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English: He planned to live his life as a high priest, but after the 5th shogun, Yoshikazu ASHIKAGA, the son of his older brother, the 4th Shogun, Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, died suddenly in 1425, and Yoshimochi died in 1428 without deciding his heir, the Kanrei (shogunal deputy), Mitsuie HATAKEYAMA, suggested a plan that the next shogun should be selected from the candidates (Gisho KAJII, Gisho DAIKAKUJI, Eiryu KOZAN, and Gien) by a lottery at Iwahimizu Hachimangu Shrine.
Japanese: このまま義教は高僧として生涯を終えるはずであったが、1425年（応永32年）、兄で4代将軍足利義持の子である5代将軍足利義量が急逝し、義持も1428年（正長元年）に後継者を決めないまま没したため、管領畠山満家の発案によって、石清水八幡宮で行われたくじ引きで複数の候補者（兄弟の梶井義承・大覚寺義昭・虎山永隆・義円）の中から将軍に選ばれることになった。
English: Some say that the lottery was fair because it took place in the Middle Ages, when people believed in the gods, while some say it was unfair and set up by Mansai.
Japanese: くじ引きに関しては、神を感じていた中世のことだから公正であったとする説、満済らが事前に仕組んだ不正であるとする説もある。
English: As a result, Yoshinori was selected as the 6th shogun, becoming known as the 'lottery shogun.'
Japanese: このことから、6代将軍に就任した義教は、籤引き将軍と呼ばれるようになった。
English: Yoshinori, however, did not accept the result for a while and when he finally became Shogun, he made the Shiba, Hatakeyama and Hosokawa families sign a statement that 'they would always consult with the shogun before taking any actions.'
Japanese: だがすぐには義教は承知せず、就任の際には斯波氏、畠山氏、細川氏から「将軍を抜きに勝手なことをしない」と証文をとった。
English: Once Yoshinori was made Shogun, his goals became the recovery of the shogunate's power and the restoration of direct rule by the Shogun.
Japanese: 将軍就任を果たした義教の目標は、失墜した幕府権威の復興と将軍親政の復活であった。
English: It is believed that he asked his father, Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, to provide him with example policies, and to start with, Yoshinori addressed the issue of succession to the throne that arose after the death of Emperor Shoko in 1428.
Japanese: 施策の手本は父足利義満に求めたと思われ、手始めに1428年の称光天皇死後の皇位継承問題を手がける。
English: He established a policy to restrict the Kanrei's power by appointing Mansai SANPOIN as a political adviser so that ceremonial styles and judicial proceedings that were used during the time of Yoshimitsu would be restored, and also by replacing the 'hyojyoshu' consultative board and 'hikitsuke' judicial board, which accepted individuals of only certain positions or families as participants, with the 'gozensata' advisory council, that he chaired and whose members were chosen by him.
Japanese: 三宝院満済を政治顧問に儀礼の形式や訴訟手続きなどを義満時代のものを復活させ、参加者の身分・家柄が固定化された評定衆・引付に代わって、自らが主宰して参加者を指名する御前沙汰を協議機関とすることで管領の権限抑制策を打ち出した。
English: He then restarted the tally trade with China that had been suspended since Yoshimochi's time and reviewed financial policy in order to reinforce the government's power.
Japanese: そして義持の代から中断していた勘合貿易を再開させて財政政策を見直すなど、幕府権力の強化につとめた。
English: He also increased his control of the military by carrying out reforms such as the development of the Hokoshu (a military post in Muromachi Shogunate), vassals under the shogun's direct control.
Japanese: 軍事力についても、将軍直轄の奉公衆の整備など軍制改革を行って力を得る。
English: He then attempted to subjugate Mochiuji ASHIKAGA, the Kamakura Kubo, using the excuses that Ashikaga kept using the era name Shocho even after it had been changed from Shocho to Eikyo, and that Ashikaga appointed at his discretion the head priests for the Five Official Temples of Kamakura.
Japanese: そして鎌倉公方足利持氏が、正長から永享に改元したにも拘らず正長の年号を使い続け、また鎌倉五山の住職を勝手に決定するなどの専横を口実とし討伐を試みる。
English: Morimi was killed in the battle but his nephew, Mochiyo OUCHI, took over the leadership and, with the help of the Yamana family, defeated the Shibukawa Clan and the Shoni and Otomo Clans, with Mochiyo, who was trusted by Yoshinori, being made Commissioner of Kyushu.
Japanese: 盛見は戦死したが跡を継いだ甥の大内持世が山名氏の手を借りて渋川氏や少弐氏・大友氏を撃破、腹心となった持世を九州探題とし九州を支配下に置いた。
English: In order to control the power of Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple, Yoshinori, who had been the head priest of the Tendai sect, appointed his own younger brother, Gisho, to the same position immediately after returning to secular life.
Japanese: もともと天台座主であった義教は還俗後すぐに弟の義承を天台座主に任じ、比叡山勢力の取り込みを図った。
English: He also used many priests such as Mansai as advisers in an attempt to appease and take control of the religious influence.
Japanese: また、満済をはじめ多くの僧を顧問として宗教勢力を懐柔、掌握しようと試みた。
English: In 1433, Yoshinori accepted 12 conditions issued by Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple but, outraged when monks nonetheless started rioting, led his army in an attack on the temple, forcing it to surrender and accept a ceasefire; however, the following year, Yoshinori received a report from Mochiuji ASHIKAGA that the temple was placing a curse on him, leading him to again send troops and behead several high priests, and in March 1435, the temple's cornered monks immolated themselves.
Japanese: ところが1433年（永享5年）に比叡山が幕府に十二か条からなる要求を行い、義教は応じたものの、それにもかかわらず僧兵が暴動を起こすに至って激怒し自ら兵を率いて比叡山を攻撃、比叡山側は降伏して一旦は停戦するものの翌年には足利持氏の依頼で義教を比叡山が呪詛しているとの報を受けるに及んで再び出兵、比叡山の高僧を数人斬首するに至り、やがて1435年（永享7年）2月には比叡山僧侶を焼身自殺に追い込んだ。
English: Also, with an attack on Kofuku-ji Temple, Yoshinori tried to drive out Buddhist influence in politics.
Japanese: また興福寺への武力介入などにより、仏教勢力の政治介入の駆逐につとめた。
English: Mochiuji ASHIKAGA, the Kamakura Kubo, had not entered the priesthood and therefore believed that he would become Shogun after Yoshimochi's death, causing him to hate Yoshinori.
Japanese: 鎌倉公方の足利持氏は自分が僧籍に入っていないことから、義持没後には将軍に就任できると信じており、義教を恨んでいた。
English: The era issue mentioned above was resolved owing to a compromise by Mochiuji but his relationship with the the government remained volatile because of the Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple curse issue, and also because, in 1438, Mochiuji ignored Yoshinori and named his son himself when he reached adulthood (according to the custom of that time, one of the Chinese characters used in the shogun's name was given).
Japanese: 先の年号問題は持氏の妥協でケリが付いたものの、比叡山の呪詛問題、それに1438年（永享10年）には嫡子の元服の際に義教を無視し勝手に名前をつけた（当時は慣例として将軍から一字を拝領していた）ことなどから幕府との関係は一触即発となっていた。
English: Meanwhile, the Kanto Kanrei, Norizane UESUGI, who had often complained about Mochiuji, felt that his life was in danger as he was clearly disfavored by Mochiuji, and he therefore fled to his domain of Kozuke, where he was defeated by Mochiuji.
Japanese: そんな時にたびたび持氏を諌めていた関東管領上杉憲実が疎まれたことにより身の危険を感じて領国の上野に逃亡し、持氏の討伐を受けるに至る。
English: Yoshinori, seeing this as an opportunity, joined forces with Norizane, ordered daimyos in Kanto to close Mochiuji off from power, officially identified Mochiuji as the Emperor's enemy following the imperial order to subjugate Mochiuji, and in 1439, took control of the Kanto area (Eikyo Rebellion).
Japanese: 義教は好機と見て憲実と結び、関東の諸大名に持氏包囲網を結成させ、持氏討伐の勅令を奉じて朝敵に認定し、1439年（永享11年）に関東討伐に至った（永享の乱）。
English: Afterwards, Yoshinori attempted to expand his power throughout Kanto by having his own son made Kanto Kubo, but withdrew the plan in the face of opposition from the Uesugi Clan.
Japanese: その後は関東に自己の勢力を広げていくために実子を新しい鎌倉公方として下向させようとしたが、これは上杉氏の反対にあって頓挫している。
English: Yoshinori had restored order to Kamakura, but in 1440, Anomaru and Shunomaru, the bereaved sons of Mochiuji, were deceived by Ujitomo YUKI into starting an insurrection (Yuki War).
Japanese: 鎌倉を平定した義教であったが、1440年（永享12年）に逃亡していた持氏の遺児の安王丸・春王丸兄弟が結城氏朝に担がれて叛乱を起こした（結城合戦）。
English: Although Yoshinori ordered the retired Norizane to attack them, due to strong opposition by the warlords of Kanto, he changed the plan to starve them out and as a result, the insurrection was suppressed the following year in April, 1441.
Japanese: 義教は隠居していた憲実に討伐を命ずるも、関東諸将の頑強な反抗に遭い、力攻めから兵糧攻めに切り替え、翌年の1441年（嘉吉元年）4月には鎮圧された。
English: He also defeated the Kitabatake Clan from the former Southern Court, and purged imperial family members or made them enter the priesthood to finally destroy the influence of the Latter South Court.
Japanese: また旧南朝(日本)勢力の北畠氏を討伐し、旧南朝の宮を次々と粛清もしくは出家させていき、後南朝勢力を壊滅させた。
English: Furthermore, Yoshinori implemented measures to increase his dominance over major Shugo (Military Governor) Daimyos by aggressively interfering in their family inheritance issues and by recommending his own trusted assistants, such as Mochiyo OUCHI and Sadamura AKAMATSU, as the heads of these families.
Japanese: また義教は有力守護大名に対して、その家督継承に積極的に干渉することにより、大内持世や赤松貞村などの自身の腹心を当主に推し支配力を強める政策を行った。
English: Having restored order in Kyushu, suppressed the religious influence, the Southern Court and the Shugo Daimyos and restored order in Kanto, Yoshinori finally succeeded in centralizing power.
Japanese: 九州平定、宗教勢力の押え込み、南朝押え込み、関東平定、守護大名押さえ込みを悉く成し遂げた義教は遂に権力の一元化に成功した。
English: Both the political and social conditions associated with the Muromachi shogunate government during Yoshinori's time were unsettled, as seen in events such as the Shocho peasant uprising and the rebellion by forces of the Latter Southern Court, and by reinforcing the shogunate's authority, Yoshinori was meeting the needs of the warrior class and the general public for the presence of a shogun with strong leadership.
Japanese: 義教の時代には正長の土一揆や後南朝勢力の反乱など、室町幕府を巡る政治・社会情勢が不穏であり、強力な指導力を持つ将軍の存在が望まれていた武家社会や民衆の要請に沿う形で、義教は幕府権力の強化に一定の成果をあげた。
English: Records made at that time, such as the "Mansai Junko Diary," "Kanmon Diary," and "Sakkai-Ki" mention that, as well as the assassinations of Isshiki and Toki and the killing and forced self-immolation of monks at Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple described above, he also supposedly assassinated Gon Chunagon (Provisional Middle Counselor) Yoshisuke HINO, punished dozens of members of the Imperial Family and court aristocracy, and punished gardeners and cooks for trivial reasons, such as 'a branch of the plum tree received as a gift broke' and 'the food did not taste good.'
Japanese: 上記の一色・土岐を暗殺した事や、比叡山の宗徒を殺しまたは焼身自殺させた事の他、権中納言・日野義資を暗殺したと思しき事、皇族・公卿ら数十人を処罰した事、「献上された梅の枝が折れた」「料理がまずい」といった些細な理由で庭師や料理人を罰した事などが『満済准后日記』『看聞日記』『薩戒記』など当時の記録にみえる。
English: These episodes were passed down as anecdotes showing that Yoshinori was sadistic and aimed to rule by terror.
Japanese: これらの事跡は義教が恐怖政治を志向した事や、嗜虐性を有していた事を示す逸話として伝えられた。
English: Prince Fushiminomiya Sadanari in his "Kammon Diary" commented on an incident in which a tea merchant who talked about the Hieizan incident was beheaded on the spot, saying 'Everyone fears, say nothing, say nothing' (from the "Kammon Diary" entry of February 8, 1435).
Japanese: 伏見宮貞成親王は『看聞日記』で、比叡山の事件を噂した茶商人が即座に斬首された事につき「万人恐怖シ、言フ莫レ、言フ莫レ」（『看聞日記』永享七年2月8日_(旧暦)条）と評している。
English: In February, 1441, Yoshinori transferred responsibility for the Hatakeyama family from Mochikuni HATAKEYAMA to Mochinaga HATAKEYAMA.
Japanese: 1441年（永享13年）1月に義教は畠山家の家督を、畠山持国から畠山持永に委譲させた。
English: Having had enough of Yoshinori's dictatorial ways, Mitsusuke AKAMATSU and his son, Noriyasu AKAMATSU, planned to murder him.
Japanese: ここにいたり赤松満祐・赤松教康父子は追い詰められて義教謀殺を計画した。
English: On July 21, 1441, they invited Yoshinori to their house on the pretext of celebrating victory of the Yuki War.
Japanese: 同年（改元により嘉吉元年）6月24日、結城合戦戦勝祝宴を名目に義教を自邸に招いた。
English: Seeing this as an opportunity to make peace with the Akamatsu Clan, Yoshinori went to the Akamatsu residence with a few guards, but was assassinated during the feast.
Japanese: 義教は赤松氏との和平も兼ねて少数の側近を伴って赤松邸に出かけたが、祝宴の最中に暗殺された。
English: With the loss of its leader, the government fell into such confusion that it did not send any troops, and Mitsusuke and Noriyasu AKAMATSU were able to return to the Province of Harima but on August 6, 1441, the Akamatsu family was destroyed after being sought out and killed by Mochitsune HOSOKAWA and Sozen YAMANA (the Akamatsu family later on re-built itself after the Kinketsu Incident).
Japanese: 主を失った幕府は混乱し討手を差し向けることもなく、満祐・教康父子は播磨に帰国するが、同年7月11日、細川持常・山名宗全に追討されて赤松氏は滅亡する（その後、禁闕の変の功で再興）。
English: Prince Sadanari in his "Kammon Diary" commented on this incident saying 'Never has a shogun died so wastefully.'
Japanese: 貞成親王は「将軍此ノ如キ犬死ニハ古来ソノ例ヲ聞カザル事ナリ」（『看聞日記』）と評した。
English: As a result, the authority that Yoshinori had restored became weaker, but it remains a fact that the centralized authoritarian power of the shogun that supported the Higashiyama culture, led by Yoshinori's son, Yoshimasa, was re-built during Yoshinori's time.
Japanese: この結果、義教によって復興された権力はこの後弱体化していくが、義政の東山文化を支えた将軍の中央集権権力は、義教の代に再び確立されたことも事実である。
English: Also, the Hokoshu that Yoshinori established supported and maintained the authority of the shogun until the Meio Coup after the Onin War.
Japanese: また義教の設立した奉公衆制度は将軍権力を支え、応仁の乱を経て明応の政変まで将軍権力を維持していくことになる。
English: In December, 1431, Yoshinori's concubine came to Kyoto to be with him, but in November, 1437, the relationship dissolved due to adultery.
Japanese: 永享3年12月に義教の下に上がるも、永享9年11月、密通事件により離縁
English: "Muromachi no Daiyogen (The Omen of Muromachi)" by Futaro YAMADA (in "Muromachi boys club" published by Bunshun Bunko, Bungeishunju, 1995)
Japanese: 山田風太郎『室町の大予言』（文藝春秋／文春文庫『室町少年倶楽部』収録、1995年）
English: "Arazuka (a Rough Burial Mound)" by Ken ASAMATSU from the Odd Feature Collection Vol. 22 [Phobia] (Kobunsha Publishing, 2002)
Japanese: 朝松健『荒塚』－異形コレクション第22巻【恐怖症】（光文社、2002年）
English: "Wakasa-den Mimi-simatsu" by Ken ASAMATSU from the Odd Feature Collection Vol. 35 [Dark Telephone] (Kobunsha Publishing, 2006)
Japanese: 朝松健『若狭殿耳始末』－異形コレクション第35巻【闇電話】（光文社、2006年）
English: He fell in love with Kayano-tsubone, the wife of Yoshitsura ISSHIKI, and he then attempted to assassinate Yoshitsura by ordering his own subordinate, Nobuhide TAKEDA to kill him.
Japanese: 一色義貫の正室である茅野局に横恋慕し、部下である武田信栄に命じて義貫を暗殺させようとする。
English: "Mashogun - Muromachi no Kaikakuji, Ashikaga Yoshinori no Shougai (Devil Shogun - The Life of Yoshinori ASHIKAGA, the Reformer of Muromachi)" by Hidefumi OKADA (Futabasha Publishers, 2006); ISBN 4575235431
Japanese: 岡田秀文『魔将軍―室町の改革児、足利義教の生涯』（双葉社、2006年）ISBN4575235431
English: "Akkanbe Ikkyu (Witty Ikkyu)" by Hisashi SAKAGUCHI (Kodansha Manga Bunko, Kodansha, published from 1993 through 1995)
Japanese: 坂口尚『あっかんべェ一休』（講談社／講談社漫画文庫、1993～1995年）
English: Toshimasu MAEDA (1553 or 1543? - 1612?) was a warlord from the end of the Sengoku period to the beginning of the Edo period, and was also a nephew-in-law of Toshiie MAEDA.
Japanese: 前田利益（まえだとします、天文(元号)12年（1533年？1543年？）-慶長17年（1612年）？）は、戦国時代(日本)末期から江戸時代初期にかけての武将で、前田利家の義理の甥。
English: He was an accomplished warrior and scholar, being both brave and knowledgeable in the fields of ancient and contemporary literature but, at the same time, he was known as an eccentric person who liked to behave in a bizarre way.
Japanese: 武勇に優れ、古今典籍にも通じた文武両道の将だったが、奇矯な振る舞いを好むカブキ者としても知られた。
English: Since not many primary materials relating to Toshimasu are in existence, he has not been studied much and there are lots of gaps in what is known about him.
Japanese: なお利益に関する一次史料はほとんど存在しないため、歴史学などの学術的視点からの研究はあまり行われておらず、事跡に不明な点が多い。
English: Due to the influence of the manga 'Hana no Keiji' featuring him, he is quite often called Keiji MAEDA.
Japanese: 彼を題材とした漫画「花の慶次」の影響で前田慶次という名前で呼ばれることも多い。
English: In addition to Toshimasu, he supposedly had several real names such as Toshitaka, Toshihiro (or Toshioki), Toshisada, and Toshitaka (using a different Chinese character).
Japanese: 諱は利益の他、利太（としたか）あるいは利大（としひろ、としおき）、利貞（としさだ）、利卓（としたか）など複数伝わっている。
English: He also called himself Hyottosai KOKUZOIN while he was a ronin, or masterless samurai.
Japanese: また浪人時代は穀蔵院飄戸斎（こくぞういん・ひょっとさい）と名乗った。
English: It is said that he was born in 1533, 1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1552, or 1555, but the theories claiming that he was born in 1533 or 1541 are now widely accepted.
Japanese: 生年に関しては1533年、1540年、1541年、1542年、1543年、1552年、1555年など様々な説があるが1533年説・1541年説が主流である。
English: Toshihisa MAEDA, his adoptive father, was the eldest brother of Toshiie MAEDA and the Lord of Arako Castle in the Province of Owari (Nakagawa Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture).
Japanese: 養父の前田利久は、前田利家の長兄で、尾張国荒子城主（愛知県名古屋市中川区）であった。
English: The biological father of Toshimasu is considered to be either Masuuji TAKIGAWA, a member of the clan led by Kazumasu TAKIGAWA who was the main vassal of Nobunaga ODA, or Masushige TAKIGAWA, and it is said that he was adopted because his biological mother re-married to Toshihisa.
Japanese: 利益の実父は織田信長の重臣滝川一益の一族（従兄弟あるいは甥）である滝川益氏（たきがわますうじ）か滝川益重（たきがわますしげ）とされ、実母が利久に再婚したためその養子になったのだとも言われる。
English: In 1567, following Nobunaga's order that Toshihisa should give Arako Castle to his biological brother, Toshiie MAEDA, rather than the adopted Toshimasu, Toshihisa retired and Toshiie took over the castle.
Japanese: しかし、1567年に信長の命令により、養子の利益が荒子城を継ぐよりも実弟の前田利家が継ぐべきであるという名目によって利久は隠居させられ、利家が荒子城を継いだ。
English: He then relied on and served his uncle-in-law Toshiie, who later got promoted and was given control of the Province of Noto (around 1580).
Japanese: 後に累進して能登国一国を得た利家を頼り、義理の叔父にあたる利家に仕えた（1580年頃）
English: The novel 'Ichimuan Furyuki' by Keiichiro RYU has it that he was serving Kazumasu TAKIGAWA, but it is only the imagination and creation of the author.)
Japanese: 隆慶一郎の小説「一夢庵風流記」では、滝川一益に仕えていたとするが、あくまで作者の推測および創作である）。
English: In the battle of Komaki-Nagakute in 1584, he went to guard Suemori Castle, which was under attack by Shigemasa SASA.
Japanese: 1584年の小牧・長久手の戦いでは佐々成政に攻められた末森城の救援に向かう。
English: Afterwards, following orders issued by the chief vassal of Ao Castle, who had left the Sasa side, he fought against forces led by Ujiharu JIMBO, who was on his way to regain control of the castle.
Japanese: その後、佐々方から寝返った阿尾城の城代に任じられ、同城奪還に向かった神保氏張らの軍勢と交戦した。
English: There is a story that Toshimasu tricked Toshiie into taking a cold bath, and while he was in the bath, Toshimasu stole the famous horse, Matsukaze (or Toshiie's favorite horse, 'Tanikaze') and left.
Japanese: このとき、利家をだまして水風呂に入れ、名馬一覧松風（利家の愛馬「谷風」とも）を奪って出奔したという逸話が残る。
English: After leaving the family, while leading the life of a ronin in Kyoto, he interacted with a large number of writers such as the father and son, Joha and Shoshitsu SATOMURA, Tanemichi KUJO, and Shigeteru FURUTA.
Japanese: 出奔後は京都で浪人生活を送りながら、里村紹巴・里村昌叱父子や九条稙道・古田重然ら多数の文人と交流した。
English: After Toshimasu gained favor with Kagekatsu UESUGI and his chief vassal, Kanetsugu NAOE, he served the Uesugi Clan from 1598, when Kagekatsu was transferred from the Province of Echigo to the 1.2 million koku Domain of Aizu, until the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and thereafter received 1,000 koku as an assistant of Kanetsugu.
Japanese: 後に上杉景勝とその重臣直江兼続の知遇を得て、景勝が越後国から会津藩120万石に移封された1598年から関ヶ原の戦いが起こった1600年のまでの間に上杉氏に仕官し、兼続の与力として1000石を受けた。
English: During the Sekigahara conflict, he fought with distinction in the battle for Hasedo-jo Castle, where Kagekatsu UESUGI fought against Yoshimitsu MOGAMI of the Eastern Army.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の役に際しては、上杉景勝が東軍についた最上義光と戦った長谷堂城の戦いに出陣して功を立てた。
English: After the Western Army lost the battle and the territory of the Uesugi Clan was reduced to 300,000 koku and relocated to the Domain of Yonezawa, Toshimasu served the Domain of Yonezawa and retired to Domori near Yonezawa (currently known as Keijisimizu in Domori, Bansei-Town, Yonezawa-City).
Japanese: 西軍敗退により上杉氏が30万石に減封され米沢藩に移されると、これに従って米沢藩に仕え、米沢近郊の堂森（現、米沢市万世町堂森で慶次清水と呼ばれる）に隠棲した。
English: The retired Toshimasu is said to have led a leisurely life, annotating the 'Shiki (historical records)' with Kanetsugu (although it is not clear if the 'Shiki' owned by Kanetsugu NAOE and now designated as a national treasure is the one that they annotated) or creating waka poems and linked verses.
Japanese: 隠棲後は兼続とともに「史記」に注釈を入れたり（ちなみに直江兼続が所有していた「史記」は今現在国宝に指定されているが、こちらに注釈を入れていたかについては不明）、和歌や連歌を詠むなど自適の生活を送ったと伝わる。
English: It is believed that he died in Domori in 1612 and there is a memorial tower there, but there is also a different theory that he retired to Karifu in the Province of Yamato on the orders of Toshinaga MAEDA, the lord of the Domain of Kaga, and died there in 1605.
Japanese: 1612年に堂森で没したとされ、同地に供養塔が残るが、一方で加賀藩藩主前田利長の命によって大和国刈布に隠棲し、1605年にその地で生涯を終えたなどの異説もある。
English: Influenced by Keiichiro RYU's novel 'Ichimuan Furyuki' and its comic version 'Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni,' he is seen as a strong warrior and a battle master of the highest level.
Japanese: 隆慶一郎の時代小説「一夢庵風流記」およびそのコミカライズ作品である「花の慶次―雲のかなたに―」などから影響を受け、人々に豪腕な武人・超一級の戦人のように印象づけられた。
English: It's not an exaggeration to say that, since the early 1990s, he has been considered an 'eccentric person' and that his popularity and image as a historical figure come mainly from the pieces of work mentioned above.
Japanese: 平成以降における「傾奇者」という言葉とこの歴史上の人物の知名度・イメージについては、これら作品群の存在が過半を担っているといっても過言ではない程である。
English: These influences have resulted in him being featured as a samurai who has mastered the military arts or a great swordsman in recent simulation or action games.
Japanese: この影響があり、更に近年、シミュレーションゲームやアクションゲームでは、武芸に精通したサムライ、あるいは敏腕なる剣豪などとして登場することが多くなった。
English: As described above, since there are few original materials about Toshimasu left, it seems that the stories about his actions in the Battle of Hasedo have been exaggerated to create an impression that he was well built and excelled in spearmanship.
Japanese: 上述した通り利益に関する一次史料はほとんど存在しない事もあって、恵まれた体格と優れた槍術があったと、長谷堂の戦いで伝えられている活躍の話が誇張されている節はある。
English: Also, some descriptions about him in current fictional works are clearly exaggerated.
Japanese: また、現在の創作物での描写には明らかに誇大表現といえる部分も無くはない。
English: However, based on his war history and the little historic information currently available, such as the "Maeda Keiji Dochu Nikki (Diary of the Travels of Keiji Maeda)", the stories of his actions at the Battle of Hasedo and the image of him as both a good warrior and a respected scholar of old and new literature who enjoyed the company of writers, is probably not be too far from the truth.
Japanese: だが、戦場にあっては長谷堂の戦いの様な逸話を残し、一方で古今典籍に通じ文人との交流を好んだ文武両道の人物というイメージは、その戦歴や『前田慶次道中日記』などの数少ない資料から得られる人物像と照らし合わせて見る限りでは、極端に外れてはいない。
English: This is a diary that he wrote from October 15, 1601 (lunar calendar), the day that he left Kyoto, to November 19, 1601, the day that he arrived in Yonezawa, in which he made a detailed record of the customs that he encountered during his trip while introducing his own waka and haiku poems.
Japanese: 慶長6年（1601年）10月15日(旧暦)に京都を発ってから同年11月19日(旧暦)に米沢へ着くまでを記した道中日記で、文中には本人が詠んだ俳句・和歌なども挿入しつつ、道中の風俗を詳しく書き残している。
English: This diary is highly valued as a historical document that describes the customs of the time and that shows how educated Toshimasu was, and a printing of a photograph of the diary also containing relevant data has been published by Yonezawa Library.
Japanese: この日記は当時の風俗を伺う史料として、また利益の教養の高さを示す史料として評価されており、米沢図書館より関連資料・活字を併録した影印本が出版されている。
English: Yoshimi ASHIKAGA was a member of the ASHIKAGA clan from the mid- to late Muromachi period.
Japanese: 足利義視（あしかがよしみ）は、室町時代中期から後期にかけての足利一族。
English: He was the younger brother by the same mother of the seventh shogun Yoshikatsu ASHIKAGA and the eighth shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, and was the elder brother by a different mother of Masatomo ASHIKAGA, Horigoe kubo, quasi-shogun.
Japanese: 第7代将軍・足利義勝と第8代将軍・足利義政の同母弟にあたり、堀越公方の足利政知は異母兄にあたる。
English: First he became a priest of Jodoin Temple of the Tendai sect (Sakyo Ward in Kyoto City), and his name was Gijin.
Japanese: はじめ天台宗浄土院(京都市左京区)門跡として出家し、名は義尋（ぎじん）であった。
English: He became a successor of his older brother Yoshimasa who did not have any children, but after his older brother's son Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA was born there was a dispute over the position of the shogun, and the Onin War ensued.
Japanese: 嗣子に恵まれない兄・義政の後継となったが、後に兄に足利義尚が生まれると、将軍位をめぐって対立して応仁の乱を引き起こす。
English: Upon the end of the war he fled to Mino, and after the death of his nephew Yoshihisa and his older brother Yoshimasa he backed his son Yoshiki as the tenth shogun and controlled shogunal politics as the doyen (guardian) until his death, which came a year after that of his brother.
Japanese: 乱後は美濃に亡命し、甥の義尚と兄の義政の死後、子の義材を第10代将軍に擁立して自らは大御所（後見人）として幕政を牛耳ったが、兄の死から1年後に死去した。
English: He was born on February 11, 1439 as the tenth son of the sixth shogun, Yoshinori ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 永享11年（1439年）1月18日、第6代将軍・足利義教の10男として生まれる。
English: In 1464 he renounced the cloth as requested by his older brother Yoshimasa, who had no son, called himself Yoshimi and became his brother's successor.
Japanese: 寛正5年（1464年）に実子がなかった兄・義政に請われて僧侶から還俗して、義視を名乗り、兄の後継となった。
English: He was promised to become the next shogun with the kanrei Katsumoto HOSOKAWA (the shogunal deputy of the Kanto region) as his guardian, and he took the younger blood-sister of Yoshimasa's official wife Tomiko HINO as his official wife.
Japanese: そして管領の細川勝元を後見人として次期将軍を約束され、義政の正室・日野富子の実妹を正室に迎えた。
English: However, when Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA, Yoshimasa's biological son, was born to Yoshimasa and Tomiko in 1465, Tomiko desired the succession of Yoshihisa to the shogunate and she began to oppose Yoshimi.
Japanese: ところが寛正6年（1465年）、義政と富子の間に実子の足利義尚が誕生すると、富子は義尚の将軍後継を望み、義視らと対立するようになった。