nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The comic series has started since the March 2009 issue of Jump Square released on February 4.
Japanese: ジャンプスクエア2009年3月号(2月4日発売)より連載が開始された。
English: It is a Japan-US joint project work created by Stan LEE, the grand master of the American comic-book world in collaboration with a Japanese comic writer, Hiroyuki TAKEI.
Japanese: アメリカン・コミックス界の巨匠であるスタン・リーが日本の漫画家である武井宏之とタッグを組んだ日米合同プロジェクト作品。
English: One day, in Farmless City of WEST TOKYO enjoying transitory peace, a huge monster wearing a noh mask appears.
Japanese: かりそめの平和に浸っていたWESTTOKYOのファームレスシティに、ある日巨大な能面の化け物が現れる。
English: The monster puts the Self-Defense Force to rout and ravages the city, but a vermillion-colored boy suddenly arrives on the scene and disposes of the monster.
Japanese: 自衛隊を蹴散らし街を蹂躙する化け物だが、突如現れた朱色の少年がそれを一蹴する。
English: The boy calling himself Ultimo fights a tough battle against a green boy, Vice, who has come out of the monster.
Japanese: ウルティモと名乗った少年は、化け物の中から現れた緑の少年、バイスと激しい戦いを繰り広げる。
English: The boys are the very embodiments of the perfect 'good' and 'evil,' Karakuri-Doji robots, which were created 1000 years ago.
Japanese: 彼らこそは1000年前に作られた完全なる「善」と「悪」の体現者、機巧童子（カラクリどうじ）だった。
English: The duel between the two Karakuri-Doji robots, who exchange with each other their 'Noh' (abilities) which are far beyond human technologies, ends with the two hitting each other far up in the stratosphere.
Japanese: 人類の技術力をはるかに超える「能」力の応酬で戦う2体の機巧童子は、ついに成層圏の彼方で相討ちとなる。
English: Ultimo has transparent skin, vermillion hair and green eyes, wearing vermillion, casts divinity spellbinding anybody around him.
Japanese: 透き通った肌に朱色の髪と手甲、緑色の瞳を持ち、ただそこにいるだけで誰もが見とれるほどの神々しさを放つ。
English: He has 'Noh' ability of destruction, and runs the gamut of destruction in the town with an aim to rope in Ultimo.
Japanese: 破壊の「能」力を持ち、ウルティモをおびき寄せるために街で破壊の限りを尽くす。
English: Jealous, who was created after Ultimo and Vice by Danstan, wears blue manifers and pink eye armors.
Japanese: ダンスタンがウルティモとバイスの後につくった機巧童子で、青い手甲と桃色の眼甲を持つ。
English: Although he is fragile both physically and mentally, he has a strong affection for weapons and specialized vehicles which can make up for his weakness.
Japanese: 虚弱な体質と脆弱な精神の持ち主だが、それを補ってくれる兵器と特殊車両には強い愛情を持つ。
English: He is attracted by powers of Karakuri-Doji robots and obtains Vice's right hand which has been cut off by Ultimo.
Japanese: 機巧童子の力に魅了され、ウルティモが切り落としたバイスの右手を入手する。
English: 1000 years ago in Kyoto, he killed himself by committing seppuku (disembowelment) after he completed two Karakuri-Doji robots.
Japanese: 1000年前の京都にて、2体の機巧童子を完成させた後に切腹を遂げる。
English: He has a divorced mother who works in the sex trade and although emotionally disturbed with the dysfunctional home environment, he is a hot-blooded boy who always stands up for the weak.
Japanese: 家族に離婚暦を持つ風俗業の母を持ち、家庭も性格も荒んでいるが、人（弱者）をほうっておけない熱血漢。
English: One day on his way to school, he happens to meet Ultimo for the first time, who tells him that he is a human who has been reincarnated.
Japanese: 学校の登校中、骨董屋で偶然ウルティモと出会い、自分が転生した人間だという事を述べられる。
English: She sees Yamato trying to cure severely-injured Ultimo by exchanging 'contract of love' with him.
Japanese: 重症をおったウルティモを治すため、「愛の契り」を交わそうとした大和を見てしまった。
English: Although the techniques were invented 1000 years ago, they are far superior in performance to modern weapons.
Japanese: 1000年前に作られた技術だが、その性能は現代兵器を遥かに凌駕している。
English: Kobushi-jishi (Lion fist): One of his purification 'Noh' abilities, to transform his manifers into lion faces.
Japanese: 拳獅子（コブシジシ）-浄化の「能」力の1つで、手甲を獅子の顔のように変化させる。
English: Kenkaku (Crane sword): One of his purification 'Noh' abilities, to transform his manifers into a shape like crane face.
Japanese: 剣鶴（けんかく）-浄化の「能」力の1つで、手甲をツルの顔のように変化させる。
English: Kami-hanabi (God's firework): One of his purification 'Noh' abilities, to launch a rocket from under hakama (pleated and divided skirt made in fine stripes) and fly at high speed using the jet force of the rocket.
Japanese: 神花火（かみはなび）-浄化の「能」力の1つで、袴からロケットを出現させその噴射力で高速飛行する。
English: Kito-jin (Turtle-head sword): One of his destruction 'Noh' abilities, to transform his manifers into a sharp shape like a turtle head.
Japanese: 亀頭刃（きとうじん）-破壊の「能」力の1つで、手甲を鋭いカメの頭部のように変化させる。
English: Oni-tsuzumi (Ogre's drum): One of his destruction 'Noh' abilities, to transform his manifers into a drum-like shape.
Japanese: 鬼鼓（おにつづみ）-破壊の「能」力の1つで、手甲を鼓のように変化させる。
English: Tochi mochi is a rice cake made by steaming conkers after removal of harshness with glutinous rice and then pounding them.
Japanese: 栃餅（とちもち）は、灰汁灰汁抜きした栃の実（トチノキの実）をもち米とともに蒸してからつき、餅にしたものである。
English: Tochi mochi is eaten with sugar, by dressing or wrapping it with bean jam, or with salt which is soaked in tea.
Japanese: 砂糖を付ける、餡に絡めるあるいは包む、塩茶漬けにするなどして食べる。
English: Since it requires time and effort and also each district and home has its skills inherited, removal of harshness from conkers is a little difficult for inexperienced persons.
Japanese: 栃の実の灰汁抜きは手間と時間が掛かり、また各地方・家庭で受け継がれているコツなどもあるため、未経験者にはやや難しい。
English: Hyonenzu is a painting created by Josetsu, a leading painter and priest in the early stage of ink-and-wash paintings in Japan.
Japanese: 瓢鮎図（ひょうねんず）は、日本の初期水墨画を代表する画僧・如拙作の絵画作品である。
English: Representing a Zen koan (a paradoxical question for Zen meditation) about how to catch a catfish with a gourd, it was commissioned by Seii Taishogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, and was created before 1415.
Japanese: 室町幕府征夷大将軍足利義持の命により、ヒョウタンの果実でナマズを押さえるという禅の公案を描いたもので、1415年（応永22年）以前の作。
English: In the upper part of the painting, there are inscriptions in the form of a commentary by Taigaku-Shusu and poems by 30 Zen priests, including Gyokuen Bonbo.
Japanese: 画面上半には、大岳周崇の序と玉畹梵芳など30人の禅僧による画賛がある。
English: According to the commentary by Taigaku-Shusu on the top of the painting, it is understood that 'Daishoko' ordered Josetsu to draw this painting on 'the screen located within arm's reach' by adopting the 'new style' of painting.
Japanese: 画の上部にある大岳周崇の序によると、この作品は「大相公」が僧如拙に命じて、「座右之屏」に「新様」をもって描かせたものであることがわかる。
English: Although there are several meanings for the 'new style' of painting, it is commonly regarded as the 'new style of the painting introduced from China (Southern Sung Dynasty).'
Japanese: 「新様」の意味については諸説あるが、「中国（南宋）伝来の新しい画法」という意味に解釈するのが一般的である。
English: The existing painting is mounted on a hanging scroll with the inscriptions in the upper part of the painting and the picture in the lower part; however, it was originally drawn on 'the screen located within arm's reach' owned by Yoshimochi, with the picture and the inscriptions on each side.
Japanese: 現状では掛軸装で、上半分に序と賛、下半分に絵があるが、元は義持の「座右之屏」（ついたて）の表裏に絵と賛がそれぞれ表されていたものである。
English: The painting depicts a catfish ('鮎' in the title refers to catfish) swimming in the flow of water and a man trying to catch it with a gourd.
Japanese: 図は水流の中を泳ぐナマズ（題名の「鮎」はナマズの意）と、ヒョウタンを持ってそれを捕らえようとする一人の男を表す。
English: The man does not appear to be holding the gourd tightly but instead does so in an awkward manner.
Japanese: 男はヒョウタンをしっかり抱え持っているようには見えず、危なっかしい手つきである。
English: The drawing method, in which the main motifs are gathered together in the lower-left corner of the painting and void space on the right side, is called 'Zanzanjosui' and 'Henkaku no Kei,' which were the specialty of Baen (Ma Yuan), a Chinese painter from the Southern Sung Dynasty.
Japanese: 主たるモチーフを画面の左下に集め、画面右方を広い空間とする構図法は「残山剰水」「辺角の景」と呼ばれるもので、南宋の画家馬遠が得意としたものである。
English: One can also clearly see the influence of 'Genhitsu-tai (art of simple painting to draw with fewer brush strokes)' by Ryokai (Liang Kai), who was also from the Southern Sung Dynasty, on the people depicted in the painting.
Japanese: また、人物の描法には同じ南宋の梁楷の「減筆体」の影響がうかがわれる。
English: As described above, this work was strongly influenced by Nanso-Intaiga (the Southern Sung Imperial Academy style of painting) and is a valuable piece in the history of Japanese painting as a relic definitely drawn by Josetsu, who was the leading painter specializing in the early stage of ink-and-wash paintings in Japan.
Japanese: このように本作品は、南宋院体画の影響を強く受けたものであり、日本の初期水墨画を代表する人物である如拙の筆であることが確実な遺品として、日本絵画史上貴重な遺品である。
English: The painting is believed to have been painted in or around 1413 based on the time period in which those priests were working on the inscriptions, but the year 1415 could be the latest because Taihaku SHINGEN, one of the priests, died that year.
Japanese: 制作年代については、賛者の活動年代から、応永20年（1413年）前後と考えられており、賛者の一人である太白真玄が応永22年（1415年）に没していることから、この年が制作年代の下限となる。
English: Name of Designated National Treasure: Shihon Bokuga Tansai Hyonenzu, by Josetsu, a scroll, with commentary by Zengu-Shusu, and poems by 30 priests, including Gyokuen Bonbo.
Japanese: 国宝指定名称紙本墨画淡彩瓢鮎図如拙筆一幅全愚周崇の序、玉畹梵芳等三十僧の賛がある
English: Kyo ningyo is a general term for luxurious Japanese dolls, which have been traditionally made around the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 京人形（きょうにんぎょう）とは、京都府京都市周辺で伝統的に制作されてきた高級日本人形の総称である。
English: Kyo ningyo, which were cherished as a favorite toy by daughters of nobles in the Heian period, have been made by craftsmen in Kyoto and were appreciated as gifts from Kyoto back in the Edo period.
Japanese: 平安時代の貴族の姫君の遊び道具として愛玩された人形の制作は京の職人が担っており、江戸時代には京の土産品としても珍重された。
English: Due to its delicate characteristics, the production process is divided into several phases, with each phase employing smaller tasks.
Japanese: その精巧さから制作工程は細分化されており、各工程が分業化されている。
English: Imo-yokan is a Japanese sweet having sweet potatoes as a main ingredient that is kneaded and molded.
Japanese: 芋羊羹（いもようかん）は、サツマイモを主原料として練り上げ成型した和菓子である。
English: That is, a sweet potato is steamed and then is kneaded and mixed with sugar while being hot, and subsequently it is pushed into a box and then cooled to harden.
Japanese: すなわち、サツマイモを蒸して熱いうちに砂糖を練り混ぜ、四角形の型に押し詰め、冷やし固める。
English: Sometimes a sweet potato is boiled instead of being steamed, or a little salt or agar may be added other than sugar.
Japanese: サツマイモを蒸す代わりに茹でたり、砂糖の他に少量の塩や寒天などを添加することもある。
English: During the period from 1897 to 1902, Wasuke KOBAYASHI was a potato wholesaler in Asakusa Kotobuki-cho (present-day Kotobuki, Taito Ward, Tokyo).
Japanese: 明治30年代前半、小林和助は浅草寿町（現在の東京都台東区寿(台東区)）で芋問屋を営んでいた。
English: To make good use of the waste potatoes that were difficult to dispose, he tried to make yokan (azuki-bean jelly) with different taste from bean jelly made with agar and sugar.
Japanese: 処理に困っていたくず芋を有効利用するため、練り羊羹と一味異なった羊羹を造ろうとした。
English: He approached to Sadakichi, the second generation of Japanese sweet shop 'Funasada' in Asakusa, and then 'imo-yokan' was completed by joint development.
Japanese: 浅草の和菓子店「舟定」（創業）の二代目・定吉に持ちかけ、共同開発により「芋ようかん」を完成させた。
English: Wasuke founded 'Funawa' in Asakusa 1-chome, the name of which was made by taking one character from each of 'Funasada' and 'Wasuke.'
Japanese: 和助は「舟定」と自分の名「和助」から一文字ずつをとり、浅草一丁目に「舟和」を創業した。
English: In addition, Sadakichi and Wasuke used a character of 'Fune' because two came from Funabashi-cho (the current Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture).
Japanese: なお、定吉と和助が「舟」の字を用いたのは、二人が共に船橋町（現在の千葉県船橋市）出身であったことに由来する。
English: Then, Sadakichi moved to Ashikaga-cho (present-day Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture) with his family, and thus 'Funasada' moved to Ashikaga.
Japanese: その後定吉は家族と共に足利町（現在の栃木県足利市）に移り住み、「舟定」は足利に移転した。
English: Nowadays, imo-yokan has spread all over Japan, and is familiar as a special product of sweet potato production areas such as Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.
Japanese: 現在では芋羊羹は日本全国に広まっており、埼玉県川越市などのサツマイモ産地の名産品としても親しまれている。
English: In Komagaku, there are three types of modes--Koma Ichikotsucho (E), Koma Hyojo (F#), and Koma Shocho (A)--and the notes of Koma Hyojo used in Komagaku are two tones higher than the ones used in Michigaku (Gagaku music performed in marches).
Japanese: 高麗楽には高麗一越調、高麗平調、高麗小調の三種類が使われ、高麗平調など高麗楽で使われる調は道楽に使われるものより2度高い。
English: Kyoto City Half-Marathon is an event that takes place annually on the second Sunday in March, in the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 京都シティハーフマラソン（きょうとシティハーフマラソン）は、京都府京都市で毎年3月の第2日曜日に行われるハーフマラソン大会。
English: Due to financial difficulties, Kyoto City decided to discontinue the tradition after the 16th event on March 8, 2009.
Japanese: 京都市の財政難から2009年3月8日の第16回大会を最後に中止の方針を固めている。
English: The route starts in front of Heian-jingu Shrine; proceeds along Oike-dori Street, Karasuma-dori Street, Imadegawa-dori Street, Kamo-kaido Road, and Kitayama-dori Street; goes north along Kawabata-dori Street into a turnaround point in front of the Kyoto International Conference Center; goes south along Shirakawa-dori Street; and follows Marutamachi-dori Street back to the front of Heian-jingu Shrine.
Japanese: 平安神宮前から御池通、烏丸通、今出川通、加茂街道、北山通、川端通を通り北上、国立京都国際会館前で折り返して白川通を南下、丸太町通を通り平安神宮前まで戻るルート。
English: On the contrary, the finish line for the wheelchair marathon is located at a point 5 km from the start, in front of Kyoto Gyoen Inui-gomon gate.
Japanese: 但し、車いす競技はスタートから5kmの地点（京都御苑乾御門前）がゴール。
English: Participants must be at least 18 years old (excluding students in high school and below) on the day of the race, and must be able to complete this half-marathon (21.0975 km) within two hours (excluding those in the wheelchair marathon race).
Japanese: 大会当日18歳以上（高校生以下は除く）で、ハーフマラソン(21.0975km)を2時間以内で完走可能な者（車いす競技除く）。
English: Shinkei Sanjurokkaisen is a series of monster pictures by ukiyo-e artist Yoshitoshi TSUKIOKA from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period.
Japanese: 『新形三十六怪撰』（しんけいさんじゅうろっかいせん）は、幕末から明治前期にかけての浮世絵師・月岡芳年による妖怪画の連作。
English: Publication began in 1889, and concluded in 1892 after the death of Yoshitoshi.
Japanese: 刊行開始は明治22年（1889年）、完結は明治25年（1892年）の芳年の没後であった。
English: Several pictures in the latter half of the work were completed by Yoshitoshi's disciples based on his drafts.
Japanese: 後半の作品のうちの数点は芳年の版下絵をもとにし、彼の門人たちが完成させた。
English: The title 'Shinkei' is said to be derived from the word 'shinkei' (meaning "nerve") or from drawing traditional monsters of olden times from a new aspect ('shinkei' meaning "new form").
Japanese: 題名の「新形（しんけい）」は「神経（しんけい）」に掛けたものとも、古来からの伝承にある妖怪を新たな感覚で描いたことが由来ともいわれる。
English: They did not suffer from deterioration, but were designed in this way from the beginning.
Japanese: これは絵が劣化しているのではなく最初からこのようにデザインされたものである。
English: It is said that Yoshitoshi suffered from nervous breakdown in his later years and that the monsters were his hallucinations.
Japanese: 後年の芳年が神経に異常を来たしていたための幻覚を描写したものとの説がある。
English: They are in fact monster pictures, but there are many that depict human beings seeing the monsters as a theme.
Japanese: 妖怪画ではあるが、主題のはずの妖怪よりむしろ、それらを見る人間たちの姿を中心的に描いたものが多い。
English: Among them, there are those in which only a human being seeing a monster or apparition was drawn, such as 'The picture of Tadatsune NITA seeing oddness in the cave' and 'Narihira.'
Japanese: 中には「仁田忠常洞中に奇異を見る図」「業平」のように妖怪・怪異を見る人間のみを描いたものもある。
English: In addition, a ghost is drawn like a stain in a fusuma (Japanese sliding door) in 'The picture of the ghost of Seigen missing Princess Sakura.'
Japanese: また、「清玄の霊桜姫を慕ふの図」で怨霊の姿を襖の染みのように描いた。
English: An apparition of the skeleton which TAIRA no Kiyomori is said to have met in "Heike Monogatari" (The tale of the Heike) was drawn so as to make the fusuma and the moon overlap to look like a skeleton in 'The picture of Kiyomori seeing several hundreds of heads in Fukuhara.'
Japanese: 『平家物語』で平清盛が遭遇したという髑髏の化物を、「清盛福原に数百の人頭を見るの図」において襖の取っ手と月が重なって髑髏に見えるよう描いた。
English: As above, monsters and apparitions are drawn like illusionism, which is interpreted as human delusions.
Japanese: 妖怪や怪異をだまし絵のように描写することで、それらが人間の妄想であるかのように解釈する。
English: Chikkin is a koto (a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument) with three strings, which was invented by Chikkin (Yosaburo) TAMURA from Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, in August, 1886.
Japanese: 竹琴（ちっきん）は、1886年（明治19年）8月、静岡県沼津市の田村竹琴（与三郎）によって発明された三弦琴である。
English: The sound box of Chikkin was constructed from a thick bamboo stick in the length similar to Yagumo-goto (two-stringed zither), which was cut in half lengthwise, with the opening of the U-shaped form covered with paulownia board and strung over with three strings.
Japanese: 胴は八雲琴の長さの太いタケをたて半分に割り、U字舟形に開く上部にキリの板をふさぐように張り、その上に三弦を張る。
English: After setting Chikkin on a stand and tuning three strings in the same way as Shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese banjo), it is played by holding the strings down with suikan (a green pipe) fitted on the middle finger of the left hand and plucking the strings with a diagonally-cut pick called otoritsume fitted on the forefinger of the right hand, in a similar manner to Yagumo-goto.
Japanese: これを台の上に置き、三弦は三味線と同じように調律し、演奏法は八雲琴に似て左手中指に翠管をはめて弦を押さえ、右手人差し指に斜めに切った鳳爪という管をはめて弦を弾く。
English: Tamura mastered the technique of Shingaku (Qing-era Chinese music) and regarded the worldly music originated in Japan as low-grade music, so he invented Chikkin in order to change the bad habit.
Japanese: 田村は清楽（しんがく）を修め、日本在来の俗楽は淫靡であるとして、その弊を改めようと竹琴を発明した。
English: It is also said that he moved to Tokyo to receive a patent for his invention, and was honored with Command Performance for the Empress Dowager in December 1888 and the Empress in April 1889, which made Chikkin become popular for a while.
Japanese: さらに東京に出て発明特許を得て、1888年（明治21年）12月には皇太后の、1889年（明治22年）4月には皇后の御前演奏の栄誉を得て、一時流行したという。
English: The Kyoto Photographers' Society (KPS), an organization for professional photographers in Kyoto Prefecture, was founded in 1970.
Japanese: 京都写真家協会（きょうとしゃしんかきょうかい、略称KPS）は京都府のプロ写真家の組織で、1970年（昭和45年）に設立。
English: The Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival is a film and video festival held in Kyoto every fall.
Japanese: 京都国際学生映画祭（きょうとこくさいがくせいえいがさい）は毎年秋に行われる京都の映画祭。
English: In 1997, a screening of student films was held by students belonging to film clubs.
Japanese: 1997年、映画サークルに所属する学生により学生映画を特集する上映会が行われる。
English: Among them, people in the film industry (normally, three people each year), who are empaneled as the final jury, decide one grand prize winner and two runners-up.
Japanese: その中から最終審査員と呼ばれる映画関係者(例年3人)によってグランプリ1本、準グランプリ2本が決定する。
English: The members of the final jury, consisting of directors and many other people in the film industry, are selected anew each year.
Japanese: 最終審査員は毎年変わり、映画監督をはじめ多くの映画関係者の名が連なる。
English: Additionally, the festival holds the World Program featuring student films from around the globe, screenings of works made by professional film directors when they were students, etc.
Japanese: また、世界の学生映画を特集するワールドプログラム、プロの映画監督の学生時代作品の上映なども行っている。
English: Just as Takeshi KITANO was invited as a guest at the first festival and a symposium was organized, the final jury, competition winners and other people from the film industry are invited.
Japanese: 第1回にゲストとして北野武が来場しシンポジウムが開催されたように、最終審査員・コンペティション部門入賞者を含め多くの映画人が来場する。
English: An applicant for a staff position must contact the committee and attend meetings.
Japanese: スタッフになるには実行委員会に連絡を取り、会議に行くことが必要となる。
English: At the Kyoto Intercollegiate Festa, which is also sponsored by the Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, new films are screened at Kyoto Kaikan Hall.
Japanese: 同じく大学コンソーシアム京都主催の京都学生祭典では、京都会館にて新作映画の上映を行なっている。
English: The Ko school of tea ceremony of the Ogasawara family is a tea ceremony school descended in the Kokura Domain, Buzen Province (Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture).
Japanese: 小笠原家茶道古流（おがさわらけさどうこりゅう）は、豊前国小倉藩（福岡県北九州市）で伝えられた茶道の流派。
English: The Furuichi clan was a group of powerful kokujin (local lords) in Yamato Province, and both Ine FURUICHI, who was the founder, and Choin FURUICHI, who was the second generation head of the school (and a younger brother of Ine) were disciples of Juko MURATA.
Japanese: 古市氏は大和国の有力国人の一族で、流祖古市胤栄と二代古市澄胤（胤栄の弟）はともに村田珠光の弟子である。
English: Especially, Choin, who was dubbed the 'first disciple,' was bestowed instructions on the Way of Tea called 'Kokoro no Fumi' (Heart's Note).
Japanese: とくに「一の弟子」といわれた澄胤は、珠光から「心の文」とよばれる茶道教訓を授けられた。
English: In the early Edo period, Tadazane OGASAWARA, who was the lord of the Kokura Domain, hired Ryowa FURUICHI, who was a descendant of Choin, as a sado (person in charge of the tea ceremony), and the school came to be called Ko school of the Ogasawara family (since the Chinese character for "Furu" [古] in "Furuichi" is also pronounced "Ko" in Japanese).
Japanese: 江戸初期、小倉藩主小笠原忠真が澄胤の後裔である古市了和を茶堂として召抱えたことにより、小笠原家古流と称する。
English: The Furuichi family succeeded the position of the sado for the lord of Ogasawara for generations thereafter until the end of the Edo period, with the culmination of the school occurring around the time of Munemichi FURUICHI in the late Edo period.
Japanese: 以後、古市家代々は小笠原候茶堂として幕末まで仕えており、江戸後期の古市宗理の頃にはとくに流儀の隆盛が見られた。
English: But in 1973, Tadamune OGASAWARA, who was the 32nd head of the main Ogasawara family, which is the family of lord of Kokura Domain, assumed the position of the president of the Ko school to promote development of the school.
Japanese: だが、昭和48年に小倉藩主家である小笠原総領家第32代当主小笠原忠統を古流総裁に迎え、流儀の発展をはかった。
English: Shinshi is a tool for use in Arai-hari of Wafuku (Japanese traditional clothing) (a Kimono cleaning technique of laying or stretching out a starched Kimono to dry) or dyeing fabrics by sticking each of its ends into a longer edge of the fabric, respectively, so as to stretch out the fabric in the shape of a bow (a type of weapon) and support it while keeping its width without shrinkage.
Japanese: 伸子（籡、しんし）は、和服の洗い張り（洗濯）や反物を染色する際に、用布の両長辺にその両端を刺して弓(武器)形に張りわたし、布を縮ませず、幅を保たせるように支えるための道具。
English: Both ends of the bamboo are sharpened (while leaving its skin) into the shape of a two-pronged fork with sharp, corniculate points.
Japanese: 竹串の両端の皮の部分を残して削り、小角状の胯（また）を付けて尖らせる。
English: Kanazume: Finely split, shaved bamboo with a needle made of iron, brass, zinc or the like sticking out from each end
Japanese: 金爪：竹ひごの両端に、鉄や真鍮、亜鉛などで作られた針を植え込むんだもの。
English: The slipperiness of the needle is improved by oil-hardening the first two or three centimeters (approximately) of the top of the needle at its periphery before use.
Japanese: 使用前に、両端から2から3cmほど、針の周囲を油焼しておくと針のすべりがよくなる。
English: The Kanazume is more frequently used than the Tomozume, and particularly the type with a brass needle is considered to be superior due to its rust resistance.
Japanese: 金爪のもののほうが多く用いられており、中でも真鍮製のものが錆びがつかなくてよいとされる。
English: The Tomozume and Kamazume each come in two sizes, one being approximately 39 cm long for fabric with a standard width and the other being approximately 80 cm long for fabric with a double width.
Japanese: 大きさは、曲尺1尺3寸くらいの並幅用と、曲尺2尺6寸くらいの大幅用がある。
English: Although there is a wide variety of them according to application, one for use with cotton and one for use with silk satisfy the demand in private households and one for Tsumugi (plain cotton or silk fabric woven with a durable twisted yarn) is used with both fabrics.
Japanese: 用途別にさまざまな種類があるが、一般家庭用としては、木綿張と絹張とで用が足り、この両用を兼ねたものに紬張がある。
English: Itabari is one of the Arai-hari (washing and stretching out) techniques used to stretch out a piece of washed, starched fabric on a board so as to flatten out any creases and give the finished fabric a shiny appearance.
Japanese: 板張り（いたばり）は、洗い張りのうち、布を洗濯し、糊づけして板に張り、しわをのばし、光沢を出し、仕上げをすることである。
English: This job used to be done in most individual households, but since the end of World War II growing numbers of professionals have been hired to do it.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦前までは家庭で行なわれることが多かったが、のちに専門業者に依頼することがふえた。
English: A long time ago, a piece of fabric was immersed in wheat-bran water (made by boiling wheat), starch made from steamed rice or the like and then stretched out on a veranda (a narrow, wooden passageway along the edge of a house facing the garden), the Amado (a wooden shutter constructed at the various openings of a building to protect the interior), a case for Amado or the like in order to apply the finishing touches.
Japanese: 古くはふすま汁（小麦煮汁）、または飯糊などに布を浸し、戸袋、縁側、雨戸などに貼り付け、仕上げをした。
English: At the end of the Edo period, Mosuke SHIMABARA in Kyoto invented 'Hariita' (a board for adhering the starched, stretched cloth) to be used by professionals at the riverside of the Kamo-gawa River at that time.
Japanese: のち、江戸時代末期に、京都の島原茂助が「張板」を作り、当時は鴨川辺で職業用として用いた。
English: Improved Hariitas are made of Aesculus turbinata, Magnolia hypoleuca or Japanese Judas tree and are normally about 2-2.5m long for professional use or about 2-2.2m long for home use.
Japanese: 張り板は改良され、材料は、トチ、ホオノキ、またはカツラで、職業用は長さ2～2.5m、家庭用は2～2.2mくらいが標準。