nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: During the battle of Sekigahara the Tachibana family became allies of the western army which was defeated and as such, Masutoki was requested by Nagamasa KURODA (lord of Chikuzen Province) to serve him in the same way and he became a steward to the 30,000 koku Akizuki Domain.
Japanese: 立花家は関ヶ原の戦いに西軍に味方して敗れたため、増時は筑前国主となった黒田長政の懇望に応じ、一類と共に仕え、秋月藩3万石の執事となる。
English: During the time of Mitsuyuki KURODA (third generation domain head), Shigenao KURODA the third became a chief retainer; he was given a hereditary stipend of 15,000 koku, given the surname `Kuroda' and named as Shigenao Saemon KURODA.
Japanese: 3代藩主黒田光之の時、3代目黒田重種が家老職となり、家禄1万500石、黒田姓を与えられて黒田平左衛門重種と称した。
English: As an aside, (younger brother of the Shigenao Saemon) Kichizaemon Masuhiro had an income of 6,300 koku and together they jointly served as family chief retainers; with (illegitimate) elder brother Chosaemon, they were granted a stipend of 1,500 koku.
Japanese: ちなみに重種弟の吉左衛門増弘は6300石で兄弟ともに家老職に任ぜられ、長兄（妾腹）長左衛門重直も1500石を賜った。
English: According to the 'Second Abbreviated Komono Clan Genealogy,' he died on January 10, 1746: the precise day of the 100th anniversary of the death of Musashi MIYAMOTO.
Japanese: 「薦野氏系譜略二」によれば、延享2年（1745年）12月19日、命日はちょうど武蔵没後100年の月命日であった。
English: However, Minehira`s legacy of a book about tea (`Nanporoku`) and "Tanji Hokin Hikki," which contains biography of Musashi MIYAMOTO, are contributions to two fields: tea and strategy.
Japanese: ただ、茶書『南方録』と、宮本武蔵の伝記を含む『丹治峯均筆記』を遺したということで、茶の道と兵法の道の二つの道に貢献をした人物である。
English: TAKE no Gosho (1202- August 23, 1234) was a woman in the early Kamakura period.
Japanese: 竹御所（たけのごしょ、建仁2年（1202年）-天福(日本)2年7月27日(旧暦)（1234年8月23日））は、鎌倉時代初期の女性。
English: However, given the fact that Mariko's residence, which was called the Palace of Bamboo, was located on the former estate of the Hiki family in the Hikigatani Valley, her mother was considered to be WAKASA no Tsubone, a daughter of Yoshikazu HIKI.
Japanese: しかし、竹の御所と呼ばれた鞠子の邸は比企ヶ谷の比企氏の邸跡である事から、母は比企能員の娘若狭局と考えられる。
English: After her father Yoriie was assassinated by the Hojo clan, she and her elder brother Kugyo were adopted by their uncle MINAMOTO no Sanetomo.
Japanese: 父頼家が北条氏によって暗殺された後、兄の公暁と共に叔父である源実朝の猶子となる。
English: While the other children of Yoriie suffered a violent death one after another in the political strife within the shogunate, TAKE no Gosho, who was a girl protected by her grandmother Masako HOJO, escaped from being dragged into the strife.
Japanese: 他の頼家の子が、幕府の政争の中で次々に非業の死を遂げていく中で、祖母である北条政子の庇護のもとにあり女子であった竹御所はそれに巻き込まれることを免れた。
English: As the only remaining survivor who was blood-tied to Yoriie among all the people related to the shogunate, TAKE no Gosho was respected by gokenin (immediate vasals of the shogunate)as a symbol of the authority of the shogunate, and played the role of bringing them together.
Japanese: 幕府関係者の中で唯一頼朝の血筋を引く生き残りである竹御所は幕府の権威の象徴として、御家人の尊敬を集め、彼らをまとめる役目を果たした。
English: In 1230, at the age of 28 she married the fourth seii taishogun FUJIWARA no Yoritsune who was 13 years old.
Japanese: 寛喜2年（1230年）、28歳で13歳の第4代征夷大将軍藤原頼経に嫁ぐ。
English: Four years after the marriage, she got pregnant and people around her were expecting the birth of a successor to the general, who would be blood-tied to Yoritomo.
Japanese: その4年後に妊り、頼朝の血を引く将軍後継者誕生の期待を周囲に抱かせる。
English: Since she was considered to be too old to have the first childbirth at that time, it is said that TAKE no Gosho herself was also prepared for the risk of death when giving birth.
Japanese: 当時の初産としては高齢であり、出産に当たり竹御所本人も死を覚悟していたとも言われる。
English: According to the record in FUJIWARA no Sadaie's diary "Meigetsuki" (Chronicle of the Bright Moon), when the news of the death of TAKE no Gosho broke out, the Kamakura samurais were so much shocked upon hearing the bloodline of Yoritomo ruptured that, gokenin in Kyoto all descended to Kamakura in a body.
Japanese: 藤原定家の日記である『明月記』には、竹御所死去の報がもたらされると、頼朝の血筋が断絶したことによる鎌倉武士たちの動揺は激しく、京都にあった幕府御家人はこぞって鎌倉に下ったと記されている。
English: In the Japanese history book "Azuma Kagami" (The Mirror of the East), it was recorded that, on July 27, 1235, some princesses were serving the mourning of TAKE no Gosho.
Japanese: 吾妻鏡は嘉禎元年七月二十七日条に竹御所の喪に服した姫のことを記載している。
English: Setsuzo FURUKAWA (March 4, 1837 - April 2, 1877) was an educator of the Meiji period (childhood name was Kamegoro OKAMOTO; common name was Shukichi OKAMOTO, later changed to Setsuzo FURUKAWA and to Masao FURUKAWA; pen name was Hakukei OKAMOTO and so on).
Japanese: 古川節蔵（ふるかわせつぞう、幼名・岡本亀五郎。通称・岡本周吉、のち古川節蔵、古川正雄。ペンネーム・岡本博卿など。1837年（天保8年）3月4日）-1877年（明治10年）4月2日）は、明治期の教育者。
English: In 1858, the president of Teki-juku, Yukichi FUKUZAWA was ordered by the Nakatsu clan to open a school of Western studies in Edo, and recruited company from the alumni.
Japanese: 1858年（安政5年）、この適塾で塾長を務めていた福澤諭吉が、中津藩の命令で江戸に蘭学の塾を開くことになり、同窓の中から同行者を募った。
English: He lived with Yukichi in Teppozu, Tsukiji (present Akashi-cho, Chuo Ward, Tokyo Prefecture) and became the first member of 'a small private school' of Western studies (the predecessor of Keio Gijuku) opened by Yukichi.
Japanese: 築地鉄砲州（現在の明石町(東京都中央区)）で諭吉と同居し諭吉が開いた蘭学塾「一小家塾」（後の慶應義塾）の第1期生となった。
English: In 1860 he translated a book "Bankoku Seihyo" under a pen name of Hakukei OKAMOTO, and this book is considered a very unique material in the history of Japanese statistical science and regarded as the first book in Japan gathering statistics of world and translated from Dutch.
Japanese: 1860年（万延元年）、岡本博卿の名で訳した「万国政表」は日本統計学史上珍しい文献と言われ、オランダ語から訳された、日本最初の世界統計書とされる。
English: In December 1871, Inhyo-ka was established as central institution of statistics in Japan, however the word 'seihyo' had been already used by Furukawa.
Japanese: 1871年（明治4年）12月、日本の中央統計機関として院表課が設立されたが「政表」の文字は既に古川によって使用されていた。
English: With Fukuzawa's recommendation, he was adopted into the Furukawa family, a retainer of the Edo bakufu (the Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and he changed his name to Setsuzo FURUKAWA.
Japanese: しかし福澤の世話で幕府の旗本・古川家の養子となると名を古川節蔵と改めた。
English: During the Meiji Restoration and the Boshin War, he barricaded himself in Goryokaku castle of Hakodate City with Takeaki ENOMOTO and other, and resisted the army of the new government.
Japanese: 明治維新、戊辰戦争時には榎本武揚らと共に函館市五稜郭に立て篭り新政府軍に抵抗。
English: In 1869, he participated in the naval battle of Miyako Bay as the captain of the warship Takao with Takeaki ENOMOTO and Toshizo HIJIKATA.
Japanese: 1869年（明治2年）には高雄艦長として宮古湾海戦に榎本武揚、土方歳三らと参加した。
English: However, because his warship could not gain speed due to engine damage caused by a rainstorm on the way to mission, he was unable to participate in a surprise attack, the 'Mission to regain the warship Stonewall' (Stone wall was generally called Kotetsu-kan [ironclad]); and his warship was attacked.
Japanese: しかし、途中暴風雨に遭い機関を損傷、速度が上がらず「ストーンウォール号（甲鉄）奪還作戦」の奇襲には参加出来ずに追撃された。
English: Yukichi FUKUZAWA still cared for Setsuzo and visited him in jail many times to take care of him, even though Setsuzo had ignored his advices and gone to the war.
Japanese: 言うことを聞かなかった節蔵だが、福澤諭吉はそれでも可愛がり、入牢した節蔵を何度も訪ね面倒をみた。
English: He served the new government of the Meiji era and worked for the navy and the ministry of industries and became instructor of Japanese Naval Academy.
Japanese: 明治新政府の海軍や工部省に出仕し海軍兵学校(日本)教官などを務めた。
English: From 1870 to 1872, he published "Eiri Chie no Wa" (The Puzzle Ring with Illustrations) which was the first textbook in primary school in Japan.
Japanese: 1870年（明治3年）～1872年（明治5年）には、我が国最初の小学校教科書『絵入り智恵の輪』を発刊した。
English: In 1873, he was sent to Vienna where the Vienna International Exhibition was held.
Japanese: 1873年（明治6年）ウィーン万国博覧会開催に際し同地へ派遣された。
English: In 1875, he focused on education for people with visual and hearing difficulties and established a support group called Rakuzensha, with Sen TSUDA and others
Japanese: 1875年（明治8年）津田仙らと共に楽善舎を組織、盲聾唖者の教育を発起した。
English: He then established Kunmoin (Training School for the Blind), the predecessor of the Tokyo School for the Blind and the Deaf (present School for the Visually Impaired of the Special Support Education, University of Tsukuba), with Masanao NAKAMURA, Ginko KISHIDA, Yozo YAMAO, Henry Faulds and others.
Japanese: 中村正直、岸田吟香、山尾庸三、ヘンリー・フォールズらと東京盲亞学校（現筑波大学附属視覚特別支援学校）の前身・訓盲院を創設した。
English: His primary literary works include "Yoko Manpitsu" (The Travel Essay in the West), "Chie no Itoguchi" (The Hints for Wisdom) and "Eiri Chie no Wa."
Japanese: 著作には他に『洋行漫筆』、『ちゑのいとぐち』、『絵入り智恵の環』などがある。
English: Masaya SUZUKI (April 3, 1861 - December 25, 1922) was the third general director of Sumitomo Group.
Japanese: 鈴木馬左也（すずきまさや、文久元年2月24日(旧暦)（1861年4月3日）-大正11年（1922年）12月25日）は、第三代住友総理事である。
English: He was born as the fourth son of Karo (chief retainer) of the Takanabe clan, Taneyo Akizuki and his wife Hisako in Takanabe, Hyuga Province (present Takanabe-cho, Koyu County, Miyazaki Prefecture).
Japanese: 文久元年（1861年）2月24日、高鍋藩家老の父秋月種節（たねよ）と久子の四男として、日向国高鍋（現・宮崎県児湯郡高鍋町）で生まれた。
English: In 1868, his maternal grand-uncle Takafusa SUZUKI died at the age of 75, and Takafusa's adopted son Morifusa also died in the battle of the Boshin War at the age of 27.
Japanese: 明治元年、母方の大叔父鈴木翔房（たかふさ）が七五歳で没し、その養子衞房（もりふさ）も戊申の役に加わり、27歳で戦死した。
English: In 1869, Masaya was registered as an adopted child of the war-dead Morifusa to rebuild the Suzuki family and inherit the family headship.
Japanese: 翌2年、馬左也は鈴木家再興のため、戦死した衞房の養子となり同家を継いだ。
English: In 1887 he graduated from Tokyo University at the age of 27 and joined the Ministry of Home Affairs, and in 1889 he was transferred to Ehime Prefecture as secretary.
Japanese: 明治20年、27歳で東京大学を卒業すると内務省(日本)に入り、22年愛媛県書記官として赴任した。
English: The next year he was invited to the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Besshi Copper Mine held in Niihama as a guest, which became his first encounter with the House of Sumitomo.
Japanese: 翌年別子銅山開坑200年祭に来賓として新居浜に招かれ、住友との最初の出会いをはたす。
English: In 1896, he resigned as counselor of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Japan) to enter a company of the House of Sumitomo, and became assistant manager of the head office of Osaka.
Japanese: 明治29年1896年、農商務省(日本)参事官を退官し、住友に入社、大阪本店の副支配人となる。
English: He took over the project of planting a forest of Besshi originally launched by Teigo IBA, and in 1917 started afforestation business from Kitami in Hokkaido down to Shiiba Village of Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu, and further extended afforestation business to the national forest in Korea.
Japanese: 伊庭貞剛の別子大造林計画を継承し大正6年（1917年）から北海道北見から、九州宮崎県の椎葉村まで山林事業を起こし、また朝鮮の国有林にまで植林を敢行した。
English: In 1913, Suzuki founded Sumitomo Hiryo Seizo-sho (Sumitomo Fertilizer Factory, current Sumitomo Chemical) as a measure to control Niihama's smoke pollution.
Japanese: 大正2年新居浜の煙害問題解決のひとつとして住友肥料製造所（現、住友化学）を開設した。
English: In 1912, he started the production of seamless steel pipes in Sumitomo Shindo-jo (Sumitomo Copper Plant, current Sumitomo Metals and Sumitomo Light Metal Industries) to meet the demand of the navy's condensation pipes.
Japanese: 明治45年には伸銅場（現、住友金属・住友軽金属）で継ぎ目なし鋼管の製造に着手し、海軍の復水管需要に応える。
English: In 1913 he founded Sumitomo Hiryo Seizo-sho (current Sumitomo Chemical), and in 1919 built Osaka Hokko (the North Port of Osaka, the predecessor of Sumitomo Land and Construction) for the coastal industrial areas of Osaka.
Japanese: 大正2年（1913年）住友肥料製造所（現住友化学）を設立し、同8年大阪の臨海工業地帯建設のために大阪北港（後の、住友土地工務）を設立した。
English: In that year, he also founded Tosa Yoshino-gawa Suiryoku Denki (Tosa Yoshino-gawa River Hydroelectric Power Plant, the predecessor of Sumitomo Joint Electric Power) for the development of the power supply in Besshi copper mine, and acquired the water right of Mimi-kawa River for the afforestation project in Shiiba, Miyazaki Prefecture.
Japanese: さらに同年、別子鉱山の電源開発を目的に土佐吉野川水力電気（後の住友共同電力）、宮崎県の椎葉植林に関係して耳川の水利権を確保した。
English: In 1918, Suzuki founded Nichibei Ita-garasu (Japan America Sheet Glass, current Nippon Sheet Glass), and since 1920 he had had a stake in NEC Corporation.
Japanese: 大正7年日米板硝子（現、日本板硝子）を設立、同九年日本電気へ資本参加した。
English: As in 1921 he reorganized the head office of Sumitomo into a joint-stock company, he significantly contributed to the development of the Sumitomo Group.
Japanese: また1921年には住友本店を合資会社に改組するなど、住友の発展の大いに貢献した。
English: After the cease-fire agreement was concluded in November 1918, roaring export of Japan enabled trading companies to earn large profits.
Japanese: 大正7年（1918年）11月に休戦協定が成立した後も、輸出はますます活況を呈し、貿易商社は大きな収益を挙げた。
English: Suzuki went abroad to inspect the postwar situation of Europe and America in March, 1919.
Japanese: 鈴木は、大正8年（1919年）3月、戦後の欧米の状況視察に外遊した。
English: During his absence, in the head office of Sumitomo, some executives began to insist that Sumitomo should start a trading business to keep up with the times, partly because they felt overwhelmed by the prosperities of the other conglomerates including the Mitsui-zaibatsu and the Mitsubishi-zaibatsu.
Japanese: その不在中に住友総本店幹部の間に、三井財閥、三菱財閥の隆盛に圧倒されていた状況もあって、住友も時流に乗って商事貿易に進出すべきであるとの意見が強まった。
English: The executives waited the general director's return even preparing a draft of a framework for establishing a trading company titled 'Issue of Handling Other Company's Products.'
Japanese: 幹部らは、「他所製品取り扱いの件」と題する、いわゆる商事会社設立構想の起案文書まで用意して、総理事の帰国を待った。
English: Suzuki completed his visit to Europe and America, and dropped by Shanghai City in January, 1920.
Japanese: 鈴木は欧米の視察を終えて帰途、大正9年（1920年）1月、上海市に立ち寄った。
English: At that time, the manager of Sumitomo Shanghai Yoko (branch) strongly insisted the necessity of the establishment of trading company, and told him the consensus of the head office.
Japanese: このとき住友上海洋行（支店）の支配人が、商事会社を設立することの必要性を力説し総本店の空気を伝えた。
English: Furthermore, he summoned the persons concerned as soon as he returned to Japan, and gave them a strict order of prohibition on establishing trading company, and declared at a supervisors' conference that Sumitomo must not begin any trading business.
Japanese: そればかりか、帰国すると直ちに関係者を呼び出し、厳しく商事の禁止を申し渡し、さらに主管者会議の席上「住友は絶対に商事はやってはならぬ」と宣言した。
English: That was the 'Declaration of Prohibition on Establishing Trading Company' of January, 1920, and since then nobody had said about establishment of trading company as taboo until a actual trading company of Sumitomo was opened after the World War II.
Japanese: これが大正9年（1920年）1月の「商社設立禁止宣言」であり、戦後、商社が開設されるまで、住友では商社開設が禁句になってしまった。
English: Unlike Mitsui and Mitsubishi which had developed from trading, Sumitomo had developed from industries, mainly Besshi copper mine, and had been biased against trading company.
Japanese: 三井・三菱が商いから身をたてたのに比較して、住友は別子銅山を中心に製造業で伸びてきた違いがあり、商事部門に対する見方が狭かったのである。
English: Therefore, among Sumitomo, establishing trading company had been under taboo for almost a quarter of the century until Nippon Kensetsu Sangyo (current Sumitomo Corporation) was finally founded in 1945.
Japanese: このため、昭和20年に日本建設産業（現住友商事）が設立されるまで、四半世紀ものあいだ住友では、商社開設はタブーとなった。
English: Ittei IWASA (October 3, 1779 - January 1, 1859) was a Japanese calligrapher of the latter part of the Edo period.
Japanese: 岩佐一亭（いわさいってい、安永（1779年）8年8月24日）-安政5年(1858年)11月28日）は、江戸時代後期の日本の書家。
English: Being the eldest child, for a brief period of time he inherited the role of being family head and running a kimono fabric store (Araki-ya store) which had been run by the family for generations; however, he later handed over that responsibility to his younger brother Hyosuke and immersed himself entirely in the study of calligraphy.
Japanese: 代々呉服商を営む荒木屋の長子としていったんは家督を相続したが、後に弟兵助に譲り、もっぱら書道の研究に没頭した。
English: Initially he learned calligraphy from 蜂賀仁助寿仁 but, in 1812 at the age of 33 he joined the (Buddhist) priesthood as a pupil of chief priest Daido-Jokei of Renge-ji Temple located at Suga village in Owari Province.
Japanese: 書ははじめ蜂賀仁助寿仁に手ほどきを受け、文化(元号)9年（1812年）33歳で尾張蜂須賀村蓮華寺住職大道定慶に入門。
English: In 1832 at the age of 53 he stayed at Hidenobu KANO`s residence in Kyoto, and Ittei`s works on silk were viewed by Emperor Ninko.
Japanese: 天保3年（1832年）53歳、京都の狩野秀信のところに滞在し、書した絹本が仁孝天皇の天覧に供せられた。
English: In February 1858 Ittei celebrated his 80th birthday at Hida Provincial Monastery; however, passed away in January of the following year.
Japanese: 安政5年2月（1858年）、飛騨国分寺にて80歳の賀宴が催されたが、その年の11月に歿した。
English: Yoshitaka OISHI (1618 - February 27, 1677) was a samurai warrior in the early part of the Edo period.
Japanese: 大石良欽（おおいしよしたか、元和(日本)4年（1618年）-延宝5年1月26日(旧暦)（1677年2月27日））は、江戸時代前期の武士。
English: In August 1650, his father Yoshikatsu passed away whereupon he inherited the 1,500 koku family estate and Karo (chief retainers) role.
Japanese: 慶安3年（1650年）8月、父良勝の死去により1500石の家督と家老職を相続。
English: In 1661 the Kyoto imperial palace was burnt down whereupon the lord of the Asano domain Naganao ASANO was ordered to construct a new palace; however, Yoshitaka stood in for Naganao, proceeded to Kyoto and oversaw the construction.
Japanese: 寛文元年（1661年）に京都内裏（皇居）が炎上すると、その翌年に赤穂藩主浅野長直が新内裏造営を命じられたが、この際に良欽が長直に代わって京都へ赴き、造営工事の総指揮をとる。
English: The completed palace was spectacular and the end product apparently praised by Emperor Gosai.
Japanese: 完成した内裏は見事なもので、後西天皇からもその出来栄えを褒められるほどであった。
English: Yoshitaka's wife was a daughter of Tadakatsu TORII (son of Mototada TORII, who fought at Fushimi Castle during the Battle of Sekigahara, and a vassal of his brother Tadamasa TORII)
Japanese: 妻に鳥居忠勝（関ヶ原の戦いで伏見城攻防戦にあたった鳥居元忠の子。兄鳥居忠政の家臣）の娘を迎えた。
English: Between them they had 7 children: Yoshiaki OISHI (legitimate child and successor of the Oishi family), Yoshizumi OYAMA (second son who became retainer of the Asano family of Hiroshima Domain), Yoshikazu OYAMA (third son and foot soldier of 300 koku in Ako Domain), Cho (eldest daughter, wife of Masanori KONDO, the chief retainer of the Ako domain), Yoshitsugi OISHI (fourth son who became chief retainer of the Matsudaira family in the Takamatsu Domain, Tsuu (second daughter and wife of Toshimoto SHINDO) and Chiyomatsu (third daughter and wife of Kichidayu SHINDO, a feudal retainer of Hiroshima Domain.
Japanese: その間に大石良昭（嫡男・大石家の跡継ぎ）、小山良速（次男・広島藩浅野家家臣となる）、小山良師（三男・赤穂藩足軽頭300石）、ちょう（長女・赤穂藩重臣近藤正憲の妻）、大石良次（四男・高松藩松平家家臣となる）、つう（次女・進藤俊式の妻）、千代松（三女・広島藩士進藤吉大夫妻）の7人の子を儲けた。
English: In 1673 eldest son Yoshiaki passed away so, Yoshiaki `s eldest son Yoshio OISHI became the adopted heir.
Japanese: 延宝元年（1673年）に長男良昭を失ったため、良昭の長男である大石良雄を養嗣子に迎えた。
English: Setsurei MIYAKE (July7, 1860 - November 26, 1945) was a philosopher and essayist.
Japanese: 三宅雪嶺（みやけせつれい、万延元年5月19日(旧暦)（1860年7月7日）-昭和20年（1945年）11月26日）は、哲学者、評論家。
English: His wife, Kaho MIYAKE (her maiden name was Tanabe) was a classmate of Ichiyo HIGUCHI who was a poet and story writer.
Japanese: 妻の三宅花圃（みやけかほ、旧姓：田辺）は樋口一葉と同門だった小説家、歌人。
English: In 1888, he established a publishing company Seikyosha together with Shigetaka SHIGA and Jugo SUGIURA, and started a new magazine named "Nipponjin" (Japanese, later changed to "Nippon oyobi Nipponjin" Japan and Japanese) to advocate nationalism.
Japanese: 1888年、志賀重昂・杉浦重剛らと政教社を設立し、国粋主義の立場を主張する為、『日本人』を創刊する（後に『日本及日本人』に改題）。
English: He gained public attention by starting a new private magazine named "Gakan" (My Opinions) and contributing reports to magazines including "Chuo Koron" (Central Public Opinions).
Japanese: その後も、個人雑誌として『我観』を創刊したり、『中央公論』等に論説を発表したりして注目を集めた。
English: He kept himself out of power all his life and declined the offer when he was asked to join the Hayashi Cabinet as the Minister of Education.
Japanese: 彼自身は生涯在野の立場を貫き、林内閣において文部大臣への入閣の要請があったものの辞退している。
English: His consistent attitude for avoiding positions of power gained public acceptance and he was trusted by both the right and left wing political community.
Japanese: こうした一貫とした姿勢が人々の信奉を集め、左右を問わず多くの人々から尊敬を集めた。
English: His primary works were "Shin Zen Bi Nipponjin" (Truth, Good, Beauty, Japanese) and "Gi Aku Shu Nipponjin" (Deceit, Evil, Ugliness, Japanese) (both books were republished by Fuzambo as Hyakkabunko Library), and "Jiden" (Autobiography, republished by Nihon Tosho Center as 'Ningen no Kiroku' [Records of Human Beings]) and "Uchu" (Universe).
Japanese: 主著は『真善美日本人』『偽悪醜日本人』（冨山房百科文庫で再刊）『自伝』（人間の記録・日本図書センターで再刊）『宇宙』等。
English: SOGA no Yasumaro (date of birth and death unknown) was a Japanese noble who lived during the late Asuka period, toward the end of the 7th century.
Japanese: 蘇我安麻呂（そがのやすまろ、生没年未詳）は7世紀末頃、飛鳥時代後期の日本の貴族。
English: A member of the Soga clan, a distinguished clan in ancient and medieval Japan, SOGA no Yasumaro was a son of SOGA no Murajiko, a brother of SOGA no Shoshi (who became a lawful wife of SOGA no Fuhito), and the father of ISHIKAWA no Iwatari.
Japanese: 古代の名族・蘇我氏の出身で、父は蘇我連子、姉妹に藤原不比等正室となった蘇我娼子、子に石川石足がいる。
English: Two different sets of Japanese kanji (安麻侶 and 安摩侶) are used for his given name in the first volume of 'Chronicles of the Emperor Tenmu' in the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), and his name is also written as ISHIKAWA no Yasumaro in "Sonpi Bunmyaku" (a text compiled in the fourteenth century that records the lineages of the aristocracy).
Japanese: 名前は「安麻侶」「安摩侶」（『日本書紀』「天武天皇紀」上）「石川安麻呂」（『尊卑分脈』）とも書かれる。
English: When the Emperor Tenchi was critically ill in bed, Yasumaro was dispatched as a messenger to Prince Oama (later enthroned as the Emperor Tenmu) to invite the Prince to see him.
Japanese: 彼は、天智天皇四年（671年）、天智天皇が重体となり大海人皇子（後の天武天皇）が病床に呼ばれたときに使わされた使者であった。
English: Yasumaro, who had a close and approved relation with Prince Oama, recommended him to 'think twice before you speak words to the Emperor".
Japanese: しかし安麻呂は以前より大海人皇子と親しくしており、「有意ひて言へ（こころえてお話なさいませ）」と大海人皇子に忠告した。
English: Thanks to his advice, it is said that Prince Oama was able to take a decision to decline the Emperor's offer of abdication and escaped to Yoshino area.
Japanese: この安麻呂の一言により、大海人皇子は天智天皇の譲位を断り、吉野に脱出することが出来たという。
English: Given that other members of the Soga clan such as SOGA no Akae and SOGA no Hatayasu backed Emperor Kobun, Yasumaro's position was contrasting and it is not too exaggerated to say that he 'saved the life of Emperor Tenmu.'
Japanese: 他の蘇我氏一族である蘇我赤兄、蘇我果安らが弘文天皇側に付いたのとは対照的な行動であり、天武天皇の「命の恩人」とも言える。
English: Naturally, he would have been given a high position by Emperor Tenmu thanks to his contribution, however, his name is not mentioned in any of the later historical records, and even the year of his death is unknown.
Japanese: ここから、天武天皇の元で重用されてもおかしくはないと思われたが、その後全く史料に見えず、没年も未詳である。
English: Although his name appears in the article of August of the first year of the Tenpyo Era of "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan Continued) as 'Shonagon Shokage,' it was a position under the official rank system effective in 670 or before, and therefore, it is probable that Yasumaro died young soon after the Jinshin War.
Japanese: ただ『続日本紀』「天平元年8月条」には官位役職は「少納言小花下」と見え、天智3年（670年）以前の官位制に基づいた名称となっており、ここから考察するに壬申の乱後幾ばくも経たない頃に早世したと考えられる。
English: SOGA no Murajiko (611? – 664) was a male member of a local ruling family in the Asuka Period.
Japanese: 蘇我連子（そがのむらじこ、男性、推古天皇19年（611年）?-天智天皇3年（664年））は飛鳥時代の日本の豪族。
English: Murajiko was a male noble (while today Japanese given names ending in the syllable "ko" are mostly for females, at this time the syllable "ko" was often attached to the end of both male and female given names).
Japanese: 「連子」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: His name was shortened as 'Muraji' in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) and "Fuso Ryakki" (A Brief History of Japan) but spelled differently in Chinese characters.
Japanese: 名前は単に「連」（『日本書紀』）、また「武羅自」（『扶桑略記』）とも書かれる。
English: The obituary section in the article of May of the third year of 'Chronicles of Emperor Tenchi' of "Nihonshoki" was the only contemporary historical material relating to SOGA no Murajiko.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』「天智天皇紀」3年5月条に死亡記事が見られるのが同時代史料に見える連子の最初で最後の記述である。
English: We assume that he was a minister during the reign of Empress Saimei and Emperor Tenchi on the ground that his official court rank at this time was recorded as 'Daishi' and the obituary wrote: 'the minister SOGA no Murajiko died'
Japanese: このときの官位は「大紫」で「蘇我連大臣薨」と書かれていることから斉明天皇や天智天皇の下で大臣を務めていたことがわかる。
English: It is probable that he took over the position from KOSE no Tokuta, who died in 658, or OTOMO no Nagatoko.
Japanese: おそらく巨勢徳太（斉明天皇4年（658年）に死去）、大伴長徳のどちらかの後任となったのであろう。
English: While some scholars believe, based on "Nihonshoki," that Murajiko died in May, others argue that he passed away in March as "Fuso Ryakki" shows.
Japanese: 没した月には「5月説」（『日本書紀』）と「3月説」（『扶桑略記』）がある。
English: Sofu TESHIGAHARA (December 17, 1900 – September 5, 1979) was the founder of the Sogetsuryu school of flower arrangement.
Japanese: 勅使河原蒼風（てしがはらそうふう、1900年12月17日-1979年9月5日）は、華道草月流の創始者。