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English: According to "Okagami" (The Great Mirror), he made a daily habit of nenju (reciting a prayer of the Amitabuddah) of 'I worship Hachiman Great Bodhisavva, I worship Kipusan Kongozao, I worship Great Wisdom Sutra,' one hundred times a day.
Japanese: 「大鏡」によれば、「南無八幡大菩薩　南無金峯山金剛蔵王　南無大般若波羅蜜多心経」という念誦を毎日百回ちょうど行う事を日課にしていたという。
English: On November 10, 978, Masanobu, who had been the udaijin, was promoted to the sadaijin and, at the same time, FUJIWARA no Saneyori, who had been the kanpaku (a chancellor to an adult emperor) and the sadaijin concurrently, became the dajodaijin and FUJIWARA no Kaneie who had been accorded by his real elder brother FUJIWARA no Kanemichi considerate treatment, became the udaijin.
Japanese: 天元元年10月2日、右大臣であった雅信は左大臣に昇進し、同時に左大臣を兼ねる関白藤原実頼は太政大臣、実の兄である前関白藤原兼通に礼遇されていた藤原兼家が右大臣となった。
English: In order to restrain the power of the Fujiwara clan, the Emperor Enyu intended to make Masanobu work as the ichi no kami (top court noble).
Japanese: 円融天皇は藤原氏の権力を牽制するために、雅信に一上としての職務を行わせようとした。
English: This was in line with the policy of Emperor Enyu who wanted to turn shinsei (direct administration by the emperor) into reality by restraining Yoritada and Kaneie.
Japanese: これは、頼忠・兼家を牽制しつつ自らの親政の実を挙げようとした円融天皇の政策上にあったと考えられる。
English: On February 11, 982, the Emperor Enyu carried out jimoku (to appoint ranks and positions) and joi (conferment of a Court rank) and, on that occasion, he only made FUJIWARA no Nobutaka, a kurodo (the emperor's secretary), report to Yoritada the decision but Yoritada was not allowed to join the decision making and, therefore, Yoritada did not join the jimoku and joi to protest; but, the Emperor ordered to carry out the jimoku and joi as the top court noble ignoring Yoritada's protest ("Shoyuki" (the diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke)).
Japanese: 天元5年1月10日に円融天皇は除目と叙位を行ったが、その際に関白の頼忠には決定のみを蔵人藤原宣孝に報告させたのみで実際の決定に参加させなかったために頼忠は抗議して欠席したが、天皇はこれに対して雅信に上卿としてその実施を命じて頼忠の抗議を無視している（『小右記』）。
English: This tendency continued even after the enthronement of the Emperor Kazan, for whom Masanobu worked as Togu no fu (an official in charge of education in the Crown Prince's Palace) and, with respect to the jimoku and bettosadame for the start of the era of the Emperor Kazan in 984, the new emperor consulted with only the Cloistered Emperor Enyu and without consulting Yoritada, made Masanobu execute it as they were.
Japanese: この傾向は雅信が東宮傅を務めた花山天皇の即位後も続き、永観2年（984年）の花山天皇代初めの除目及び別当定は、新天皇が円融上皇に相談の後に頼忠には相談せずにそのまま雅信に実施させている。
English: As a result, Yoritada came to hate taking part in affairs of state and, therefore, the dajokan (great council of the state) in the era of the Emperor Kazan was led by FUJIWARA no Yoshichika, Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state) who was a maternal relative and MINAMOTO no Masanobu, who was the sadaijin, carried out kanso (to make a comment to the Emperor at the morning meeting) and executed senji (message of the Emperor) and kanpu (official documents from Dajokan, or Great Council of State).
Japanese: この結果、頼忠は政務への参加を厭うようになり、その結果、花山天皇時代の太政官は外戚である権中納言藤原義懐が主導し、左大臣源雅信が一上として官奏（官奏候侍者）を行い、あるいは宣旨・官符を実施するようになった。
English: Since 985, Masanobu complained about the condition of his physique because of his advanced age, he faithfully administered the affairs of state and worked hard to manage public affairs and made hardly any errors.
Japanese: 雅信は寛和元年（985年）以後、雅信は高齢による足腰の不調を訴えるようになるが、それでもなお忠実に政務を執行し、公事の運営に精励して失誤は少なかった。
English: The system in which Masanobu managed the dajokan as the ichi no kami was continued even after the Emperor Ichijo ascended the throne and FUJIWARA no Kaneie took office of the sessho.
Japanese: 更に雅信が一上として太政官を運営する体制は一条天皇が即位し、藤原兼家が摂政に就任した後も更に継続された。
English: The case of the imperial visit of the Emperor Ichijo to Kasuga-taisha Shrine (guardian god of the Fujiwara clan) planned for March 989 was symbolic to such situations where a senji to postpone the imperial visit was issued based on the order by the Cloistered Emperor Enyu, who received a kanmon (report) from Onmyo no kami (the head of Onmyoryo, or Bureau of Divination), KAMO no Mitsuyoshi.
Japanese: その象徴が永祚(日本)元年（989年）3月に予定されていた一条天皇の春日大社（藤原氏の氏社）行幸が、陰陽頭賀茂光栄の勘文を受けた円融法皇の命令で延期の宣旨が出された。
English: On this occasion, while all court nobles and benkans (officials of the dajokan) from the Fujiwara clan felt offended and evaded this order, Masanobu managed the senji as the jokyo (top court noble) and his fourth son Sukeyoshi was used.
Japanese: その際、兼家以下藤原氏出身の公卿・弁官がこれに反発して悉く命令を忌避する中、雅信を上卿として奉行し、彼の4男の右少弁扶義が発給されている。
English: For Kaneie, existence of Masanobu was apparently an obstacle to gaining absolute power, but different from Michizane SUGAWARA in the Shotai Incident, MINAMOTO no Takaaki in the Anna Incident and return of MINAMOTO no Kaneaki to a member of the Imperial Family, no pretext to eliminate Masanobu could be found (As Michizane and Takaaki had matrimonial relation with influential members of the Imperial Family and Kaneaki was originally an imperial prince, a pretext for eliminating them could be found easily, but in Masanobu's case, neither of them existed).
Japanese: 兼家が摂政として全権を振るうには雅信の存在は明らかに障害ではあったが、昌泰の変の菅原道真や安和の変の源高明、源兼明の皇族復帰の時と違って、これを排除するだけの名目を見つけることが出来なかった（道真や高明は有力皇族との婚姻があり、兼明は元々親王身分であったために排除の理由は簡単に見つけられたが、雅信の場合にはそのいずれでもなかった）。
English: Reportedly, the reason why Kaneie resigned as udaisho and became sessho without the title of any daijin was that he intended to hold a superior political position by being released from the position of the gijokan that was lower than the sadaijin held by Masanobu.
Japanese: 兼家が右大臣の職を辞して大臣の地位を帯びない摂政となった背景には、左大臣雅信よりも下位の議政官の地位から開放されることで政治的優位を確保しようとしたからであるとされている。
English: Masanobu's wish was to make use of this relationship to make his daughter, MINAMOTO no Rinshi, of whom Masanobu was very proud of, an empress.
Japanese: 雅信の願いは、この関係を利用して自慢の娘の源倫子を天皇の后にする事であった。
English: In the beginning, Masanobu considered that such a marriage was out of the question because, although Michinaga was the son of the sessho, who was politically in an opposing position, it was difficult to expect a remarkable promotion because of his elder brothers, FUJIWARA no Michitaka, FUJIARA no Michikane, etc. and Michinaga who was younger than Rinshi by two years.
Japanese: 初め雅信は自分とは政治的対立関係にある摂政の息子とは言え兄である藤原道隆や藤原道兼らがいる以上出世は望み薄で、しかも倫子よりも2歳も年下である道長では全く相手にならないと考えていた。
English: When Masanobu consulted the matter with his legal wife, FUJIWARA no Bokushi (a daughter of FUJIWARA no Asatada, one of the thirty-six poetic sages; her grandfather was FUJIARA no Sadataka, udaijin), who was the real mother of Rinshi, however, she vigorously opposed her husband's opinion.
Japanese: だが、その事を倫子の生母でもある正室藤原穆子（三十六歌仙・藤原朝忠の娘で祖父は右大臣藤原定方）に相談したところ、彼女は夫の意見に猛反対した。
English: At that time, the Emperor Ichijo was younger than Michinaga by 14 years and, although the Crown Prince (later, the Emperor Sanjo) was elder than him by two years, he was still a small boy.
Japanese: 当時の一条天皇は道長よりも更に14歳も年下、それより2歳年上だとは言え皇太子（三条天皇）もまだ子供である。
English: Bokushi insisted that promotion of Michinaga had a better chance than Rinshi's entering in the royal family and giving birth to a child as Masanobu desired and made Rinshi marry Michinaga.
Japanese: 雅信が望むように倫子が宮中に入って子供を生むよりも、（実力者の息子である）道長の出世の方がまだ可能性があると主張して、強引に倫子を道長に嫁がせてしまった。
English: In 993, Masanobu died being mourned by many persons and without having a firm belief that his wife's judgment was really correct ("Gonki" (the diary of FUJIWARA no Yukinari)), he was buried in Ninna-ji Temple that had a close connection to Emperor Uda (who was his grandfather) and Imperial Prince Atsuzane.
Japanese: 雅信は妻の主張が本当に正しいのか確信が持ち得ないままに993年、多くの人に惜しまれながら死去（『権記』）し、祖父の宇多天皇や父の敦実親王ゆかりの仁和寺に葬られた。
English: Two years after that, Michinaga became the nairan (position similar to sessho and kanpaku) and proved to the public that Masanobu's wife's judgment was correct.
Japanese: その2年後道長は内覧藤氏長者となって、妻の判断が正しかった事を世の人々は知る事になった。
English: Rinshi, who became the legal wife of Michinaga, gave birth to FUJIWARA no Yorimichi, FUJIWARA no Norimichi, FUJIWARA no Shoshi, who was the second consort of the Emperor Ichijo, FUJIWARA no Kenshi, who was the second consort of the Emperor Sanjo, FUJIWARA no Ishi, who was the second consort of the Emperor Goichijo and FUJIWARA no Kishi, who was the consort of the Emperor Gosuzaku.
Japanese: 道長の正妻となった倫子は藤原頼通、藤原教通、一条天皇中宮藤原彰子、三条天皇中宮藤原妍子、後一条天皇中宮藤原威子、後朱雀天皇東宮妃藤原嬉子などの生母となった。
English: In 1017, Masanobu's legal wife, Bokushi closed her life of 86 years with various dignities such as the mother-in-law of Michinaga, dajodaijin, a grandmother of Yorimichi, sessho, and three empress consorts and a great-grandmother of the Emperor Goichijo.
Japanese: そして、1017年雅信正室の穆子は太政大臣道長の姑・摂政頼通及び3代の天皇の后妃の祖母・後一条天皇の曾祖母という多くの名誉を得て86歳の人生の幕を閉じたのである。
English: Offsprings of Masanobu left names as court nobles being divided into various families, namely the Niwata family, the Ayanokoji family, the Itsutsuji family, the Ohara family and the Jikoji family and, at the same time, offsprings of the fourth son, MINAMOTO no Sukenori, who was sangi and Omi no Kami (Governor of Omi Province) concurrently, put down roots in Omi Province and developed into the Sasaki clan as warriors, and they were deeply involved in Japan's history thereafter.
Japanese: 雅信の子孫は後世庭田家・綾小路家・五辻家・大原家・慈光寺家の諸家に分かれて公家として名を残す一方、参議兼近江守だった四男源扶義の子孫が近江に定着して、武士の佐々木氏へと展開し、その後の歴史に深く関るようになるのである。
English: FUJIWARA no Yoshino (786 - September 10, 846) was a court noble who lived in the early Heian period,
Japanese: 藤原吉野（ふじわらのよしの、延暦5年（786年）-承和_(日本)13年8月12日(旧暦)（846年9月10日））は平安時代初期の貴族。
English: He had close relations with the Emperor Junna, who had a mother from Fujiwara Shikike and was the same age as Yoshino (Some say that he was a foster brother to the Emperor Junna.), and devoted his life to the Emperor.
Japanese: 式家出身の母を持つ淳和天皇とは同年齢で親しく（天皇の乳兄弟とする説もある）、その生涯を天皇の為に捧げる事になる。
English: After enthronement of the Emperor Junna, he was called back to the capital and worked actively as a close aide to the Emperor Junna and, in 825, he was appointed to the kurodo no to (chief official of the emperor's secretaries) and helped the Emperor Junna in executing his policies.
Japanese: 淳和天皇の即位後は都に呼び戻されて側近として活躍し、天長3年（825年）に蔵人頭となって天皇の政策を助けた。
English: After only two years, he was selected to a sangi (royal advisor), and, four years thereafter, he worked as chunagon (middle counselor), ukonoe taisho (major captain of the Right Division of the Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guard) and togu no daibu (a master of the Crown Prince's palace), concurrently.
Japanese: わずか2年後には参議に抜擢され、その4年後には中納言・右近衛大将・春宮大夫を兼任するに至る。
English: When the Emperor Junna abdicated the throne in favor of the Emperor Ninmyo, Yoshino was promoted to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) chunagon, but he devotedly followed the Retired Emperor Junna.
Japanese: 天皇が仁明天皇に皇位を譲ると、正三位中納言になるが、専ら淳和上皇の傍につき従った。
English: Reportedly, when the Retired Emperor Junna fell into critical condition in 840 and expressed his dying wish out of consideration for feeling of his elder brother, the Emperor Saga and the Emperor Ninmyo 'Please scatter my ashes to show that I leave no ambition in this world,' Yoshino desperately tried to stop him but, after the Retired Emperor died before long, he tearfully executed the instruction.
Japanese: 承和7年（840年）に淳和上皇が危篤となり、兄の嵯峨天皇や仁明天皇に遠慮して「自分の遺骨を散骨して、この世に野心を残していないことを示して欲しい」と遺言すると、吉野は必死に押し留めようとしたが、間もなく上皇が崩御すると、吉野は泣く泣くその指示を実行したという。
English: At this point of time, he considered to retire from active stage of politics and serve the Crown Prince Tsunesada, who was the son of the Retired Emperor, but, being persuaded by the Emperor Ninmyo, he stayed in the position of the chunagon.
Japanese: この時点で、政治の第一線から退き、上皇の息子である皇太子恒貞親王の為に尽くすことを考えるが、仁明天皇の慰留を受けて中納言の地位に留まっている。
English: In July 842, however, the Imperial Prince Tsunesada and Yoshino were suddenly suspected of treason.
Japanese: だが、承和9年（842年）7月、突如恒貞親王や吉野らは謀反の疑いをかけられてしまう。
English: The Imperial Prince Tsunesada was disinherited and Yoshino was demoted to the dazai no gon no sochi (acting governor-general of Government Headquarters in Kyushu) ('Jowa Incident').
Japanese: 親王は廃太子とされ、吉野は大宰権帥に左遷させられてしまう（「承和の変」）。
English: He excelled in scholarship and was generous and trusted by a large number of persons.
Japanese: 学問に優れて寛大で、淳和天皇だけでなく多くの人達から信頼されたという。
English: 827, Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade); assumed Ise no kami (the governor of Ise Province), Kogogu daibu (Master of the Empress's Household) and Uhyoe no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards), concurrently
Japanese: 天長4年（827年）-従四位下、伊勢守・皇后宮大夫・右兵衛督を相次いで兼任
English: 833, Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank); on the occasion of the Emperor Junna's abdication, resigned as the togu no daibu and ukonoe taisho
Japanese: 天長10年（833年）-正三位、淳和天皇退位とともに春宮大夫・右近衛大将辞任
English: FUJIWARA no Yoshinobu (995 - March 24, 1065) was a court noble and court official who lived in the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原能信（ふじわらのよしのぶ、長徳元年（995年）-康平8年2月9日(旧暦)（1065年3月18日））は平安時代の公卿・廷臣。
English: It seems that Yoshinobu was as strong-willed as his father, Michinaga and, when he was 15 years old, he caused a fight with FUJIWARA no Korenari (the second son of late FUJIWARA no Yoshichika) who happened to be sitting with Yoshinobu in a ceremony celebrating the birth of the Emperor Gosuzaku (later, the Emperor Gosuzaku) and Korenari, who was one-sidedly injured by followers of Yoshinobu who sided with Yoshinobu got angry and became a priest.
Japanese: 父・道長に似て勝気な性格だったらしく、15歳の時に後朱雀天皇（後の後朱雀天皇）誕生を祝う儀式中に同席した藤原伊成（故藤原義懐の次男）と喧嘩をした挙句、加勢した能信の従者によって一方的に負傷した伊成が憤慨して出家するという事件を起こしている。
English: Later, however, his strong-willed attitude gradually changed to a sense of rivalry between his elder brother FUJIWARA no Yorimichi who had a different mother.
Japanese: だが、その勝気な態度は次第に異母兄藤原頼通への対抗意識に変化していった。
English: They were MINAMOTO no Rinshi (a daughter of MINAMOTO no Masanobu who was the sadaijin) who gave birth to Yorimichi and FUJIWARA no Norimichi and Yoshinobu's mother, MINAMOTO no Akirako.
Japanese: 頼通・藤原教通を生んだ源倫子（左大臣源雅信の娘）と能信の母・源明子である。
English: While Rinshi was Michinaga's first wife and, at the same time, the daughter of the serving daijin at that time and helped to promote Michinaga, the father of Akirako had been sadaijin like as Masanobu, but had already died and had been exiled due to the Anna Incident.
Japanese: だが、倫子は道長の最初の妻であると同時に当時の現職大臣の娘であり、道長の出世への助けになったのに対し、明子の父は同じ左大臣でも既に故人でしかも安和の変で流罪になった人物であった。
English: Therefore, while children from Rinshi were treated as legitimate children, promotion of children from Akirako were limited to lower positions.
Japanese: そのため、倫子所生の子供達は嫡子扱いを受けて出世を遂げたのに対して、明子所生の子供達はそれより下の出世に限定させられていた。
English: While brothers of Yoshinobu strived for promotion by acting in concert with Yorimichi, Yoshinobu refused and quarreled with Yorimichi openly, sometimes making his father angry.
Japanese: 能信の他の兄弟は頼通と協調して自己の出世を図ろうとしたのに対して、能信はそれを拒絶して公然と頼通と口論して父の怒りを買うことすらあったという。
English: Therefore, his last promotion was to Shonii, Gon Dainagon (provisional major counselor) in 1021 and there was no promotion for Yoshinobu since then.
Japanese: このため、1021年（治安(元号)元年）の正二位権大納言昇進を最後に官位の昇進を見ることはなかった。
English: In 1032, he played a role of Kakanyaku (presenter of the crest at Genpuku ceremony) for Genpuku (a ceremony to celebrate somebody's coming of age) of FUJIWARA no Nobunaga, a son of Norimichi who was Yoshinobu's younger brother from another mother.
Japanese: 1032年（長元5年）、異母弟・教通の子藤原信長の元服に際して加冠役を務める。
English: In 1037, when the Imperial Princess Teishi (later, Yomeimonin) was selected as the socond consort (later, Empress) for the Emperor Gosuzaku, Yoshinobu was appointed to the chugu daibu (a master of the place of the second consort of the emperor) who was a close aide to the chugu.
Japanese: 1037年（長元10年）、後朱雀天皇の中宮（後に皇后）に禎子内親王（後の陽明門院）が決まると、その側近である中宮大夫に任じられる。
English: Notwithstanding that it had already been decided that Yorimichi's adopted daughter, Genshi, would enter the Imperial Court as a new consort of the Emperor, he dared to assume the top position of the party.
Japanese: 実は既に頼通の養女・嫄子が天皇の新しい后として宮中に入る事が確定しているにも関らず、あえてその対立陣営のトップに立ったのである。
English: Later, he assumed the position as guardian of the Imperial Prince Takahito (later, Emperor Gosanjo) born from the Imperial Princess Teishi.
Japanese: そして禎子内親王所生の後三条天皇（後の後三条天皇）の後見人を引き受けることになった。
English: Later, in 1045, when the Emperor Gosuzaku fell seriously ill, Yoshinobu pleaded with the Emperor Gosuzaku to will him as successor, and the Emperor Goreizei (elder brother from different mother of the Imperial Prince Takahito) decreed that the Imperial Prince Takahito be made the Crown Prince, so Yoshinobu was successful in his goal.
Japanese: やがて1045年（寛徳2年）に後朱雀天皇が重態に陥ると、能信は天皇に懇願して、後を継ぐ後冷泉天皇（親王の異母兄）に対して「尊仁親王を皇太子にするように」という遺言を得るのである。
English: However, a lot of people rumored as 'Each brother, Yorimichi and Norimichi, has made their own daughter a consort and, if a boy is born, the Crown Prince will be changed' and they looked at the Imperial Prince Takahito and his togu daibu, Yoshinobu coolly and no candidate for the position of consort to the Imperial Prince could be decided even after the Imperial Prince came of age.
Japanese: だが、世間では「後冷泉天皇には頼通・教通兄弟がそれぞれ自分の娘を后にしており、男子が生まれれば皇太子は変更されるだろう」と噂され、尊仁親王やその春宮大夫となった能信への眼は冷たいものがあり、親王が成人しても后の候補者が決まらなかった。
English: Yoshinobu narrowly prevented an abnormal situation of there being 'no Crown Princess' by making his own adopter daughter, FUJIWARA no Moshi, who was a daughter of FUJIWARA no Kinnari, an elder brother of his wife, Yosiko, the Crown Princess and absorbing accusations such as 'the official rank of the real father is too low' towards himself.
Japanese: やむを得ず自分の養女（妻祉子の兄である藤原公成の娘）である藤原茂子を后にして「実父の官位が低すぎる」という糾弾を能信が引き受けることで辛うじて「皇太子妃不在」という異常事態を阻止したのである。
English: Yoshinobu who had been a sole supporter of the Imperial Prince Takahito as the togu no daibu for 20 years after that ended his life without watching enthronement of the Imperial Prince Takahito.
Japanese: 以後、20年にわたり春宮大夫として尊仁親王の唯一の支持者であり続けた能信は親王の即位を見ることもなく、しかも右大臣藤原頼宗（能信の同母兄）の急死。
English: This was only six days after the possibility to become udaijin was opened, due to the death of the udaijin, FUJIWARA no Yorimune (Yoshinobu's elder brother from the same mother).
Japanese: 後任大臣への道が開かれたその僅か6日後に、その生涯を閉じてしまうのである。
English: Three years thereafter, however, when the Emperor Goreizei died without leaving any son, the Imperial Prince Takahito ascended the throne as Emperor Gosanjo and then Moshi's son, the Emperor Shirakawa ascended the throne.
Japanese: だが、その3年後に後冷泉天皇が男子を遺さずに死去すると、尊仁親王が後三条天皇として即位、続いて茂子の息子である白河天皇が即位した。
English: The Emperor Gosanjo selected an adopted son of Yoshinobu, FUJIWARA no Yoshinaga, who succeeded the togu no daibu after the death of adoptive father, to Naidaijin (minister).
Japanese: 後三条天皇は能信の養子で養父の死後に春宮大夫を継いだ藤原能長（実父は頼宗）を内大臣に抜擢した。
English: The Emperor Shirakawa conferred Yoshinobu the official position of Daijodaijin (Grand minister of state) and, reportedly, called him 'Daibu dono' without fail and never lost his respect to Yoshinobu.
Japanese: また白河天皇は能信に太政大臣の官を贈り、必ず「大夫殿」と呼んで生涯尊敬の念を忘れる事はなかったという。
English: However, it is a fact that the administration by Emperor Gosanjo and Emperor Shirakawa as well as the commencement of the cloister government after that which brought the regency government, continuously influenced Yoshinobu's life negatively, to its end.
Japanese: だが、後三条・白河天皇による政治とその後の院政の開始は、能信の人生に暗い影を落とし続けてきた摂関家による摂関政治を終焉に導いたのは確かである。
English: By the way, although a view held by a small minority it is said that the author of "Okagami" (The Great Mirror), that described the history of Michinaga and his family with a sharp point of view, was Yoshinobu.
Japanese: ちなみに、少数説であるが、道長とその一族の歴史を鋭い視点で描いた「大鏡」の作者を能信とする説もある。
English: Kunimatsu TOYOTOMI/Kunimatsu HASHIBA (1608 - June 19, 1615) was a son of Hideyori TOYOTOMI.
Japanese: 豊臣国松／羽柴国松（とよとみのひでより／とよとみくにまつ、はしばくにまつ、慶長13年（1608年）-慶長20年5月23日(旧暦)（1615年6月19日））は、豊臣秀頼の子。
English: There is a view that she was a daughter of a vassal named Watanabe of the Gohojo clan, but, recently, the view that she was from the Watanabe family has gained stronger footing.).
Japanese: 後北条氏の家臣成田氏の娘との説があるが、最近は渡辺氏説が有力である）。
English: Soon after his birth, Kunimatsu was looked after by the Wakasa Kyogoku family and, later, became an adopted son of Yazaemon, a whetstone shop owner in Wakasa, with whom Kunimatsu's wet nurse married again.
Japanese: 国松は生後すぐ若狭京極氏に預けられた後、乳母の再嫁先、若狭の砥石屋弥左衛門の養子となる。
English: When the Winter Campaign of the Siege of Osaka happened, Kunimatsu entered the Osaka-jo Castle together with Jokoin in order to avoid investigation as the illegitimate child of Hideyori.
Japanese: 大坂の役大坂冬の陣が起こると、秀頼の隠し子との詮議を受けぬよう、常高院と共に大坂城に入城。
English: On the occasion of the Summer Campaign of the Siege of Osaka in the next year, Kunimatsu exchanged cups of sake with his father, Hideyori, on May 8 and left the castle together with his wet nurse and Rokurozaemon TANAKA (warrior of the Kyogoku family, fuyaku (a warrior who educates the son of the Lord to become a great leader)?).
Japanese: 翌年の大坂の役大坂夏の陣のおり、国松は父の秀頼と5月8日に盃を交わし、乳母某と田中六郎左衛門（京極家侍、傅役か）と共に城を落ちる。
English: However, as a result of search by the Tokugawa family, Kunimatsu was brought to Katsushige ITAKURA, Kyoto-shoshidai (the shogunate's military governor stationed in Kyoto), and, on May 23, after paraded through the city of Kyoto using a vehicle, he was beheaded together with his wet nurse and Rokurozaemon TANAKA in Rokujokawara.
Japanese: しかし、徳川家の捜索により国松は京都所司代板倉勝重のもとに連行され、5月23日、市中車引き回しの後、六条河原で乳母某と田中六郎左衛門と供に斬首。
English: Reportedly, Rokuzaemon TANAKA could avoid death penalty as the vassal of the Kyogoku family, but he voluntarily submitted to be executed at the same time.
Japanese: 田中六郎左衛門は京極家の者として死罪を免れ得たものの、自ら志願して同時に処刑されたという。
English: It is also said that Kunimatsu, although he was very young, immediately before beheading, accused the Tokugawa family for its various treasonous acts against the Toyotomi family and died without showing any trace of commotion.
Japanese: なお、斬首の直前、国松は幼少の身ながら、徳川家が豊臣家に対して犯した数々の背信行為を糾弾した上で、動揺の色も見せず死に赴いたとも伝わる。
English: If it is a true story, we can call him a really stouthearted and clever man of great promise.
Japanese: もしも実話であるなら、実に剛毅かつ怜悧な、大器だったと言えるだろう。
English: According to a different view, Kunimatsu escaped to Satsuma Province and he was sheltered by the Shimazu clan and became Nobutsugu KINOSHITA (Nobuyoshi KINOSHITA) who was founder of a branch family, that was a kotaiyoriai (alternate yoriai, a family status of samurai warriors in the Edo period), of the Kinoshita family of Hiji Domain in Bungo Province.
Japanese: 異説では、国松は薩摩国に落ち延びて島津氏に匿われた後、豊後国日出藩木下家の分家の交代寄合の祖、木下延次（木下延由）になったとされている。
English: As the ground for this view, characters of "Kunimatsu" are engraved on the mortuary tablet of Nobutsugu KINOSHITA, although we cannot tell how far we can rely on it.
Japanese: その根拠としてどこまで信憑性があるかは不明だが木下延次の位牌には国松という文字が刻まれている。
English: FUJIWARA no Yoshichika (957 - AUGUST 26, 1008) was a noble who lived in the Middle Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原義懐（ふじわらのよしちか、天徳(日本)元年（957年）-寛弘5年7月17日(旧暦)（1008年8月20日））は平安時代中期の貴族。
English: His life was fraught with misfortune: when he was sixteen years old, his father, Koretada, died suddenly and, two years later, two elder brothers of his died from a disease on the same day.
Japanese: 16歳の時、父・伊尹が急死し、2年後には二人の兄が同日に病死するという災難に見舞われ、不遇の時代を過ごす。
English: On the other hand, there was the Crown Prince, the Emperor Kazan, who was born by FUJIWARA no Kaishi, who was his elder sister and a nyogo (empress) of the Emperor Reizei and he, as being a rare maternal relative to the emperor, assumed the position of togu no suke (assistant master in the Crown Prince's palace).
Japanese: ただ、姉の冷泉天皇女御藤原懐子が生んだ皇太子花山天皇がおり、その数少ない外戚として春宮亮の任にあった。
English: In 984, when the Crown Prince ascended the throne as the Emperor Kazan, he was selected for the kurodo no to (chief official of the emperor's secretaries).
Japanese: 永観2年（984年）皇太子が花山天皇として即位すると、一転して蔵人頭に抜擢される。
English: Within the same year, he was promoted to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and, the following year, he was promoted to Junii (Junior Second Rank) and assumed the position of sangi (royal advisor) and chunagon leaping into the political center all of a sudden.
Japanese: その年のうちに正三位となり、翌年には従二位参議そして中納言となって、一気に政界の中枢に躍り出たのである。