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English: On the eve of the outbreak of war between Japan and the United States, he informed Hideki TOJO, War Minister about the Clemenceau's advice, however, Tojo refused to be persuaded, saying 'We must fight rather than become a country ruined doing nothing.'
Japanese: 日米開戦前夜に東條英機陸軍大臣にクレマンソーの忠言を披露したが、東條は「坐して亡国になるよりは、戦うほかない」と聞き入れなかった。
English: Yoshisue TOKUGAWA/Yoshisue SERADA (date of birth and death unknown) was a samurai warrior who was active from the end of the Heian period to around the beginning of the Kamakura period, and he was the founder of the Egawa Clan and the Serada Clan, which were branches of the Nitta Clan from the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto Clan).
Japanese: 得川義季/世良田義季（とくがわよしすえ/せらだよしすえ、生没年不詳）は、平安時代末期から鎌倉時代初期頃に上野国で活動した武士で、清和源氏の新田氏の支流、得川氏およびの世良田氏始祖である。
English: His father Yoshishige NITTA handed over Serada District, Nitta County (Nitta no sho estate), Kozuke Province (present-day Oaza Serada, Ojima-machi is the name of the place adjacent to the north of Tokugawa) to Yoshisue, who then became the estate steward, Jito, of Serada District.
Japanese: 父新田義重からは上野国新田郡（新田荘）世良田郷（現在の尾島町大字世良田は徳川に北隣する地名である）を譲られ、世良田郷の地頭となった。
English: It is also considered that Yoshisue possessed Tokugawa District, Nitta County (present-day Tokugawa-cho, Ota City, Gunma Prefecture) and called himself Shiro TOKUGAWA ("Gunma Prefecture Encyclopedia").
Japanese: また、新田郡得川郷（現在の群馬県太田市徳川町）を領有して、得川四郎を称したとされる（『群馬県百科事典』）。
English: According to a commonly accepted view, Yoshisue is considered as the same person as a gokenin (immediate vassal of the shogun) called Saburo Yoshihide TOKUGAWA, whose name was found in the history book "Azuma-kagami" of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: また通説では、鎌倉幕府の史書『吾妻鏡』にその名が見出される得河義秀（とくがわさぶろうよしひで）なる御家人と同一人物と見なされる。
English: However, there is an opinion that Saburo Yoshihide TOKUGAWA is not Yoshisue because Yoshihide's class standing precedes that of Yoshisue's elder brother Yoshikane NITTA and the reversal of the class standings of the brothers is unusual.
Japanese: しかし、義季の兄・新田義兼よりも義秀は席次が先になっており、弟が兄より席次が逆になるのは変として、実は徳河三郎義秀と義季は別人ではないかとする説が存在する。
English: After Yoshisue, his illegitimate child Yoriari TOKUGAWA (Shiro Taro SHIMOTSUKE) took over Egawa District and his legitimate child Yoriuji SERADA took over Serada District.
Japanese: 義季の後は、庶子である得川頼有（下野四郎太郎）が得川郷を継承し、嫡子世良田頼氏が世良田郷を継承した。
English: In 1221, Serada Choraku-ji Temple in Serada was founded and built, inviting Eicho, a disciple of Eisai, as its chief priest.
Japanese: 1221年（承久3）年、栄西の弟子栄朝を住持に招いて世良田世良田長楽寺を開基・建立した。
English: In the trial of the Arisugawa no Miya fraud case, the female suspect who played the role of Princess Arisugawa, the wife of the male suspect who was self-proclaimed Hisahito ARISUGAWA, stated, "The home of my husband's parents running a greengrocery is a descendant of MINAMOTO no Yoshisue (Yoshisue TOKUGAWA)," which was widely publicized, but their story was laughed off as a totally absurd fabrication because there was no connection between their initial claim of being a descendant of the Arisugawa no Miya family founded in the Edo period by an illegitimate child of Takamatsu no Miya and her statement about the descendant of MINAMOTO no Yoshisue.
Japanese: 有栖川宮詐欺事件の裁判において、有栖川宮識仁を僭称する被疑者男性の妻・有栖川宮妃を演じた被疑者女性が、『八百屋を営んでいる夫の実家は源義季（得川義季）の末裔である』旨を供述して話題になったが、そもそも主張していた高松宮のご落胤（非嫡出の隠し子）で江戸時代に創設された有栖川宮家の末裔という主張と、源義季の末裔というのはなんら接点のない荒唐無稽な法螺話であるとして一笑に付された。
English: Tadatsugu SAKAI was a Japanese military commander in Mikawa Province who was active from the Sengoku period (Japan) to the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Japanese: 酒井忠次（さかいただつぐ）は、戦国時代(日本)から安土桃山時代にかけての三河の武将。
English: Tadatsugu SAKAI was born in Ida Castle in Mikawa Province in 1527 as a child of Tadachika SAKAI, a hereditary vassal of the Matsudaira Clan, which was the predecessor of the Tokugawa Clan.
Japanese: 大永7年（1527年）、徳川氏の前身である松平氏の譜代家臣の酒井忠親の子として三河井田城内で生まれる。
English: Tadatsugu first served Hirotada MATSUDAIRA, the father of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, and he used the name of Kogoro SAKAI and later Saemon no jo.
Japanese: 忠次は、はじめ徳川家康の父・松平広忠に仕え、酒井小五郎のち左衛門尉と称した。
English: Later Tadatsugu married Princess Usui as his lawful wife, who was a daughter of Kiyoyasu MATSUDAIRA, the grandfather of Ieyasu, and his wife Keyoin, and who was Hirotada's half-sister by a different mother.
Japanese: 後に家康の祖父・松平清康と夫人・華陽院の間の娘で、広忠の異母妹にあたる碓井姫を正室とした。
English: Princess Usui's mother Otomi was originally a wife of Tadamasa MIZUNO and the biological mother of Ieyasu's mother Odai no kata, and therefore Tadatsugu was the husband of a sister of both of Ieyasu's parents and hence Ieyasu's uncle-in-law.
Japanese: 碓井姫の母・於富は元々、水野忠政の夫人で家康の母・於大の方の実母であったから、忠次は家康にとっては父母双方の妹の夫、義理の叔父ということになる。
English: However, Princess Usui got married when she was already widowed by the loss of her former husband Masatada MATSUDAIRA of the Nagasawa Matsudaira family after the Battle of Okehazama, and Tadatsugu was already well over 30 then.
Japanese: ただし、碓井姫の入嫁は桶狭間の戦い以降、前夫・長沢松平家松平政忠を失い、未亡人となってからであり、忠次も30歳をゆうに超えていた。
English: It is said that after Hirotada's death, Tadatsugu served young Ieyasu and led a hostage life in Sunpu.
Japanese: 忠次は、広忠の没後、幼い家康に仕えて駿府での人質生活に従っていたという。
English: When Ieyasu TOKUGAWA headed for Sunpu as a hostage to Yoshimoto IMAGAWA, Tadatsugu accompanied Ieyasu as the oldest member of the vassals who were following Ieyasu.
Japanese: 徳川家康が今川義元への人質として駿府に赴くとき、家康に従う家臣の中では最高齢者として同行した。
English: After the Battle of Okehazama in May 1560, Tadatsugu was singled out as a senior retainer by Ieyasu who became independent of the Imagawa Clan.
Japanese: 永禄3年（1560年）5月の桶狭間の戦いの後、今川氏から自立した家康より、家老として取り立てられた。
English: In the Mikawa Ikko Ikki uprising (the uprising of the Ikko Sect followers in Mikawa Province) of 1563, Tadatsugu faithfully followed Ieyasu while many of the Sakai Clan contributed to the uprising.
Japanese: 永禄6年（1563年）の三河一向一揆では、酒井氏の多くが一向一揆に与したのに対し、忠次は家康にあくまでも従った。
English: In 1564, Tadatsugu achieved distinguished war services by completing the exclusion of the Imagawa Clan from Mikawa Province and attacking Yoshida Castle (in Mikawa Province) (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture) and was immediately selected as the lord of Yoshida Castle.
Japanese: 永禄7年（1564年）には、三河国から今川氏を締め出す総仕上げ・吉田城(三河国)（愛知県豊橋市）攻めで戦功を立て、そのまま、吉田城主に取り立てられた。
English: After that, Tadatsugu was given the role of "the leader of eastern Mikawa" to control lords from the Matsudaira family in the eastern part of Mikawa Province.
Japanese: 以後、忠次は「東三河の旗頭」として、三河東部の諸松平家・国人を統御する役割を与えられる。
English: Tadatsugu joined Ieyasu's troops in major battles including the Battle of Anegawa in 1570, the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1572, the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 and the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute in 1584 and performed distinguished services in these battles.
Japanese: 家康の主だった合戦である元亀元年（1570年）の姉川の戦い、元亀3年（1572年）の三方ヶ原の戦い、天正3年（1575年）の長篠の戦い、天正12年（1584年）の小牧・長久手の戦いの諸戦役に参加し、戦功を立てた。
English: Particularly famous is an anecdote about his beating a drum in Hamamatsu Castle to raise the morale of his troops in the Battle of Mikatagahara and an anecdote about his successful surprise attack on Tobigasuyama fortress in the Battle of Nagashino, for which Nobunaga ODA praised him.
Japanese: 特に、三方ヶ原の戦いに際して浜松城の太鼓を打ち鳴らし敗戦の味方を鼓舞した逸話、長篠の戦いで鳶が巣山砦の奇襲を成功させて織田信長の賞賛を受けた逸話が有名である。
English: Tadatsugu enjoyed great confidence of Ieyasu, and when he was inquired by Nobunaga ODA about Nobuyasu MATSUDAIRA, a legitimate child of Ieyasu, in 1579, Tadatsugu was designated as an envoy for defense and went to Azuchi Castle together with Tadayo OKUBO, but he was not able to defend Nobuyasu well enough and thus failed to prevent the order for Nobuyasu's seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) from being given (though there is a different view on the claim that the incident of Nobuyasu's seppuku was under the order of Nobunaga).
Japanese: 家康の厚い信任を受けていた忠次ではあったが、天正7年（1579年）に家康の嫡子・松平信康の件で織田信長からの詰問を受けたとき、大久保忠世とともに弁解の使者に立てられて安土城に赴いたものの、信康を十分に弁護せず信康切腹の命令を防げなかった（ただし、信康切腹事件が信長の命令によるという件は、異説も存在する）。
English: Even after Ieyasu became subordinate to the Toyotomi Clan, Tadatsugu was favorably treated by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI as the number-one chief vassal of Ieyasu, and in 1586, he was granted the rank of and appointed to the office of Jushiinoge (junior fourth rank, lower grade) Saemon no jo, which was the highest rank in the family.
Japanese: 家康が豊臣氏の傘下に入ったのちも、豊臣秀吉から家康第一の重臣として遇され、天正14年（1586年）には家中では最高位の従四位下・左衛門督に叙位・任官された。
English: His descendants played important roles as prominent figures among hereditary vassals for generations and his direct descendant became an outstanding wealthy hereditary vassal of the Dewa Shonai Clan with 140,000 koku (increased to 170,000 koku at the end of Edo period).
Japanese: 子孫は代々譜代の重鎮として重きをなし、嫡流は出羽庄内藩14万石（幕末期に17万石に加増）という譜代屈指の大身となった。
English: Tadatsugu was good at a dance called Ebisukui (shrimp scooping) and it is said that despite his position of senior vassal, Tadatsugu showed his dance to warlords, lifting their spirits.
Japanese: 海老すくいという踊りが得意であり、重臣であるにもかかわらず諸将の前で踊りを見せ、大いに盛り上げたという。
English: Later, Tadatsugu was ranked first on the list of Tokugawa-shitenno (four generals serving Ieyasu TOGUGAWA) and Tokugawa-jurokushinsho (16 protective deities serving Ieyasu TOKUGAWA) and was publicly honored as a meritorious vassal of Ieyasu.
Japanese: 後に徳川四天王・徳川十六神将の筆頭に数えられ、家康の功臣として顕彰された。
English: When Ieyasu was transferred to Kanto region in 1590, Tadatsugu objected to the area of the territory assigned to his legitimate son Ietsugu.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）に家康が関東地方に移封されたとき、嫡男の家次に宛がわれた所領規模に関して抗議している。
English: Tadatsugu's past achievements were not taken into consideration and Ietsugu was given only 30,000 koku.
Japanese: それまで、忠次が積み上げてきた功労も考慮されず、わずか3万石しか与えられなかった。
English: Tadatsugu objected to the significant discrepancy between the treatment he received and the favorable treatment of 100,000 koku for the other Shitenno members, that is, Tadakatsu HONDA, Yasumasa SAKAKIBARA and Naomasa II (Naomasa alone receiving 120,000 koku).
Japanese: 10万石と厚遇された本多忠勝、榊原康政、井伊直政（直政のみ12万石）たち他の四天王メンバーとの大きな格差に不服を申し立てたのである。
English: However, it is well known that Tadatsugu was harshly criticized by Ieyasu saying, 'You favor your son after all,' and thus blamed implicitly for his failure in the Nobuyasu incident (but, since there is a different view on the Nobuyasu incident as described above, some say that this anecdote is a fiction, too).
Japanese: ところが家康からは「お前も我が子が可愛いか」と手厳しく返され、信康事件の不手際を言外に難詰された話がよく知られている（しかし、上述の通り信康切腹事件に異説が存在する事から、このエピソードも創作であるという説がある）。
English: It is also considered that the reasons for Tadatsugu's adversity in his later years included the emergence of young people like Masanobu HONDA and the promotion of Tadatsugu to an important position by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 忠次が晩年に不遇だった理由は、本多正信ら若い人材の台頭と、豊臣秀吉から重用されたためともされている。
English: Highly appreciating the competence of Tadatsugu, Hideyoshi made every effort for the conferment of the rank to Tadatsugu and his appointment to the office in 1586 despite his being a vassal of a different family, and when Tadatsugu retired, Hideyoshi also gave him a residence in Sakurai, Kyoto and 1,000 koku to cover the living expense in Kyoto.
Japanese: 秀吉は忠次の力量を高く評価し、他家の家臣であるにも関わらずに天正14年（1586年）の叙位任官に尽力し、さらに隠居の際にも京都桜井に屋敷を与え、在京料として1000石を与えている。
English: Tadakatsu HONDA was a busho (Japanese military commander) and daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) who lived from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period.
Japanese: 本多忠勝（ほんだただかつ）は、安土桃山時代から江戸時代前期にかけての武将・大名。
English: Tadakatsu was a Honda clan member as the oldest Anjo fudai (a fudai daimyo who had been serving Ieyasu since he was in Anjo) for the Anjo-Matsudaira family (the head family of the Tokugawa), born the first son of Tadataka HONDA in Kuramae, Mikawa Province (present Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) in 1548.
Japanese: 安祥松平家（徳川本家）の最古参の安祥譜代の本多氏で、本多忠高の長男として天文17年（1548年）、三河国蔵前（現在の愛知県岡崎市）で生まれる。
English: He served for Ieyasu TOKUGAWA from a young age, and fought for the first time at the Otaka-jo Hyoro-ire (bringing of army provisions into Otaka-jo Castle), as a preliminary skirmish of the Battle of Okehazama in 1560.
Japanese: 幼い頃から徳川家康に仕え、永禄3年（1560年）の桶狭間の戦いの前哨戦である大高城兵糧入れで初陣する。
English: At the Mikawa Ikko Ikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers in Mikawa Province) in 1563, he achieved military exploits devoting himself to Ieyasu as an enemy to most of the Honda families.
Japanese: 永禄6年（1563年）の三河一向一揆では、多くの本多一族が敵となる中で、家康に忠義を尽くして武功を挙げた。
English: In 1566 at the age of 19, he was selected as a Hatamoto sakiteyaku (a direct retainer of the shogun, who led the way) along with other men of his age, such as Yasumasa SAKAKIBARA, Masashige HONDA and Hidetsuna TSUZUKI, and he was given 50 Yoriki (police sergeants).
Japanese: 永禄9年（1566年）には19歳にして同年齢の榊原康政や本多正重、都築秀綱らとともに旗本先手役に抜擢されて、与力50騎を付属される。
English: Afterwards, Tadakatsu always lived near Ieyasu's living castle and performed well as a commander of the hatamoto troop.
Japanese: 以後、忠勝は常に家康の居城の城下に住み、旗本部隊の将として活躍した。
English: Tadakatsu also participated in the Battle of Anegawa in 1570 and took charge of the Dengun (the rear troop) at the Battle of Hitokotozaka as a preliminary skirmish of the Battle of Futamata-jo Castle in 1572.
Japanese: 元亀元年（1570年）の姉川の戦いにも参加し、元亀3年（1572年）の二俣城の戦いの前哨戦たる一言坂の戦いで殿軍を努めた。
English: There is a famous story about Sakon KOSUGI from the Takeda clan praising Tadakatsu with a rakusho (anonymous letter) of kyoka (comic and satirical poem) where he said 'Ieyasu has two things too good for him: Kara no kashira (the Chinese heads) and Heihachi HONDA' ('Kara no kashira' refers to helmets with tail hair of Yak which Ieyasu gathered for enjoyment.)
Japanese: 武田氏方の小杉左近から「家康に過ぎたるものは二つあり、唐のかしらに本多平八」との狂歌の落書をもって賞賛されたことが有名である（「唐のかしら」は家康が趣味で集めていたヤクの尾毛を飾りに使った兜を指す）。
English: When the Honnoji Incident occurred in 1582, Ieyasu was staying in Sakai City with a few of his followers, including Tadakatsu.
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年）、本能寺の変が起きたとき、家康は忠勝ら少数の随行とともに堺市に滞在していた。
English: When Ieyasu lost his calm and tried to go to Kyoto to follow Nobunaga, it is said that Tadakatsu was the one who warned, "Our enemies are in Honnoji, TOKUGAWA Ieyasu."
Japanese: 家康が京都に行って信長の後を追おうと取り乱したのを忠勝が諌めて、｢本能寺の変徳川家康｣を行わせたという。
English: Tadakatsu's symbol was a Kazuno wakidate kabuto (a helmet with an ornament in the shape of deer horns) (It still exists as an Important Cultural Property), and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI praised him as the best warrior in Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region) for his performance at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584.
Japanese: 鹿角脇立兜（現存しており重要文化財）がシンボルで、天正12年（1584年）の小牧・長久手の戦いでの活躍などにより、豊臣秀吉からも東国一の勇士と賞賛された。
English: When Ieyasu was transferred to the Kanto region in 1590, Tadakatsu was given 100,000 koku, the second biggest crop yield among the vassals (Naomasa II had the biggest as 110,000 koku), along with Yasumasa SAKAKIBARA from Otaki, Kazusa Province (Otaki Town, Isumi County, Chiba Prefecture).
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）、家康が関東地方に移封されると上総国大多喜（千葉県夷隅郡大多喜町）に榊原康政と共に、家臣団中第2位の10万石（1位は井伊直政の11万石）を与えられる。
English: That they were sent so far from Edo was due to Ieyasu's deployment policy to 'deploy fudai no sho (military commanders that were hereditary vassals to the Tokugawa family) on the border where enemies would make their attack.'
Japanese: 江戸から遠くなっているのは、「譜代の将は敵が攻めてくる国境に配置する」との、家康の配置方針による。
English: Yasumasa was to defend against Sanada and Uesugi to the north and Tadakatsu was to defend against the Satomi clan in the Awa Province.
Japanese: 康政は北の真田や上杉に対する備え、忠勝は安房国の里見氏に対する備えである。
English: At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Tadakatsu was part of Ieyasu's main troop and engaged in an operation to send letters to territorial lords to have them take sides with the Eastern Army.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでは家康本軍に従軍し、諸大名に書状を送って東軍方につける工作にも活躍した。
English: Due to his achievements, he was transferred to Kuwana Domain, Ise Province (present Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture) with 100,000 koku (another theory holds that it was 150,000 koku) in 1601, and the former territory in Otaki was given to his second son Tadatomo HONDA with 50,000 koku as a branch family.
Japanese: この功績により、慶長6年（1601年）、伊勢国桑名藩（現在の三重県桑名市）10万石（一説に15万石）に移されると、それまでの大多喜領は次男・本多忠朝に別家5万石で与えられた。
English: Due to the end of the wars and those from the younger generation who were good at civil administration (civilian party), such as Masazumi HONDA, gaining power as close advisors to Ieyasu and Hidetada TOKUGAWA, military exploit party members such as Tadakatsu were distanced from the center of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and it is said that he was unhappy in his later years.
Japanese: 晩年は、戦乱の収束により本多正純などの若く文治に優れた者（吏僚派）が家康・徳川秀忠の側近として台頭してきたため、忠勝のような武功派は次第に江戸幕府の中枢から遠ざけられ、不遇であったと言われる。
English: In July, 1609, Tadakatsu retired after transferring the family headship to his legitimate son Tadamasa HONDA.
Japanese: 慶長14年（1609年）6月、嫡男・本多忠政に家督を譲って隠居する。
English: The descendants of Tadakatsu repeatedly changed their territory, settling in Okazaki Domain, Mikawa Province with 50,000 koku via Himeji and other domains.
Japanese: 忠勝の子孫は、その後転封を繰り返して、姫路藩などを経由し、三河国岡崎藩5万石に落ち着いた。
English: After the death of Tadakatsu, however, it is said that the Honda clan was rarely given important posts by the bakufu except for his sons Tadamasa HONDA and Tadatomo HONDA.
Japanese: しかし忠勝の死後、その息子である本多忠政・本多忠朝を除いて、本多氏は幕府から重用されることは、ほとんど無かったと言われている。
English: However, it is also believed that this was due to successive lords of the Honda family repeatedly dying young or misconducting themselves.
Japanese: 但しこれは、歴代の本多家藩主が夭折・不行跡を繰り返したためとも考えられる。
English: One of Tadakatsu's uncles was Ujiaki UEMURA, famous for his heroic acts among the Tokugawa vassals, and another of his uncles was Tadazane HONDA, a master of spears.
Japanese: 忠勝の叔父は徳川家中では武勇もって有名な植村氏明であり、また同じく叔父に槍の名手の本多忠真を持つ。
English: After Ieyasu moved to the Kanto region, Nobuteru was assigned to serve as Tsukegaro (a chief retainer assigned directly by the shogun) for Tadakatsu HONDA, who became a daimyo and the lord of Otaki, Kazusa Province with 100.000 koku around 1591.
Japanese: 家康の関東移封後、1591年頃から上総国大多喜10万石城主・大名となった本多忠勝に、付け家老として配される。
English: Although he was originally a vassal of the Imagawa family, he gained the position due to Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's invasion of Enshu started at the end of 1568.
Japanese: 本来今川家の家臣であったが、1568年末から開始される徳川家康の遠州侵攻で臣従。
English: Katsutada was a great grandson of Chikatomo, the second son of Mitsuchika of the Nomi Matsudaira family as one of the Matsudaira families.
Japanese: その祖は松平家一族である能見松平家光親の次男・親友とされ、勝忠はその親友の曾孫にあたる。
English: He originally served as tsukaiban (a person responsible for order and patrol on the battlefield) for Ieyasu, and in 1566 was integrated into the Honda troop as a yoriki at the same time Tadakatsu was appointed as Hatamoto sakiteyaku.
Japanese: 元々家康の使い番として仕えていたが、1566年、忠勝が旗本先手役に任命されると同時に与力として本多隊に組み込まれる。
English: There remains an anecdote about Katsutada at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 where he offered his horse to Tadakatsu, who had lost his favorite horse Mikuniguro to an arrow shot by an enemy soldier, then continued to fight hard on foot, saving Tadakatsu from a tight situation.
Japanese: 1600年の関ケ原合戦に於いては、敵兵の放った矢によって愛馬・三国黒を失いながらも徒立ちで奮戦する忠勝に自分の馬を差し出し、忠勝の窮地を救ったという逸話が今に残っている。
English: After the Battle of Sekigahara, Katsutada entered the Kuwana-jo Castle as an advance party in 1601 when Tadakatsu changed the territory to Kuwana.
Japanese: また、関ケ原合戦後の1601年、忠勝の桑名移封の際には先発隊として桑名城に入城している。
English: He was counted among the Tokugawa shitenno (the 4 great generals serving Tokugawa), Tokugawa juroku shinsho (the 16 great protective deities for Tokugawa) and Tokugawa sanketsu (the top 3 vassals of Tokugawa), and he is still honored as a meritorious vassal of Ieyasu today.
Japanese: 徳川四天王・徳川十六神将・徳川三傑に数えられ、家康の功臣として現在も顕彰されている。
English: Although he took part in 57 battles throughout his life, it is said that he survived every battle without a scratch.
Japanese: 生涯において参加した合戦は五十七回に及んだが、いずれの戦いにおいてもかすり傷一つ負わなかったと伝えられている。
English: Tadakatsu contrasted himself with Naomasa II, criticizing his heavy armor and how he was covered with wounds.
Japanese: 忠勝は、自分とは対照的に重武装であり、全身に傷だらけの井伊直政を批判している。
English: At the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute when Tadakatsu led a mere 500 soldiers to confront a force of 80,000 led by Hideyoshi, vassals Kiyomasa KATO and Masanori FUKUSHIMA advised killing Tadakatsu.
Japanese: 小牧・長久手の戦いでは、わずか500名の軍勢を率いて秀吉自ら率いる8万の大軍と対峙し、秀吉の家臣、加藤清正・福島正則らが忠勝を討ち取るべしと進言した。
English: Hideyoshi, however, who had heard about Tadakatsu's gallantry at the Ane-gawa River, had tears in his eyes when he forbade the killing of Tadakatsu.
Japanese: しかし、忠勝の姉川での勇猛ぶりを聞き知っていた秀吉は目に涙を浮かべ、以下のように言って忠勝を討ち取ることを禁じた。
English: Hideyoshi said to his men, 'He is purposely showing his bravery by leading an outnumbered troop against our large force, probably with the intention of putting distance between us and Ieyasu's army by holding our troop for a while.'
Japanese: 「わざと寡兵で我が大軍に勇を示すのは、我が軍を暫時喰い止めて家康の軍を遠ざけるためであろう。」
English: After Hideyoshi and Ieyasu reconciled, Hideyoshi called upon Tadakatsu and asked, 'Which is more important to you, the gratitude for Hideyoshi or that for Ieyasu?' and Tadakatsu answered, 'Although the gratitude for you is deeper than the sea, Ieyasu is the lord of hereditary succession and it is difficult to overcome the passage of time.'
Japanese: 秀吉・家康が和睦した後に秀吉に召しだされたとき、「秀吉の恩と家康の恩、どちらが貴殿にとっては重いか」と質問されると、「君のご恩は海より深いといえども、家康は譜代相伝の主君であって月日の論には及びがたし」と答えた。
English: Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI cited him as a brave general, saying, 'There is a peerless general named Tadakatsu HONDA in the east, and another peerless general named Muneshige TACHIBANA in the west.'
Japanese: また、豊臣秀吉には「東に本多忠勝という天下無双の大将がいるように、西には立花宗茂という天下無双の大将がいる」と勇将として引き合いに出された。
English: There are statues of Tadakatsu inside Okazaki-jo Castle in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, and in Kyuka Park in the remains of Kuwana-jo Castle in Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture.
Japanese: 愛知県岡崎市の岡崎城内と三重県桑名市の桑名城跡の九華公園内に、忠勝の銅像がある。
English: Tadakatsu was a great commander, not only brave but also good at strategies, and he tried to break up the busho of the Western Army by issuing countless numbers of written oath with Naomasa II at the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: 忠勝は勇猛なだけではなく知略も備えた名将で、関ヶ原の戦いでは井伊直政と共に誓紙を何枚も発行して西軍武将の切り崩しにも務めている。
English: He also displayed abilities as a politician, and it is said that he tried especially hard to seize the hearts of the public and was adored by the people of the domain.
Japanese: また、政治家としても力量を発揮し、特に人心掌握に努めて領民の敬愛を集めたという。
English: When the Western Army lost at Sekigahara, he and Nobuyuki SANADA, his daughter's husband, begged for the lives of Masayuki SANADA and his son Nobushige SANADA, who had taken sides with the Western Army.
Japanese: 関ヶ原において西軍が敗戦した際、それに与した真田昌幸・真田信繁親子の助命を娘婿の真田信之と共に嘆願した。
English: Hidetada strongly insisted on the death penalty as well since he was blamed on ending up offending Ieyasu by arriving late to Sekigahara after being stranded in Ueda-jo Castle by Masayuki.
Japanese: またそれ以上に昌幸により上田城に釘付けにされた挙句に関ヶ原遅参という失態を演じ、家康のを勘気被った秀忠は強硬に死罪を主張した。
English: Tadakatsu responded by defiantly declaring, 'If you do not grant this request then I will fight you,' stunning Ieyasu.
Japanese: これに対して忠勝は「お聞き入れくだされなければ、それがしが殿と一戦仕る」と啖呵を切り、家康を唖然とさせた。
English: Yielding to Tadakatsu's appeal in the end, the father and son only received a punishment of being confined in Kudoyama at the foot of Mt. Koya in Kii Province, and the territory of the Ueda Domain in Shinano Province was given to Nobuyuki.
Japanese: 結局は忠勝らの嘆願に折れる形で真田親子は紀伊高野山山麓の九度山に蟄居という処分に止まり、信濃国上田藩領は信之に与えられることとなった。
English: He lamented, 'My life must be coming to its end,' and did in fact die a few days later.
Japanese: 忠勝は「わしの命運もここまでか」と嘆き、実際にその数日後に死去した。
English: When he went into battle, it is said that he usually had his favorite spear Tonbokiri, his Kazuno wakidate kabuto (a helmet with an ornament in the shape of deer horns), and a big juzu (rosary) on his shoulder.
Japanese: 出陣するとき、忠勝は愛槍である蜻蛉切と鹿角脇立兜、そして肩から大数珠をさげるのが常であったといわれる。
English: It is said that the big juzu was meant to mourn for the enemies he himself had killed.
Japanese: 大数珠を身につけたのは、自らが葬った敵を弔うためであったといわれる。
English: Although the Tonbokiri was originally owned by the Hattori clan, it was later inherited by Tadakatsu HONDA.
Japanese: 蜻蛉切は元々服部氏の所有であったが、本多忠勝が後にそれを譲り受けた。
English: The nicknamed Tonbokiri was the spear with which Tadakatsu made many achievements, and its success made this spear one of 'the best three spears in Japan.'
Japanese: 蜻蛉切は、忠勝が多くの功績を挙げた槍の号（あだ名）であり、その活躍により、この槍は「天下三名槍」の一つに数えられている。