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English: February 6: Promoted to Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) (Retained his positions as Jingi gon taijo and Chikuzen no kami).
Japanese: 12月19日（1825年）、従四位下に昇叙（神祇権大祐兼筑前守如元）。
English: August 11, 1833: Promoted to Jingi gon no shofu (Provisional Junior Assistant Director of Divinities) (Retained his position as Chikuzen no kami) (at the age of 39).
Japanese: 天保4年（1833年）6月26日、神祇権少副に昇進（兼筑前守如元）（39才）。
English: 1836: Transferred the head position of the family to his oldest son Nagaari, and retired from the Yoshida family (at the age of 42).
Japanese: 天保7年（1836年）、鈴鹿家の家督を長男長存に譲り、吉田家を致仕（42才）。
English: April 15, 1838: Promoted to Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade) (Retained his positions as Jingi gon no shofu and Chikuzen no kami) (at the age of 44).
Japanese: 天保9年（1838年）3月21日、従四位上に昇叙（神祇権少副兼筑前守如元）（44才）。
English: December 30, 1854: Promoted to Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) (Retained his positions as Jingi gon no shofu and Chikuzen no kami) (at the age of 60).
Japanese: 安政元年（1854年）11月11日、正四位下に昇叙（神祇権少副兼筑前守如元）（60才）。
English: April 6, 1859: Promoted to Yoshida-jinja Shrine azukari (an additional post as the chief of Naizenshi) (government post) (at the age of 65).
Japanese: 安政6年（1859年）3月4日、吉田神社預(官職)に昇補（65才）。
English: He frequently changed his surname to Urabe because he held the position of kiboku (augury reading the crack in a burned tortoise shell) at Jingikan (department of worship).
Japanese: 卜部への改姓が頻繁に行われているのは、神祇官において亀卜の任に担ったためである。
English: Akinori MITAMURA (January 16, 1850 - January 10, 1931) was a martial artist (the 14th head of Tendo school) from the former Kameoka Domain of Tanba Province (Kameyama Domain of Tanba Province).
Japanese: 美田村顕教（みたむらあきのり、1850年1月16日（嘉永2年12月4日(旧暦)）-1931年（昭和6年）1月10日）は、旧丹波亀岡藩（丹波亀山藩）出身の武術家（天道流第14代）。
English: In 1849, he was born in Kameyama, Tanba Province (today's Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture) as the grandson of Masaaki MITAMURA, who was a feudal retainer of Kameyama Domain of Tanba Province, and became a disciple of the 12th Tendo school, Kazune SHIMOGAWARA, who was a grandmaster of swordplay of the Tendo school of the domain in 1858.
Japanese: 1849年（嘉永2年）、丹波亀山藩士・美田村正明の孫として丹波国亀山（現京都府亀岡市）に生まれ、1858年（安政5年）、藩の天道流剣術師範役・下河原一寧（天道流第12代）に入門する。
English: Since 1860, he also learned from the Okura group at the Heki school, Japanese horse-back archery technique from the Otsubo new school, the art of spearing from the Kuden and the Inatomi schools, in addition to the Tendo school.
Japanese: 1860年（万延元年）より天道流のほかに、日置流大蔵派、大坪新流馬術、空伝流槍術、稲富流も学んだ。
English: When the Tenchu-gumi incident occurred in 1863, he guarded the outside of the Imadegawa Gomon of the Imperial Palace.
Japanese: 1863年（文久3年）の天誅組の変に際しては、御所の今出川御門外の警備に出陣。
English: In 1864, the following year, as the Domain employed a Western military style, he learned Western gunnery at the Takashima school and Dutch and British military sciences, and received a license to teach gunnery from the Takashima school in 1868.
Japanese: 翌1864年（元治元年）、藩が西洋式兵制を採用したことにより、西洋式砲術の高島流とオランダ式・イギリス式兵学を学び、1868年（慶応4年）、高島流砲術の免許を授かる。
English: He got married in January 1871, and after Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures) in August 1871, he started a business that included paper production and timber, but was not successful at it.
Japanese: 1871年1月（明治3年12月(旧暦)）に結婚し、1871年8月（明治4年7月(旧暦)）の廃藩置県後は、製紙業、材木商などの事業を始めたが事業は成功しなかった。
English: He lamented the tendency after the Meiji Restoration for the introduction of Western products of culture and the fading of Japanese traditional values, and some people including Akinori established Seitokusha in Kameoka (the name was changed from Kameyama in 1869).
Japanese: 明治維新以後、欧米の文物が流れ込み日本の伝統的な価値が忘れられていく風潮を嘆き、、一般子弟に古典や古武道を教育することを目的として、顕教を含む数人で亀岡（明治2年に亀山から改称）に生徳社を設立した。
English: (Enshukan was incorporated into the Nanso branch of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society) in 1903.)
Japanese: （偃修館は1903年（明治36年）に大日本武徳会南桑支所に統合される）
English: In 1891, he inherited the style from the 13th Tendo school Ikkaku SHIMOGAWARA.
Japanese: 1891年（明治24年）、天道流第13代・下河原一霍より流儀を継承する。
English: Since Akinori was good at naginata jutsu among all the techniques of the Tendo school, his activity as a naginata teacher increased, and he not only performed the naginata jutsu of the Tendo school in front of the Imperial family, but also instructed at a training hall of the House of Viscount Nishinotoin.
Japanese: 顕教は天道流の諸術の中で薙刀術を得意としたこともあり薙刀術の指導者としての活動が多くなり、、皇族の御前で天道流薙刀術を演武したほか、西洞院子爵家の道場で薙刀術を指導した。
English: Thereafter, he successively held the positions of naginata teacher at Doshisha Girls' School (today's Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts), Kyoto Prefectural First and Second Girls' High Schools, Shiga Prefectural Women's Normal School, and other schools.
Japanese: その後、同志社女学校（現同志社女子大学）、京都府立第一・第二高等女学校、滋賀県女子師範学校等の薙刀教師を歴任した。
English: (The technique of the sword taught at the Tendo school by Akinori is employed in 'Shubukan Oku no kata' (combination arts and deep arts of Shubukan Training Hall), one of the determined sword fencing forms by Shubukan.)
Japanese: （修武館で定められた剣術形「修武館奥之形」のうちの1本に顕教の伝えた天道流剣術の技が採用されている）
English: In 1904, he was appointed to assistant professor of sword fencing and naginata jutsu (art of Japanese halberd) at the headquarters of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, so he moved to Kyoto City where the headquarters are.
Japanese: 1904年（明治37年）、大日本武徳会本部の剣術と薙刀術の助教授に任命されたので、武徳会本部のある京都市に移住する。
English: After the Taira clan was defeated in the Battle of Dan no ura on May 2, 1185, his father Tokitada was captured by the army of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and sent to Heian-kyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Kyoto) as a captive.
Japanese: 寿永4年（1185年）3月24日の壇ノ浦の戦いで平家一門が滅亡すると、父時忠は源義経の軍勢に捕らえられて捕虜として平安京へ戻った。
English: In an attempt to retrieve a confidential document seized by Yoshitsune, he planned to offer his daughter to Yoshitsune.
Japanese: 時忠は義経に押収された機密文書を取り戻すために、娘を義経に差し出す事を考えた。
English: Instead of his 18-year-old daughter of the present wife, with whom he was unwilling to part, he made his 23-year-old (28-year-old according to "Genpei Seisui ki" (Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and the Taira clans)) daughter called Warabihime, who was a daughter of his former wife, a wife of Yoshitsune.
Japanese: 18歳の現妻の娘は惜しいので先妻の娘である23歳（『源平盛衰記』では28歳）の蕨姫を義経に娶らせた。
English: Entreated by Warabihime, Yoshitsune returned the document unopened, which Tokitada immediately burned.
Japanese: 姫に懇願された義経は封も開けずに文書を時忠に送り、時忠はすぐさま焼却処分したという。
English: A record (an article dated September 2 in the first year of the Bunji era) in "Azuma Kagami" (The Mirror of the East) states that Tokitada, who was to be exiled on June 26, was still living in Kyoto because he had become the father-in-law of Yoshitsune, and that this aroused the displeasure of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who was an older brother of Yoshitsune.
Japanese: 『吾妻鏡』によると、同年5月20日に配流の決定が出されていた時忠が、義経の舅となった縁によって未だ京都に滞在し、義経の兄源頼朝の怒りを買っている記録がある（文治元年9月2日条）。
English: After Tokitada was exiled to Noto Province on October 25, Warabihime was never heard of again.
Japanese: 9月23日、時忠は流刑地の能登国へ送られるが、蕨姫のその後の消息は不明。
English: There are many traditional stories saying that Yoshitsune and his followers visited the place of the exiled Tokitada, who was the father of Warabihime, on their flight from the capital.
Japanese: 能登半島には都落ち後の義経一行が、蕨姫の父時忠の配流地を訪れたという伝承が多くある。
English: Keijuin (1514 - June 27, 1565) was the lawful wife of Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, who was the 12th Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 慶寿院（けいじゅいん、永正11年（1514年）－永禄8年5月19日(旧暦)（1565年6月17日））は、室町幕府第12代征夷大将軍足利義晴の正室。
English: On July 28, 1534, her wedding ceremony with Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA was held.
Japanese: 天文(元号)3年6月8日(旧暦)（1534年7月18日）に足利義晴との婚姻の儀が行われる。
English: The lawful wives of the Ashikaga clan had been selected from the Hino family since the marriage of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, and Keijuin was the first lawful wife from Sekke (line of regents and advisers).
Japanese: 足利氏の正室は足利義満以来、日野家から迎えられてきたが、ここにおいて初めて摂家から正室を迎えたのである。
English: On April 10, 1536, she gave birth to Yoshiteru, who was the oldest son and heir, at Nanzen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 天文5年3月10日(旧暦)（1536年3月31日）に南禅寺において嫡男である義輝を生む。
English: On January 21, 1547, Yoshiharu abdicated his shogunate to Yoshiteru.
Japanese: 天文15年12月20日(旧暦)（1547年1月11日）に義晴が義輝に将軍職を譲る。
English: Shortly after Yoshiharu died of 'edema' in Omi Province, which was his fugitive destination, on May 30, 1550 ("Tokitsugu Kyoki" (The Dairy of Tokitsugu YAMASHINA)), she entered the priesthood and called herself Keijuin ("Shokuoninkoki" (Chronicle of the Onin War), an article dated June 4, 1550).
Japanese: 天文19年5月4日(旧暦)（1550年5月20日）、義晴は亡命先の近江国にて「水腫」のために病死（『言継卿記』）し、間もなく彼女も出家して慶寿院と号した（『続応仁後記』天文19年5月9日条）。
English: Later, Keijuin entered politics as the guardian of young Yoshiteru.
Japanese: その後、慶寿院は若い義輝の後見人として政務の場にも登場するようになる。
English: Keijuin and her older brother Taneie's concern in politics had already started during the reign of Shogun Yoshiharu, which was recorded in "Hirojikiroku" (literally, records of announcements) and "Odachi Joko Nikki" (The Diary of Joko ODACHI).
Japanese: 既に義晴の将軍在位中より、兄・稙家とともに政務への関与を裏付ける記録が『披露事記録』や『大舘常興日記』に見られる。
English: It is believed that she also asked Naidanshu (Assistants for Council) to arrange Kanto (the appointment to an office) for Okishige SUGI, who was a vassal of the Ouchi clan.
Japanese: また、大内氏家臣杉興重の官途についても彼女から内談衆への働きかけがあったという。
English: Tokitsugu YAMASHINA, the shoryo (territory) of whom was seized by Yoshiteru, also resorted to Keijuin and Taneie; the articles dated May 25 through 30 in the seventeenth year of the Tenbun era in "Tokitsugu Kyoki" (The Dairy of Tokitsugu YAMASHINA) state that Tokitsugu visited Omi Province to thank them and gave medicine to Taneie, his wife and Keijuin.
Japanese: また、義輝に所領を押領された山科言継が頼ったのも稙家及び慶寿院であり、『言継卿記』の天文17年（1547年）5月25－30日条には御礼のために近江を訪れ、その際に稙家夫妻と慶寿院に薬を献上したことが記されている。
English: Some argue that togoku geko (leaving the capital to east province) of Sakihisa KONOE, who was her nephew, may have been arranged by Keijuin, who expected Kenshin UESUGI to go to the capital (Kyoto) and restore the Shogun family and the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 更に甥近衛前久の東国下向の背景には将軍家及び朝廷の再興を図るために上杉謙信の上洛に期待する慶寿院の関与もあったとする見方もある。
English: In 1565, however, when Hisahide MATSUNAGA and miyoshi sanninshu (three chief retainers of the Miyoshi clan) attacked Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA at Nijo-gosho Palace, Yoshiteru committed jijin (suicide with one's sword) and Keijuin burned herself to death (Eiroku Incident).
Japanese: だが、永禄8年（1565年）、松永久秀と三好三人衆が二条御所の足利義輝の二条御所を襲撃した際に義輝は自刃、慶寿院も自ら火中に身を投じて自害をしたのである（永禄の変）。
English: Fusako TOKUDAIJI (1481 - April 8, 1566) was a Kita no Mandokoro (legal wife of regent or chief adviser to the Emperor) of Hisamichi KONOE, who was a Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States).
Japanese: 徳大寺維子（とくだいじふさこ、文明(日本)13年（1481年）-永禄9年3月8日(旧暦)（1566年3月29日））は、戦国時代(日本)の関白・近衛尚通の北政所（正室）。
English: After the wedding ceremony held on September 2, 1497, she practically became the lawful wife (in the court noble society at the time, the position of a lawful wife was granted only after the formal marriage ceremony).
Japanese: 明応6年7月26日に婚儀が行われ、正室として扱われた（当時の公家社会では正式な婚儀を行わなければ正室として認められなかった）。
English: However, because Hisamichi had already retired from the position of Kanpaku in the month before their marriage, she didn't get to hold the position of 'Kita no Mandokoro' until right after Hisamichi reassigned to Kanpaku in 1513 ("Gohojoji Nikki" (The Diary of Hisamichi KONOE), the article dated October 27 in the tenth year of the Eisho era).
Japanese: ただし、婚儀の前月に既に尚通は最初の関白の任を終えていたため、彼女が北政所とされることはなく、「北政所」として彼女が登場するのは永正10年（1513年）に尚通が関白に還補された直後（『後法成寺日記』永正10年10月27日条）である。
English: It is known that Fusako undertook official duties in place of her husband and sons; on the occasion of Yuimae (a Buddhist service for the Yuima Sutra held at Kofuku-ji Temple) held at Kofuku-ji Temple in 1536, the year when Taneie assumed the positions of Kanpaku and Toshi choja (Chief advisor to the Emperor and the head of the Fujiwara clan), she visited the temple in place of Taneie, who was to offer thanks for being designated a Kanpaku the next day.
Japanese: 夫や息子の代わりに公的な場に出る場合があったことが知られ、稙家が関白・藤氏長者に任ぜられた天文(日本)5年（1536年）の興福寺維摩会には、会翌日に関白就任の奏慶を控えた稙家の代理として興福寺を訪れている。
English: Although not her birth child, she served as a guardian of Keijuin, who was the lawful wife of seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: また、彼女の所生ではないものの、征夷大将軍足利義晴正室となった慶寿院の後見的立場にあった。
English: She witnessed Keijuin giving birth to Yoshiharu's oldest son and heir (later Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA) in 1536.
Japanese: 天文5年に慶寿院が義晴の嫡男（後の足利義輝）を生んだ際に立ち会っている。
English: Also, it is known that Michinao KONO of Iyo Province requested Sadayori ROKKAKU, Joko ODACH of naidanshu (another name of hikitsukeshu, coadjustor of the high court), and his son Harumitsu ODACHI, to put in a good word for him to become a member of Gohobanshu (officials who accompany shogun) via the 'Omandokoro (Mother of the chief Adviser to the Emperor) of the Konoe family' ("Odachi Joko Nikki" (The Diary of Joko ODACHI), the articles dated January 22 and 23, 1540).
Japanese: また、伊予国の河野通直から「近衛家大政所」を通して御相伴衆推挙の依頼が六角定頼及び内談衆大舘常興・大舘晴光父子に対してなされた事が知られている（『大舘常興日記』天文8年12月4・5日条）。
English: This 'Omandokoro of the Konoe family' refers to Fusako, who is believed to have influenced the shogunate government as a virtual maternal grandmother to Yoshiteru, who was a successor of the shogunate (Michinao KONO eventually became a member of Gohobanshu on May 28, 1540 ("Odachi Joko Nikki")).
Japanese: 「近衛家大政所」とは維子のことであり、将軍後継者である義輝の実質上の外祖母として幕政にも影響を与えたと考えられている（結果的に天文9年4月12日に河野通直は御相伴衆に加えられた（『大舘常興日記』））。
English: Although her health deteriorated after 1517, presumably from menopause, it is depicted in "Gohojoji Nikki" that she visited temples including Kurama-dera Temple and Kiyomizu-dera Temple, and associated with relatives and influential figures such as Takakuni HOSOKAWA.
Japanese: 永正14年（1517年）頃より更年期障害と想定される健康の悪化が見られるものの、鞍馬寺や清水寺などの寺社参詣や親族、細川高国など有力者との交流ぶりが『後法成寺日記』などに記されている。
English: Although he fought in the Genpei War with Mitsumori and other members, he didn't get to join the flight of the Taira family from Kyoto.
Japanese: 光盛らと共に源平合戦を戦うが、最終的に平家方の都落ちには従わなかった。
English: After the Taira family was defeated, he was reappointed his former post and granted the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1209.
Japanese: 平家滅亡後は本官に還任され、承元3年（1209年）に従三位となった。
English: TAKASHINA no Naritada (923 - July, 998) was a Kugyo (top court official) who lived during the mid Heian period.
Japanese: 高階成忠（たかしなのなりただ、延長(日本)元年（923年）-長徳4年（998年）7月）は平安時代中期の公卿。
English: It is said that he caught a glimpse of Michitaka, who was visiting his daughter Takako, and foresaw his success as a politician.
Japanese: 娘貴子のところに通っていた道隆を垣間見て、必ず出世する器と予見したという。
English: Nobunaga ODA was a busho (Japanese military commander), daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) during the Sengoku period (period of warring states) and a statesman who lived from the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period and he had a great influence on future generations.
Japanese: 織田信長（おだのぶなが）は、日本の戦国時代(日本)から安土桃山時代にかけて、世に多大な影響を残した武将・戦国大名・政治家である。
English: He made an effort to create order out of the chaos in politics where there was no unified authority, he promoted new ways of thinking and culture without being bound by the common sense and authority of those days and instead attempted to instill intelligence with both rationality and coolness.
Japanese: 当時の常識や権力に囚われず、新しい考え方や文化を積極的に取り入れる見識の広さ、合理性と冷徹さを兼ね備えた知性によって、統一者のいなかった政治的混沌を収集に向かわせた人物である。
English: After showing an overall direction, his project was interrupted by the betrayal of Mitsuhide AKECHI, one of his senior vassals, and this forced him to commit suicide.
Japanese: その事業は大方向を示したところで重臣の一人・明智光秀の裏切りに遭い、自刃に追い込まれたことによって頓挫した。
English: However, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who actually succeeded his government, made progress in the unification of the whole country based upon the foundation established by Nobunaga, and he finally achieved it.
Japanese: しかし、政権の実質的後継者となった豊臣秀吉が、信長の築いた足場をもとに天下統一を進め、ついには成し遂げることとなった。
English: Therefore, he was a statesman positioned as one of the founders of the project to build early-modern times of Japan succeeded by Hideyoshi and accomplished by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: このことから、秀吉が継ぎ、徳川家康が完成させる形となった日本近世の形成事業の創始と言うべき位置づけにあった政治家である。
English: It seems that Nobunaga was raised as the legitimate son, and he became the lord of Nagoya-jo Castle during his childhood.
Japanese: 信長が嫡男として育てられたようで、幼児のときに那古屋城主となっている。
English: In 1551 he succeeded the head of the family after his father's sudden death, but faced a succession dispute with his younger brother Nobuyuki (Nobukatsu) ODA.
Japanese: 天文(元号)20年（1551年）、急死した父の後を受けて家督を継ぐも、同母弟・織田信行（信勝）と家督争いが発生する。
English: After he won in this dispute, he defeated his enemy's forces one after another and unified Owari Province.
Japanese: これに勝利すると、その後は敵対勢力を次々と下していき、尾張国を統一した。
English: In 1560 he defeated Yoshimoto IMAGAWA who had an extremely larger military force than Nobunaga at the Battle of Okehazama, which made his name famous all over the country.
Japanese: 永禄3年（1560年）、兵力的に圧倒的優位にあった今川義元を桶狭間の戦いで破り世に名を轟かせた。
English: In 1567 he subverted the Saito clan in the Mino Province and went to Kyoto under Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA during the following year.
Japanese: 永禄10年（1567年）には美濃国の斎藤氏を滅ぼし、その翌年には足利義昭を奉じて上洛を果たした。
English: The siege around Nobunaga including the Takeda clan, the Asakura clan, the Enryaku-ji Temple and the Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple were built.
Japanese: 武田氏、朝倉氏、延暦寺、石山本願寺などから成る信長包囲網が結成される。
English: In 1571, he pushed through the fire attack against Enryaku-ji Temple and burnt off Mt. Hiei as a whole.
Japanese: 元亀2年（1571年）には延暦寺の焼き討ちを断行、比叡山全体を焼き払った。
English: After that, he moved the unification of Japan forward and implemented policies such as Rakuichi-rakuza (Free markets and open guilds) and land survey (the Oda government).
Japanese: 以後、天下布武を推し進め、楽市楽座、検地などの政策を用いた（織田政権）。
English: On July 3, 1534, he was born as the second son of Nobuhide ODA, daimyo during the Sengoku period in Owari Province at Shobata-jo Castle (or Nagoya-jo Castle in another theory).
Japanese: 天文(元号)3年（1534年）5月12日、尾張国の戦国大名・織田信秀の次男として、勝幡城（那古野城説もある）で生誕。
English: In addition, 'Oda Danjonojo family' which Nobunaga came from was the Oda Yamato no Kami family who was assigned to the Shugodai (deputy of Shugo, provincial constable) of the south four counties (Kaito, Kaisei, Aichi and Chita Counties) by the Shiba clan who was shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) in the Owari Province, that is, the branch family of Kiyosu Oda family and the lord of Furuwatari-jo Castle as same as its senior vassal, i.e., one of the three magistrates of Kiyosu.
Japanese: なお、信長の生まれた「織田弾正忠家」は、尾張国の守護大名・斯波氏の被官、下四郡（海東郡・海西郡・愛知郡・知多郡）の守護代に補任された織田大和守家、即ち清洲織田家の分家にして同家重臣たる清洲三奉行・古渡城主の家柄であった。
English: Since his mother Dota-gozen was the lawful wife of Nobuhide, he became the lord of Nagoya-jo Castle at the age of two.
Japanese: 母・土田御前が信秀の正室であったため嫡男となり、2歳にして那古野城主となる。
English: He had often shown strange behavior from childhood to boyhood, so that he was called the fool in Owari by the people around him.
Japanese: 幼少から青年時にかけて奇矯な行動が多く、周囲から尾張の大うつけと称された。
English: When he was still a young heir, he had often shown daring performances which astonished his father Nobuhide, for example, he put the town on fire near the Kiyosu-jo Castle which was controlled by his master 'the Oda Yamato no Kami family' with which the Oda clan superficially had kept the position as a vassal and subconsciously strained relations, with a few mounted warriors.
Japanese: まだ世子であった頃、表面的に家臣としての立場を守り潜在的な緊張関係を保ってきた主筋の「織田大和守家」の支配する清洲城下に数騎で火を放つなど、父・信秀も寝耳に水の行動をとり、豪胆さを早くから見せた。
English: In addition, when he was young, he led a life with Takechiyo MATSUDAIRA (later Ieyasu TOKUGAWA) who was sent to the Oda clan by the betrayal of Yasumitsu TODA, who was kachu (family-related communities existing during the late Muromachi and the Azuchi-Momoyama periods) of the Matsudaira clan, on the way to the territory of the Imagawa clan as a hostage.
Japanese: また、今川氏へ人質として護送されていたが、松平氏家中の戸田康光の裏切りにより、織田氏に護送されてきた松平竹千代（後の徳川家康）と幼少期をともに過ごした。
English: In 1546 he celebrated his attainment of manhood at Furuwatari-jo Castle and identified himself as ODA Kazusa no suke (Assistant Governor of Kazusa Province) Nobunaga.
Japanese: 天文15年（1546年）、古渡城にて元服し、織田上総介信長と称する。
English: In 1548 after he made peace with Dosan SAITO, daimyo of the Mino Province during the Sengoku period, who was fighting with his father Nobuhide, he got married with the daughter of Dosan, Nohime, for political reasons.
Japanese: 天文17年（1548年）、父・信秀と敵対していた美濃国の戦国大名・斎藤道三との和睦が成立すると、道三の娘・濃姫と政略結婚した。
English: There was an episode about Nobunaga meeting Dosan at the Shotoku-ji Temple (in Nagoya City) in 1549 (or 1553 in another theory), Dosan judged the ability of Nobunaga who had been called a fool.
Japanese: 天文18年（1549年）（異説では天文22年（1553年））に信長は聖徳寺(名古屋市)で道三と会見し、その際に道三はうつけ者と呼ばれていた信長の器量を見抜いたとの逸話がある。
English: It is said that he died because of remonstration against Nobunaga's eccentric behavior or because of a feud between his son Goroemon and Nobunaga.
Japanese: これは、奇行が目立つ信長を諌めるための諫死であったとも、息子・五郎右衛門と信長の確執のためとも言われる。
English: Nobunaga was in great sorrow and had the Seishu-ji Temple built with Takugen Osho (high priest) kaisan (a founder of temple as the first chief priest) in order to mourn him.
Japanese: 信長は嘆き悲しみ、沢彦和尚を開山として政秀寺を建立し、政秀の霊を弔った。
English: In those days, in Owari Province, the power of the Shiba clan, who were shugo daimyo, declined and Nobutomo ODA, who was the head of 'the Oda Yamato no Kami family,' the shugodai of the south four counties of the Owari Province, and the head of the lord of the Kiyosu-jo Castle, grasped the real power.
Japanese: 当時、尾張国は守護大名の斯波氏の力が衰え、尾張下四郡の守護代であった「織田大和守家」当主にして清洲城主・織田信友が実権を掌握していた。
English: However, Nobunaga's father Nobuhide spread the control in the mid-western area of Owari Province with his excellent wisdom and courage, although he was merely one of three magistrates who served Nobutomo.
Japanese: しかし、信長の父・信秀はその信友に仕える三奉行の一人に過ぎなかったにも関わらず、その秀でた智勇をもって尾張中西部に支配権を拡大していた。
English: When Nobunaga succeeded the head of the family after Nobuhide's death, Nobutomo opposed Nobunaga by supporting the succession to the position of family head by Nobuyuki (Nobukatsu) ODA, a younger brother of Nobunaga, and planned to murder Nobunaga.
Japanese: 信秀の死後、信長が後を継ぐと、信友は信長の弟・織田信行（信勝）の家督相続を支持し、信長と敵対し、信長謀殺計画を企てた。
English: However, Yoshimune SHIBA, the Shugo (provincial constable) who was forced to be a puppet by Nobutomo, informed the plan to Nobunaga.
Japanese: しかし、信友により傀儡にされていた尾張国守護・斯波義統が、その計画を事前に信長に密告した。
English: Nobutomo got mad with this and killed Yoshimune when his legitimate son Yoshikane SHIBA went to kawagari (a kind of fishing) with his troops.
Japanese: これに激怒した信友は、義統の嫡男・斯波義銀が手勢を率いて川狩に出た隙に義統を殺害する。
English: Therefore, when Yoshikane escaped to Nobunaga's side, Nobunaga killed Nobutomo as a rebel who killed his master Yoshimune in cooperation with his uncle Nobumitsu ODA, the lord of Moriyama-jo Castle (in the Owari Province).
Japanese: このため、義銀が信長を頼って落ち延びてくると、信長は叔父の守山城(尾張国)主・織田信光と協力し、信友を主君・義統を殺した謀反人として殺害する。
English: Nobunaga moved the base from Nagoya-jo Castle to Kiyosu-jo Castle and controlled the shugosho (provincial administration) of the Owari Province.
Japanese: 信長は那古野城から清洲城へ本拠を移し、尾張国の守護所を手中に収めた。
English: On May 1556, his wife's father Dosan SAITO was defeated and killed in battle by his son Yoshitatsu SAITO.
Japanese: 弘治(日本)2年（1556年）4月、義父・斎藤道三が子の斎藤義龍との戦いに敗れて戦死。
English: In such a situation, senior vassals who doubted the ability of Nobunaga as head of the family, such as Hidesada HAYASHI, Michitomo HAYASHI, and Katsuie SHIBATA, tried to get rid of Nobunaga and help Nobunaga's younger brother Nobukatsu become the head, who was known to be smart.
Japanese: こうしたなか、信長の当主としての器量を疑問視した重臣の林秀貞、林通具、柴田勝家らは、信長を廃して聡明で知られた信長の同母弟・信勝を擁立しようとした。
English: On the other hand, Nobunaga was supported by Yoshinari MORI, Morishige SAKUMA, Nobumori SAKUMA, and so on, and both groups were in conflict.
Japanese: これに対して信長には森可成、佐久間盛重、佐久間信盛らが味方し、両派は対立する。
English: The Nobukatsu's group considered Dosan's death as a good chance and raised an army against Nobunaga on October 7 during the same year, but it was defeated (the Battle of Inou).
Japanese: 道三の死去を好機と見た信勝派は同年8月24日、挙兵して信長と戦うも敗北（稲生の戦い）。