: Hideyoshi agreed with the recommendation, and then, Harusue and Geni proposed to Nobusuke's retired father, Sakihisa KONOE (former Kanpaku and Dajodaijin), that Hideyoshi be adopted by Sakihisa and be appointed to Kanpaku, and that the position of Kanpaku be given in the future to Nobusuke as Hideyoshi's successor.
Japanese: 秀吉もこれに賛同して、晴季と玄以は早速先に引退していた信輔の父・近衛前久（元関白・太政大臣）に対して秀吉を前久の猶子として関白を継がせ、将来的には信輔を後継として関白職を譲る案を提示した。
English: For Sakihisa, who had a poor relationship with Hideyoshi due to the false accusation that Sakihisa had been involved in the Honno-ji Incident in which Mitsuhide AKECHI was rumored to occupy the Hideyoshi's former residence confiscated and given to Sakihisa by Nobunaga and, based in the residence, to attack Nijo Gosho (Nijo Imperial Palace), it was humiliating to let anybody outside the Fujiwara clan assume the position of Kanpaku; from the viewpoint of the Konoe family, however,
Japanese: 前久からすれば、元から秀吉との関係は良好でなかった（かつて信長によって秀吉の旧邸が没収されて前久に与えられ、本能寺の変で明智光秀の軍がその屋敷を占拠して二条御所攻撃の拠点にしたと言う風説のために、前久自身が事件に関与したという濡れ衣を着せられた）事に加えて藤原氏以外に関白の地位が移ることは屈辱的であったが、近衛家の立場からすれば、
English: 2) If the prolonged dispute let Akizane serve as Kanpaku for more than a year, Akizane's points might be considered valid as a result and Sakihisa would lose face,
Japanese: 問題の長期化によって昭実が1年以上務めれば結果論的に昭実の論が正しかったとされる可能性があり面目を失う事
English: On August 6, 1585, Hideyoshi received the Imperial edict to award him the position of Kanpaku as Sakihisa KONOE's adopted son, and at the same time, the main participants in the soron, Akizane NIJO and Nobusuke KONOE, and Harusue KIKUTEI all received the rank of the Juichii (Junior First Rank); furthermore, the Konoe family was awarded the increase of their territory by one thousand goku (unit for crop yield), and the other sekke (family lines of regents and chief advisors to the Emperor) by five hundred goku; yet, Hideyoshi was passed over for promotion to Sadaijin or Udaijin, and Nobusuke KONOE and Harusue KIKUTEI each continued to serve as Sadaijin and Udaijin.
Japanese: 天正13年7月11日_(旧暦)（1585年8月6日）には近衛前久の猶子として関白宣下を受け、同時にこの相論の当事者である二条昭実・近衛信輔、そして菊亭晴季に従一位が授けられ、併せて近衛家に千石、他の摂家に五百石の加増があった（なお、秀吉の左大臣又は右大臣昇進については見送られて引き続き近衛信輔と菊亭晴季が任じられている）。
English: The five sekke including Nobusuke KONOE and his father accepted the appointment of Hideyoshi to Kanpaku because they had presumed that Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan, would temporarily assume the position of Kanpaku to settle the dispute and relinquish it to Nobusuke KONOE in due course, and that the position of Kanpaku would be rotated among the five sekke again as it had been.
Japanese: 近衛親子を初めとする五摂家が秀吉の関白就任を容認したのは、天下人である秀吉が相論収拾のために一時的に関白に就任して時が来れば近衛信輔に地位が譲られて再び以前のように五摂家間の持ち回りになるものと解釈されていたからである。
English: Shortly thereafter, however, Hideyoshi conferred with Harusue KIKUTEI and hoped to be granted a new clan name by the Emperor.
Japanese: ところが間もなく秀吉は菊亭晴季と相談して、天皇から新たな姓を下賜される事を望むようになる。
English: On October 21, 1586, Hideyoshi was granted the clan name of Toyotomi, and then, was elevated to Dajodaijin when Emperor Goyozei ascended the Imperial throne.
Japanese: 翌年9月9日（1586年10月21日）には秀吉は豊臣の姓を賜り、続いて後陽成天皇の即位に併せて太政大臣に昇進したのである。
English: Consequently, the tradition of appointing only the members of the Fujiwara clan to Sessho (regent) and Kanpaku finally came to an end, a tradition which had lasted for seven hundred years since FUJIWARA no Yoshifusa.
Japanese: これによって藤原良房以来700年にわたって継続されてきた藤原氏の摂政関白が中断される事態となった。
English: Hideyoshi further adopted the new Emperor's younger brother, Imperial Prince Toshihito HACHIJONOMIYA, since he had no biological child, and he reported to the Emperor during the Imperial visit to Jurakudai (Hideyoshi's palace and office in Kyoto) in 1588 that he would officially adopt the prince as a son of the Toyotomi clan and hand over the position of Kanpaku to him in the future.
Japanese: 更に秀吉は実子の不在を理由に新天皇の弟八条宮智仁親王を猶子とし、将来的には正式な豊臣氏の養子として関白を譲る意向である事を天正16年（1588年）の聚楽第行幸の際に後陽成天皇に奏上している。
English: This was apparently a breach of the promises made to the Konoe family, but no one was allowed to oppose Hideyoshi's plan because he would yield the position to the Emperor's biological brother.
Japanese: これは明らかな近衛家側との約束違反であったが、譲る相手が天皇の実弟である以上異論は許されない事であった。
English: However, Hideyoshi's concubine, Yodo-dono gave birth to his child, Tsurumatsu TOYOTOMI, on July 9, 1589, and therefore his plan was dropped; on February 3, 1590, Hideyoshi helped Rokunomiya (the Emperor's sixth child), who had received the Imperial edict to award him the title of Shino (Imperial Prince) and had called himself 'Imperial Prince Toshihito HACHIJONOMIYA,' establish the Hachijonomiya family, which made it possible for Hideyoshi to have the Emperor accept that Tsurumatsu would assume Kanpaku after him.
Japanese: だが、それも天正17年5月27日_(旧暦)（1589年7月9日）に秀吉の側室淀殿が豊臣鶴松を生んだ事で白紙とされ、この年の12月29日_(旧暦)（1590年2月3日）、親王宣下を受けて「八条宮智仁親王」と名乗った六宮に八条宮家を創設させた事で、秀吉は天皇に対して鶴松を自分の次の関白にする事を納得させたのである。
English: This was Hideyoshi's attempt to preside over the court nobles and samurai across the country all together by positioning, as the 'leader of samurai' in stead of Seii Taishogun, the role of Kanpaku, which would be passed down to only the samurai class of the Toyotomi clan in place of the court nobles of the Fujiwara clan.
Japanese: 秀吉は関白を公家である藤原氏に代わって武家である豊臣氏による世襲としてこれを征夷大将軍に代わる「武家の棟梁」と位置づける事で全国の公家と武士を一括して統率しようとしたのである。
English: To achieve this, Hideyoshi continuously appointed vassal daimyo including Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and hereditary retainers such as Mitsunari ISHIDA and Kiyomasa KATO to government posts, so that he could break into the system of official ranks originally awarded to court nobles (Buke Kanpaku sei).
Japanese: そのために徳川家康をはじめ臣従した諸大名や石田三成・加藤清正ら譜代の家臣達に次々と官職を授けて本来は公家主体のものであった官位体系に組み込もうとした（武家関白制（ぶけかんぱくせい））。
English: Furthermore, when Tsurumatsu died of disease in 1591, Hideyoshi adopted his nephew, Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI (Naidaijin), and yielded the position of Kanpaku to him, showing again his determination to relinquish the position of Kanpaku to only the Toyotomi clan and staying in power as Dajodaijin.
Japanese: 更に天正19年（1591年）に鶴松が病死すると、秀吉は甥の豊臣秀次（内大臣）を養子として関白の地位を譲り関白が豊臣氏の世襲とする意思を改めて表明し、自分は太政大臣在任のまま実権を保持し続けた。
English: On the other hand, Nobusuke KONOE, who had caused the dispute, was increasingly isolated from the society of court nobles, being labeled as a person who ended the 700-year-old tradition of the sekkanke overnight.
Japanese: これに対して今回の相論の原因を作った近衛信輔は一夜にして700年続いた摂関家の伝統を潰した人物として公家社会から孤立を深めた。
English: Disturbed by this, Nobusuke was increasingly suffering from 'mental illness' and resigned from Sadaijin in 1592.
Japanese: これに苦悩した信輔は次第に「心の病」に悩まされるようになり、文禄元年（1592年）に左大臣を辞任する。
English: Nobusuke even insisted on serving as Nairan (Inspector of Imperial Documents) if he was not given the position of Kanpaku.
Japanese: そしてついに関白就任が駄目ならば内覧に就任したいという意向を述べるに至る。
English: Offended by this remark, Hideyoshi demoted and transferred Nobusuke to Satsuma Province (he virtually banished him), and appointed Naidaijin Hidetsugu to Sadaijin as his replacement.
Japanese: これが秀吉の怒りを買って文禄3年（1594年）に薩摩国に左遷（事実上の流罪）となり、後任の左大臣に内大臣の秀次が任じられた。
English: In the following year of Nobusuke's banishment, however, Kanpaku and Sadaijin Hidetsugu infuriated Hideyoshi and was ordered to commit seppuku by him out of the blue, and in addition, the father of Hidetsugu's concubine, Udaijin Harusue KIKUTEI, was also banished to Echigo Province on guilt by association.
Japanese: ところが、信輔左遷の翌年に突如関白左大臣秀次が秀吉の怒りを買って切腹を命じられ、続いて秀次の側室の父であった右大臣菊亭晴季も連座して越後国に流罪となった。
English: This is said to be because Yodo-dono gave birth to a son (later Hideyori TOYOTOMI) again.
Japanese: これは淀殿が再度男子（後の豊臣秀頼）を生んだためであると言われている。
English: As a result of these incidents, the Imperial Court was in the unusual situation of retaining no Kanpaku or ministers except Dajodaijin Hideyoshi, causing the court to fall behind in court events.
Japanese: ところが、このために朝廷は太政大臣である秀吉以外には関白も大臣も不在という異常事態となり、宮中行事も滞る事になった。
English: Nevertheless, except promoting Ieyasu TOKUGAWA from the samurai class to Naidaijin in 1596, Hideyoshi did not allow anyone to assume the position of Kanpaku or a minister until Hideyori became an adult in order to protect the Buke Kanpaku sei.
Japanese: それでも秀吉は秀頼が成人するまで武家関白制を守るために慶長元年（1596年）に武家である徳川家康を内大臣に昇進させた以外は一切の関白・大臣の就任を認めようとしなかった。
English: Official ranks, which had already been in short supply, came to further run short because Hideyoshi generously awarded these ranks even to the samurai families such daimyo in various areas.
Japanese: 更に秀吉が諸大名ら武家にも気前良く官位を与えたためにただでさえ不足気味であった官位が全体的に不足する事となった。
English: Consequently, advancement in official ranks among court nobles was hindered, and one could not find a court noble with a suitable official rank to serve as a minister when trying to appoint one.
Japanese: このため、公家の官位昇進が完全に停滞し仮に大臣を任命しようにもその要件を満たした公卿がいないという有様となっていった。
English: When Hideyoshi suddenly died of disease on September 18, 1598, however, the only minister, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA immediately took emergency measures to arrange the reinstatement of Harusue KIKUTEI, who had been allowed to return to Kyoto, to Udaijin.
Japanese: だが、慶長3年8月18日(旧暦)（1598年9月18日）、秀吉が病死すると唯一の大臣となった徳川家康は直ちに帰京を許されていた菊亭晴季を右大臣に還任させる手続をとって応急の措置とした。
English: Against the opposition of the Toyotomi administration, Ieyasu then reinstated Kanetaka KUJO for the first time in twenty years, who had resigned from Kanpaku and Sadaijin in 1581 during the Oda administration, when he won in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600; afterwards, however, it was often rumored that Hideyori would assume the position of Naidaijin and then automatically Kanpaku when Ieyasu took over the position of Udaijin from Harusue KIKUTEI (from Motouji SHIGESAWA's letter to Terumoto MORI in 1602).
Japanese: 続いて慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いで勝利すると、家康は織田政権時代の天正10年（1581年）に関白左大臣を辞任した九条兼孝を豊臣政権側の反対を押し切って20年ぶりに還任させたものの、その後も家康が菊亭晴季に代わって右大臣となれば秀頼が内大臣となってそのまま関白に就任するだろうという風説が度々流された（慶長7年（1602年）、毛利輝元あて繁沢元氏書簡）。
English: In 1603, however, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA became Seii Taishogun and established the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and then, as it had been rumored, he was promoted to Genji Choja (the head of the Minamoto clan) and Udaijin while Hideyori was promoted only to Naidaijin and Kanetaka continued to serve as Kanpaku for the reason of Hideyori's being too young.
Japanese: だが、慶長8年（1603年）、徳川家康は征夷大将軍となり江戸幕府を開設、続いて風説通りに家康は源氏長者・右大臣・秀頼には内大臣昇進があったものの、幼少であるという理由で関白は引き続き兼孝が務める事となった。
English: Two years later, Hideyori was elevated to the position of Udaijin, and yet, Ieyasu yielded the position of Shogun to his son, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, showing his determination to pass down the position by hereditary succession; in the same year, in place of Kanetaka KUJO, Nobutada KONOE (whose name had changed from Nobusuke and who had been reinstated to Sadaijin in 1601) was appointed to Kanpaku for the first time in twenty-one years since he had started the soron, having caused a series of troubles thereafter; here, the tradition of rotating the position of Kanpaku among the five sekke was restored.
Japanese: そして2年後、秀頼は右大臣に昇ったものの、この年に家康は将軍職も2年後に息子徳川秀忠に譲って将軍職の世襲の意思を表し、同じ年に九条兼孝に代わって一連の問題の発端となった近衛信尹（信輔改め、慶長6年（1601年）左大臣還任）が相論発生以来21年目にして関白に任命されて五摂家による持ち回りが復活した。
English: At this very stage, the Toyotomi administration and its foundation of the Buke Kanpaku sei were completely collapsed, both nominally and actually.
Japanese: ここにおいて名実とともに豊臣政権とその根幹にあった武家関白制は完全に崩壊したのである。
English: After this, the Tokugawa Shogun family was to rule both the samurai and noble classes as both Seii Taishogun, the leader of samurai, and Genji Choja, the leader of all its clan members including court nobles.
Japanese: 以後、徳川将軍家は武家の棟梁である征夷大将軍と公家を含めた全ての源氏を統率する源氏長者を兼ねて武家と公家の双方を支配する事になる。