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English: In 1252, Tokiyori exiled the fifth shogun, FUJIWARA no Yoritsugu, to Kyoto, and helped Imperial Prince Munetaka, a son of Emperor Gosaga, become the new shogun.
Japanese: 1252年には第5代将軍藤原頼嗣を京都に追放して、新たな将軍として後嵯峨天皇の皇子である宗尊親王を擁立した。
English: However, Tokiyori adopted political measures for reconciliation (for example, in 1249 he placed assistant judges, called hikitsuke shu, under the Council of State, or Hyojo shu, to ensure fairness and speed up lawsuits and politics while reducing the duration of service by bodyguards (called Oban yaku)) for fear that dictatorial overtones might become extremely strong, whereby dissatisfaction might arise among the immediate vassals of the shogun.
Japanese: しかし時頼は、独裁色が強くなるあまりに御家人から不満が現れるのを恐れて、1249年には評定衆の下に引付衆を設置して訴訟や政治の公正や迅速化を図ったり、大番役の奉仕期間を半年に短縮したりするなどの融和政策も採用している。
English: This is why there was no means, other than emphasizing and advocating consideration for the people and good administration, that would allow the Hojo family to obtain such legitimacy of government.
Japanese: 撫民・善政を強調し標榜することでしか、支配の正統性を得ることができなかったのである。
English: In 1256, Tokiyori became ill, and consequently he surrendered the regency to his relative, Nagatoki HOJO, whereupon he became a priest and called himself Meigetsuin Nyudo.
Japanese: 1256年、時頼は病に倒れたため、執権職を一族の北条長時に譲って出家し、明月院入道と号した。
English: However, it is said that Tokiyori in fact managed politics after his retirement from the regency.
Japanese: しかし執権職から引退したとはいえ、実際の政治は時頼が取り仕切っていたという。
English: At that time, Tokimune HOJO, Tokiyori's eldest son (born in 1251), was only six years old, and therefore it was impossible for Tokimune to take over the regency.
Japanese: 時頼の嫡男北条時宗は1251年に誕生していたが、この時はまだ6歳という幼児だった為に執権職を継がせる訳にもいかず、
English: It is said that such circumstances gave rise to Tokiyori's intention to appoint Nagatoki to serve as a regent in place of Tokimune until Tokimune's attainment of manhood and thereafter to have Tokimune assume the regency from Nagatoki.
Japanese: 長時を代行として執権職に据えて、時宗が成人した暁には長時から時宗へ執権を継がせるつもりであったと言われている。
English: Contrary to his intention, Tokiyori assumed real political power after his retirement, and this heralded the Tokuso family in the Hojo family.
Japanese: だが、引退したにも関わらず、時頼が政治の実権を握ったことは、その後の北条氏における得宗家の先駆けとなった。
English: Moreover, he is highly appreciated even today as a wise ruler due to the fact that he strengthened the regent's power while providing proper administration to immediate vassals of the shogun as well as common people.
Japanese: さらに執権権力を強化する一方で、御家人や民衆に対して善政を敷いた事は、今でも名君として高く評価されている。
English: This is the reason for which a 'pilgrimage legend' famous as a Noh play entitled "Hachi no ki," wherein Tokiyori appears, has an episode in which Tokiyori visits various provinces to observe the conditions of the people.
Japanese: このような経緯から、能の『鉢の木』に登場する人物として有名な「廻国伝説」で、時頼が諸国を旅して民情視察を行なったというエピソードが物語られているのである。
English: On July 27, 1243, he was elevated to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and transferred to the post of Sakoen no shogen (Lieutenant of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards).
Japanese: 寛元元年（1243年）閏7月27日、従五位下に叙し、左近衛将監に転任。
English: In July 1247 (on June 14, 1248, according to a different view), he was transferred to the post of Sagami no kami.
Japanese: 宝治元年（1247年）7月、相模守に転任（異説：建長元年（1248年）6月14日、相模守に転任）
English: Soun HOJO (also known as Moritoki ISE) was a military commander during the mid to late Muromachi Period, and the patriarch of the Gohojo clan (or Late Hojo), a powerful warrior clan of the Warring States Period.
Japanese: 北條早雲/伊勢盛時（ほうじょうそううん/いせもりとき）は、室町時代中後期（戦国時代(日本)初期）の武将で、戦国大名となった後北条氏の祖である。
English: Soun HOJO was a leading figure among the warring lords, and his achievements are historically significant in that they triggered the Warring States Period in the eastern provinces.
Japanese: 北條早雲は戦国大名の嚆矢であり、早雲の活動は東国の戦国時代の端緒として歴史的意義がある。
English: His real name was long said to be Nagauji but today, Moritoki is the commonly accepted name (see section on Origins).
Japanese: 諱は長らく長氏（ながうじ）と伝えられてきたが、現在では盛時（もりとき）が定説となっている（出自節を参照）。
English: Although it has long been believed that he was born in 1432, recent theories have suggested the year 1456.
Japanese: 生年は長らく永享4年（1432年）が定説とされてきたが、近年新たに康正2年（1456年）説が提唱されている。
English: The Ise family name was changed to Hojo by Moritoki's son, Ujitsuna, and Soun HOJO, rather than Moritoki ISE, is the name commonly used.
Japanese: 伊勢家が北条姓を称したのは盛時の嫡男・氏綱のときであるが、通例では伊勢盛時も遡って「北条早雲」と呼ばれる。
English: Soun has long been seen as a classic example of a ronin (masterless samurai) climbing up the ladder to become a daimyo.
Japanese: 一介の素浪人から戦国大名にのし上がった下剋上の典型とするのが長く通説とされてきた。
English: Since the Fujii Theory was published in the 1950s, the most popular theory states that Soun was born in the village of Ebara (modern day Ihara City) into a branch of the Ise clan residing in the Province of Bitchu, and the study of other documents has basically determined that he was a feudal lord owning half of Bitchu Ebara (worth 300 kan, a unit of rice weight used before the koku system).
Japanese: 1950年代に発表された藤井論文以降、伊勢氏のうちで備中国に居住した支流で、備中国荏原庄（現井原市）で生まれたという説が有力となり、その後の資料検証によって備中荏原荘の半分を領する領主（300貫といわれる）であることがほぼ確定した。
English: Documents left by the civil servants of the Muromachi Shogunate and documents related to the Province of Suruga both mention a certain 'Shinkuro Moritoki ISE,' which supports the above theory.
Japanese: 室町幕府申次衆の書状と駿河国関連の書状において照らし合わせたところ、記載された史料の「伊勢新九郎盛時」なる人物が同一である事も決め手となった。
English: Theories differed depending on how documents were interpreted but since the majority of them note that Soun was from the Ise clan of Bitchu, this has become an accepted fact.
Japanese: 従来の説は文献の解釈の違いによるところが大きく、さらに「備中伊勢氏」説は史料が最も豊富で多岐にわたる事も出自解明に寄与した。
English: Recent studies have shown that Soun's father, Morisada ISE, and Sadachika ISE held important positions in the Muromachi Shogunate, fulfilling the duty of announcing the arrival of visitors to the 8th Shogun, Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 近年の研究で早雲の父・伊勢盛定が幕府政所執事伊勢貞親と共に八代将軍足利義政の申次衆として重要な位置にいた事も明らかになってきている。
English: Soun was born between Morisada ISE and the daughter of Sadakuni ISE, the head of Ise clan in Kyoto who held an upper-ranking post in the government.
Japanese: 早雲は伊勢盛定と京都伊勢氏当主で政所執事の伊勢貞国の娘との間に生まれた。
English: Soun was born in the Bitchu Ebara area, owned by Morisada, and is thought to have been raised there as a young boy.
Japanese: 早雲は盛定の所領、備中荏原荘で生まれ、若年時はここに居住したと考えられる。
English: In Ebara, there remain prohibition laws signed by Moritoki TAIRA dated 1471 (The Kao Code signature is different to ones found later).
Japanese: 荏原荘には文明(日本)3年（1471年）付けの「平盛時」の署名の禁制が残されている（ただし、花押が後のものとは異なる）。
English: The Daidoji, Naito and Kasahara clans that served the Gohojo clan also originated in Bitchu.
Japanese: さらに、備中国からは大道寺氏、内藤氏、笠原氏など、後北条氏の家臣が出ている。
English: In 1467, the Onin War broke out, and Yoshitada IMAGAWA, the Shugo (Governor) of Suruga, came to Kyoto to join the eastern army.
Japanese: 応仁元年（1467年）応仁の乱が起こり、駿河守護今川義忠が上洛して東軍に加わった。
English: Yoshitada had often visited Sadachika ISE, and it was Soun's father, Morisada, who had received and announced his arrival.
Japanese: 義忠はしばしば伊勢貞親を訪れており、その申次を早雲の父盛定が務めている。
English: When Soun was thought to be a ronin, Kitagawa-dono was said to be Yoshitada's mistress; however, the Ise and Imagawa clans were of equivalent rank and so recently, the theory has been revised to state that Kitagawa-dono was Yoshitada's legal wife, not his mistress.
Japanese: 早雲が素浪人とされていた頃は北川殿は側室であろうとされていたが、備中伊勢氏は今川氏と家格的に遜色なく、近年では正室であると見られている。
English: In 1473, Kitagawa-dono gave birth to a son, Tatsuomaru (who later took the name Ujichika IMAGAWA).
Japanese: 文明5年（1473年）に北川殿は嫡男龍王丸（後の今川氏親）を生んだ。
English: In Kyoto, Soun is said to have served Yoshimi ASHIKAGA, the younger brother of Shogun Yoshimasa, although if Soun had been born in 1456, as the most popular recent theories contend, he would have been only 10 years old during the period Yoshimi was in line to be the next shogun (1464-1467), and Yoshimi had changed sides to the western army after 1467.
Japanese: 京都で早雲は将軍義政の弟の足利義視に仕えたとされるが、近年有力視される康正2年（1456年）生まれとすると、義視が将軍後継者と擬されていた時期（1464年-1467年）には10歳前後で幼すぎ、応仁元年（1467年）以降、義視は西軍に走っている。
English: In 1476, at the Battle of Shiouri-zaka in Totomi Province, Yoshitada IMAGAWA was attacked and killed by the western army's Yokichi and Katsumata clans, who served the Governor of Totomi, Yoshikado SHIBA.
Japanese: 文明8年（1476年）今川義忠は遠江国の塩売坂の戦いで西軍の遠江守護斯波義廉方の国人横地氏、勝間田氏の襲撃を受けて討ち死にした。
English: However, the political situation in Totomi Province was complicated and recent studies have shown that these clans were in fact under the command of Yoshinaga SHIBA of the eastern army, which means that Yoshitada was fighting the eastern, not the western, army.
Japanese: しかし、遠江国の政情は複雑で、近年の研究ではこれらの国人は東軍の斯波義良に属するものだと考察されており、義忠は同じ東軍と戦っていたことになってしまう。
English: When Yoshitada died, his son, Tatsuomaru, was still young (other theories exist), so retainers such as the Miura and Asahina clans backed Norimitsu OSHIKA (Yoshitada's cousin), dividing the Imagawa clan in two.
Japanese: 残された嫡男龍王丸は幼少であり（異説あり）、このため今川氏の家臣三浦氏、朝比奈氏などが一族の小鹿範満（義忠の従兄弟）を擁立して、家中が二分される家督争いとなった。
English: Horigoe Kubo and the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi clan intervened and dispatched forces led by their higher-ranking officers, Masanori UESUGI and Dokan OTA, to the Province of Suruga.
Japanese: これに堀越公方と扇谷上杉氏が介入し、それぞれ執事の上杉政憲と家宰の太田道灌を駿河国へ兵を率いて派遣させた。
English: Norimitsu and Masanori UESUGI were related by blood, and Dokan OTA is also recorded as having supported Norimitsu.
Japanese: 範満と上杉政憲は血縁があり、また太田道灌も史料に範満の「合力」と記されている。
English: Being Kitagawa-dono's brother, Soun went to Suruga to mediate between the two forces and worked it out so that Norimitsu would reign over the family on Tatsuomaru's behalf until Tatsuomaru came of age.
Japanese: 北川殿の弟（または兄）である早雲は駿河国へ下り、調停を行い龍王丸が成人するまで範満を家督代行とすることで決着させた。
English: At this time, he had Masanori UESUGI and Dokan OTA's forces withdraw (there is a story that Soun met with Dokan.
Japanese: 上杉政憲と太田道灌も撤兵させた（この時に道灌と会談したという話もある。
English: Norimitsu, acting as the head of the clan, went to live in Sumpu Castle and Tatsuomaru and his mother, Kitagawa-dono, went to the residence (present-day Kogawa-jo Castle in Yaizu City) of Hoei Choja (also known as Masanobu HASEGAWA) of Kogawa.
Japanese: 家督を代行した範満が駿府城に入り、龍王丸は母北川殿と小川の法永長者（長谷川政宣）の屋敷（小川城（焼津市））に身を寄せた。
English: The success of Soun's arbitration due to his exceptional resourcefulness has been said to be the first step of his social climb; however, prevailing theory holds that he was ordered by Sadachika and Morisada to go to Suruga to intervene in the Imagawa clan's inheritance dispute.
Japanese: 従来、この調停成功は早雲の抜群の知略による立身出世の第一歩とされるが、これは貞親・盛定の命により駿河守護家・今川氏の家督相続介入の為に下向したものであるとの説が有力となっている。
English: After the contest for family rule was settled, Soun returned to Kyoto and served Shogun Yoshinao, being appointed to a military post.
Japanese: 今川氏の家督争いが収まると早雲は京へ戻り、上述のとおり将軍義尚に仕えて奉公衆になっている。
English: Regarding his journey to Suruga and mediation over the family succession, Motoki KURODA's new theory states that at the time Soun was estimated to be 20 years old and his name does not appear in the "Kamakura Ozoshi (Document on battles during the Muromachi Period)," undermining the credibility of the episode.
Japanese: この最初の駿河下向と家督争い調停については、黒田基樹は新説による早雲の推定年齢の若さ（20歳）と、事件に付いて記している『鎌倉大草紙』には早雲の名が見えないことから考えて、このエピソードの実在に疑問を呈している。
English: It is stated in the "Hojoki" that Soun drank sake with Shigetoki DAIDOJI, Hyogo ARAKI, Gonbee TAME, Saishiro YAMANAKA, Matajiro ARAKAWA and Hyoe ARITAKE in Ise and that they vowed that should one of them become a feudal lord, the others would become his retainers, which is similar to the story of Toen-no-chikai in "Sangokushi."
Japanese: 『北条記』に見える早雲駿河下向時の一節には、大道寺重時、荒木兵庫、多目権兵衛・山中才四郎・荒川又次郎・在竹兵衛らの仲間6人と、伊勢国で神水を酌み交わして、一人が大名になったら他の者は家臣になろうと誓い合ったという、三国志の桃園の誓いのような話が残っている。
English: It is stated in the "Kuboryoshoki" that, on his way to the Province of Mutsu, he was robbed of all his possessions by bandits at the Satta Pass in Suruga, and when the Governor's wife's traveling group found him, they gave him clothes to wear.
Japanese: 『公方両将記』には、陸奥国へ下ろうとしていた早雲は駿河国の薩埵峠で盗賊に遭い身ぐるみはがれて難渋していたところを守護の奥方の輿と出会い衣服を与えられた。
English: Although all of these episodes seen to suggest that he had been a poor samurai with great ambition, they are most likely fiction.
Japanese: いずれも、いかにも大志を抱く素浪人にふさわしい話であり、創作であろう。
English: In 1479, the former Shogun, Yoshimasa, sent a Naisho, or confidential letter, approving Tatsuomaru's inheritance of the family headship.
Japanese: 文明11年（1479年）前将軍義政は龍王丸の家督継承を認めて本領を安堵する内書を出している。
English: However, Norimitsu would not return the family rule to Tatsuomaru even after Tatsuomaru became an adult at the age of 15.
Japanese: ところが、龍王丸が15歳を過ぎて成人しても範満は家督を戻そうとはしなかった。
English: In 1487, Soun went to Suruga once again to assist Tatsuomaru, at the same time gathering allies at Ishiwaki-jo Castle.
Japanese: 長享元年（1487年）早雲は再び駿河国へ下り、龍王丸を補佐すると共に石脇城（焼津市）に入って同志を集めた。
English: In November of the same year, Soun formed an army, attacked Suruga House and killed Norimitsu and his younger brother, Magogoro OSHIKA
Japanese: 同年11月、早雲は兵を起こし、駿河館を襲撃して範満とその弟小鹿孫五郎を殺した。
English: Tatsuomaru moved into Suruga House, 2 years later celebrated coming of age and became the head of the Imagawa family, taking the name Ujichika.
Japanese: 龍王丸は駿河館に入り、2年後に元服して氏親を名乗り正式に今川家当主となる。
English: Soun, who remained in Suruga to serve the Imagawa clan, issued a 'Uchiwatashi' Letter, a letter written by the Shugodai local magistrate, which suggests that he may have been in the position of Shugodai at the time.
Japanese: 駿河へ留まり、今川氏の家臣となった早雲は氏親を補佐、守護代の出す「打渡状」を発行していることから駿河守護代の地位にあったとも考えられている。
English: At about this time Soun married Nanyoin-dono, a daughter of Masakiyo OGASAWARA, a Taira clan branch family with the same social rank as the Ise family, and had a son, Ujitsuna.
Japanese: この頃に早雲は伊勢家と同格である平氏一門の幕府奉公衆小笠原政清の娘（南陽院殿）と結婚し、嫡男氏綱が生まれている。
English: Soun's attack on and overthrow of Chachamaru ASHIKAGA to take control over Izu is said to have triggered other attacks on those in power and the opening of the Warring Period.
Japanese: 早雲が堀越公方の子足利茶々丸を襲撃して滅ぼし、伊豆国を奪った事件は、旧勢力が滅び、新興勢力が勃興する下克上の嚆矢とされ、戦国時代の幕開けとされている。
English: Soun had been depicted as a samurai who had abandoned the corrupt government in Kyoto for the Kanto area; however, a recent study by Junji IENAGA reveals that he acted in collaboration with the central government.
Japanese: 政治が腐敗した京を捨てて、関東の沃野に志を立てたように描かれてきた早雲だが、中央の政治と連動した動きを取っていることが近年になって家永遵嗣などの研究で分ってきた。
English: During the Kyotoku War, Shigeuji ASHIKAGA, a Kanto Kubo, disobeyed the Bakufu administration, and the Imagawa clan was ordered by the Shogun to attack and capture Kamakura City.
Japanese: 享徳の乱で関東公方足利成氏が幕府に叛き、将軍の命を受けた今川氏が鎌倉市を攻めて占領。
English: Shigeuji escaped to Koga-jo Castle, joining the opposition to the Bakufu administration, called the Koga Kubo, and fought fiercely against the Uesugi clan, the Bakufu force in Kanto.
Japanese: 成氏は古河城に逃れて古河公方と呼ばれる反対勢力となり、幕府方の関東管領上杉氏と激しく戦った。
English: Shogun Yoshimasa sent his brother Masatomo ASHIKAGA to replace Shigeuji; however, Shigeuji's army was strong, hindering Masatomo's advances on Kamakura, which left him stuck at Hojo fort in Izu and subsequently he became known as Horigoe Kubo.
Japanese: 将軍義政は成氏に代る関東公方として、弟の足利政知を送るが、成氏方の力が強く、鎌倉に入ることもできず伊豆国北条に本拠に留まって堀越公方と呼ばれるようになった。
English: In 1483, peace was established between the Koga Kubo, Shigeuji, and the Kanto Kanrei (Shogun's deputy), Uesugi.
Japanese: 文明14年（1483年）古河公方成氏と関東管領上杉氏との和睦が成立。
English: This peace made Horigoe Kubo's position uncertain and he was left in control of only the Province of Izu.
Japanese: 堀越公方の存在は宙に浮いてしまい、伊豆一国のみを支配する存在となった。
English: Masatomo's eldest son was Chachamaru, and he also had Jundoji and Seiko with his wife, Enmanin.
Japanese: 政知には長男に茶々丸がいたが、正室の円満院との間に潤童子と清晃をもうけていた。
English: According to the 1487 diary of Jinson DAIJOIN, although Seiko was in Kyoto to join the priesthood, there was a rumor that Masatomo, together with Tomiko HINO and Masamoto HOSOKAWA, was planning to make Seiko Shogun in order to recover his power.
Japanese: 清晃は出家して京にいたが、政知は勢力挽回のために日野富子や管領細川政元と連絡してこの清晃を将軍に擁立しようと図っていたとの噂があったと長享元年（1487年）の大乗院尋尊の日記に残っている。
English: A researcher of medieval history, Haruhisa SHIMOYAMA, states that Soun and Ujichika were involved in this plan.
Japanese: 中世史の研究者の下山治久はこの計画に早雲と氏親が関与していたのではないかと述べている。
English: In 1491, after the death of Masatomo, Chachamaru killed Enmanin and her child Jundoji and forced his way to power.
Japanese: 延徳3年（1491年）に政知が没すると、茶々丸は円満院とその子の潤童子を殺害して強引に跡目を継ぐという事件が起きた。
English: Soun's name appears until June of 1491 as Shinkuro ISE, but in a 1494 document, he appears under his priesthood name, Sounan Sozui, suggesting that he entered the priesthood between these years.
Japanese: 早雲は延徳3年（1491年）5月までは「伊勢新九郎」の文書が残っているが、明応3年（1494年）の史料では「早雲庵宗瑞」と法名になっており、この間に出家したようだ。
English: When samurai entered the priesthood during this age, there was often political meaning behind it, and researcher Junji IENAGA states that Soun joined the priesthood because of the unnatural death of Seiko's mother, Enmanin.
Japanese: この時代の武士の出家には政治的な意味があることが多く、家永遵嗣は清晃の母の円満院の横死が理由ではないかと述べている。
English: In April 1493, Masatomo HOSOKAWA organized the Meio Coup and exiled Shogun Yoshitane ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 明応2年（1493年）4月、管領細川政元が明応の政変を起こして将軍足利義稙を追放。
English: Placed in power, Yoshito vowed revenge for his mother and brother's death, and ordered Soun, an official in the Bakufu with a castle near Chachamaru's residence, to carry out the attack.
Japanese: 権力の座に就いた義遐は母と兄の敵討ちを幕府官僚の経歴を持ち、茶々丸の近隣に城を持つ早雲へ命じた。
English: Soun attacked the Imperial palace of Izu-Horigoe in the summer or fall of the same year.
Japanese: これを受けて早雲は、同年夏か秋ごろに伊豆堀越御所の茶々丸を攻撃した。
English: It is stated in the war chronicles that in preparation for the Izu Raid, Soun went to Shuzen-ji Temple, claiming to be going for a hot spring cure, and spied on Izu himself.
Japanese: 後世の軍記物には、この伊豆討入りに際して、早雲が修善寺に湯治と称して自ら密偵となり伊豆の世情を調べたとしている。
English: It is also stated that 'the raid took place when many samurai from Izu were away fighting for the Yamanouchi-Uesugi Clan in the Province of Kozuke, leaving Izu with a small number of samurai.
Japanese: また、「討入りは、伊豆国の兵の多くが山内上杉氏に動員され上野国の合戦に出て手薄になったのを好機とした。
English: A force of 500, made up of 200 of Soun's warriors and 300 borrowed from Ujichika, boarded 10 ships and left Shimizu Harbor.
Japanese: 早雲の手勢200人と氏親に頼んで借りた300人の合わせて500人が、10艘の船に乗って清水港を出港。
English: After crossing Suruga Bay and landing on the beach at West Izu, all the local people thought they were pirates and fled into the mountains with their belongings.
Japanese: 駿河湾を渡って西伊豆の海岸に上陸すると、住民は海賊の襲来と恐れて家財道具を持って山へ逃げた。
English: Soun's force made a sweeping attack of Horigoe Palace and Chachamaru was forced into the mountains where he then committed suicide.'
Japanese: 早雲の兵は一挙に堀越御所を急襲して火を放ち、茶々丸は山中に逃げ自害に追い込まれた」と書かれている。
English: Another document states that 'Soun began ruling the Province of Izu from Nirayama-jo Castle (currently Izunokuni City).
Japanese: この他「早雲は伊豆国韮山城（現伊豆の国市）を新たな居城として伊豆国の統治を始めた。
English: He proclaimed to all that if they set up a Kosatsu (a notice board) and became allies, their lands would be secured; if not, he would destroy their crops and houses.
Japanese: 高札を立てて味方に参じれば本領を安堵すると約束し、一方で参じなければ作物を荒らして住居を破壊すると布告した。
English: He prohibited violent acts by his armed forces and established laws protecting and nursing the ill, which resulted in all samurai and residents who had suffered from the misgovernment of Chachamaru to follow his leadership.
Japanese: また、兵の乱暴狼藉を厳重に禁止し、病人を看護するなど善政を施し、茶々丸の悪政に苦しんでいた伊豆の武士や領民はたちまち早雲に従った。
English: He exhibited his power by attacking Yoshinobu SEKIDO, who resisted Soun, took over Fukane-jo Castle (Shimoda City) and killed all his followers.
Japanese: 抵抗する関戸吉信の深根城（下田市）を落として皆殺しにして力を示した。
English: He abolished the complicated and heavy tax system and replaced it with the Shiko-Rokumin system (which allowed farmers to keep 60% of their crop) which pleased the residents and brought peace to the Province of Izu in 30 days.'
Japanese: そして、それまでの煩瑣で重い税制を廃して四公六民の租税を定め領民は歓喜し、伊豆一国は30日で平定された」と言われる。
English: Chachamaru committed suicide according to the war chronicles, but other historical document claim that he had escaped from Horigoe Palace and resisted Soun for a period of several years followed by the Takeda, Sekido, Kano and Dohi clans.
Japanese: 軍記物語などでは自害したと言われる茶々丸は史書においては堀越御所から逃亡しており、武田氏、関戸氏、狩野氏、土肥氏らに擁せられて早雲に数年に渡って抵抗した。
English: While gathering allies from Izu, Soun slowly drove Chachamaru into a corner, and five years later in 1497, he took over Fukane-jo Castle in South Izu, finally bringing peace to the land.
Japanese: 早雲は伊豆の国人を味方につけながら茶々丸方を徐々に追い込み、明応7年（1497年）に南伊豆の深根城を落として、5年かかってようやく伊豆国を平定している。
English: While working for peace in Izu, Soun was active as a war lord for the Imagawa clan, commanding the Imagawa forces during the invasion of Totomi and conquering land as far as the Chuen area.
Japanese: 伊豆国の平定をする一方で、早雲は今川氏の武将としての活動も行っており、明応3年（1494年）頃から今川氏の兵を指揮して遠江国へ侵攻して、中遠まで制圧している。
English: In 1494, a battle took place between the Yamauchi-Uesugi and Ogigayatsu-Uesugi clans, and Sadamasa UESUGI requested reinforcement from Soun.
Japanese: 明応3年（1494年）関東では山内上杉氏と扇谷上杉氏の抗争（長享の乱）が再燃し、上杉定正は早雲に援軍を依頼。
English: Sadamasa and Soun fought Akisada UESUGI's troops at the Ara-kawa River (Kanto) but when Sadamasa fell off his horse and died, Soun returned with his troops.
Japanese: 定正と早雲は荒川(関東)で上杉顕定の軍と対峙するが、定正が落馬して死去したことにより、早雲は兵を返した。
English: The Ogigayatsu-Uesugi clan had allied itself with the Miura and Omori clans of Sagami but in the same year, misfortune struck when the heads of the three clans, Sadamasa OGIGAYATSU-UESUGI, Tokitaka MIURA and Ujiyori OMORI all passed away.
Japanese: 扇谷上杉氏は相模国の三浦氏と大森氏を支柱としていたが、この年に、それぞれの当主である扇谷上杉定正、三浦時高、大森氏頼の三人が死去するという不運に見舞われている。
English: Using the search for Chachamaru as cover, Soun attacked the Province of Kai and fought against the governor, Nobutsuna TAKEDA.
Japanese: 早雲は茶々丸の討伐・捜索を大義名分として、明応4年（1495年）に甲斐国に攻め込み、守護武田信縄と戦っている。
English: According to the "Hojoki," Soun sent gifts to Fujiyori OMORI from time to time and Fujiyori, who was at first on guard, became cordial and held friendly talks with him.
Japanese: 『北条記』によれば、早雲は大森藤頼にたびたび進物を贈るようになり、最初は警戒していた藤頼も心を許して早雲と親しく歓談するようになった。
English: One day, Soun requested to bring in beaters to Fujiyori's land for deer hunting at Mt. Hakone, which Fujiyori graciously agreed to.
Japanese: ある日、早雲は箱根山での鹿狩りのために領内に勢子を入れさせて欲しいと願い、藤頼は快く許した。
English: That night, Soun's troops, who had dressed as beaters and hidden on Mt. Hakone, attached torches to the horns of 1,000 cows and, as they neared Odawara-jo Castle, they let out a battle cry and set fire to the castle.
Japanese: その夜、千頭の牛の角に松明を灯した早雲の兵が小田原城へ迫り、勢子に扮して背後の箱根山に伏せていた兵たちが鬨の声を上げて火を放つ。
English: Thinking that an army of tens of thousands of soldiers was attacking, the castle was thrown into chaos, Fujiyori barely escaped with his life and Soun easily captured it.
Japanese: 数万の兵が攻め寄せてきたと、おびえた小田原城は大混乱になり、藤頼は命からがら逃げ出して、早雲は易々と小田原城を手に入れたという。
English: This is typical of the stories told about capturing castles, and similar stories exist about Nobuhide ODA's capture of Nagoya-jo Castle and Tsunehisa AMAGO's capture of Gassantoda-jo Castle, although how much is true remains unknown.
Japanese: 典型的な城盗りの物語で、似たような話は織田信秀の那古野城奪取、尼子経久の月山富田城奪取にもあり、どこまで真実か分らない。
English: The capture of Odawara-jo Castle is commonly thought to have taken place in September of 1495, but the date differs according to different historical documents.
Japanese: この小田原城奪取は明応4年（1495年）9月とされているが、史料によって年月が異なる。
English: Historian Motoki KURODA questions the date on account of Akisada YAMAUCHI-UESUGI's letter, in which it is written that the Yamauchi-Uesugi clan attacked a stronghold thought to be Odawara-jo Castle in 1496, and listed among the forces with the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi were Fujiyori OMORI and Soun's younger brother Yajiro ISE; therefore, Soun's capture of Odawara-jo Castle must have occurred thereafter.
Japanese: 黒田基樹は明応5年（1496年）に山内上杉氏が小田原城と思われる要害を攻撃し、扇谷上杉方の守備側の名に大森藤頼と早雲の弟伊勢弥次郎の名が山内上杉顕定の書状にあったことを根拠に年次に疑問を呈し、それ以降のことではないかとしている。
English: There is also a document stating that on April 25, 1501, Soun exchanged one of the villages he ruled for the land on which Izusan-jinja Shrine stood and which was under the jurisdiction of Odawara-jo Castle, meaning that Soun was already ruling over Odawara-jo Castle at that time.
Japanese: また、明応10年3月28日_(旧暦)（文亀元年/1501年）に早雲が小田原城下にあった伊豆山神社の所有地を自領の1ヶ村と交換した文書が残されており、この時点では早雲が小田原城を既に領有していたとみられている。