nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: This fact is a basis of an explanation that the two had a close relationship from this period, and the "Dai Nihon Shiryo" (the Historical Materials of Japan) adopted this explanation.
Japanese: このため、この頃から二人に親交があったとする説があり、『大日本史料』などはこの説を載せている。
English: Also the "Sunkoku Zatsushi" (Topography of Suruga Province of the early 19th century authored by Masanobu ABE) describes that Ujinori and Ieyasu were next-door neighbors each other.
Japanese: また『駿国雑誌』（19世紀前期の駿河国の地誌、阿部正信著）では、家康と住居が隣同士だったとも伝えている。
English: Ujinori had a reputation for preeminent ability of diplomacy, whereas his older brother Ujiteru HOJO and Ujikuni HOJO were known for their ability of governance and military prowess.
Japanese: 兄の北条氏照や北条氏邦は統治能力と武勇で知られていたが、氏規は秀でた外交手腕で世に聞こえた。
English: His negotiation with Kenshin UESUGI and Katsuyori TAKEDA in addition to the enactment of alliance with Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the Date clan from Oshu (Mutsu Province) and the Ashina clan after the death of Nobunaga ODA implies an exertion of his ability of diplomacy.
Japanese: 上杉謙信や武田勝頼との折衝や、織田信長没後の徳川家康、奥州の伊達氏、蘆名氏との同盟の成立には、その外交手腕が発揮されたと読み取ることができる。
English: When Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI asked the Gohojo clan to go to the capital (Kyoto) as described later, Ieyasu acted on Ujinori in many cases.
Japanese: 後述の豊臣秀吉が後北条氏に上洛を求めた際には、家康からの働きかけは氏規に対するものが多い。
English: On the contrary, when Shingen TAKEDA invaded to Izu Province in 1569, Ujinori beat back the Takeda army defending Nirayama-jo Castle.
Japanese: その一方、永禄12年（1569年）の武田信玄の伊豆侵攻の際には韮山城を守備して武田軍を撃退した。
English: It is clear that he had a territory around Misaki Hozosan, Miura County, Sagami Province; it is considered that he was responsible for defense against the Miura navy due to a geographical factor.
Japanese: また相模国三浦郡三崎宝蔵山のあたりに領地を持っていたことが判明しており、地理的要因から三浦水軍に対する担当者であったとされている。
English: After the completion of the Kyushu Conquest by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, Ujinori insisted to become a vassal of Hideyoshi seeing a situation from a broader point of view.
Japanese: 豊臣秀吉が九州征伐を完了すると、氏規は大局を読み秀吉への臣従を主張した。
English: In 1590, he kept to Nirayama-jo Castle after the outbreak of the Siege of Odawara, and resisted for nearly three months with the military power of about 3600 soldiers.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）、小田原征伐が始まると韮山城へ籠もり、3,600余と言われる兵力で3ヶ月近くの間抗戦した。
English: Subsequently Ujinao was forgiven by Hideyoshi, and approved 2000 koku of Tannan County in Kawachi Province in 1591, and 6980 koku of Kawachi County in Kawachi Province in 1594.
Japanese: のちに秀吉に許され、天正19年（1591年）には河内国丹南郡2,000石、文禄3年（1594年）には河内国の河内郡(大阪府)に6,980石を宛がわれた。
English: Succession of Ujimori HOJO was admitted, and his descendant had continued as the lord of the Sayama Domain up to the Meiji restoration.
Japanese: 北条氏盛の継承が認められ、その子孫は狭山藩主として、明治維新まで存続した。
English: Ujinao appointed his vassal Yasuyori ASAHINA as a jindai of Ujinori's son Kanjuro on April 28, 1587.
Japanese: 1587年3月21日に家臣朝比奈泰寄を子・勘十郎の陣代に任じている。
English: In February 1590, a hikan (low-level bureaucrat) of Tatsuchiyo kept to the headquarters Misaki-jo Castle or Odawara-jo Castle.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）1月には竜千代の被官が、本拠の三崎城か小田原城に籠城している。
English: At least until February 1590, there was a group of vassals called as Tatsuchiyo-shu.
Japanese: 少なくとも天正18年（1590年）1月までは竜千代衆という家臣団がいたとされる。
English: Her ihai (Buddhist mortuary tablet) was erected by her son Ujitoki HOJO in 1623 after he entered to Kii Province.
Japanese: 日牌は子北条氏時によって、氏時の紀伊国入国後の元和9年（1623年）に建立された。
English: It is considered that he served Ieyasu from the beginning and became hatamoto (direct retainer of the shogun) of Ieyasu, in accordance with his father Yukinaga TOJO's conversion from the Toyotomi family to the Tokugawa family.
Japanese: 父東条行長が豊臣家から徳川家に転じたのに伴い、当初から家康に仕え、家康の旗本になったとされる。
English: NAKATOMI no Kamako (dates of birth and death unknown) was a muraji clan (one of ancient hereditary titles denoting rank and political standing) during the era of Emperor Kinmei in the Asuka Period.
Japanese: 中臣鎌子（なかとみのかまこ、生没年不詳）は飛鳥時代、欽明天皇の時代の連。
English: In 552, envoys of Shomyoo (the 26th King) of Paekche (Kingdom in early Korea) offered a Buddha statue and several volumes of "Kyoron" (Dharma teachings of Buddha and its commentaries) to Emperor Kinmei with a personal letter from Shomyoo to praise the virtue of Buddhism.
Japanese: 欽明天皇13年（552年）百済の聖明王の使者が仏像と経論数巻を献じ、上表して仏教の功徳をたたえた。
English: Okoshi and Kamako pointed out that our worship of banshin (god believed by foreigners) angered our own god and suggested to the Emperor that the statue should be disposed of.
Japanese: 尾輿と鎌子は蕃神を礼拝したために国神が怒ったのだとして仏像の廃棄を奏上した。
English: According to "Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)," Imoko was deployed to Great Tang of China, where he was called 'Soinko' of Tairei (one of "the twelve grades of cap rank").
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によると大唐に派遣され、大禮（冠位十二階の位）蘇因高と呼ばれた。
English: A common perception in Japan is that the envoy who carried an official letter to the Sui Dynasty was ONO no Imoko; the letter is known to include the wording of "the Imperial Prince of the land of the rising sun according to Suishu (the Book of the Sui Dynasty).
Japanese: 日本の通説では『隋書』が記録する「」の文言で知られる国書を携えた使者は小野妹子とされる。
English: Although his name was 'Imoko (妹子),' he was a man (during that period of time, 'ko (子) was used for both male and female names).
Japanese: 「妹子」であるが男性である（当時は「子」が男女問わずに用いられた）。
English: According to Volume 22 of "Nihonshoki," Imoko was sent to Great Tang of China with KURATSUKURI no Fukuri in 607.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』（巻第二十二）によれば、推古天皇15年(607年)、鞍作福利らと大唐に渡る。
English: In 608, Imoko returned with HAI Seisei (an envoy of the Sui Dynasty) without a reply letter from Emperor Yodai of Sui, as Imoko had lost it in Kudara (Paekche in early Korea) on his way back (there are many theories regarding the loss of the letter, one of which asserts that the letter had such a horrible content that Imoko couldn't show it to the Emperor of Japan).
Japanese: 推古天皇16年(608年)に裴世清を伴って帰国、ただし煬帝の返書は帰路に百済において紛失した（紛失に関しては諸説あり、とても見せることが出来る内容ではなかったからであるとする説もある）。
English: The following year, Imoko was again sent to the Sui Dynasty along with TAKAMUKO no Kuromaro, MINABUCHI no Shoan and Min in order to bring another official letter and accompany HAI Seisei back to the dynasty.
Japanese: 翌年には返書と裴世清の帰国のため、高向玄理、南淵請安、旻らと再び派遣された。
English: In Suishu (Volume 81, Retsuden [a series of biographies] Chapter 46, Eastern Barbarians, Wakoku [Japan]), there was a sentence famous for enraging Emperor Yodai of the Sui in 607, stating, 'this letter is from the Imperial Prince of the land of the rising sun to the emperor of the land of the setting sun.'
Japanese: 『隋書』「卷八十一列傳第四十六東夷俀國」には、大業三年（607年）、隋の皇帝煬帝（ようだい）が激怒したことで有名な「」との文言がある。
English: "Suishu" does not refer to the name of Imoko, but instead the man who brought the official letter to the Sui Dynasty is merely mentioned as an envoy.
Japanese: 『隋書』には国書を持参した者の名前の記載はなく、ただ使者とあるのみである。
English: The tomb of ONO no Imoko lies on the hill of the southern area of Shinaga-jinja Shrine in Taishi-cho, Minamikawachi County, Osaka Prefecture.
Japanese: 小野妹子墓は大阪府南河内郡太子町(大阪府)科長神社（しながじんじゃ）南側の小高い丘の上にある。
English: There is another theory that Imoko is buried in the Karausuyama-kofun burial mound, which is located close to ONO-no-Imoko Park in Ono, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture.
Japanese: 小野妹子公園（滋賀県大津市小野）そばの唐臼山古墳（からうすやまこふん）を小野妹子の墓とする説がある。
English: It has been pointed out that another mound to the south of the Karausuyama-kofun burial mound belongs to Imoko's father, and a preliminary survey was conducted by the Otsu City Board of Education, but the mound was found to have been destroyed beyond repair.
Japanese: 唐臼山古墳南方の古墳は妹子の父の墓である可能性が指摘されており、大津市教育委員会による事前調査が行われたものの破壊され現存しない。
English: Although naming a child, regardless of sex, a name ending with 'ko (子) or (古)' was not unusual in ancient Japan, today it is only common for female names.
Japanese: 古代の日本の人名の最後に「～子（あるいは古）」と付ける表現は男性名についても珍しいものではなかったが、現代の日本では「～子」は女性名の最後に付ける文字の定番となっている。
English: Therefore, surprisingly many Japanese believe ONO no Imoko was a woman.
Japanese: このため、現代において小野妹子を女性であると勘違いする日本人が意外と多い。
English: For example, Satoshi INOUE, half of the comedy duo Jicho-Kacho, answered 'ONO no Imoko' when asked 'who is a Japanese woman chosen as being among the world's three most beautiful women?' (the correct answer was 'ONO no Komachi).
Japanese: 例えば、タレントの井上聡（次長課長）が「世界三大美人に入っている日本人は？」という問いに「小野妹子」と答えたことがあった（本当の正解は小野小町。
English: However, it is doubtful that Inoue truly believed Imoko was a woman, because he as a comedian could intentionally fool people.
Japanese: ただしこれは、お笑い芸人である井上が、わざとボケとして発言しただけで本当に女性だと思っていたかどうかは怪しい。
English: Also, one commercial for the Tokyo Gas Company, Limited, used this misunderstanding, and as a joke the actress Wakana SAKAI appeared as a 'female Imoko' as a joke.
Japanese: また、この誤解を利用した東京瓦斯のコマーシャルメッセージにおいて、ギャグ的設定で「女性の妹子」として酒井若菜が出演。
English: In order not to mislead viewers, a co-actor, Satoshi TSUMABUKI, says 'ONO no Imoko was a man; don't distort the historical fact' in the commercial.
Japanese: 誤解をさらに広めてしまうのを防ぐ配慮としてか、共演の妻夫木聡に「小野妹子って男じゃ......」「（本当は男性なのに、女性であると）歴史を曲げるなよ......」とツッコませている。
English: The company also employed a caption that read, 'Actually, he was a man' at the beginning of the commercial (although the first version of the commercial did not have such a caption).
Japanese: CM開始当初には無かったが、当該CMの冒頭に、字幕で「※実際には男性です」なる注釈も併せて表示していた。
English: However, no one could have answered the question as to whether or not it was common in ancient Japan for a male to use "妹" in his name.
Japanese: ただし、男性名に"妹"の字を使ったのかは、今も誰も明確な答をだしてはいない。
English: Originally, "妹" was pronounced 'Imo' and referred to women of close relationships at large, including sisters, lovers and wives.
Japanese: そもそも「妹」とは、かつては「いも」と読み、男性からみた同腹の女性の他、恋人や妻などの親しい女性全般を指す言葉であった。
English: Yoshimasa TANAKA (1548-March 23,1609) was a Japanese military commander in the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States) and the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and later, was a Japanese feudal lord in the Edo period.
Japanese: 田中吉政（たなかよしまさ、天文(元号)17年（1548年)-慶長14年2月18日(旧暦)（1609年3月23日))は、戦国時代(日本)・安土桃山時代の武将、江戸時代の大名。
English: He practiced city planning, the idea of which can be seen today, in Hachiman, Omi Province (present-day Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture), Okazaki, Mikawa Province (present-day Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture), Yanagawa, Chikugo Province (present-day Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture) and others, where he was stationed.
Japanese: 転封の過程で居城とした近江国・八幡（現滋賀県近江八幡市)、三河国・岡崎（現愛知県岡崎市)、筑後国・柳河（現福岡県柳川市)などに、現在につながる都市設計を行った。
English: According to "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" (genealogies of vassals in Edo Bakufu) which was compiled in the latter half of the 18th century, the Tanaka clan was from Tanaka Village, Takashima District, Omi Province (present-day Tanaka, Adogawa Town, Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture).
Japanese: 田中氏は、18世紀後半に編纂された『寛政重修諸家譜』によると近江国・高島郡田中村（現在の滋賀県高島市安曇川町田中)の出身であったという。
English: And Yoshimasa TANAKA's ancestors were the Tanaka family, which was a part of the Minamoto clan in Omi named Takashima clan, and is said to have been the lord of Tanaka-jo Castle.
Japanese: また先祖は近江源氏高島氏の一族田中氏で田中城の城主であったともいわれる。
English: Judging from his family crest, "Hitotsumeyui-mon" (or "Kuginuki-mon"), it is certain that his ancestors had a relationship with the Sasaki clan.
Japanese: 吉政が家紋に「一つ目結い」紋（釘抜き紋ともいう)をもちいたことから、先祖は佐々木氏となんらかの関係があったことは間違いないとされる。
English: In another theory, his birth place was Mikawa Village or Miyabe Village, Asai District (present-day Torahime Town, Higashiazai District) and he may have been a peasant there.
Japanese: また吉政の出生地は浅井郡の三川村または宮部村（現在の東浅井郡虎姫町内)で、吉政自身はそこに住む農民であったという説もある。
English: The theory is based on a record which says that as the lord of the Yanagawa Domain, Yoshimasa became a head of Rengee, which was only an Asai District residents' function in Chikubushima Island.
Japanese: この根拠としては、浅井郡の住人に限られる竹生島の行事・蓮華会の頭人を柳川藩主となっていた吉政が担ったという記録があることである。
English: Moreover, his mother, i.e. an older sister of Yozaemon KUNITOMO (a vassal of Keijun MIYABE) is said to have been from Kunitomo Village, Sakata District (a leading gun producing district at that time, present-day Kunitomo Town, Nagahama City) near Miyabe Village and Mikawa Village.
Japanese: また吉政の母すなわち国友与左衛門（宮部継潤家臣)の姉は宮部村と三川村にほど近い坂田郡国友村（当時有数の鉄砲の生産地。現在の長浜市国友町)の出身などである。
English: In about 1582, he was given 5000 koku (a unit of volume: rice 1-koku is 180.39 liter) by the Miyabe family and became a chief vassal of Hidetsugu HASHIBA (later Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI) who was a nephew of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年)ごろ宮部家中から、5000石を与えられ、秀吉の甥の羽柴秀次（のちの豊臣秀次)の宿老となった。
English: He became the head of sub-chief vassals when Hidetsugu was given 430,000 koku of Omihachiman in 1585.
Japanese: 天正13年（1585年)に秀次が近江八幡43万石を与えられると、吉政はその筆頭家老格となった。
English: At that time, some of Hidetsugu's attendant sub-chief vassals: Kazuuji NAKAMURA, Yoshiharu HORIO, Kazutoyo YAMAUCHI, Naosue HITOTSUYANAGI, and others got their own castles, but Yoshimasa remained in Hidetsugu's Hachimanyama-jo Castle and administered affairs of the domain in the position of "Kanpakudono-ichiro".
Japanese: このとき、同じく秀次付き家老格となった中村一氏・堀尾吉晴・山内一豊・一柳直末らはそれぞれ居城を持ったが、吉政は秀次の居城・八幡山城にあって、関白殿一老として政務を取り仕切った。
English: There was an area named Kyube Town in Omihachiman town until the middle of the Edo period.
Japanese: 江戸時代中ごろまでは、久兵衛町と名づけられた地域が、近江八幡の町の一画に残っていた。
English: In 1590, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI ruled the Hojo clan of Kanto region and rearranged the positions of feudal lords greatly.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年)豊臣秀吉は関東の北条氏を制圧し、諸大名の大幅な配置換えを行った。
English: Yoshimasa was given 57,400 koku of Okazaki-jo Castle, Mikawa Province as a reward for his achievement in Hidetsugu's force during the Attack of Odawara.
Japanese: 小田原攻めでも秀次軍として活躍した吉政は三河国岡崎城5万7400石の所領が与えられた。
English: In 1595, Hidetsugu was compelled to kill himself, and his ten vassals including the Governor of Shima Province named KIMURA, Kagesada MAENO, Masachika HANEDA, Kazutada HATTORI, Shigeaki WATARASE, Norizane AKASHI, Kayu HITOTSUYANAGI, Hidemochi AWANO, Narisada SHIRAE, Naoyuki KUMAGAI were granted honorable deaths, and his other vassals were also punished.
Japanese: 文禄4年（1595年)、秀次は自害させられ、木村志摩守、前野景定、羽田正親、服部一忠、渡瀬繁詮、明石則実、一柳可遊、粟野秀用、白江成定、熊谷直之ら10名が賜死となり、そのほかにも多くの家臣が処分を受けた。
English: However, chief vassals including him, Kazuuji NAKAMURA, Kazutoyo YAMAUCHI, Yoshiharu HORIO didn't receive any punishment.
Japanese: しかし、田中吉政、中村一氏、山内一豊、堀尾吉晴ら宿老にはお咎めはなかった。
English: On the contrary, he got an additional 28,358 koku 3 to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres) as a reward for his remonstration with Hidetsugu.
Japanese: 「秀次によく諌言をした」ということで、吉政は2万8358石3斗の加増された。
English: Moreover, he got 14,252 koku 6 to and became the lord of Okazaki-jo Castle in Mikawa Province with 100,000 koku.
Japanese: 文禄5年（1596年)に更に1万4252石6斗加増され、三河国岡崎城主、10万石の大名となった。
English: In addition, he changed the path of Tokai-do Road from within the suburbs of Okazaki to the middle of Okazaki-jo Castle town and improved it to a winding road called "27 curves road of Okazaki".
Japanese: さらに、本来岡崎の郊外を通っていた東海道を岡崎城下町の中心を通るように変更し、「岡崎の27曲がり」といわれるクランク状の道に整備した。
English: He exterminated the West squad, who was on the way from Ogaki-jo Castle to Gifu-jo Castle, at the Godo-gawa River together with Nagamasa KURODA and Takatora TODO, when he was capturing Gifu-jo Castle before the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の合戦前の岐阜城攻略では黒田長政・藤堂高虎と共に大垣城から岐阜城へ向かう西軍を河渡川で殲滅した。
English: At that time, a vassal of Mitsunari ISHIDA, Kanbe SUGIE was killed by a vassal of his, Kanbe Shigekatsu TSUJI.
Japanese: この際、石田三成の配下の杉江勘兵衛は、吉政の家臣である辻勘兵衛重勝により討ち取られ戦死している。
English: According to "The tale of Oan", he gave an advance notice before firing a cannon at people in Ogaki-jo Castle while he was attacking the Castle.
Japanese: 大垣城を吉政が攻略する際、大砲を撃つ時は城の者に事前通告したという記述がおあん物語にある。
English: Thus, he is said to have been thoughtful of people who were not participants in a battle as he attacked a castle.
Japanese: このように実際に戦闘に加わらないものに対し、格別の配慮をするのが田中吉政の城攻めであるとされている。
English: He, together with Nagamasa KURODA (a relative of Takenori AKASHI), is also considered to have helped Takenori AKASHI (a theory says he was a Yoshimasa's son-in-law), who battled at the front of the West squad, to escape after the battle.
Japanese: また西軍の最前線で戦った明石全登（田中吉政の娘婿という説がある)の逃走を、合戦後に黒田長政（明石全登の親族)と共に手助けをしたとされている。
English: Actually, Takenori AKASHI turned to Tadamasa TANAKA because Nagamasa KURODA banned Christianity after Yoshitaka KURODA's death.
Japanese: （実際は黒田孝高の没後、黒田長政がキリスト教を禁教したので、田中忠政を頼ったという。)
English: After the East squad's victory, Yoshimasa broke into Mitsunari's Sawayama-jo Castle from its backdoor together with Nagahiro MIYABE and captured the castle.
Japanese: 東軍勝利後、三成の居城佐和山城を宮部長煕と共に搦手から突入して落城させる
English: The strategy of attacking the castle was too poor a tactic to be thought that Yashimasa had directed it.
Japanese: この「城攻め方法」は田中吉政が指示したにしては、あまりに稚拙であると考えられる。
English: Incidentally, Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA, who went over to the East squad, and Nagafusa MIYABE were ordered to capture Sawayama-jo Castle.
Japanese: なお佐和山城攻めは寝返った武将、小早川秀秋や宮部長房らが命じられたものであった。
English: During a negotiation of making peace under the terms that the castle would surrender and the lives of people in the castle would be spared in exchange for the seppuku of Mitsunari's older brother and father, Yoshimasa's forces broke into the castle and it brought many deaths.
Japanese: 三成の兄と父が切腹する条件で開城して城の者の助命するという内容で講和の交渉中に、佐和山城に突入し多くの死者を出したわけではある。
English: There is a bare possibility that Yoshimasa, who was not a commander on the scene, ordered to break into the castle.
Japanese: 突入の指示を現場の指揮官でない、吉政が発した可能性は少ないであろう。
English: According to "Kansei Choshu Shokafu", he broke into the castle from the backdoor (on the north side) but faced a violent resistance of the besieged force, so he infiltrated Mizunotekuruwa (a compound of a castle in charge of drawing water) with miners to cause an inner disturbance, then he captured the castle.
Japanese: 「寛政重修諸家譜」によれば、吉政は搦手（北側)から攻め込み、篭城軍の抵抗が激しいので、水ノ手郭に金堀を潜入させ内部を攪乱、落城させることに成功したとある。
English: Ieyasu ordered Yoshimasa to investigate around Sawayama-jo Castle and look for possible escape routes before the battle of Sekigahara and directed the capture of Mitsunari immediately.
Japanese: 家康は吉政に、関ヶ原の戦い以前から、佐和山城周辺や、逃走経路を調査させ、三成の捕縛も直接指示していた。
English: Ieyasu had such a grudge against Mitsunari that he did not allow Mitsunari to have a gravestone and buried all gravestones of Mitsunari's ancestors.
Japanese: 家康は後に三成に墓石を作らせず、また三成の先祖の墓石をすべて地中に埋めているほど三成を恨んでいた。
English: It is said that Mitsunari suffered from a stomachache but rejected doctor's medicine.
Japanese: 伝えられているところによると、三成は腹痛で病んでいたが、医師のすすめる薬は拒否した。
English: So, after careful consideration, Yoshimasa offered Chinese chive rice porridge under the pretext that it worked for his health, and Mitsunari ate it.
Japanese: そのため、吉政は熟慮の上、健康に良いという理由付けをしニラ粥を勧めたので三成はそれを食した。
English: Mitsunari gave Yoshimasa a short sword which Mitsunari was granted by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI (over-30.3 cm-long short sword called Sadamune ISHIDA, a property of Tokyo National Museum).
Japanese: 吉政に会った三成は太閤から給わった脇差しを吉政に授けた（寸延短刀　石田貞宗：東京国立博物館蔵)。
English: (Mitsunari may have said something to the effect that he would rather be caught by Yoshimasa than others.)
Japanese: （三成も捕縛される時、「他の者よりはお前に捕らえられた方がいい」という旨の発言をしたという)。
English: After the battle, his achievements were recognized and he was given 320,000 koku of Yanagawa-jo Castle in Chikugo Province to become Kokushu (a feudal lord having his own domain).
Japanese: 戦後これらの勲功が認められて、筑後国一国柳川城32万石を与えられ国主となった。
English: Yanagawa was called "the capital of water" since the Kamachi clan ruled there, and Yoshimasa developed Yanagawa to be a modern town with waterways for transportation and irrigation canals for rice cropping.
Japanese: 蒲池氏が領主だった頃から柳川は「水都」といわれたが、吉政は柳川に交通のための水路や稲作のための用水路を整備し近代的な街作りをした。
English: In addition to waterways, he focused on the improvement of land routes such as Tanaka-kaido Road which connected Yanagawa and Kurume, and a road which connected Yanagawa and Yame.
Japanese: 水路以外にも柳川と久留米を結ぶ田中街道や柳川と八女を結ぶ街道など陸路の整備にも力をいれた。
English: Yoshimasa was lenient with Christianity since he was the lord of Okazaki-jo Castle and had actively studied western thought from missionaries.
Japanese: また、吉政は岡崎城主のころからキリスト教に対して寛容で、宣教師たちから西洋の知識を積極的に学んだ。
English: His baptismal name was Bartholomew.
Japanese: 洗礼名はパルトロメヨ（バルトロメオ、またバルトロマイ〔Bartolomeo,〕)。
English: He was also a Jodo (Pure Land) sect Buddhist, so he concentrated his energy on restoration (repair and construction of temple districts) of many Buddhist temples including his family temple: Shinkyo-ji Temple, Konkai Komyo-ji Temple, Zendo-ji Temple and other Jodo sect temples, and endeavored to protect Buddhism.
Japanese: 吉政は浄土系宗派の仏教徒で、菩提寺である真教寺、金戒光明寺、善導寺など浄土系仏教寺院を含む、多くの仏教寺院の再興（改修・寺町の造営など)にも力を尽くし、仏教の保護にも努めた。
English: However, in Okazaki, where he ruled for only ten years, many temples and shrines (especially, those who had little relationship with the Tokugawa family) were forced to move or had their territory confiscated in efforts to improve Okazaki-jo Castle town.
Japanese: ただし、岡崎においては、在任期間が10年程度と短いこともあり、岡崎城下整備のために、吉政に移転を迫られたり、所領を召し上げられた寺社が多くある（特に徳川家と関係の薄い寺社)。
English: Yoshimasa died in Fushimi, Kyoto in 1609 and his successor, Tadamasa TANAKA died without having a son, so the Tanaka family forfeited its rank and properties in 1620.
Japanese: 慶長14年に京都伏見で吉政が没し、後嗣となった田中忠政が男子を残さぬまま死去したために、元和6年（1620年)に改易されてしまった。
English: Shinkyo-ji Temple (Jodo Shin sect [the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism]) in a temple district in Kurume was his temporary family temple (but not grave).
Japanese: 久留米の寺町にある真教寺（浄土真宗)が一時菩提寺であったことがあった（墓所はない)。
English: The Tanaka family's graves were in Kichijo-ji Temple (Soto sect) in Komagome, Tokyo (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo); a head temple of Jodo sect, Kokai Komyo-ji Temple's sub-temple, Ryuko-in Temple (Jodo sect) in Kurodani, Kyoto (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City); Shinsho-ji Temple (Jodoshin sect) in Yanagawa City; Zendo-ji Temple (a head temple of Jodo sect) in Kurume City.
Japanese: 墓所は東京駒込の吉祥寺(東京都文京区)（曹洞宗)、京都黒谷の浄土宗大本山金戒光明寺塔頭龍光院(京都市左京区)（浄土宗)墓地、柳川市の真勝寺(柳川市)（浄土真宗菩提寺)、久留米市の善導寺(久留米市)（浄土宗大本山)などにある。
English: Yoshimasa TANAKA had several crests and one of them was "hidari mitsudomoe", which he is said to have been granted by Hachiman-sha shrine (Himure Hachiman-gu shrine) during his rule in Omihachiman, used as emblem on his flag at the Battle of Sekigahara.
Japanese: 田中吉政の家紋は複数あり、その一つは近江八幡に在任中、八幡社（日牟禮八幡宮）より賜ったという説もある左三つ巴で、関ヶ原の合戦時にも旗頭として使用している。
English: He often used "Kuginuki-mon" (or "Kujonuki" which means an expert of attacking a castle) and it is regarded as proof that his ancestors had a relationship with the Sasaki clan because it is the same shape as "Hitotsumeyui-mon".
Japanese: また釘貫紋（九城抜きともいう：城攻めの名手を表す）も多く用いている、一つ目結紋と同じ形なので先祖が佐々木氏関係者だったことの証拠とされる。
English: Tsunehisa was ordered by and sent to his lord, Masatsune KYOGOKU, as a hostage in 1474.
Japanese: 文明6年（1474年）、主君・京極政経に人質として政経の元へ送られる。
English: During this period, he illegally took over Jisha-ryo (territory of temples and shrines) of Masatsune KYOGOKU, who served as Izumo shugo (provincial constable of Izumo Province) and was one of four major feudal lords that worked for Muromachi bakufu, and continued refusing to collect taxes appropriated for public funds of Mihonosekicho Town by ignoring orders of the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: この期間に幕命を無視して室町幕府の四職で出雲守護でもある京極政経の寺社領を横領し、美保関公用銭の段銭の徴収を拒否などを続けた。
English: It is believed that this behavior caused a backlash from Muromachi bakufu, shugo and local lords of Izumo Province, and they besieged Tsunehisa's castle in 1484 and expelled him from Izumo Province after dismissing him from the post of shugodai, but further details are unknown.
Japanese: これが原因となり室町幕府・守護・出雲国人からも反発を受け、文明16年（1484年）に居城を包囲され、守護代の職を剥奪されて出雲から追放されたと言われているが、詳細は不明。
English: The influential local lords of Izumo Province who joined the expulsion effort of Tsunehisa included the Misawa clan, the Mitoya clan, the Enya clan and the Sakurai clan.
Japanese: これに参加したのは三沢氏・三刀屋氏・塩冶氏・桜井氏等の出雲有力国人である。
English: While most of the participants were comparatively highly independent local lords, the Enya clan, especially, was an upper-rank, former Izumi shugo with a big influence over eastern Izumo Province and a privilege to ban shugo from entering its territory, which prevented the Kyogoku clan from putting the Enya clan under its complete control.
Japanese: この多くは比較的独立性の強い国人衆であり、特に塩冶氏は元出雲守護を務めた名家で、出雲西部地域においては大きな勢力と自家領地に対しての守護不入の特権を持っており、京極氏も完全な配下にはしていない。
English: He is said to have hided himself in Gakuen-ji Shrine in western Izumo Province, or in a peasant's house, or in Maki Castle in his mother's native province.
Japanese: 出雲西部の鰐淵寺とも百姓の家とも、母の里の真木城に身を寄せたとも言われている。