nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: At this time, Masanobu's shoryo was reduced to that bearing 17,000 koku because he distributed properties bearing 1,000 koku to his younger brother, Masanao ICHIHASHI.
Japanese: このとき、弟の市橋政直に1,000石を分与したため、1万7,000石となった。
English: For subsequent lords of the domain, there was nothing worthy of mention except for a matter that the fifth lord of the domain, Naotaka ICHIHASHI, was an educated person as recognized by Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, the eighth shogun.
Japanese: その後の藩主は第5代藩主・市橋直挙が第8代将軍・徳川吉宗に認められた教養人であるということくらいで、特筆すべき事柄はない。
English: Nagakazu ICHIHASHI who was the last lord of the domain made efforts in the manufacturing of gunpowder and recommendation of military for the purpose of national defense during unquiet days at the end of the Edo period.
Japanese: 幕末期、最後の藩主であった市橋長和は幕末の動乱の中で国防のために火薬の製造、武芸奨励などに尽力した。
English: Since Nishoji was renamed to Nishioji on May 26, 1862, this domain came to be called the Nishioji Domain thereafter.
Japanese: 文久2年（1862年）4月28日には仁正寺を西大路と改名したため、以後は西大路藩と称された。
English: Nagakazu who was on Sabaku-ha (supporters of the Shogun) at the beginning gradually leant toward the new government side, and when Emperor Meiji visited Tokyo, he rendered distinguished service in sending off the Emperor and in guarding Kyoto.
Japanese: 長和は当初は佐幕派であったが、次第に新政府側に傾いてゆき、明治天皇が東京へ行幸するときには天皇の奉送や京都守衛などで功績を挙げている。
English: Nagakazu became a governor of domain by the return of lands and people to the emperor in 1869, and the Nishioji Domain was abolished due to Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures) two years later.
Japanese: 明治2年（1868年）の版籍奉還で長和は藩知事となり、2年後の廃藩置県で西大路藩は廃藩となった。
English: Greater part of the residence of the former feudal domain was reconstructed in 1912 in Shokoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, and is now existing as Rinkoin, subtemple of Shokoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 旧藩邸の大半は大正初年に京都相国寺の塔頭（たっちゅう）、林光院として現存。
English: Part of the residence of the domain before new construction in 1861 was reconstructed in a new location of Shoin (reception room) of Seigen-ji Temple which was a family temple of the Ichihashi family.
Japanese: 市橋家の菩提寺である清源寺書院は文久元年の新築前の藩邸の一部を移築。
English: It is also handed down to subsequent generations that part of the residence of the domain was reconstructed in a new location of Shozai-ji Temple at Oaza Nishioji and Houn-ji Temple and its components were diverted to such Temples.
Japanese: 大字西大路聖財寺、法雲寺も藩邸の一部が移築または部材が転用されている伝承がある。
English: The Endo clan ruled over the Gujo Domain of the Mino Province, and Tsunehisa ENDO was poisoned to death by his vassal at seven years old, in addition to the recurrence of trouble concerning reigns of the family among vassals; therefore, the Endo clan had its properties confiscated by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) since Tsunehisa did not have an heir.
Japanese: 遠藤氏は美濃国郡上藩を領していたが、遠藤常久が7歳の時に家臣によって毒殺され、さらに先代から続いていた家督騒動が家臣団の内部で再燃したため、幕命により常久に嗣子が無かったために改易に処された。
English: However, in 1692 in praise of the achievements by Yoshitaka ENDO the original forefather of the domain, Tanechika ENDO was granted 10,000 koku crop yields in Hitachi Province and Shimotsuke Province; thus, the restoration of the Endo clan was accepted.
Japanese: しかし、藩祖である遠藤慶隆の功績を賞されて、元禄5年（1692年）に遠藤胤親が常陸国・下野国で1万石を与えられて、遠藤氏の再興が認められたのである。
English: On April 17, 1698, Tanechika was transferred in his territory to four counties of Omi Province, resulting in the establishment of the Mikami Domain.
Japanese: 元禄11年（1698年）3月7日、胤親は所領を近江国四郡に移されて、ここに三上藩が立藩したのである。
English: On February 3, 1853, the fifth lord of the domain Tanenori ENDO (wakadoshiyori) received additional 2,000 koku crop yields in appreciation of his achievement in constructing a castle compound to the west of the main compound of Edo-jo Castle.
Japanese: 第5代藩主・遠藤胤統（若年寄）の代である嘉永5年（1852年）12月25日、江戸城西の丸造営の功績を賞されて、2,000石の加増を受けた。
English: On November 17, 1863, Tanenori retired, and his grandson Taneki ENDO succeeded him.
Japanese: 文久3年（1863年）10月7日に胤統は隠居し、後を孫の遠藤胤城が継いだ。
English: Under the rule of Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA Taneki, appointed as soshaban (officer telling shogun about daimyo who came for greetings), became a close adviser of shogun, and he held onto his standpoint as Sabaku-ha (supporters of the shogun).
Japanese: 将軍・徳川慶喜の代には奏者番に任じられて将軍側近となり、佐幕派としての立場を貫いた。
English: However, due to this he was regarded as an enemy by the new government, and he had his territory confiscated in January 1868.
Japanese: しかしこのため、慶応4年（1868年）1月に新政府から敵と見なされて領地を召し上げられた。
English: On July 18 in the same year Taneki was released from the punishment to recover his territory, and on July 31 in the following year he assumed office as governor of the Mikami Domain.
Japanese: 同年5月29日、罪を許されて領地は戻され、翌年6月23日には三上藩知事に任じられた。
English: Subsequently because Taneki transferred the government building of the domain to Yoshimi of Izumi Province on May 14, 1870, the Mikami Domain continued to exist as the Yoshimi Domain afterwards.
Japanese: その後、胤城は明治3年（1870年）4月14日、藩庁を和泉国吉見に移したため、以後は吉見藩として存続することとなったのである。
English: The Omi-Takashima Domain refers to a domain which existed in Takashima County, Omi Province (present-day Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: 近江高島藩（おうみたかしまはん）は、近江国高島郡（現在の滋賀県高島市）に存在した藩。
English: Yasumasa SAKUMA was a younger brother of Morimasa SAKUMA, busho (Japanese military commander), who also went by the name of 'Onigenba' (terrifyingly brave Genba like ogle) under Nobunaga ODA.
Japanese: 佐久間安政は、織田信長のもとで「鬼玄蕃」の異名をとった武将佐久間盛政の弟である。
English: Yasumasa became a vassal of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI after Nobunaga, Katsuie SHIBATA and his older brother, Morimasa died, and possessed properties bearing 7,000 koku (1 koku was about 180 liter; an old unit showing volume) in Omi Province.
Japanese: 安政は信長や柴田勝家、そして兄の盛政死後に豊臣秀吉の家臣となり、近江国内において7000石を領していた。
English: Since he participated in the Eastern Camp and rendered distinguished war service in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Yasumasa was granted additional properties bearing 8,000 koku after the Battle, and ranked with lords as daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) possessing properties bearing 15,000 koku in total.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでは東軍に与して戦功を挙げたため、戦後に8000石を加増されて合計1万5000石を領する大名として諸侯に列した。
English: Since Yasumasa who was further granted an additional properties bearing 5,000 koku in 1607 also participated in the Tokugawa side and rendered distinguished military service in the Osaka no Jin (The Siege of Osaka), he was additionally granted additional properties bearing 15,000 koku, and was transferred to the Iiyama Domain, Shinano Province with properties bearing 35,000 koku.
Japanese: 安政は慶長12年（1607年）にはさらに5000石を加増され、大坂の陣でも徳川方に与して武功を挙げたため、さらに1万5000石を加増の上で信濃国飯山藩3万5000石に加増移封された。
English: In addition, properties possessed by the Omi-Takashima Domain became outlands of the Iiyama Domain, but since Yasutsugu SAKUMA, Yasumasa's grandson, died young in 1638, the Sakuma clan fell under the change of rank for the extinction of a family line.
Japanese: ちなみに近江高島藩領は飯山藩領の飛び地となったが、安政の孫である佐久間安次が寛永15年（1638年）に夭逝して佐久間氏は無嗣改易となった。
English: In 1595, Takatsugu KYOGOKU who was a vassal of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI entered the domain for the first time with properties bearing 60,000 koku (1 koku was about 180 liter; an old unit showing volume), and as a result, the Otsu Domain was established.
Japanese: 文禄4年（1595年）、豊臣秀吉の家臣である京極高次が6万石で入部したことから立藩した。
English: Takatsugu served Nagamasa AZAI, but became a vassal of Nobunaga ODA because the Azai clan was ruined by Nobunaga in 1573.
Japanese: 高次は浅井長政に仕えていたが、天正元年（1573年）に織田信長によって浅井氏が滅亡したため、信長の家臣となった。
English: In 1582, Takatsugu was expelled after Mitsuhide AKECHI was defeated and killed because he provoked Hideyoshi's wrath by reason that he was on the side of Mitsuhide in the Honnoji Incident.
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年）、本能寺の変において明智光秀に与したために光秀の敗死後に秀吉の怒りを買って追放された。
English: However, when Tatsuko KYOGOKU who used to be a wife of Motoaki TAKEDA and was a younger sister of Takatsugu became a concubine of Hideyoshi, Takatsugu was absolved of his sins and became a vassal of Hideyoshi.
Japanese: しかし、かつて武田元明の妻であり、高次にとっては妹にあたる京極竜子が秀吉の側室となると罪を許されて秀吉の家臣となっていた。
English: In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Takatsugu participated in the Western Camp at first and turned informer on movements of Western Camp such as Mitsunari ISHIDA and so on to the Eastern Camp.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでは当初は西軍に与して石田三成ら西軍の動向を東軍に密告していた。
English: However, Takatsugu participated in the Eastern Camp and held up in the Otsu-jo Castle right before the final battle on October 21.
Japanese: しかし高次は9月15日の本戦直前になって東軍に与して大津城に籠城する。
English: There was originally a relationship that a lawful wife of Takatsugu was Jokoin (Ohatsu) and was an older sister of Ogo, lawful wife of Hidetada TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: もともと高次の正室は常高院（於初）であり、徳川秀忠の正室・於江の姉だったという関係があったのである。
English: And this Jokoin was more friendly with Ogo than Yodo-dono who became a concubine of Hideyoshi.
Japanese: そしてこの常高院は秀吉の側室になった淀殿より於江と仲が良かったのである。
English: This is why the Otsu-jo Castle was blasted with Muneshige TACHIBANA and Motoyasu SUETSUGU (the eighth son of Motonari MORI) and was forced to surrender.
Japanese: このため、大津城は立花宗茂や末次元康（毛利元就の八男）の猛攻を受けて開城を余儀なくされた。
English: However, due to an offensive and defensive battle of Otsu-jo Castle, an army of Muneshige TACHIBANA which was a valuable military power for the Western Camp could not participate in the final battle on October 21.
Japanese: しかしこの大津城攻防戦のため、西軍にとって貴重な戦力であった立花宗茂の軍勢は9月15日の本戦に参加することができなかったのである。
English: If Muneshige who was called the bravest general in Chinzei (nickname of Kyushu) and terrified Ieyasu TOKUGAWA had participated in the final battle at this time, the trend of the Battle of Sekigahara might have been different.
Japanese: このとき、鎮西一の勇将と謳われ、徳川家康に恐れられた宗茂がもし本戦に参加していたら、関ヶ原の趨勢は変わっていたかもしれなかった。
English: In addition, after Otsu-jo Castle fell, Takatsugu who was ashamed of defeat went up to Mt. Koya, but Ieyasu ordered him to serve Ieyasu newly because Ieyasu highly evaluated Takatsugu's distinguished service sticking Muneshige, and transferred him to the Obama Domain in Wakasa Province with properties bearing 85,000 koku upon granting additional properties.
Japanese: ちなみに高次は大津城落城後は、その敗戦を恥じて高野山に上ったが、家康は宗茂を引きつけていた高次の功績を高く評価して新たに召し出し、若狭国小浜藩8万5000石に加増移封したのである。
English: In the next year of the Battle of Sekigahara, Kazuaki TODA (Samon), a retainer of the daimyo in hereditary vassalage to Ieyasu, entered Otsu with properties bearing 30,000 koku.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の翌年、大津には家康譜代の家臣・戸田一西（左門）が3万石で入った。
English: However in the following year, Zeze-jo Castle was constructed by order of Ieyasu under Tenkabushin (construction order by the Tokugawa shogunate) by reason that Otsu-jo Castle was not suitable as a castle, and Kazuaki moved to the Zeze Domain.
Japanese: しかしその翌年、大津は城としてふさわしくないという理由から、家康の命令で天下普請のもと、膳所城が築かれ、一西は膳所藩に移ることとなった。
English: The Omizo Domain refers to a domain which existed in Takashima County, Omi Province (present-day Katsuno, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: 大溝藩（おおみぞはん）は、近江国高島郡（現在の滋賀県高島市勝野）に存在した藩。
English: In the Sengoku period (period of warring states), Omizo was governed by vassals of Nobunaga ODA such as Kazumasa ISONO and Nobusumi TSUDA (Nobunaga's nephew).
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)、大溝は織田信長の家臣・磯野員昌や津田信澄（信長の甥）が治めていた。
English: On October 4, 1619, Mitsunobu WAKEBE who was transferred from the Ise-Ueno Domain entered the domain for the first time with properties bearing 20,000 koku (1 koku was about 180 liter; an old unit showing volume), and as a result, the Omizo Domain was established.
Japanese: 元和(日本)5年（1619年）8月27日、伊勢上野藩から移封された分部光信が2万石で入部することにより、大溝藩が立藩した。
English: Mitsunobu made efforts in constructing jinya (regional government office) and samurai residence, and in the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he also played an active role in constructing Honmaru (the keep of a castle) of Osaka-jo Castle and as Zoei Bugyo (Temple Administrator) of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei.
Japanese: 光信は陣屋や武家屋敷の建設に尽力し、幕府においても大坂城本丸普請や比叡山延暦寺の造営奉行として活躍した。
English: However, on August 7, 1658, Yoshiharu put his wife's uncle, Nagashige IKEDA to the sword as a result of squabbling with Nagashige about a trifle, and on the next day, Yoshiharu himself also died of injury by a sword given by Nagashige.
Japanese: しかし、明暦4年（1658年）7月9日、妻の叔父に当たる池田長重と些細なことから口論となって長重を斬殺してしまい、自分も長重によって負わされた刀傷が原因で翌日に死去してしまったのである。
English: The family estate was succeeded by his son, Yoshitake WAKEBE, but Yoshitake died young at the age of 20 on August 1, 1667 without having any heir.
Japanese: 家督は子の分部嘉高が継いだが、嘉高は寛文7年（1667年）6月12日に20歳で嗣子無くして若死する。
English: Therefore, for the fourth lord of the domain, Nobumasa WAKEBE (third son of Naganobu IKEDA, and ironically a nephew of Nagashige IKEDA) was adopted to be the heir from the Bitchu-Matsuyama clan which was a relative of Yoshitake's mother.
Japanese: このため、第4代藩主として嘉高の母の縁戚に当たる備中松山藩から分部信政（池田長信の三男で、皮肉にも池田長重の甥に当たる）を養嗣子として迎えた。
English: An income drastically decreased due to frequent occurrence of great floods within the domain from around this time, and as a result, the finance of the clan became worse gradually.
Japanese: この頃から藩内ではたびたび大洪水が起こって収入が激減し、それによって藩財政は次第に悪化していった。
English: Because the clan could not collect 10,000 koku in 1669 and 13,000 koku in 1676 due to great floods, the finance became worse to the extent of asking the bakufu for exemption from Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo).
Japanese: 寛文9年（1669年）には1万石、延宝4年（1676年）には1万3,000石が大洪水によって徴収できず、それによって参勤交代の免除を幕府に願い出ているほどである。
English: And, many successive lords of the domain successively held posts such as Osaka-jo-kaban (a post to guard Osaka-jo Castle) and so on, and engaged in the custody of criminals.
Japanese: また、歴代藩主の多くが大坂城加番などの役職を歴任したり、罪人の預かりを務めている。
English: When Mitsuyasu WAKEBE was the 10th lord of the domain, Juzo KONDO who was famous as explorer was in custody.
Japanese: 第10代藩主・分部光寧のときには探検家として有名な近藤重蔵を預かっている。
English: Since the finance of the clan became in dire straits in around the middle of the Edo period, Mitsuzane WAKEBE, the eighth lord of the domain, carried out a reform called five-year plan for financial affairs with Gensho MIYAKE, but this plan had almost no effect.
Japanese: 藩財政は江戸時代中期頃になると火の車となり、第8代藩主・分部光賓は三宅玄章と共に財政5ヵ年計画という改革を断行したが、あまり効果は無かった。
English: When Mitsusada WAKEBE was the 11th lord of the domain, disturbances at the end of the Edo period occurred, but very distinguished activities were not seen at the end of the Edo period because Mitsuhide was stricken with paralysis.
Japanese: 第11代藩主・分部光貞のときに幕末期の動乱を迎えたが、光貞は中風に倒れてしまったため、あまり幕末における目だった行動は見られない。
English: However, Mitsunori resigned as governor of domain in August 1871, and the Omizo Domain was abolished due to this event and was incorporated in Otsu Prefecture.
Japanese: しかし、光謙は明治4年（1871年）7月の廃藩置県直前に藩知事を辞任し、大溝藩はここに廃藩となり、大津県に編入されることとなったのである。
English: In addition, Mitsunori who died on November 29, 1944 lived longer than any other lord of the domain in the Edo period (however, since the return of lands and people to the emperor was implemented during the era of Mitsunori, it is a popular theory to consider Tadataka HAYASHI of the Jozai Domain, Kazusa Province - he became subject to Kaieki [forfeit rank of Samurai and properties] because he was on the side of the bakufu in the Boshin Civil War, and died in 1941 - as the 'last lord of domain').
Japanese: ちなみに、光謙は昭和19年（1944年）11月29日に死去した、江戸時代の藩主の中でもっとも長寿の人物であった（但し、光謙の時代には既に版籍奉還が行われており、上総請西藩の林忠崇（戊辰戦争で幕府側について改易、昭和16年死去）を「最後の藩主」とするのが通説である）。
English: The Katada Domain refers to a domain which existed in Shiga County and Takashima County, Omi Province (present-day Katata, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: 堅田藩（かただはん）は、近江国滋賀郡・高島郡（現在の滋賀県大津市堅田）に存在した藩。
English: In the Sengoku period (period of warring states), there was Suigunshu (warriors battle in the sea) called Katata Navy in Katata, and Katata was regarded to be an important foothold by Nobunaga ODA who aimed at the unification of Japan with setting Azuchi-jo Castle as headquarter.
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)、堅田は堅田水軍と呼ばれる水軍衆がおり、安土城を本拠として天下布武を狙う織田信長にとっては、堅田は重要拠点と見なされていた。
English: On April 17, 1698, Masataka HOTTA who was the lord of the Sano Domain in Shimotsuke Province was transferred to Katata with properties bearing 10,000 koku (1 koku was about 180 liter; an old unit showing volume), and as a result, the Katada Domain was established.
Japanese: 元禄11年（1698年）3月7日、下野国佐野藩主であった堀田正高が1万石で堅田に移封されたことにより、堅田藩が立藩した。
English: The administration of the domain was put on a firm basis around during a period from the first lord of the domain, Masataka, to the third lord of the domain, Masanaga HOTTA.
Japanese: 藩政の基礎は初代藩主・正高から第3代藩主・堀田正永の頃にかけて固められた。
English: The sixth lord of the domain, Masaatsu HOTTA, was the eighth son of Munemura DATE, the lord of the Sendai Domain in Mutsu Province, and due to such relationship, Masaatsu took positions as wakadoshiyori (a managerial position in the Edo bakufu, Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and fuku-bugyo (vice magistrate) for reconstruction of Yushima Seido (Sacred Hall at Yushima), and also engaged in compilation of "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" (genealogies of vassals in the Edo bakufu).
Japanese: 第6代藩主・堀田正敦は陸奥国仙台藩主・伊達宗村(仙台藩主)の八男であり、その経緯から若年寄、湯島聖堂再建の副奉行、『寛政重修諸家譜』などの編纂を務めている。
English: Masaatsu was granted additional properties bearing 3,000 koku in 1806 by such great achievements, and came to possess shoryo (territory) bearing 13,000 koku.
Japanese: この功績から、文化(元号)3年（1806年）には3,000石を加増され、1万3,000石の所領を領することとなった。
English: In addition, Masaatsu also worked as an assistant of the lord of the Sendai Domain because subsequent lords of the domain were all young.
Japanese: なお、正敦は仙台藩の藩主に若年藩主が相次いだため、その補佐役も務めている。
English: In May 1825, Masaatsu was appointed to joshu daimyo (governor of castle), but was transferred to Sano again on November 19, 1826, and the Katada Domain was abolished due to this event.
Japanese: 文政8年（1825年）4月には城主大名に任じられたが、翌年10月10日に再び佐野へ移封となったため、堅田藩はここに廃藩となった。
English: Among territories in Katata, territories in Shiga County came to be taken over as outland of the Sano Domain until the end of the Edo period.
Japanese: 堅田の所領のうち、滋賀郡領は佐野藩の飛び地として幕末期まで受け継がれることとなった。
English: Yanagimoto Domain covered Shikijo, Yamabe and Uda counties of Yamato Province.
Japanese: 柳本藩（やなぎもとはん）は、大和国式上郡・山辺郡・宇陀郡を領有した藩。
English: Nagamasu ODA, the younger brother of Nobunaga ODA and a famous master of tea ceremony, received domain worth 30,000 koku (an unit of assessed crop yields of the land [1 koku: about 180 liter], which was also used to express the size of the land) in Yamato Province and Kawachi Province, after military success contributing to the victory of the East camp in the Battle of Sekigahara of 1600.
Japanese: 織田信長の弟で、茶道として有名な織田長益（織田長益）は、慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いで東軍に与して戦功を挙げたことから、大和国と河内国の内に3万石の所領を与えられた。
English: Later, he did not serve Ieyasu TOKUGAWA but, being a grand-uncle to Hideyori TOYOTOMI, chose to become his vassal.
Japanese: その後は徳川家康に仕えず、豊臣秀頼の大叔父ということで秀頼の家臣となっていた。
English: Although he allied with the Toyotomi camp in the Winter Siege of Osaka, he engaged in covert activities, providing information to the Tokugawa side and engaging in reconciliatory talks during the siege.
Japanese: 大坂冬の陣では豊臣方として戦ったが、その裏では徳川方に内通したり、冬の陣における和睦交渉で裏工作を行なっている。
English: He did not suffer punitive action from the Tokugawa side later after the war because of his departure from the Toyotomi camp prior to the Summer Siege.
Japanese: そして夏の陣直前に豊臣方から離れたため、戦後に罪には問われなかった。
English: On retirement, however, Yurakusai (pseudonym of Nagamasu ODA) divided the domain, keeping 10,000 koku as retirement stipend and giving 10,000 koku to his fourth son Nagamasa ODA (a feudal lord) and 10,000 koku to his fifth son Naonaga ODA.
Japanese: しかし有楽斎は藩領3万石のうち、1万石を自分の隠居料とし、残りの2万石うち、1万石を四男の織田長政(大名)に、同じく1万石を五男の織田尚長にそれぞれ分与した。
English: Hence, Nagamasa and his descendants held Shibamura Domain of Yamato Province and Naonaga's family held to Yanagimoto Domain of Yamato Province.
Japanese: このため、長政の系統は大和国芝村藩として、尚長の系統は柳本藩として存続することとなる。
English: Yanagimoto Domain continued after Naonaga, with his successors Nagatane and Hidekazu ODA, but faced a crisis with the fourth lord Hidechika ODA, when he was killed by the crazed lord of Daishoiji Nitta Domain Toshimasa MAEDA, during a Buddhist mass held in memorial of the late shogun Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA at Kanei-ji Temple in March 1709.
Japanese: 柳本藩は尚長の後、織田長種、織田秀一と続いたが、第4代藩主・織田秀親の代である宝永6年（1709年）2月、前将軍・徳川綱吉の法会が寛永寺で行なわれているときに、発狂した前田利昌(大聖寺新田藩主)によって秀親が殺されてしまったのであった。
English: The threat of collapse was averted by the Karo (chief retainers) of Yanagimoto Domain who acted quickly to claim the passing of Hidechika due to illness and by the appointment of his brother Naritoshi ODA as adoptive heir.
Japanese: このため、柳本藩は改易の危機を迎えたが、藩の家老たちが機転をきかせて秀親は病死ということにして弟の織田成純を養嗣子として後を継がせ、改易の危機を脱したのである。
English: In the mid-Edo period, the domain faced serious financial crisis due to its small size.
Japanese: 江戸時代中期頃になると、小藩の悲しさから藩財政の窮乏化が表面化する。
English: For this reason, the farmers of the domain were levied heavily, leading the farmers petitioning the shogunate in February 1769 against the tenth lord Hidetsura ODA.
Japanese: このため領民に重税を敷いたが、第10代藩主・織田秀綿の代である明和6年（1769年）1月には百姓が重税に反対して強訴を起こすに至った。
English: A riot broke out also in December 1802, demanding reduction in rice levy, and ended with heavy casualties both among the Oda force and the farmers.
Japanese: 享和2年（1802年）12月にも百姓による年貢軽減を求める一揆が発生し、織田軍と百姓との間で乱闘による死傷者が多数出ている。
English: In the latter half of the Edo period, the Yanagimoto estate was burned down by fire in 1830, complicating the harsh financial situation further.
Japanese: さらに江戸時代後期に入ると、ただでさえ藩財政が厳しい中で文政13年（1830年）には火事により柳本屋敷が全焼する。
English: This led to the 11th lord Nobuakira ODA to dismiss 27 retainers in November 1833.
Japanese: このため第11代藩主・織田信陽は天保4年（1833年）10月に藩士27人のリストラを行なっている。
English: On February 5, 1853, the Oda family was designated Joshu daimyo (daimyo who is allowed to live in a castle), due to its historic renown since Nobunaga.
Japanese: そして嘉永5年（1852年）12月27日には信長以来の名族ということもあって、城主大名に任じられた。
English: In the last years of the Edo period, the family approached the Imperial forces from the early stage, helping in the suppression of the Tenchu-gumi (royalist forces) War and in the repair of the Imperial mausoleum.
Japanese: 幕末期では天誅組の反乱鎮圧や天皇陵の修築工事を行なうなど、早くから官軍に近づいていた。
English: After Meiji Restoration, Oda was designated governor of the domain upon Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures), and Yanagimoto Domain was dissolved with establishment of the prefectural government system in 1871, established initially as Yanagimoto Prefecture and later amalgamated into Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 明治維新後は版籍奉還により藩知事となり、明治4年（1871年）の廃藩置県により柳本藩は廃藩となり、柳本県を経て奈良県に編入されたのである。
English: Of the feudal domains of the Oda clan, the descendants of Nobukatsu ODA held the Tendo and Kashiwara (Tanba Province) domains and those descending from Yurakusai held Shibamura (Kaiju) Domain, in addition to Yanagimoto Domain, until Meiji Restoration.
Japanese: なお、織田氏の諸藩では、織田信雄の系統で天童藩、丹波柏原藩が、有楽斎の系統では柳本藩の他に芝村藩（戒重藩）が、明治維新まで存続した。
English: Mashita and Nomura domains were also related to Yurakusai but were closed or dissolved in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 有楽斎の系統は他に味舌藩、野村藩が存在したが、これらは江戸時代初期に除封、無嗣断絶している。
English: Tawaramoto Domain existed in Tawaramoto, Toichi-gun, Yamato Province (present-day Tawaramoto, Tawaramoto-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara Prefecture).
Japanese: 田原本藩（たわらもとはん）は大和国十市郡田原本（現在の奈良県磯城郡田原本町田原本）に存在した藩。
English: However, it was founded officially on August 31, 1868 as the so-called 'domain founded by Meiji Restoration' at the discretion of the new government to grant the clan a status of daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) with the crop yield of 10,000 koku (an unit of assessed crop yields of the land [1 koku: about 180 liter], which was also used to express the size of the land).
Japanese: ただし、藩として正式に立藩したのは明治元年（1868年）7月14日、新政府の計らいによって1万石の大名として諸侯に列したものであり、いわば「維新立藩」によるものであった。
English: Founder of the Hirano clan Nagayasu HIRANO served Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, becoming one of the "Seven Spears of Shizugatake," alongside Kiyomasa KATO and Masanori FUKUSHIMA, for their military success in the 1583 Battle of Shizugatake and was awarded a territory in Yamato Province with 5,000 koku.
Japanese: 平野氏の祖である平野長泰は豊臣秀吉に仕え、天正11年（1583年）の賤ヶ岳の戦いで戦功を挙げて加藤清正や福島正則らと並ぶ『賤ヶ岳七本槍』の一人となり、大和国内に5000石の知行を与えられた。