nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The horizontal stone chamber of the back circular part was opened and known since early time, but by the excavation and research in 1958, it was discovered that there were also horizontal stone chambers in the back square part and the western narrow terrace.
Japanese: 後円部の横穴式石室は古くから開口しており存在が知られていたが、1958年の発掘調査で後方部と西側の造り出し部分にも横穴式石室があることが判明した。
English: From the analysis of the artifacts, the tumulus was believed to be constructed around mid-sixth century, the late Kofun period (tumulus period).
Japanese: 出土品などの分析から、築造時期は古墳時代後期の6世紀中ごろとみられている。
English: The burial chamber is 6.73 meters long, 2.98 meters wide and 4.1 meters high, and it opens to the south.
Japanese: 玄室は長さ6.73メートル幅2.98メートル高さ4.1メートルで、南に開口している。
English: It is believed to have housed a stone coffin made of tuff, but had already been destroyed so the detail is unclear.
Japanese: 凝灰岩の石棺が置かれていたとみられているが、すでに破壊されており詳細は不明である。
English: It was opened since early times, and from excavation and research, gilt bronze parts of flower-shaped seats, harnesses, iron arms, farming tools, and beads were found.
Japanese: 古くから開口していたが、発掘調査で金銅花形座金具、馬具、鉄製武器、農耕具、玉類が出土している。
English: The burial chamber is 3.9 meters long, 1.7 meters wide and 1.9 meters high, and only the bottom of the combined style stone coffin made of tuff remains.
Japanese: 玄室は長さ3.9メートル幅1.7メートル高さ1.9メートルで、凝灰岩でつくられた組合せ式石棺の底の部分のみが残っている。
English: The burial chamber is 4.48 meters long, 1.35 meters wide and 1.26 meters high.
Japanese: 玄室は長さ4.48メートル幅1.35メートル高さ1.26メートルである。
English: The burial chamber was made lower (0.9 meters) than the passage, and this makes it unique.
Japanese: 玄室が羨道部分より一段低く（0.9メートル）つくられているという、特異な形式である。
English: From the result of the excavation and research, natsumedama (jujube- shaped bead) made of amber, iron arms, and farming tools were found as well as sueki (unglazed ware) and Haji pottery.
Japanese: 発掘調査の結果、琥珀製棗玉、鉄製武器、農耕具のほか須恵器と土師器が多数が出土している。
English: Not having been robbed, a total of 118 burial goods were found crammed in the stone chambers and this led a theory that it was a stone chamber for burial goods.
Japanese: 盗掘を受けていなかったため、これらの総数118個にもおよぶ副葬品が石室内に所狭しと並べられた状態で発見され、そのため副葬品埋葬のための石室ではないかとの説も出された。
English: However, there was two meters long space in between the burial goods, and a wooden coffin was considered to be placed.
Japanese: しかし、遺品の間に2メートルあまりの空間があることから、ここに木棺が安置されていたと考えられている。
English: The Museum, History of Katsuragi: Some of the artifacts and a diorama of the tumulus are shown.
Japanese: 葛城市歴史博物館-出土品の一部、墳丘模型のジオラマが展示されている。
English: Yorakukansuzuka-kofun Tumulus is a tumulus in Takatori Town, Takaichi County, Nara Prefecture, which was constructed in the late Kofun period (tumulus period).
Japanese: 与楽鑵子塚古墳（よらくかんすづかこふん）は、奈良県高市郡高取町にある古墳時代後期につくられた古墳である。
English: Yorakukansuzuka-kofun Tumulus is a round barrow with a diameter of 24 meters and a height of 7 meters, which is located on the southwest hilly area of Mt. Kaifuki.
Japanese: 貝吹山の南西丘陵に位置しており、墳丘の直径24メートル高さ7メートルの円墳である。
English: The burial chamber is 4.15 meters long, 3.15 meters wide and over 4.5 meters high, and the passage part is over 2 meters long, 1.4 meters wide and over 1.4 meters high.
Japanese: 玄室の長さは4.15メートル幅は3.15メートル高さは4.5メートル以上、羨道部の長さは2メートル以上幅1.4はメートル高さは1.4メートル以上である。
English: Since excavation research has not been conducted, artifacts are not discovered, but it has been thought that the tumulus was constructed in early years in the late sixth century.
Japanese: 発掘調査がおこわなれていないため出土品などは確認されていないが、築造時期は6世紀後半の早い時期と考えられている。
English: It is pointed out to be characterized by its extremely high burial chamber, and the tumulus is considered as a tomb of a clan with a very strong power similar to Kanjo-kofun Tumulus which is about 200 meters to the south.
Japanese: きわめて高い玄室を有する特徴が指摘されており、南に200メートルほど行ったところにあるカンジョ古墳と同じきわめて強力な権力を持った氏族の墳墓であると考えられている。
English: Akasaka Tennozan-kofun Tumulus is a tumulus in Kurahashi, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 赤坂天王山古墳（あかさかてんのうざんこふん）は奈良県桜井市倉橋にある古墳。
English: The tumulus has the three stage construction and is 45.5 meters long in east and west, 42.2 meters long in north and south, and about 9.1 meters high.
Japanese: 墳丘は3段築成で、東西45.5メートル、南北42.2メートル、高さ約9.1メートルである。
English: The stone chamber is 17 meters long, the burial chamber is 8.5 meters long, about 3 meters wide, and 4.2 meters high, and the passage is 8.5 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and about 2 meters high.
Japanese: 全長17メートル、玄室の長さ8.5メートル、幅約3メートル、高さ4.2メートル、羨道の長さ8.5メートル、幅1.8メートル、高さ約2メートル。
English: In the center of the burial chamber, Kurinuki style iegata sekkan (house-shaped hollowed stone coffin) made of white tuff produced in Mt. Nijo (Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture) is placed.
Japanese: 玄室中央には二上山(奈良県・大阪府)産の白色凝灰岩製の刳抜式家形石棺が置かれている。
English: There are six Nawakake tokki (projection portions for roping) on the lid of the coffin, and the square-shaped small hole is pierced through the upper hem of the coffin body facing the passage.
Japanese: 棺蓋には6個の縄掛突起があり、羨道に面した身の上辺には方形小孔が穿たれている。
English: There is no relic left, but seen from the styles of stone chamber and the stone coffin, it is believed that the tumulus was constructed in the end of the sixth century.
Japanese: 遺物は無いが、石室や石棺の形式などから築造時期は6世紀末と見られている。
English: In the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), it is written that Emperor Sushun was buried in Kurahashi after being assassinated.
Japanese: 日本書紀に崇峻天皇は暗殺された後に倉橋の地に葬られたと記されている。
English: There is no tumulus that fits the description in this area except Akasaka Tennozan-kofun Tumulus, therefore the tumulus is considered as the Mausoleum of Emperor Sushun.
Japanese: この地域で造られた古墳で該当するものは赤坂天王山古墳以外には見あたらないため、同古墳が崇峻天皇陵として有力視されている。
English: In addition, until the current Kurahashi Okanoueno Misasagi, which is 1.7 kilometers away in the southwest, is determined as Mausoleum of Emperor Sushun in Meiji period, Akasaka Tennozan-kofun Tumulus has been regarded as Mausoleum of Emperor Sushun from Edo period.
Japanese: また、明治時代に南西に1.7Kmほど離れたところにある現在の倉梯岡上陵に治定されるまでは、江戸時代から赤坂天王山古墳が崇峻天皇陵に擬せられていた。
English: Five tumuli having a horizontal stone chamber form clustered minor tumuli on the ridge that Akasaka Tennozan-kofun Tumulus is present.
Japanese: 古墳が所在する同じ尾根上には、横穴式石室をもつ5基からの古墳があり群集墳を形成している。
English: Akasaka Tennozan No. 3 Tumulus: The tumulus with the 10-meter-long horizontal stone chamber, which is located north of No. 1 Tumulus.
Japanese: 赤坂天王山3号墳-1号墳の北にあり、10メートルの横穴式石室を有する
English: Take Nara Kotsu Bus from Sakurai Station (Nara Prefecture) on Sakurai Line, West Japan Railway Company or on Kintetsu Corporation Osaka Line, get off at the bus stop Sagarioguchi, and five minutes on foot.
Japanese: 西日本旅客鉄道桜井線近畿日本鉄道近鉄大阪線桜井駅(奈良県)より奈良交通バス下尾口下車徒歩5分
English: Nishiyama-kofun Tumulus is a tumulus in Somanouchi Town, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, and designated as the national historic site.
Japanese: 西山古墳（にしやまこふん）は、奈良県天理市杣之内（そまのうち）町にある古墳で、国の史跡に指定されている。
English: It is thought that the tumulus was constructed in the early Kofun period (tumulus period) (the fourth century), that is to say, it was the one of the oldest in Somanouchi-kofun Tumulus Cluster that the tumulus belongs to.
Japanese: 築造時期は古墳時代前期（4世紀）と見られており、同古墳が属する杣之内古墳群の中でも最も古い時期に造られた古墳である。
English: The tumulus has a total length of 183 meters; the round back part is 94 meters wide and 16 meters high, and the square front part 72 meters wide.
Japanese: 全長183メートル、後円部の幅94メートル高さ16メートル、前方部の幅72メートル。
English: The tumulus has an extremely peculiar shape, that is only the first stage of the mound has the square front and square back mound shape, on which the keyhole-shaped mound is placed, and it is believed without a doubt that the tumulus has this shape from the beginning.
Japanese: 墳丘は1段目のみが前方後方墳の形で、その上に前方後円墳がのっているというきわめて特異な形をしており、当初からこの形であったことは間違いないとみられている。
English: The vertical stone chamber is located at the center of the square back part, but it has seemed that the chamber has been already subjected to the grave robbing.
Japanese: 後方部中心には竪穴式石室があるが、すでに盗掘を受けているとみられている。
English: It is said that the antiaircraft artillery position was taken up by the former Japanese military during World War II, and the building stones (produced in Shibayama, Kashiwabara City) in the vertical stone chamber were dug up at that time.
Japanese: 第2次世界大戦中には旧日本軍により対空砲の陣地がおかれ、このさいに竪穴式石室の石材（柏原市芝山産）が堀りだされたとされる。
English: The tumulus is well preserved, and its stage construction can be clearly observed since trees are not grown.
Japanese: 墳丘の保存状態は良く、樹木が生えていないため段築をはっきりと観察することができる。
English: They are located in the south of the Furu-kawa River and constructed using the hill extending from east.
Japanese: 布留川の南に位置し、東から延びた丘陵を利用して古墳がつくられている。
English: There is Ishikami Toyota-kofun Tumulus Cluster on the north across the Furu Site, and Kayo-kofun Tumulus Cluster, which is the north branch group of Oyamato-kofun Tumulus Cluster, is on the south across the Furu Site.
Japanese: 布留遺跡をはさんだ北には石上・豊田古墳群が、南には大和古墳群の北枝群である萱生古墳群が所在する。
English: Similar to Nishiyama-kofun Tumulus, it was constructed in the early Kofun period, but has been lost during World War II.
Japanese: 西山古墳と同じく古墳時代前期の築造だが、第2次世界大戦中に消滅した。
English: It is about 80 meters long and 6 meters high at present, however, the original height is unknown since the top of the tumulus was leveled.
Japanese: 全長約80メートル、現状は高さは6メートルだが上部が削平されているため本来の高さは不明である。
English: The tumulus is surrounded with empty moats in about 20 meters depth, which is seen as the outer moat, was confirmed on the south side of the front square part by the results of the research.
Japanese: 古墳の周囲には空濠がめぐるが、発掘調査の結果、前方部の南側に幅約20メートル深さの溝が確認されており、外濠とみられている。
English: Tsukaanayama-kofun Tumulus: A round barrow of 64 meters in diameter, which is located on the north of Nishiyama-kofun Tumulus and constructed in the end of Kofun period.
Japanese: 塚穴山古墳-西山古墳のすぐ北に隣接する径64メートルの円墳で、古墳時代終末期の築造とみられている。
English: Minezuka-kofun Tumulus: A round barrow of 35 meters in diameter and 6 meters in height, which has the two stage construction and is located about 500 meters east of Nishiyama-kofun Tumulus.
Japanese: 峯塚古墳-西山古墳から東に約500mほどのところにある径35メートル高さ6メートル2段構築の円墳である。
English: It was constructed in the end of Kofun period (from the end of sixth century to the early seventh century) and has been known of the horizontal stone chamber using beautifully arranged gigantic stones, which is called Iwayayama-kofun Tumulus.
Japanese: 古墳時代終末期（6世紀末から7世紀前半）の築造で、岩屋山古墳といわれる整美な巨石を用いた横穴式石室で知られる。
English: Imanishi-ke Jutaku is located in Imai-cho, Kashihara City, which has been selected as one of the Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings, in the central part of Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 今西家住宅（いまにしけじゅうたく）は、重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定されていて奈良県の中部に位置する橿原市の今井町にある。
English: It is a castle-like structure built in 1650 being also known as Yatsumune or Yatsumune-zukuri (a complicated roof style with multiple ridges and bargeboards) because of its complex roofing design.
Japanese: 慶安3年(1650年）に建てられた城郭のような構造で複雑な屋根の葺き方から別名「八つ棟」（やつむね）または「八つ棟造り」と呼ばれている建物である。
English: On June 18, 1957, after a machiya (a traditional form of townhouse found mainly in Kyoto) (or shoka, merchants' house) (or shoka (mercantile house)) study conducted by the University of Tokyo, with posting of a munafuda (historical plaque on a building), it was designated as an Important Cultural Property in Japan.
Japanese: 東京大学による町屋(商家)調査を経て、1957年6月18日に棟札とともに国の重要文化財に指定された。
English: It was decided to undertake the fundamental repairs in accordance with the Law of the Protection of Cultural Properties whereby, commissioned by the Imanishi family, Nara Prefectural Board of Education commenced the work in March 1961 which was subsequently completed in October 1962.
Japanese: 文化財保護法により根本修理に着手することとなり、奈良県教育委員会が今西家から委託を受けて昭和36年3月に起工し、同37年10月に竣工した。
English: It is clear that the Imanishi-ke Jutaku was built in 1650 because of a long and narrow board referred to as munafuda bearing the year when the framework was completed, name of the client and the other people concerned with the construction including the master carpenter written in ink as well as an inscription referred to as onigawara-mei that was carved on the onigawara (Japanese gargoyle roof tile) that are used to decorate the ends of the roof ridges.
Japanese: 今西家住宅は、棟札と呼ばれる上棟時の年号や施主名や大工棟梁を初めとする施工関係者の名を墨書きした細長い板や、屋根の棟の端部を飾る鬼瓦に刻まれた鬼瓦銘と呼ぶ刻銘によって慶安3年の建立年代が明らかである。
English: The roof style of this building is also known as "Yatsumune-zukuri" and several roof ridgelines can be seen on the gables.
Japanese: 本建物の屋根形状は別名「八つ棟造り」ともいわれ、建物の妻面には複数の屋根の稜線が見える。
English: Looking from the gable side, if there are many roof ridgelines, it is referred to as a building with multiple ridges and overlapping gables.
Japanese: 妻面から見て、屋根の稜線が数多く見える状態を重ね妻の棟数の多い建物という。
English: The magnificent exterior with okabe (a style of wall construction) in which posts are hidden under shikkui (white plaster) is a building structure which reminds one of a castle rather than a private residence of ordinary people.
Japanese: 漆喰による柱を隠した大壁を用いた雄大な外観は、一般庶民が住まう民家というよりは城郭建築を思い起こさせる建造物である。
English: In Imai-cho today, old houses with their external walls being finished in the okabe style similar to that of Imanishi-ke Jutaku remain in existence.
Japanese: 現在の今井町には今西家住宅と同様に外壁を大壁で包んだ古い町並が続いている。
English: Features of the townscape of Imai-cho, which was prosperous from the early Edo period when the construction of the temple town Imai-cho was completed to the mid- and late-Edo period, has been preserved to the present.
Japanese: これは寺内町今井の町造りが完成した江戸初期から中期・末期に栄えた今井町の町並の形態が現在まで残されてきたわけである。
English: The surrounding moat is approximately 5.45 meters in width and the earth dug up during excavation of that moat was piled up to build dorui (earthen walls) which seemed to have a total of nine gates that serviced the north, south, east and west ends of the town.
Japanese: この環濠は巾三間（約5.45m）を有し、同環濠を掘り上げた際の建設発生土を盛り上げて土塁を築き、東西南北に九つの門を開けていたようである。
English: The background of Imai-cho being a village surrounded by a mot goes back to the days when that town was constructed for self-defense against attack by external forces cracking down on the Ikkoshu faith which the townspeople had embraced since before dawn of medieval times and that legacy with respect to the physical layout of the town remains intact today.
Japanese: このような環濠集落を必要としたことは、中世未明から信奉してきた一向宗への弾圧からの自衛のために町造りの形態がそのまま残されてきたわけである。
English: Since the honjin (headquarters of army) and family quarter had already existed prior to its construction in 1650, the present-day Imanishi-ke Jutaku was built in the second-phase but it has been told that, situated at the westernmost of the above village, it had a commanding air of a castle tower.
Japanese: 現在の今西家住宅は、1650年建立以前に本陣及び住居が築かれていたことから2度目の普請であるが、前記集落の中の西端にあって、あたかも西の天守閣といった堂々たる風格を現していたと伝えられている。
English: Town building of Imai thus began and has subsequently undergone changes to become Imai-cho as we know it today but as it seems difficult to understand the significance of Imanishi-ke Jutaku in those days unless some facts such as why it was necessary to develop the town in this fashion and the background of Imai-cho are explained, we will discuss these to begin with.
Japanese: このようにして今井の町造りが始まり、現在の今井町に変わってきたわけであるが、なぜこのような町造りが必要であったか、または今井町のおいたちなどを述べないと、当時の今西家住宅の存在がわからないと思われるので、それらのことから先に述べることにする。
English: The area known as Kashihara City today has a long and distinguished history, being the birthplace of ancient times from days of the Yamato Sovereignty to Asuka Imperial Court and Imai-cho stretches from east to west to the northwest of that city.
Japanese: 現在の橿原市は、ヤマト王権から飛鳥朝廷にかけ上代の発祥地として由緒ある土地柄であり、今井町はその北西方に東西に長く位置している。
English: In view of the soft earth below ground, it seems that this area used to be a marshland such as mud flat.
Japanese: この頃の地勢は地下の軟弱な状態からみて、あるいは泥地のような湿地帯でなかったかと思われる。
English: On the other hand, Yagi-cho located 1.5 kilometers to the northeast of Imai-cho was a traffic hub linking routes to and from Nara, Kyoto, Naniwa, Ise, Yokkaichi, Yoshino, and Kishu whereby it seems that the area around Yagi developed into a merchant town from long ago and became a thriving business center over time.
Japanese: ところが今井町より東北1.5㎞の位置にある八木町は、奈良・京都・難波・伊勢・四日市・吉野・紀州路への交通の拠点で、八木周辺はその意味で古くから町屋化し、自然と商業も盛んになったようである。
English: As a result, it seems that business activities of the adjacent Yagi expanded into Imai-cho in the medieval period developing the latter into a town.
Japanese: その結果、中世の今井町も隣接の八木の商業が入り込み、今井の町を形成してきたようである。
English: However, there are no older records on Imai before a document that mentioned a geographical name referred to as Imai in 1386 was found and it seems that this area was an estate of Kofuku-ji Temple in those days.
Japanese: しかし、記録にはそう古いものはなく、今井の地名が見えるのは、至徳三年（1386年）に今井の地名が出てきて、この頃は興福寺寺領であったようである。
English: In the end of medieval times, Imai reached a turning point when Ikkoshu Hongan-ji Temple branched out in this area and, thus, Imai suddenly became conspicuous.
Japanese: 今井については、中世末期において一向宗本願寺の進出によって一転機がおとずれ、俄然頭角を現すようになった。
English: It was after a Shinshu sect dojo (place of Buddhist practice or meditation) of Ikkoshu Hongan-ji Temple had been constructed that Imai-go (Imai Village) developed into a city and it seems that the temple village Imai with organized townscape became established.
Japanese: 今井郷が都市的に発展したのは、本願寺一向宗の真宗の道場を建設して以来のことで、町並の整った寺内町今井が成立してきたようである。
English: Back then, Imai-go was a village surrounded by a moat and earthen walls for fortification to defend itself against enemies outside as well as to protect autonomy of the village people, and the ruins of that moat still remain in existence around Imai today.
Japanese: このとき今井郷の形態は、外敵と郷民の自治を守るために、郷の周辺に濠を巡らし、土塁を設けた環濠集落で、現在もその濠跡が今井の周辺にその遺構を残している。
English: The streets of Imai-cho have remained relatively in good condition today but, instead of running straight across town from one end to the other, they were designed to obstruct views of the town from outside with various features such as sharp turns at the town entrance and T-type intersections near the gate.
Japanese: また今井町の現道すじは、比較的に整然と残っているが、町の端から端までまっすぐ通ったものではなく、入り口部において道幅だけ屈曲しているか、少し入ったところで丁字型に突き当たっていて、外部より町中を見通すことの出来ない仕組みになっている。
English: For instance, along Honmachi-suji which is the street on the north side of Imanishi-ke Jutaku, thatbuilding juts out into the street on the north with sharp turn to the south at the eastern and western ends of the building, presenting blind corners.
Japanese: 現に今西家北側の道路の本町筋では、本建物だけが北側の道路に突出していて、東西両端で道が大きく南に屈曲していて、前方の見通しが悪い。
English: These streets are inappropriate for a city with busy vehicular traffic in these days.
Japanese: これでは現在のように自動車が頻繁に通る都市としては不適当な町並である。
English: In 1574, when Hongan-ji Temple challenged Nobunaga ODA, most of the Imai-go residents were merchants and samurai families as war potential included mainly the family and retainers of the Kawai clan.
Japanese: 天正初年（1574年）、本願寺が織田信長に挑戦したとき、今井郷民のほとんどは商人であり武家は川井家の一族郎党を中心にした戦力であった。
English: It seems, however, that the Imai-go residents rose in response to the head temple countermining Nogunaga's army by making the surrounding moat deeper and building the earthen walls over.
Japanese: 本山に呼応して今井郷民も蹶起し、環濠を深くしたり、土塁を築き直したりして信長軍に対抗したようである。
English: After fighting back in resistance over a year without much result, however, they were ultimately outmaneuvered by Mitshuhide AKECHI and surrendered, and it seems that while they were disarmed, the town was allowed to remain in existence.
Japanese: ところが年余の抗戦も空しく、明智光秀の謀略で降伏し、武装は解除されたようであったが、町の存在だけは許されたようであった。
English: It seems that Imai has consequently developed into the largest town in southern Yamato, being the counterpart of Nara in northern Yamato.
Japanese: そのために北大和の奈良に対して、南大和随一の町として今井は発展してきたようである。
English: Afterwards, in the Edo period, with Japan being a country at peace, townspeople became more powerful developing a high level of autonomy.
Japanese: その後、江戸時代となり、世の中がおさまって町人の勢力が高まり、高度な自治を展開するにいたった。
English: The Tokugawa shogunate consequently recognized Imai as a township whereby so-kaisho (meeting place of a municipality) as seen in Edo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nara was installed and machi-yakunin (municipal officials) such as machi-doshiyori (ward heads) began to manage affairs of the town under supervision of the shogunate.
Japanese: そこで幕府でも今井を町として認め、江戸・大阪・京都・奈良同様に惣会所を設け、町年寄などの町役人を指揮して町政に当たらせるようになった。
English: It seems that the so-doshiyori (officers who worked under the town magistrate) system in Imai-cho started in the Keicho era (1596 - 1615) and the Imanishi family and the Ozaki family were originally appointed to that position but, during the Kanei era (1624 - 1644), the Ueda family was added to make up a group of three so-doshiyori with the Imanishi family being at the head of that group.
Japanese: 今井町の惣年寄制は、慶長に始まったようで、初めは今西・尾崎両家が任命されたが、寛永に上田家が加えられて合計三人となり、今西家が筆頭になっている。
English: Under so-doshiyori, there were a total of twenty-six machi-yakunin including eleven machi-doshiyori (two representatives per township for five of the six towns that existed in those days and one representative for the remaining Kita-cho, six cho-dai (one representative per township) and six kimoiri (one representative per township) who had autonomous control over administration of the municipality.
Japanese: この惣年寄の下に町年寄十一人（当時六つの町があり、各町二人ずつ、北町のみ一人）・町代六人・肝煎六人（いずれも各町一人ずつ）都合二十六人の町役人が、自治的に町の支配に当たった。
English: With respect to tasks performed by so-doshiyori in those days, there is a description in ancient documents written by the Imanishi family as follows:
Japanese: この頃の惣年寄の仕事はどのようなことをしていたかというと、今西家の古文書には以下のように書かれている。
English: We, so-doshiyori, have long been performing the role of supervisors over the six townships which, in addition to addressing the matters concerning taxes, lawsuits and petitions, includes communicating instructions from the Shogunate to machi-doshiyori.'
Japanese: 「惣年寄義ハ古来より六町之〆括り取捌役ニ而勤来、公事訴訟願等の義は勿論御上より被仰渡候御用町年寄へ申渡。」
English: With respect to the bottom-to-top communication, there are no restrictions on the subject matter to be brought up and, as to the affairs in relation to taxes, lawsuits and petitions, we have first sufficiently discussed the issue with the party concerned as well as machi-doshiyori but, if no solution was reached, we have then presented the matter to the government officials.'
Japanese: 「尤下より申上候義、何事ニ不依、公事訴訟之義ハ当人又は町年寄江改相談、相済候義ハ埒明、滞申義者御役迄申上候義ニ而勤来候。」
English: We have, thus, been diligently serving as so-doshiyori whereby we have been given various privileges such as receiving land from the government and having access to jito (manager and lord of manor) being treated like samurai.'
Japanese: 「依之御給地之時分、御地頭様へ御目見等も御家中並ニ被仰付相勤申候。」
English: The role of so-doshiyori was to supervise the affairs of the six townships of Imai playing a role in the overall administration of the towns by the feudal lord or daikan (local governor).
Japanese: このように今井六町の締括り役であって、領主・代官の町方支配の一翼を担っている。
English: The main duties of so-doshiyori included addressing matters concerning taxes and petitions but, with townspeople being affluent with flourishing business, they were also responsible for 'giving stamp of approval on inscription on contract for sale, purchase or rent of residence and/or land in town.'
Japanese: 公事・訴訟の取りさばきが主な任務であるが、商売繁盛の町方のことで「町中家屋敷・同地売買借入証文奥書印形」の責務があった。
English: In view of the facts that the former jail existed until recently and that ibushi-ro (smoke torture chamber) still exists today on the west side of the Imanishi-ke residence, it seems that so-doshiyori exercised police authority such as holding hold heinous criminals in custody as well.
Japanese: 今西家の西側面には、もと牢屋が最近まであったこと、またいぶし牢などの現存していることから、悪質犯人を拘留するといった警察権も行使していたようである。
English: As mentioned earlier, the Imanishi family had worked as so-doshiyori between the early Edo period and the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate but it was after Imanishi-ke Jutaku was first established at the present location in 1650 that they began to perform this role.
Japanese: 今西家は江戸初期から幕末まで前述のように惣年寄役として勤めてきたのであるが、これは現位置すなわち慶安三年に本建物が創立されてからのことである。
English: Imanishi had been living in Imai-cho before arriving at his post at that location and when disarmament was ordered by Nobunaga after the battle of the Ikkoshu sect, it seems that Imanishi made considerable contributions to the community such as helping the Imai-go residents to escape from danger and subsequently negotiating with the enemy side on his own.
Japanese: この任地に着任するまでに既に今井町の住人であり、前述の一向宗の戦いにおいて、信長から武装解除される際に今井郷民を危険から回避させ、単独で交渉にあたるなど相当の功績があったようである。