nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The Commissioner of the Ministry of Justice in Settsu Province Lay priest Dojun who committed suicide in the presence of Takatoki HOJO, the incident of which was written in 'Suicide of Takatoki and his whole family in Tosho-ji Temple' in Volume 10 of a historical epic "Taiheiki," was the direct grandson of NAKAHARA no Morotsura.
Japanese: 『太平記』巻10「高時並一門以下於東勝寺自害事」で、北条高時の面前で腹を切った摂津刑部太夫入道々準は師連の直系の孫にあたる。
English: As Morotsura frequently appear in a chronicle of the Kamakura bakufu "Azumakagami" with his real name, it is highly possible that the compiler of "Azumakagami" used his diary and records as source materials.
Japanese: また『吾妻鏡』に多数実名で登場することから、『吾妻鏡』編纂の原史料としてその日記・筆録の類が利用された可能性が高いとされている。
English: Takatoshi KYOGOKU (1799 - April 7, 1830) was an heir to Mineyama Domain in Tango Province.
Japanese: 京極高聡（きょうごくたかとし、寛政11年（1799年）-文政13年3月15日(旧暦)（1830年4月7日））は、丹後国峰山藩の世嗣。
English: Unfortunately, he died in 1830 at the age of 32 before succeeding his father.
Japanese: しかし、家督を継ぐことなく文政13年（1830年）に32歳で没した。
English: Yasunobu WAKISAKA (year of birth unknown - May 24, 1637) was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) who lived in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 脇坂安信（わきさかやすのぶ、生年不詳-寛永14年4月1日(旧暦)（1637年5月24日））は、江戸時代初期の大名。
English: When this happened, Nagayoshi left a will stating that his first and second sons, Nagatsune IKEDA and Nagazumi IKEDA, would each inherit one half of his territory.
Japanese: このとき長幸は遺言として、長男の池田長常と次男の長純にそれぞれ領地を半分ずつ相続させようとした。
English: Not being happy about this will, on April 4, Yasunobu together with his younger brother, Yasutsune WAKIZAKA, visited Nagayoshi to complain about the will.
Japanese: 同月4日、安信はそれに不満を持って弟の脇坂安経と共に長幸のもとに赴いて抗議した。
English: However, an argument with Nagayori IKEDA, a younger brother of Nagayoshi, led to a sword fight, and in this fight, Yasutsune was killed and Yoshinobu also was seriously injured.
Japanese: しかし長幸の弟・池田長頼と口論から刃傷事件に及んで安経は殺され、自分自身も重傷を負ってしまった。
English: Masatoki NAKASHIMA (year of birth unknown - January 22, 1612) was a warrior during the Azuchi-Momoyama period, went by the name of Shirozaemon and a son of Masayoshi NAKASHIMA.
Japanese: 中島正時（なかしままさとき、?-慶長16年12月20日(旧暦)（1612年1月22日））は安土桃山時代の武士、通称・四郎左衛門、父は中島正義。
English: According to a biography handed down through the Nakashima family, the family was founded by Sanjuro Yukiyasu (died in April 1441), a son of Mitsuyuki YAMANA.
Japanese: 中島家に伝わる伝記によれば、山名満幸の子・三重郎幸康（嘉吉元年（1441年）3月没）なる人物を初めとしている。
English: It is said that the family moved to Kugami, Kono no Kori (present Iwami Town) by the head of the family Yoshichiro Masaoshi, several generations after Yukiyasu.
Japanese: 幸康から数代後の当主・与七郎正義の代に巨濃郡陸上（現・岩美町）に移ったという。
English: As this transmission lacks a supporting evidence, it is not considered much credible.
Japanese: この伝承には傍証史料がかけているため、今のところその信憑性はあまり高くない。
English: It is said that the family lived in Nakashi-jo Castle in Kugami in Inaba Province in the days of his father Yoshichiro Masayoshi, and expanded influence by taking advantage of a conflict started between Takanobu TAKEDA and the Yamana clan, a military governor, in the Eiroku era.
Japanese: 父の与七郎正義の代には陸上の中島城(因幡国)に居城し、永禄年間に武田高信と守護・山名氏の間で起こった内乱に乗じて勢力を拡大したという。
English: When Masatoki succeeded his father, he changed the family name from Yamana to Nakashima and became a vassal of Toyohiro YAMANA, the lord of Dochiku-jo Castle.
Japanese: 続いて正時が家督を継いだ際に山名から中島姓へと改め、道竹城主・山名豊弘の幕下となった。
English: In December 1580, Masatoki was granted the lands of Kugami, Uji and Ono in Kono no Kori by Toyohiro YAMANA in recognition of his loyal service since he joined the vassals, but ironically, after Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI took Tottori-jo Castle in the next year, he lost the lands and became a wandering warrior, and died in December 1611.
Japanese: 天正8年（1580年）11月には豊弘から入国以来の忠勤を賞され、巨濃郡陸上・宇治・大野の三ヵ所が与えられたが、翌年の豊臣秀吉による鳥取城攻略後、所領を失い流浪の身となり、慶長16年（1611年）12月に没した。
English: Yasutsune WAKIZAKA (year of birth unknown - May 22, 1632) was a successor of the Iida Domain, Shinano Province.
Japanese: 脇坂安経（わきざかやすつね、生年不明-寛永9年4月4日(旧暦)（1632年5月22日））は、信濃国信濃飯田藩の世嗣。
English: In 1632, Yasutsune visited Nagayoshi IKEDA with his older brother Yasunobu IKEDA to complain about Nagayoshi's will (stating that his first son, Nagatsune IKEDA, and the second son, Nagazumi IKEDA [the son-in-law of his older brother Yasunobu WAKIZAKA], would respectively inherit the two halves of Nagayoshi's territory), but there, Yasutsune had a fight with Nagayori IKEDA, a younger brother of Nagayoshi, and was killed by him.
Japanese: しかし寛永9年（1632年）、池田長幸の遺言（長男・池田長常と次男・池田長純（兄・脇坂安信の娘婿）とで領地を半分ずつ相続する）に不満を持った兄・安信と共に長幸の下に抗議に訪れたが、長幸の弟・池田長頼と口論になった末に殺害された。
English: For this reason, Yasutoshi WAKIZAKA, a younger brother of Masamori HOTTA who was one of the favorite retainers of Seiitaishogun Iemitsu TOKUGAWA (commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians), was adopted by Yasumoto and then became his legitimate child.
Japanese: このため、征夷大将軍徳川家光の寵臣であった堀田正盛の弟・脇坂安利が養子に迎えられ、代わって嫡子となった。
English: Yasutoshi WAKIZAKA (1618 - March 11, 1636) was a successor of the Shinano Iida Domain, Shinano Province.
Japanese: 脇坂安利（わきざかやすとし、元和(日本)4年（1618年）-寛永13年2月4日(旧暦)（1636年3月11日））は、信濃国信濃飯田藩の世嗣。
English: He was adopted by the lord Yasumoto WAKIZAKA after Yasutsune WAKIZAKA, who was the first lord of Shinano Iida Domain, was killed in a sword fight in 1632.
Japanese: 信濃飯田藩初代藩主世嗣だった脇坂安経が寛永9年（1632年）に刃傷事件で殺害されたため、藩主脇坂安元の養子となる。
English: As a replacement, Yasumasa WAKIZAKA, who was the second son of Masamori HOTTA, Yasutoshi's older brother, and also the lord of the Kawagoe Domain in Musashi Province, and who was therefore Yasutoshi's nephew, was adopted and became Yasumoto's legitimate son.
Japanese: 代わって、武蔵国川越藩主である兄・堀田正盛の次男で甥にあたる脇坂安政が養子となり嫡子に迎えられた。
English: Yasumura WAKIZAKA (1656 - October 31, 1706) was a successor of the Tatsuno Domain in Harima Province.
Japanese: 脇坂安村（わきざかやすむら、明暦2年（1656年）-宝永3年9月25日(旧暦)（1706年10月31日））は、播磨国龍野藩の世嗣。
English: He was born as a legitimate son and successor of Shinano Iida (later to become Tatsuno) Domain in Shinano Province and was granted an audience with the shogun Ietsuna TOKUGAWA in 1666.
Japanese: 信濃飯田藩（のち龍野藩）嫡子として生まれ、寛文6年（1666年）徳川家綱に拝謁。
English: He was appointed to Jugoinoge in 1670, but was disowned by the family on September 13, 1678, due to his physical weakness.
Japanese: 寛文10年（1670年）叙任したが、延宝6年（1678年）9月13日に病弱を理由に廃嫡された。
English: On October 19, 1682, he was placed under the custody of Tadataka SAKAI of the Obama Domain of Wakasa Province because Yasumura supposedly was disrespectful to his own father Yasumasa.
Japanese: 天和(日本)2年（1682年）9月19日、父・安政に対して不敬があったとして若狭国小浜藩の酒井忠隆に預けられる。
English: He was pardoned on January 9, 1702, and died in 1706 at the age of 51.
Japanese: 元禄14年（1701年）12月12日に赦免され、宝永3年（1706年）に51歳で没した。
English: Yasunori WAKISAKA (1762 - August 18, 1781) was a successor of Tatsuno Domain of Harima Province.
Japanese: 脇坂安教（わきさかやすのり、宝暦12年（1762年）-天明元年6月29日(旧暦)（1781年8月18日））は、播磨国龍野藩の世嗣。
English: He was born as a legitimate son and the successor of Tatsuno Domain, was granted an audience with Ieharu TOKUGAWA in 1777, and was appointed to Jugoinoge.
Japanese: 龍野藩嫡子として生まれ、安永6年（1777年）徳川家治に拝謁し叙任する。
English: He however died in 1781 at the age of 20 before taking over the family.
Japanese: しかし、家督を継ぐことなく天明元年（1781年）に20歳で早世した。
English: Yasuhira WAKISAKA (October 31, 1813 - March 23, 1839) was a successor of Tatsuno Domain of Harima Province.
Japanese: 脇坂安坦（わきさかやすひら、文化(元号)10年10月8日(旧暦)（1813年10月31日）-天保10年2月9日(旧暦)（1839年3月23日））は播磨国龍野藩の世嗣。
English: Although he was the second son of Yasutada, because he was a child of the lawful wife, he became the legitimate son instead of his older brother, Yasuori WAKISAKA.
Japanese: 安董の次男として生まれたが、正室の子だったため兄・脇坂安宅を差し置いて嫡子となった。
English: He however died in 1839 at the age of 27 before taking over the family.
Japanese: しかし、家督を相続することなく天保10年（1839年）に27歳で早世した。
English: Aritoshi was appointed to Bigo no kuni no kami (Governor of Bigo Province) in May 856, and was appointed to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) lord of Omi Province in September 858.
Japanese: 斉衡3年（856年）5月に備後国守になり、天安(日本)2年（858年）9月従五位下近江国介になった。
English: He was charged with responsibility for a murder case while he was serving as the lord of Sanuki Province and was punished with 50 lashes of the whip and 5 kins of shokudo (copper as a fine).
Japanese: 讃岐介在任時に殺人事件の責任を問われて笞刑50、贖銅5斤を科せられた。
English: Also, in 867, while he was serving as the lord of Sanuki Province, he published "Fujiwara no Aritoshi moshibumi" (petition by FUJIWARA no Aritoshi), which is the oldest existing so-gana (cursive style writing of Manyo-gana) writing and is currently stored as a national treasure (at Tokyo National Museum).
Japanese: また同じく讃岐介在任時の貞観(日本)9年（867年）に日本の書道史草仮名の最も古い例としての自筆文『藤原有年申文』が国宝として現存（東京国立博物館蔵）する。
English: His full title is "Sanuki no Kokushinoge Fujiwara no Aritoshi moshibumi" (official document written by FUJIWARA no Aritoshi, Governor of Sanuki Province).
Japanese: 全名を『讃岐国司解藤原有年申文』（さぬきのこくしのげふじわらのありとしもうしぶみ）という。
English: It is a petition that Aritoshi wrote on the backside of the front page of the first volume of 'Sanuki no kuni kosekicho' (family register book of Sanuki province) and attached before another petition called 'Sanuki no Kokushinoge.'
Japanese: この申文（上申書）は、「讃岐国戸籍帳」1巻の見返し（表紙裏）に有年が記したものであり、「讃岐国司解」という解文（上申書）の前に添えられている。
English: Sanuki no Kokushinoge' was an application for change of the family name submitted on March 29, 867, to Prince Wake by the INAGI no Obito clan who lived throughout Naka County and Tado no Gori (Sanuki Province).
Japanese: 「讃岐国司解」とは、貞観9年（867年）2月16日、那珂郡(讃岐国)と多度郡に住む因支首（いなぎのおびと）一族から出された和気公（わけのきみ）への改姓願いである。
English: Aritoshi at the time was the vice-governor of Sanuki Province, and the full citation of "Aritoshi moshibumi" is described as follows.
Japanese: この時、有年は讃岐介（現在の副知事）を務めており、その『有年申文』の全文は、次のように記されている。
English: 改姓人夾名勘録進上 許礼波奈世无尓加 官尓末之多末无 見太末ふ波可利止奈毛お毛ふ 抑刑大史乃多末比天 定以出賜 いとよ可良無 有年申
Japanese: 改姓人夾名勘録進上　許礼波奈世无尓加　官尓末之多末无　見太末ふ波可利止奈毛お毛ふ　抑刑大史乃多末比天　定以出賜　いとよ可良無　有年申
English: His writing is a mixture of classical Chinese and so-gana and also contains onnade (writing in hira-kana) and two-character renmenso (cursive style writing).
Japanese: 漢文と万葉仮名の草書体（草仮名）とを混用し、中に女手（平仮名字体）や2字連続の草書体（連綿草）を含んでいる。
English: Tadatomo KAWAKAMI (year of birth unknown - 1607) was a warrior during the Warring States period and Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Japanese: 川上忠智（かわかみただとも、生年不詳-慶長12年（1607年））は戦国時代(日本)・安土桃山時代の武将。
English: He served Yosihiro SHIMAZU as a chief retainer, and the military estate steward of 'Takanabe-cho, Hyuga Province,' 'Kurino, Osumi Province,' 'Magoshi, Gamo' and so forth.
Japanese: 島津義弘の家老を務め、「日向国・高鍋町」、「大隅国・栗野」、「薩摩国・馬越」、「大隅・蒲生」などの地頭職を務めた。
English: On June 24, 1572, in the Battle of Kizakibaru, he served as the keeper of Kakuto-jo Castle where the lawful wife and heir Kakujumaru of Yoshihiro SHIMAZU lived, and in cooperation with reinforcements from Iino-jo Castle headed by Yoshikata TOYA, repulsed the army of the Ito clan.
Japanese: 元亀3年（1572年）5月4日、木崎原の戦いでは島津義弘の正室と嫡子の鶴寿丸の住まう加久藤城の城代を務めており、遠矢良賢が率いる飯野城からの援軍らと共に伊東氏の軍勢を撃退せしめた。
English: In 1578, when Kanetomo OCHIAI, the lord of Takanabe-jo Castle on the side of the Ito clan shifted sides to the Shimazu family, Tadatomo was appointed the lord of Takarabe-jo Castle.
Japanese: 天正6年（1578年）伊東氏の高鍋城城主・落合兼朝が島津家に寝返ると、忠智は財部城主に任命される。
English: In 1580, in cooperation with Tadatomo NIIRO and Masatoshi KAMATA, he attacked and defeated Korefuyu NAKAMURA, the lord of Yazaki-jo Castle (Uto County in Kumamoto Prefecture) in the land of the Aso clan in Higo Province.
Japanese: 天正8年（1580年）、新納忠元、鎌田政年らと共に肥後国・阿蘇氏領の矢崎城（熊本県宇土郡）城主・中村惟冬を攻めこれを討ち滅ぼす。
English: On May 4, 1584, in the Battle of Okitanawate, when he fought the Ryuzoji clan of Hizen Province, he attacked the enemy's main force, and his heir Tadakata rendered distinguished service by killing the enemy General Takanobu RYUZOJI.
Japanese: 天正12年（1584年）3月24日、沖田畷の戦いにおいて肥前国の龍造寺氏と戦いその本隊を襲撃、嫡子・川上忠堅が大将の龍造寺隆信を討ち取る大功を挙げている。
English: The family originally served as a private guard of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) for successive generations, but in the generation of Nagatsura INOO, they went down to Suruga and became a hereditary vassal of the Imagawa clan.
Japanese: 元々は室町幕府の相伴衆の家柄であったが、飯尾長連の代に駿河に下り、今川氏譜代の家臣となった。
English: During the Warring States period, Katatsura INOO served Ujichika IMAGAWA and became the lord of Hikuma-jo Castle, which was called Hamamatsu-jo Castle later.
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)、飯尾賢連は今川氏親に仕え、引馬城（後の浜松城）主となった。
English: Tsuratatsu INOO, a son of Noritsura, initially served Ujizane IMAGAWA, who succeeded Yoshimoto IMAGAWA, but communicated secretly with the Tokugawa clan in Mikawa and defected from the Imagawa clan.
Japanese: 乗連の子飯尾連竜は初め義元の跡を受けて家督を継いだ今川氏真に仕えたが、三河の徳川氏に内通し、今川氏から離反した。
English: Later, Ujizane IMAGAWA called back Tsuratatsu on the pretext of reconciliation and killed Tsuratatsu, which was the end of the direct descendant of the Suruga Inoo clan.
Japanese: その後、今川氏真は和睦と偽って連竜を召喚して誅殺し、駿河飯尾氏の嫡流は断絶した。
English: This family line began when a grandson of Toshisada ODA from the Oda clan was adopted into the Inoo clan, a powerful local clan in Owari, and changed his name to Sadamune INOO (also pronounced IINOO).
Japanese: 織田氏の一族織田敏定の孫が尾張の土豪飯尾氏の養子となり、飯尾定宗と名乗ったことに始まる。
English: Hisakiyo INOO (also pronounced IIO) who succeeded Sadamune became a member of an elite troop of the Oda family called Akahoroshu, and after the Incident at Honnoji, served Nobukatsu ODA and then Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 定宗の跡を継いだ飯尾尚清は赤母衣衆となり、本能寺の変後、織田信雄、さらに豊臣秀吉に仕えた。
English: As Toshinari, the heir to Hisakiyo, died prior to Hisakiyo, the direct descendant of the Inoo clan of the Oda clan line ended here, but Hisakiyo's younger brother Shigemune's line continued.
Japanese: 嫡子敏成は尚清の死にさきだって亡くなっていたため、嫡流は断絶したが、弟の重宗の系統が続いた。
English: Kikunomae (year of birth unknown - April 24, 1585) was the lawful wife of Tokinari YAMADA, the lord of Yamada-jo Castle.
Japanese: 菊の前（きくのまえ、生年不詳-天正13年3月25日(旧暦)（1585年4月24日））は、山田城の城主山田辰業の正室。
English: Background of Kikunomae including her origin and achievements during her lifetime is unknown except that she was the lawful wife of Tokinari YAMADA.
Japanese: 菊の前は、山田辰業の正室であるが、その出自や生前の事績などは不明である。
English: In the Battle of Usubagahara, which was the all-out war between the Utsunomiya clan and the Nasu clan broke out on April 24, 1585, her husband Tokinari YAMADA died in the battlefield and Yamada-jo Castle where she and her husband lived was defeated by the army of the Nasu clan.
Japanese: 天正13年（1585年）3月25日、宇都宮氏と那須氏が総力を挙げて激突した薄葉ヶ原の戦いが勃発すると、夫の辰業はこの戦いにおいて討死し、居城の山田城は那須勢に攻められ落城する。
English: Kikunomae fled the castle accompanied by the chief retainer Shinzaemon YAMADA who was killed when he defended her front, and hid in the mountain called Hanamidoya.
Japanese: この際、菊の前は家老山田新左衛門とともに城を脱出するが、新左衛門は菊の前を守って討死し、菊の前は花見どやと呼ばれる山に逃れる。
English: As the pursuers approached, Kikunomae and her eleven lady attendants leaped from the bluff called Taikoiwa into the Hokigawa River on the north of the mountain to death.
Japanese: しかし、さらに追っ手に追われると、菊の前は菊の前に従ってついてきた11人の侍女たちとともに、太鼓岩と呼ばれる崖の上から山の北下を流れる箒川に身を投げ自害した。
English: The place called Juni Gozen is the site of the Battle of Usubagahara where Kikunomae, the lawful wife of Chikugo no kami Tokinari YAMADA, the lord of Yamada-jo Castle, and her lady attendants escaped from the pursuers and got stuck at the bluff and leaped hand in hand into the depth of Hoki-gawa River on the 15th day (error for 25th) of the 3rd month of the 13th year of the Tensho era (corresponds to April 24, 1585).
Japanese: 十二御前と云ふ所は、天正十三乙酉年三月十五日(二十五日の誤り)、薄葉ヶ原合戦の際、山田城主山田筑後守辰業の正室(菊の前)侍女と、此所迄逃落て進退谷(きわ)まりし故に、断崖絶壁の頂上より、主従十二人手に手を握合ふて、身を跳躍して、箒川の深渕に投身自殺を行ふた戦争秘話の遺跡なり・・・
English: The site of the tragedy of 12 ladies is now called 'Juni Gozen.'
Japanese: そして現在、12人の女たちの悲劇があったその場所は十二御前と呼ばれている。
English: After the Battle, the villagers of Sekine-mura, a village at the foot of the mountain (present Koaza Sekine, Oaza Yamada, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture), held a memorial service for Kikunomae and her lady attendants.
Japanese: 戦いののち、菊の前を始めとする侍女たちの供養を、山の麓にあった関根村（現・栃木県矢板市大字山田小字関根）の人々が行っていた。
English: According to a legend that the night Kikunomae killed herself was the 12th night on a lunar calendar, the villagers called the day 'Juniya Gozen' (literary, the lady of 12th night) and build a shrine with straw and humbly gave offerings including rice on 12th day of January among other months in those days; Yamada Kanoraiki wrote that there were formerly seven to eight houses in the village, but in the latter half of the Edo period when the document was written, only two houses were left; and now, as the Sekine-mura village has been defunct, the memorial service is no longer carried out, and the tragedy and the site called 'Juni Gozen' have been mostly forgotten.
Japanese: 菊の前が自害した夜が十二夜であったという伝承があり、「十二夜御前」と呼ばれ、特に正月十二日に藁宝殿を作り、米や供物を捧げていたが、山田環往来記によれば、昔は7～8軒の民家があったが、環往来記が書かれた江戸時代後期には2軒の民家しかなくなり、現在は、1軒もなく、関根村自体が消滅したため、供養は一切行われておらず、また、地元の人でも、十二御前の場所やその悲劇を知らない人が多い。
English: In Yamada area, there is a site of temple which used to be a big temple but now ruined and only used as a graveyard with oval tombstones that are supposedly the graves of the chief priests of the temple and gravestones composed of five pieces piled up one upon another that are supposedly the graves of the Yamada clan standing in the center--one of the graves might have been built for Kikunomae, but it is uncertain.
Japanese: 山田には、かつて円満寺(栃木県矢板市)という立派な寺があり、現在は廃寺となっているが、この寺の跡地は、現在も墓地として使用されており、その真ん中には寺の住職の墓であろう卵塔や山田一族の墓であろう五輪塔がいくつか残っているが、あるいは、このうちのひとつが菊の前のものであろうと思われるが定かではない。
English: His children were Tamehira (Jotaro NAKATSU), Tamesuke (Inataro), Tamekuni (Murakami-gen hogandai [an administrative official of the Retired Emperor's Office]), Tamezane (Rokuro YODA), MINAMOTO no Tamemoto (Gempachi KATAGIRI), and Tameuji (Genzo TSUTSUMI).
Japanese: 子に為平（中津乗太郎）、為扶（伊那太郎）、為邦（村上源判官代）、為実（依田六郎）、源為基（片切源八）、為氏（堤源三）らがある。
English: He was a cousin of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie and MINAMOTO no Yoshimitsu of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) since he was a great grandson of MINAMOTO no Mitsuyoshi and also a son of a daughter of MINAMOTO no Yorinobu.
Japanese: 源満快の曾孫にあたり、また源頼信の娘を母としていたことから河内源氏の源義家・源義光等の従兄弟にあたる。
English: Although his achievements were not known, he supposedly served as Umanosuke (deputy minister of the institution for the horse care), Izunokuni no jo (provincial governor of Izu), and Shinano no kuni no kami (Governor of Shinano Province), and was promoted to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) ("Sonpi Bunmyaku" [a text compiled in the fourteenth century that recorded the lineages of the aristocracy]).
Japanese: 詳しい事績は不明であるが、右馬助、伊豆国掾、信濃国守などを歴任し従五位下に昇ったとされる（『尊卑分脈』）。
English: It is believed that, while he served in Shinano Province as Governor, he established Uenodaira-jo Castle in Ina County, Shinano Province, and that he established the foundation for his descendents to have political power over the Minamishinano region.
Japanese: 信濃守として任国に下向した際、同国伊那郡に上ノ平城を築城し、後に為公の後裔が南信濃に勢力を張る地盤を築いたと云われる。
English: Hisahide IZUMISAWA (year of birth unknown - March 1615) was a military commander and a vassal of the Uesugi family during the Warring States period.
Japanese: 泉沢久秀（いずみさわひさひで、生年不詳-元和(日本)元年（1615年）3月(旧暦)）は、戦国時代(日本)の武将、上杉家臣。
English: After Kagekatsu succeeded the property of the Uesugi family subsequently to the battle of Otate, Hisahide was entrusted with important jobs, especially in financial affairs.
Japanese: 御館の乱後、景勝が上杉家の家督を継承した後も重用され、特に財政に重きを成した。
English: In 1592, he entered Nagoya-jo Castle in Hizen Province to take part in the Battles of Bunroku and Keicho.
Japanese: 天正20年（1592年）文禄・慶長の役のために肥前国名護屋城へ入った。
English: In 1598, when the domain of the Uesugi family was transferred to Aizu, Hisahide was appointed a keeper of Arato-jo Castle (in present Yamagata Prefecture) and the military governor in Wakamatsu, granted the land capable of producing 11,000 koku of rice (1 koku weighs about 150 kg of rice.)
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）上杉家が会津へ移封されると、荒砥城(山形県)代・会津若松市所司代に任じられ、知行は1万1000石を領した。
English: Masaki UMANO (June 24, 1965 -) is a nohgakushi (noh actor) of the Kanze school.
Japanese: 馬野正基（うまのまさき、本名：馬野正基1965年6月24日-）は観世流の能楽師。
English: He is the first son of Yoshio UMANO, who is Kanze-ryu noh shite-kata (a person who plays the main role in Kanze school noh plays) (second child of four siblings and his sister (third child) is the photographer Noriko UMANO).
Japanese: 観世流能シテ方馬野義男の長男(四人兄弟姉妹の二番目。妹に写真家馬野訓子(三女)がいる)
English: After he played the main role in "Shojono" when he was seven, he performed in "Shoran" in 1995 and "Shakkyo" (Stone Bridge, noh play) in 1996.
Japanese: 7歳で初シテ『猩猩能』、1995年『猩乱』、1996年『石橋(能)』
English: In 2007, he formed 'Sansei-kai Party' together with Yasutaro and Noritaka YAMAMOTO, who are Kyogen Okura-ryu kyogenkata (comic actors of the Okura school), and Manabu TAKEICHI, who is Fujita-ryu Fuekata (a person who plays the flute learned in the Fujita school), and played "Mochizuki" for the first time.
Japanese: 2007年、狂言大蔵流狂言方の山本泰太郎・則孝、藤田流笛方竹市学らと「三聲会」を結成し『望月』を披く。
English: Andronic NIKOLSKY (August 1, 1870 - July 7 (or June 20 under the Julian calendar), 1918) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Japanese Orthodox Church.
Japanese: アンドロニク・ニコリスキイ（、AndronicNikolsky、1870年8月1日-1918年7月7日(ユリウス暦で6月20日））は、ロシア正教会と日本正教会の主教。
English: As he was assigned as the first bishop of Kyoto in the Japanese Orthodox Church, he was also called 'the first bishop of Kyoto' with the title of 'Hieromartyr Andronik, Archbishop of Perm.'
Japanese: 日本正教会では初代京都の主教でもあった事から、「ペルミの神品致命者聖アンドロニク」の称号のほかに「初代京都の主教聖アンドロニク」の名でも呼ばれる。
English: He was born on August 1, 1870, in Myshkin village, part of Yaroslavl diocese (his secular name was Vladimir NIKOLSKY).
Japanese: 1870年8月1日、ヤロスラヴリ教区のムィシュキン村（enMyshkin）に生まれる（俗名：ウラジーミル・ニコリスキイ）。
English: In 1891 he graduated from Yaroslavl Seminary and then entered Moscow Theological Academy.
Japanese: 1891年にヤロスラヴリ神学校を卒業すると、モスクワ神学大学に入学。
English: He became a monk on August 1, 1893 while still at school, receiving the Christian name "Andronic."
Japanese: 在学中の1893年8月1日に修道士となり、アンドロニクの修道名を授かる。
English: In 1898, he was sent to Japan as a priest in the Japanese Orthodox Church, staying there for less than a year.
Japanese: 1898年には1年弱の期間、来日して日本正教会での修道司祭の任にあった。
English: In November of 1906, the Most Holy Governing Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church appointed Andronic--who had experience living in Japan--a bishop and sent him to assist Nikolai KASATKIN; Archimandrite Andronic was then ordained as the bishop of Kyoto.
Japanese: 1906年11月、ロシア正教会の聖務会院によってニコライ・カサートキンを輔佐する主教として、来日経験のあるアンドロニクを選ぶ決定がなされた事により、掌院アンドロニクは京t都の主教に叙聖された。
English: On March 8, 1907, he arrived at the port of Tsuruga, where the priest Simeon Michiro MITSUI of the Kyoto Orthodox Church was waiting to welcome him.
Japanese: 1907年3月8日、京都正教会の司祭シメオン三井道郎が出迎える敦賀港に入港。
English: He performed the annunciation on April 7, 1907, at the Kyoto Orthodox Church (Kyoto Annunciation Cathedral).
Japanese: 1907年4月7日の生神女福音祭は京都正教会（生神女福音聖堂）で司祷している。
English: In late April of 1907, while staying in Tokyo, he was assigned to the city of Osaka, and this despite his title "Bishop of Kyoto." (It is not uncommon for the Eastern Orthodox Church to assign priests to areas that are at variance with their titles.)
Japanese: 同年4月下旬には「京都の主教」のタイトルではあるが大阪を常任地とする決定を東京滞在中に行った（常任地をタイトルと違う場所に設定する事は正教会ではあまり珍しく無い）。
English: He performed Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter, Bright Week, and Saint Thomas Sunday at the Osaka Orthodox Church.
Japanese: 聖枝祭、受難週、復活大祭、光明週間、フォマの主日を大阪正教会で司祷している。
English: But his health soon declined, so he went back to Russia at the end of June after a stay of just three months.
Japanese: しかしながら体調の悪化により滞在僅か3ヶ月で6月中旬にロシアに帰国した。
English: For ten years after returning to Russia, Andronic had a leadership role in the Russian Orthodox Church, along with Sergius STRAGORODSKY, who was also part of the 1898 mission to Japan that Andronic had joined.
Japanese: 帰国後10年間、1898年に共に来日した経験のあるセルギイ・ストラゴロツキイと共にロシア正教会の中枢で活躍した。
English: But the Russian Orthodox Church suffered terrible oppression once the Bolsheviks--who advocated atheism and instituted a campaign of religious persecution--came to power following the Russian Revolution.
Japanese: しかし、ロシア革命によって無神論を掲げ宗教弾圧を行うボリシェヴィキが政権を握るとロシア正教会は大弾圧を蒙った。