nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: He rendered distinguished service in the Battle of Shizukatake in 1583, and was granted 450 koku in Kawachi Province.
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）の賤ケ岳の戦いでも功を挙げて、河内国に450石を与えられる。
English: In the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute in 1584, he served as a caretaker of Osaka-jo Castle along with his father.
Japanese: 天正12年（1584年）の小牧・長久手の戦いでは父と共に大阪城の留守居を務めた。
English: In the Kyushu Conquest of 1587, Nagamasa rendered distinguished service in the Siege of Takarabe-jo Castle, in Hyuga Province.
Japanese: 天正15年（1587年）の九州征伐では長政自身は日向国財部城攻めで功績を挙げた。
English: After the war, the father and son were granted 125,000 koku in Nakatsu City, Buzen Province for their achievements.
Japanese: 戦後、父子の功績をあわせて豊前国中津市に12万5000石を与えられた。
English: In 1589, he took over as head of the family when his father retired, and at the same time he was conferred as Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) and Kai no kami (Governor of Kai Province).
Japanese: 天正17年（1589年）、父が隠居したために家督を相続し、同時に従五位、甲斐守に叙任した。
English: He also took the voyage in the Bunroku-Keicho War, which was a dispatch of troops to Korea started in 1592 by Hideyoshi.
Japanese: 文禄元年（1592年）から行なわれた秀吉の朝鮮出兵である文禄・慶長の役にも渡海している。
English: Nagamasa was assigned an army of 5,000 troops, and led the third squad as captain and spearheaded an attack, diverging from Yukinaga KONISHI's first squad and Kiyomasa KATO's second squad.
Japanese: 長政は5千人の軍役を課せられ、主将として三番隊を率いて一番隊の小西行長や二番隊の加藤清正等とは別の進路を取る先鋒となった。
English: After landing in Busan, they invaded Gimhae, Changwon, Yongsan, Changning, Gempu, Mokeitsu, Xingzhou, Jinshan, Chupungryeong, Jincheon, Mongi, Cheongju, Zhu Shan, and arrived Seoul Special City on June 16.
Japanese: 釜山上陸後は金海、昌原、霊山、昌寧、厳風、茂渓津、星州、金山、秋風嶺、永同、文義、清州、竹山を進撃して5月7日にソウル特別市へ到達した。
English: The third squad, which was assigned to Hwanghae Province at the Hancheng (Seoul) meeting in mid-June, chased Sonjo, the King of the Yi Dynasty (Korea), with the first squad assigned to Pyeongan Province, subsequently conquered Kaesong and reached Pyongyang.
Japanese: 5月初旬の漢城会議で黄海道を担当することとなった三番隊は平安道担当の一番隊と共に李氏朝鮮王の宣祖を追って開城を攻略し、平壌まで進んだ。
English: At the Hancheng (Seoul) meeting of early September, the decision was made to reduce the battle line and secure the main roads in order to look out for reinforcements by Ming Dynasty; Nagamasa KURODA attacked Enan-jo Castle, which was guarded by Ri Teian, but he failed to conquer it, whereupon he guarded the Shirakawa-jo and Koin-jo castles along the main roads in order to respond to attacks from the north instead of conquering the vast area of Hwanghae Province.
Japanese: 8月初旬の漢城会議で明の援軍を警戒して戦線を縮小して主要街道を固めることとなり、黒田長政は李廷馣の守る延安城を攻撃を行ったが攻略することが出来ず、以後黄海道の広範な制圧から転換して北方からの攻勢に対応するために主要街道沿いにある白川城・江陰城を守ることとなった。
English: On February 2, 1593, a large Ming army, dispatched by the central government and led by Li Ru-song, raided Pyeongyang Castle, which was being guarded by Yukinaga KONISHI and others, and Konishi's troops, who had retreated from the castle on the verge of fall, were sheltered by Nagamasa in Shirakawa-jo Castle.
Japanese: 文禄2年（1593年）正月に中央から派遣された李如松率いる明の大軍が小西行長等の守る平壌城を急襲し、落城寸前の状態から撤退してきた小西軍を長政は白川城に収用した。
English: The Japanese army, later gathered in Hancheng as a precaution against attacks by Ming Dynasty, defeated the Ming army in the Battle of Hekitenkai (ByeogJe Gwan), and amid the stagnation of the battle between the Ming army (which had lost its will to fight) and the Japanese army (which suffered a shortage of supplies), Nagamasa took part in the Battle of Henju-Sanson (the Battle of Haengju) as well.
Japanese: 以後、明の攻勢を警戒して漢城へ集中した日本軍は碧蹄館の戦いで明軍を撃破し戦意を失った明軍と補給不足に悩む日本軍の戦いは停滞する中で、長政は幸州山城の戦いにも出陣した。
English: Peace talks moved forward, and in May, the Japanese army abandoned Hancheng and created a formation in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
Japanese: 和平交渉が進み、日本軍は4月に漢城を放棄して朝鮮半島南部へ布陣を行った。
English: In June and July, they conquered Jinju Castle, the stronghold in southern Korea (the Second Siege of Jinju), and Matabee GOTO played an active role in the fight for the vanguard under Nagamasa's command.
Japanese: 6月には朝鮮南部の拠点である晋州城を攻略し（第二次晋州城攻防戦)、長政配下の後藤又兵衛が先陣争いで活躍した。
English: In October and November of 1596, peace talks between Ming Dynasty and Japan were in the final stages, but when fraud by diplomats on both sides was revealed during the Minshi ekken (audience with an envoy from the Ming Dynasty) by Hideyoshi, and the negotiations failed, Hideyoshi once again ordered the warlords to dispatch troops.
Japanese: 慶長元年（1596年）9月に日明和平交渉は大詰めを迎え、秀吉による明使謁見で双方の外交担当者による欺瞞が発覚して交渉が破綻すると秀吉は諸将に再出兵を命じた。
English: In August and September of 1597, there was an attack by the Korean army led by Won Gyun; the Japanese army responded it by devastating the Korean army in the naval Battle of Chilcheollyang, and beginning to attack mainly the area between Jeolla-do and Chungchong-do from September.
Japanese: 慶長2年（1597年）7月に元均率いる朝鮮水軍による攻勢があり、反撃により漆川梁海戦で朝鮮水軍を壊滅に追い込んだ日本軍は8月より主に全羅道から忠清道へ攻勢を掛けた。
English: Nagamasa was again assigned the army of 5,000 troops, joined the right army and conquered Hwangsoksan Castle, joined with the left army at Chonju in September and October, and decided the path of each army in accordance with the Chonju conference.
Japanese: 長政は再度5千人の軍役を課せられ右軍に属して黄石山城を攻略し、8月に全州で左軍と合流し、全州会議に従って各軍の進路を定めた。
English: In response to the sudden invasion by the Japanese army, the Ming army was prepared to abandon the capital in Hancheng, but the Ming army accountant Yang Hao decided to resist, and the troops of Ming's commander Kaisei, and the troops of Nagamasa engaged in an encounter battle (the Battle of Shokuzan) in Shokuzan of Chungchong-do.
Japanese: 日本軍の急激な侵攻を受けて、漢城では明軍が首都放棄も覚悟したが明軍経理の楊鎬が抗戦を決意し、派遣された明将の解生の軍と長政軍が忠清道の禝山で遭遇戦(禝山の戦い)を行った。
English: Then, Nagamasa held a meeting with Hidemoto and Kiyomasa in Chinshu to advance through Zhu Shan, Sangju, Gyeongsan and Miryan, and to construct and guard Ryosanwa-jo Castle.
Japanese: その後、長政は秀元、清正と鎮州で会議を行い、竹山、尚州、慶山、密陽を経て梁山倭城を築城して守備についた。
English: The Ming army headed by the accountant Yang Hao and admiral Ma Gui attacked the nearly complete Ulsan Japanese Castle in early February 1598 (the First Battle of Ulsan) against the Japanese army, which was expanding its domain and building winter quarters, and when Kiyomasa KATO struggled against the Ming army the Japanese army based in the west formed reinforcements for Ulsan and defeated the Ming army.
Japanese: 占領地を広げて冬営のために布陣していた日本軍に対し、12月末から経理楊鎬・提督麻貴率いる明軍が完成間近の蔚山倭城へ攻勢をかけ（第一次蔚山城の戦い）、加藤清正が苦戦すると西部に布陣していた日本軍は蔚山救援軍を編成して明軍を撃破した。
English: Nagamasa dispatched 600 troops to the reinforcements but was later reprimanded by Hideyoshi for that sluggish response.
Japanese: 長政はこの救援軍に六百人を派遣しており、後にその不活発さが秀吉から叱責されることとなる。
English: In response to the attack by the Ming Dynasty, the warlords approached Hideyoshi with a proposal to abandon three castles (the westernmost Ulsan Japanese Castle, the easternmost Suncheon Waeseong and the inland Ryosanwa-jo Castle) narrowing down the battle line--but it was rejected.
Japanese: 明の攻撃を受けた諸将は今後の防衛体制を整えるために蔚山倭城(最西方)、順天倭城(最東方)、梁山倭城(内陸部)の三城を放棄して戦線を縮小する案を秀吉に打診したが却下された。
English: Eventually, Hideyoshi only allowed to abandon Nagamasa's Ryosanwa-jo Castle and transferred Nagamasa to Kupowein to remain until the order to retreat was given.
Japanese: 結局、長政の梁山倭城のみ放棄が認められ、以後撤退命令が出るまで長政は亀浦倭城へ移陣した。
English: In October 1598, there was an attack by a large army led by a Ming commander Ma Gui, but due to lessons from the previous year, the Ming army was sluggish and it ended up as a limited engagement (the Second Battle of Ulsan) that led to retreat.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）9月に明将の麻貴率いる大軍の攻勢があったが、前年の教訓から明軍は不活発であり小競り合いに終わり（第二次蔚山城の戦い）、そのまま撤退を迎えた。
English: As described, Nagamasa had many military exploits in Korea, while being in conflict with executive officers such as Mitsunari ISHIDA and Yukinaga KONISHI in Japan.
Japanese: このように長政は朝鮮では数々の武功を挙げたが、同時に吏僚である石田三成や小西行長らと対立した。
English: In September 1598, upon the death of Hideyoshi, he followed his opposition policy against the Bunchi faction including Mitsunari and approached Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, one of Council of Five Elders, and married the adopted daughter of Ieyasu (daughter of Masanao HOSHINA).
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）8月、秀吉が死去すると、三成ら文治派との対立路線から五大老の徳川家康に接近し、家康の養女（保科正直の娘）を正室に迎えた。
English: In leap March (old lunar calendar) 1599, upon the death of Toshiie MAEDA, he attacked Mitsunari ISHIDA with Budan-ha (a political faction that is willing to resort to military means to achieve its aim) members such as Masanori FUKUSHIMA and Kiyomasa KATO.
Japanese: 慶長4年（1599年）閏3月に前田利家が死去すると、福島正則や加藤清正ら武断派と共に石田三成を襲撃した。
English: In 1600, when Ieyasu raised an army for the subjugation of Kagekatsu UESUGI, he departed for the front along with Ieyasu; in the meantime, when Mitsunari raised the western squad in Osaka, he fought in the Battle of Sekigahara as the military commander of the eastern squad.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）に家康が会津の上杉景勝討伐の兵を起すと家康に従って出陣し、出兵中に三成らが大坂で西軍を率いて挙兵すると、東軍武将として関ヶ原の戦いにおいて戦う。
English: In terms of strategy, Nagamasa negotiated with warlords of the western squad such as Hideaki KOBAYAKAWA and Hiroie KIKKAWA in order to have them switch sides; and due to such achievements, he was granted 523,000 koku in Chikuzen Najima (Fukuoka) by Ieyasu after the war as having rendered the most distinguished service.
Japanese: 長政は調略においても西軍の小早川秀秋や吉川広家など諸将の寝返りを交渉する役目も務めており、それらの功により戦後、家康から一番の功労者として筑前名島（福岡）に52万3000石を与えられた。
English: In the Siege of Osaka in 1614, he served as the caretaker of Edo-jo Castle, and had his heir Tadayuki KURODA leave for the front on his behalf.
Japanese: 慶長19年（1614年）の大坂の役では江戸城の留守居を務め、代理として嫡男の黒田忠之が出陣。
English: On August 29, 1623, he went to Kyoto prior to Hidetada TOKUGAWA; before long, he developed a disease and died at Kyoto Chion-ji Temple.
Japanese: 元和(日本)9年（1623年）8月4日、徳川秀忠の上洛に先立って早くに入京したが、まもなく発病して京都知恩寺で死去。
English: Yet, he wasn't entirely lacking in resourcefulness, as proved in his strategy for Sekigahara.
Japanese: 但し、関ヶ原における調略を見ても分かる様に、知略が無かった訳ではない。
English: Although he is often seen as modest since he wasn't as resourceful as his father, or since his father's resourcefulness was somewhat beyond human knowledge, he was a great commander gifted with wisdom and courage.
Japanese: 父ほどの知略は無かった、あるいは、父の知略がある意味人智を超えたものだった為地味に見られやすいが、智勇兼備の名将というべきであろう。
English: He divorced the daughter of Masakatsu HACHISUKA and then married the adopted daughter of Ieyasu, following all the construction projects ordered by Ieyasu.
Japanese: 蜂須賀正勝の娘と離縁して家康の養女と結婚し、さらに家康の命令で普請事業に全て従順に従っている。
English: It is believed that Nagamasa resented Mitsunari, because one of the reasons for his father's downfall was conflict between his father and Mitsunari.
Japanese: 長政が三成を恨んだのは、かつて父が失脚した一因に、三成との対立があったからだと言われている。
English: However, a sequel to this theory is that, after the battle in Sekigahara, it was only Nagamasa and Takatora TODO who dismounted from their horses to show respect to the warlord of the enemy troops, instead of despising Mitsunari.
Japanese: しかしこれには後日談があり、関ヶ原の合戦後に三成への侮蔑の言葉を浴びせずに、馬を降りて敵軍の将として敬意の念を示したのは、長政と藤堂高虎だけだったとも言われている。
English: He was deliberate in counsel and prompt in action, which may have seemed indecisive to his father Josui; it is said Josui warned Nagamasa by telling him something like, "I have been told by Takakage KOBAYAKAWA to be cautious, because I make decisions too quickly, but you need to be careful because you are the opposite."
Japanese: 熟慮断行の気性であったようであり、父如水はそれを優柔不断のように見えたのか長政に「自分はかつて小早川隆景に物事の決断が早すぎるので慎重にしたほうがよいと言われたが、おまえはその逆だから注意しろ」との意味の言葉をかけたらしい。
English: Clued by those words, Nagamasa later established an 'objection conference' system, where decisions were made by representatives of chief retainers and lower-ranking samurai discussing the matters at an equal level.
Japanese: 長政はその言葉をヒントに後年「異見会」という家老と下級武士の代表を集め対等な立場で討論の上決断する仕組みを作ったとされる。
English: When he told this to his father Josui, he received the serious inquiry, 'What was your left hand doing at that time?' (which is to say, 'Why didn't you grab a short sword with your left hand and stab Ieyasu at that time?').
Japanese: 帰郷してこの事を父如水に話すと、「その時左手は何をしていた」（即ちなぜその時左手に短刀を持って家康を刺さなかったかと言う意味）と詰問された話がある。
English: In his later years, he was concerned about the capacity of his child Mitsutokumaru (later Tadayuki KURODA), and provided him with many family precepts (some say the gojosoku was invented in a later age).
Japanese: 晩年には子の満徳丸（後の黒田忠之）の器量を心配して、いくつもの家訓（御定則）を与えている（御定則は後世の創作であるとも）。
English: Additionally, it is said that once he considered excluding Tadayuki and instead, assigning Nagaoki KURODA as his successor.
Japanese: また、一時は忠之を廃して黒田長興を後継者にすることを考えたとまで言われている。
English: The fact that the Fukuoka Domain was formed later in the days of Tadayuki proves that Nagamasa's concerns were legitimate.
Japanese: 後に忠之の時代に福岡藩が起こった事を考えると、この長政の心配は当たっていた事になる。
English: He had a jealous side: when his father Josui died, he expelled Matabei GOTO, the bravest warlord in the Kuroda retainers with many military exploits who had received daimyo-level hospitality from Josui; and furthermore, he carried out measures called hokokamae (a kind of punishment).
Japanese: 嫉妬深い一面があり、父如水が死去すると、黒田家随一の勇将で武功も多く、如水から大名なみの厚遇を与えられていた後藤又兵衛を追放し、さらに奉公構という措置を取った。
English: It is said that this was due to Nagamasa's jealousy over Matabee's great achievements and the affection he had once received from Josui.
Japanese: これは、長政が又兵衛の功績と、かつて如水に寵愛された事を嫉妬したからだと言われている。
English: It is said that when Tadayuki had his Hakamagishiki (ceremony to fit a child with a hakama (Japanese skirt)) at age four, Tomonobu MORI said to him, 'Achieve more than your father.'
Japanese: 忠之が4歳の袴着式を迎えた時、母里友信は「父上以上の功名を挙げなさい」と言ったという。
English: Learning this, Nagamasa became outraged and said, 'How dare you say 'achieve more than your father,'' and tried to kill Tomonobu.
Japanese: それを知った長政は「父以上の功名とは何事だ」と激怒し、友信を殺そうとしたという。
English: On his deathbed, he wrote to his chief retainers, 'Tokugawa was able to unify the country, thanks to the power of the father and son of the Kuroda family.'
Japanese: 死の床につき、家老宛に「徳川が天下を取れたのは、黒田父子の力によるもの」としたためた。
English: As the person who rendered distinguished service behind the scenes for the victory of the eastern squad in the Battle of Sekigahara, Nagamasa was proud of this battle for the rest of his life.
Japanese: 関ヶ原の戦いでの東軍勝利の影の功労者として、長政はこの戦いを生涯の誇りとしたという。
English: When forced by Hideyoshi to convert with the edict for expelling Jesuit missionaries and his father Yoshitaka had taken the lead in giving up his Christian faith, Nagamasa also converted.
Japanese: バテレン追放令により、秀吉から改宗を迫られ、父の孝高が率先してキリスト教を棄教すると長政自らも改宗した。
English: Under the Tokugawa government, he changed to be the oppressor, and strictly punished the Christians in his territory.
Japanese: 徳川政権下では迫害者に転じ、領内でキリシタンを厳しく処罰したという。
English: Terumasa IKEDA was a busho (Japanese military commander) and daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) from the end of the Sengoku period (period of warring states) to the early Edo period.
Japanese: 池田輝政（いけだてるまさ）は戦国時代(日本)末期から江戸時代初期にかけての武将・大名。
English: He served as the lord of Ikejiri-jo Castle in Mino Province, lord of Ogaki-jo Castle in the province, lord of Gifu-jo Castle in the province, and lord of Yoshida-jo Castle of Mikawa Province before becoming the lord of the Himeji domain in Harima Province.
Japanese: 美濃国池尻城主、同国大垣城主、同岐阜城主、三河国吉田城(三河国)主を経て播磨国姫路藩主。
English: He was born on February 10, 1565, in Kiyosu, Owari Province (the present-day Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture) as the second son of Tsuneoki IKEDA, a senior vassal of Nobunaga ODA.
Japanese: 永禄7年（1564年）12月29日、織田信長の重臣・池田恒興の次男として尾張国清洲（現・愛知県清須市）に生まれた。
English: He later served Nobunaga, who recognized his military exploits in the capture of Hanakuma-jo Castle (Battle of Hanakuma-jo Castle) in 1580 and awarded him a citation.
Japanese: のちに、信長に仕え、天正8年（1580年）の花隈城攻略の際（花隈城花熊城の戦い）には、その軍功により信長から感状を授けられた。
English: In 1582, when Nobunaga was killed by Mitsuhide AKECHI in the Honnoji Incident, he served under Hideyoshi HASHIBA (later Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) along with his father and brother, and when Hideyoshi held a funeral ceremony for Nobunaga on November 10, 1582 at Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Terumasa carried the coffin with Hidekatsu HASHIBA.
Japanese: 天正10年（1582年）、本能寺の変で信長が明智光秀に弑されると、父兄と共に羽柴秀吉（のちの豊臣秀吉）に仕え、同年10月15日(旧暦)、秀吉が京都大徳寺で信長の葬儀を催すと、輝政は羽柴秀勝とともに棺を担いだ。
English: In 1583, when his father became the lord of Ogaki-jo Castle in Mino Province, Terumasa became the lord of Ikejiri-jo Castle.
Japanese: 天正11年（1583年）、父が美濃国大垣城主となると、輝政は池尻城主となった。
English: When his father Tsuneoki and brother Motosuke IKEDA were killed in the Battle of Komaki Nagakute in 1584, he took over as the head of the family, gaining 130,000 koku in rice as the lord of Ogaki-jo Castle in Mino Province and then 130,000 koku as the lord of Gifu-jo Castle.
Japanese: 天正12年（1584年）の小牧・長久手の戦いで、父の恒興と兄の池田元助が討死したため家督を相続し、美濃国大垣城主13万石、ついで岐阜城主13万石を領する。
English: Thereafter, he served in most of Hideyoshi's major battles, such as the conquest of Kishu, the conquest of Ecchu and the Kyushu Conquest.
Japanese: その後も紀州征伐や越中征伐、九州征伐など秀吉の主要な合戦の大半に従軍した。
English: After the conquest and siege of Odawara in 1590, his koku was increased to 152,000 in four districts in Mikawa province--Hoi, Yana, Atsumi, and Shitara (Higashimikawa) in the Mikawa Province--and he became the lord of Yoshida-jo Castle (in present Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture).
Japanese: 小田原征伐後の天正18年（1590年）には、三河国の内、宝飯郡・八名郡・渥美郡・設楽郡4郡（東三河）において15万2000石に加増され、吉田（現・愛知県豊橋市）城主となった。
English: During the Toyotomi period, Terumasa received treatment pursuant to that of the Toyotomi family, and was granted Jushiinoge jiju (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade Chamberlain) and the cognomen Toyotomi.
Japanese: 豊臣時代、輝政は豊臣一族に準じて遇され、従四位下侍従、および豊臣姓を許される。
English: Besides, when the downfall of the chief adviser to the Emperor Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI, most of Hidetsugu's wives and concubines were killed, but Terumasa's sister Wakagozen (the lawful wife of Hidetsugu) was saved and given special treatment.
Japanese: また、関白・豊臣秀次の失脚時、秀次の妻妾の多くが殺害されたものの、輝政の妹・若御前（秀次の正室）は特に助命されるなど、特別丁重に扱われている。
English: In 1594, he married Tokuhime, the daughter of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, tthrough the intermediation of Hideyoshi.
Japanese: 文禄3年（1594年）、秀吉の仲介によって、徳川家康の娘・督姫を娶る。
English: He also acted with the warlords of the Budan faction, which was willing to resort to military means to achieve its aim, and conflicted with the members of Bunchi faction, which was centering on civil officers, such as Mitsunari ISHIDA; when Toshiie MAEDA, who was acting as the arbitrator between the Budan and Bunchi factions, died on April 27, 1599, he took part in the attack against Mitsunari ISHIDA together with Masanori FUKUSHIMA, Kiyomasa KATO, etc., as one of the seven warlords.
Japanese: また、武断派の諸将らと共に行動し、文治派の石田三成らと対立し、翌慶長4年（1599年）閏3月3日(旧暦)、武断派と文治派の仲裁をしていた前田利家が死去すると、七将の一人として福島正則や加藤清正らと共に石田三成襲撃事件を起こした。
English: During the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he sided with Tokugawa, and took part not only in the final battle but also in the capture of Gifu-jo Castle, a preliminary skirmish, and rendered distinguished service along with Masanori FUKUSHIMA (Battle of Gifu-jo Castle).
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いでは徳川方に与し、本戦のみならず、前哨戦となった岐阜城攻略にも参加し、福島正則とともに功を挙げた（岐阜城の戦い）。
English: From 1601 to 1609, he carried out a large scale renovation of the Himeji-jo Castle.
Japanese: 慶長6年（1601年）から慶長14年（1609年）にかけて姫路城を大規模に改修する。
English: Additionally, he took part in nationwide construction projects such as the construction of Edo-jo Castle in 1606, the construction of Sasayama-jo Castle in 1609, and the construction of Nagoya-jo Castle in 1610 together with other feudal lords, and served as the head-of-shogunate administrator in the construction of Sasayama-jo Castle.
Japanese: また、諸大名らと共に、慶長11年（1606年）の江戸城普請、同14年（1609年）の篠山城普請、翌15年（1610年）の名古屋城普請など、天下普請にも従事し、篠山城普請では総普請奉行を務めた。
English: In April 1611, he participated in the meeting between Ieyasu and Hideyori Toyotomi at Nijo-jo Castle.
Japanese: 翌16年（1611年）3月(旧暦)には、二条城における家康と豊臣秀頼との会見に同席した。
English: In 1612, he was granted Senior Third Rank, Royal Advisor and the Matsudaira surname to be called 'Harima saisho' (prime minister of Harima), 'Himeji saisho' (prime minister of Himeji), etc. (saisho was the Tang name for Sangi).
Japanese: 慶長17年（1612年）、正三位参議、および松平姓を許され「播磨宰相」「姫路宰相」などと称された（宰相は参議の唐名）。
English: Furthermore, the family held a large territory totaled 920,000 koku (according to one theory, a million koku based on a land survey)--the 280,000 koku of his second son Tadatsugu IKEDA at Okayama-jo Castle in Bizen Province, the 60,000 koku of his third son Tadao IKEDA at Sumoto-jo Castle in Awaji Province, and the 60,000 koku of his brother Nagayoshi IKEDA at Tottori-jo Castle in Inaba Province--and was called 'shogun of Nishigoku' (western Japan), 'Himeji saisho hyakumangoku' (prime minister of Himeji of one million koku), etc.
Japanese: また、次男・池田忠継の備前国岡山城28万石、三男池田忠雄の淡路国洲本城6万石、弟池田長吉の因幡国鳥取城6万石を合せ、一族で計92万石（一説に検地して百万石）もの大領を有して、世に「西国将軍」、「姫路宰相百万石」等と称された。
English: The social standing of the Ikeda family was greatly raised by the marriage with the Tokugawa family, which remained the basis for the prosperity of the Ikeda family until the Meiji Restoration.
Japanese: 徳川家との縁組は家格を大いに引き上げ、明治維新に至るまで池田家が繁栄する基盤となった。
English: When the waiting-woman to his wife said "this family prospered thanks to ma'am," he reprimanded her in front of his wife; but later, he summoned the waiting-woman and told her, "I understand that my promotion was largely due to my wife's influence, but please don't mention it in her presence, so that she doesn't take advantage of it after hearing it and ruin the marriage."
Japanese: 妻の侍女が「当家が繁栄したのも姫君の甲斐があってこそ」と発言したのを、妻の前では叱責しておき、後になって、その侍女を呼び寄せ「自分の出世には多分に妻の七光りによるところなのは理解しているが、それを聞いて彼女が付け上がり、夫婦仲が悪くなっても困るから妻の前では、それを言うのは止めて欲しい」と言った。
English: He had an inferiority complex about being short, but when someone joked about this over a drink, he simply parried it with an improvised song and dance.
Japanese: 身長が低いのがコンプレックスであったが、それを酒の席でからかわれた際に、即興の歌と舞で軽くいなした。
English: He competed intensively with Masanori FUKUSHIMA in the capture of Gifu-jo Castle under the command of Ieyasu, and despite the fact that he was actually the first to reach the castle, he simply gave in and agreed that they had captured the castle together.
Japanese: 家康から命じられた、岐阜城攻めで、福島正則と激しい功名争いを演じたが、実際には一番乗りの手柄を上げたにも関わらず、あっさりと功を譲って、同時に城を落としたことにした。
English: When Terumasa married Tokuhime, a daughter of Ieyasu, he visited the residence of Tokugawa in Fushimi and asked, 'Is Naokatsu NAGAI, who killed my father in the Battle of Nagakute, present?'
Japanese: 家康の娘・督姫を娶った際、伏見の徳川屋敷を訪れた輝政は「長久手の戦いでわが父を討った永井直勝なる者はこの席におりますや否や?」と聞いた。
English: When Ieyasu responded 'NAGAI is at the lowest seat', and had him proceed in front of Terumasa, Terumasa requested, 'I would like you to tell me about my father's last moments.'
Japanese: 家康が「末座に控えています」と答え永井を輝政の前に進ませると、輝政は「父の最期を聞かせてほしい」と頼んだ。
English: Having heard Nagai's story, Nagamasa asked 'What is this man's worth?', and when he heard the answer '5,000 koku,' Terumasa instantly turned disgruntled.
Japanese: 永井が物語りした後、輝政は「この者の身上はいかほどにござりまするや?」と聞き、「5000石にござる」と答えると、輝政はみるみる不機嫌な顔つきになった。
English: Everyone there feared that Terumasa would take vengeance, but instead, Terumasa sighed with grief and said, 'No more than 5,000 koku'--Is that the price of my father's life?'
Japanese: 一同は輝政が仇討ちするのではと肝を冷やしたが、輝政は「父の首はたったの5000石ですか…」と嘆息したという。
English: Although it is unknown whether this incident was the direct cause or not, the Nagai family received 72,000 koku, later.
Japanese: この件が直接の原因かは定かではないが、永井家はその後7万2000石を拝領する事になった。
English: Toshimasa MAEDA (1578 - August 18, 1633), a busho (Japanese military commander) who lived from the Azuchi Momoyama Period to the Edo period, was the second son of Toshiie MAEDA, the first lord of the Kaga Domain, and his mother was Hoshunin.
Japanese: 前田利政（まえだとしまさ天正6年（1578年）-寛永10年7月14日(旧暦)（1633年8月18日））は安土桃山時代から江戸時代の武将、加賀加賀藩初代藩主である前田利家の次男、母は芳春院。
English: He was supposed to be adopted by Narimasa SASSA but it was not fulfilled and a explanation for this was that they had a falling out with the Sassa family.
Japanese: 佐々成政の養子に予定されていたが、後に佐々家と手切れとなったため実現しなかったという説がある。
English: In 1593, he became the lord of Nanao-jo Castle in Noto Province and in 1599 became a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) after he was given a territory in Noto Province by his father, Toshiie.
Japanese: 文禄2年（1593年）に能登国七尾城の城主となり、慶長4年（1599年）に父の利家より能登国に所領を分与されて大名となった。