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English: The host, Oii, was taken aback and hastily intervened to prevent a tragedy. Yoshitomo sheathed his sword, saying, 'I was just testing this lad's mettle.'
Japanese: 驚いた大炊と延寿があわてて止めに入り、義朝は「こやつの性根を試してやっただけだ」と太刀を納めた。
English: Because Tomonaga did not appear the next morning, a concerned Oii went to see check things when it became apparent what Tomonaga had meant when he had said 'Hold a memorial service.'
Japanese: 朝長が朝になっても出てこないために、心配になった大炊が様子を見に行き、義朝の言った意味が「供養せよ」ということだと分かった。
English: Subsequently, Yoshitomo was betrayed in Owari Province by Tadamune OSADA and killed.
Japanese: その後、尾張国で義朝は長田忠致の裏切りにあって殺され、首は京へ送られた。
English: Oii carefully buried Tomonaga's remains; however, after a time, it came to the notice of the Taira family, who opened the gravesite, removed Tomonaga's head to the Rokujo-gawara execution grounds in Kyoto, and put it on public display with Yoshitomo.
Japanese: 大炊は朝長の亡骸を丁重に埋葬したがやがて平家の知るところとなり、墓は暴かれ朝長の首を取られて、京の六条河原に義朝とともにさらされた。
English: Chuta OTANI struggled for the return of Tomonaga's head (which served as a talisman) to be buried at Fukuroi-Mikawa in Suruga Province (present day Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture).
Japanese: 朝長の首は守役だった大谷忠太が奪い返し、駿河国袋井三川（現静岡県袋井市）に埋葬した。
English: For that reason, Tomonaga's torso is buried in Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture and his head is buried in Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture: 2 places.
Japanese: そのため朝長の胴の墓は岐阜県大垣市に、首の墓は静岡県袋井市に二つある。
English: During the Edo period the haiku poet Matsuo BASHO visited the Aobaka grave of Tomonaga and composed the poem: 'Cloaked entirely in lichen and ivy, is this Buddha?'
Japanese: 江戸時代の俳人松尾芭蕉は青墓の朝長の墓所を訪れて「苔埋む蔦のうつつの念仏哉」と詠んでいる。
English: TAIRA no Kagekiyo (the birth year unknown, to 1196) was a "samurai" in the Heian period.
Japanese: 平景清（たいらのかげきよ、生年不詳-建久7年（1196年）?）は平安時代の武士。
English: He served and worked for Heike, but he was referred to by the name of the Taira clan as he was exiled from the capital; he was from the Fujiwara clan in Ise Province (the Ito clan), a descendant of FUJIWARA no Hidesato.
Japanese: 平家に仕えて戦い、都落ちに従ったため俗に平氏姓で呼ばれているが、藤原秀郷の子孫の伊勢国藤原氏（伊藤氏）である。
English: Shikoro biki' (amour-pulling); he tore MIONOYA no Juro's amour by his hand, in 'Yumi Nagashi' (The Dropped Bow), the number thirteen of "Heike Monogatari" (The tale of the Heike), was especially famous.
Japanese: 『平家物語』巻十一「弓流」において、源氏方の美尾屋十郎の錣を素手で引きちぎったという「錣引き」が特に有名である。
English: It is said that he was captured after he was defeated in the Battle of Dannoura, and died at Tomoie HATTA's house where he refused to eat; some say this is not true.
Japanese: 壇ノ浦の合戦で敗れた後に捕られ、預けられた八田知家の邸で絶食し果てたといわれるが異説もある。
English: It is assumed that 'Aku' (bad) of 'Aku shichibe' doesn't refer to a bad person, but to a valiant person in the same manner as a 'villain.'
Japanese: 「悪七兵衛」の「悪」は悪人という意味ではなく、「悪党」と同様に勇猛さを指すものとされる.
English: It is said that the name of 'Aku shichibe' came from the suspicion he had against his uncle who he killed, Dainichibo Nonin who harbored him, after he was defeated in the battle of Dannoura.
Japanese: 壇ノ浦の敗戦後に自分を匿った叔父の大日房能忍を疑心暗鬼にかられて殺害してしまったためにそう呼ばれるようになったとの伝承もある。
English: Although he existed, he was such a mysterious person that many of his legends are found in various places, however, he was not treated as a so-called Heike no Ochiudo (fugitives from Genpei War).
Japanese: 実在したとはいえ生涯に謎の多い人物であるため、各地に様々な伝説が残されているが、いわゆる平家の落人として扱われる事は少ない。
English: He received a special award from the Yoshida Isoya Memorial Foundation for Promoting the Arts (Yoshida Isoya Kinen Geijutsu Shinko Zaidan) for the Echizen washi (paper made in the former Echizen province) he made for the 1982 'Showa no Daishuri' (literally, 'large scale repairs of the Showa period')' of Katsura Imperial Villa.
Japanese: 1982年桂離宮の「昭和の大修理」に使われた越前和紙を漉きあげ、吉田五十八記念芸術振興財団特別賞受賞。
English: He inherited the art of making traditional 'uchigumo (paper with a lying cloud) ', 'tobikumo (a flying cloud-like pattern on indigo-blue and purple paper) 'and 'mizutama (polka dot)' Echizen washi patterns.
Japanese: 越前和紙古来の紙漉き模様である「打雲」「飛雲」「水玉」の技術を今に継承する。
English: His paper is regularly used by many Japanese-style painters, including Ikuo HIRAYAMA and Kaii HIGASHIYAMA.
Japanese: その手によって漉かれた紙は、平山郁夫画伯、東山魁夷画伯といった多くの日本画家に愛用されている。
English: FUJIWARA no Yorinaga (1120 – August 8, 1156) was a court noble at the end of the Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原頼長（ふじわらのよりなが、保安(日本)元年（1120年）-保元元年7月14日(旧暦)（1156年8月1日））は、平安時代末期の公卿。
English: In 1130 he was conferred the rank of Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) at his coming of age ceremony and was appointed: Jiju (chamberlain), Konoe no shosho (Minor Captain of the Palace Guards), and Iyo no Gon no kami (Provisional Governor of Iyo Province).
Japanese: 大治5年（1130年）に元服して従五位に叙せられ、侍従・近衛少将・伊予権守などに任官。
English: Promoted to post of Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state) without going through the post of Sangi (royal adviser), and took Sachiko (eight years his senior) daughter of FUJIWARA no Saneyoshi as his wife.
Japanese: 翌年参議を経ずに権中納言に昇進して、8歳年上の藤原実能の娘・幸子を娶った。
English: His name was held in high repute from the time Yorinaga was in the cradle; he was extensively read in Japanese and Chinese literature and highly regarded as a scholar, 'The most advanced student in Japan endowed with the talents in Japanese and Chinese literature.'
Japanese: 頼長は幼時より令名高く、膨大な和漢の書を読み「日本一の大学生、和漢の才に富む」（にっぽんいちのだいがくしょう、わかんのざえにとむ）とその学識の高さを評された。
English: However, he was also seen as possessing an unforgiving and callous nature towards others, 'A mean and generally dangerous person' and was called the Aku-safu ("evil" Minister of the Left).
Japanese: しかしながら、彼は酷薄で他人に容赦のない性格でもあり「腹黒く、よろずにきわどき人」とも評され、悪左府と呼ばれた。
English: It is said that everyone was aware of his liking of Confucianism and his extensive knowledge, but he expressed a surprising lack of skill with literature, declaring that he 'couldn't stand traditional Japanese waka poetry' and that Chinese poetry was also not his forte.
Japanese: また、儒学を好み誰しもが認める博識であったが、意外にも文学を不得手としており、「和歌の道に堪えず」と公言して漢詩も得意ではなかったと言われている。
English: Tadamichi's being 23 years older than Yorinaga meant that at one stage Yorinaga was just like Tadamichi's adopted son.
Japanese: 忠通は頼長の23歳上だったため、頼長はかつて忠通の養子だったこともあった。
English: However, once Tadamichi's real son Motozane KONOE was born in 1143, this relationship was bought to a grinding halt with Tadamichi and Yorinaga subsequently competing for advancement.
Japanese: しかし1143年、忠通に実子近衛基実が生まれるとその関係に終止符が打たれ、忠通と頼長は出世を競うようになる。
English: In 1150, Yorinaga took command of MINAMOTO no Tameyoshi's and MINAMOTO no Yorikata's troops, attacked Tadamichi's villa, and made off with the head clansman's seal and family treasures; Tadazane took them to the Sekkan regent family's Higashi-Sanjodono estate and handed them over to Yorinaga.
Japanese: 1150年、頼長は源為義・源頼賢の兵を率いて忠通の別邸を襲って氏長者の印たる朱器台盤を奪い、これらを忠実は摂関家ゆかりの東三条殿ともに頼長に渡した。
English: Also that year, with hopes of becoming a maternal grandfather, Yorinaga gave over his adopted daughter FUJIWARA no Masaruko as the wife of Emperor Konoe.
Japanese: また、この年には頼長は養女藤原多子を近衛天皇に入内させ外祖父になることを望んだ。
English: Furthermore, Tadazane's eldest daughter, FUJIWARA no Yasuko, (who was also Yorimichi's sister), was fond of Yorinaga but distanced herself from Yorimichi.
Japanese: 更に忠実の長女で忠通の同母姉であった藤原泰子も頼長を可愛がって忠通を疎んじた。
English: Yorinaga was given her possession of the Higashi-Sanjodono estate and Sekkan regent family's Tsuchi-Mikadodono estate sites.
Japanese: 頼長は彼女が所有していた東三条殿と並ぶ摂関家の拠点土御門殿を譲られた。
English: Once in place as administrator, Yorinaga acted shrewdly by reviving the deliberations of the court and applied himself to reviving scholarship, which received the blessings of Emperor Toba.
Japanese: 執政の座についた頼長は朝議復興に辣腕を振るい、学術の再興に務め、鳥羽天皇の寵幸を受けた。
English: Also that year, he committed a deed of ordering family members to destroy the residence of FUJIWARA no Ienari, who was a favorite retainer of Cloistered Emperor Toba, the upshot being from that point onwards he gradually lost the confidence of the Cloistered Emperor.
Japanese: またこの年、家人に命じて鳥羽法皇の寵臣である藤原家成の邸宅を破壊させるという行為に及んでおり、これを境に徐々に法皇からの信頼を失っていくことになる。
English: In 1155 the childless Emperor Konoe passed away and Tadamichi and the Cloistered Emperor's favorite concubine FUJIWARA no Nariko supported the ascension of Emperor Goshirakawa; however, once enthroned, circumstances completely changed.
Japanese: 1155年、近衛天皇が子なく崩御し、忠通と法皇の寵姫藤原得子の推す後白河天皇が即位すると状況は一変する。
English: According to a Sharman kuchiyose medium, the Emperor's ghost had appeared bewailing 'Someone cursed me by driving nails into the eyes of the Tenko (celestial fox) statue on Mt Atago (Kyoto).'
Japanese: 口寄せによって現れた天皇の霊は「何者かが自分を呪うために愛宕山(京都市)の天公像の目に釘を打った。
English: That's why I was inflicted with eye disease and in due course died,' upon checking, it was found that nails had in fact been driven into the statue.
Japanese: このため、自分は眼病を患い、ついに亡くなるに及んだ」と述べ、調べてみると確かに釘が打ちつけられている。
English: Tadamichi and the Bifukumonin Temple said that this was the work of Yorinaga. Believing this, the Cloistered Emperor lost all confidence in Yorinaga, ceased private audiences with him, and in effect Yorinaga was overthrown.
Japanese: 忠通と美福門院が、これは頼長の仕業であると述べ、それを信じた法皇は頼長に対する信を失い、内覧を停止され事実上失脚する。
English: Furthermore, Kayanoin also passed away, and, having lost a major supporter, Yoshinaga was inevitably kept under house-arrest at Uji.
Japanese: 更に高陽院も病没して後ろ盾を失った頼長は宇治への蟄居を余儀なくされた。
English: To break this deadlocked state of affairs, Yorinaga was forced by the Cloistered Emperor Toba to abdicate and afterwards he drew closer to a despairing Emperor Sutoku.
Japanese: 頼長は局面の打開のため、嘗て鳥羽法皇から無理強いで譲位させられて以来失意にあった崇徳天皇に接近する。
English: In 1156, with the death of Cloistered Emperor Toba, he planned to usurp political power and brought together samurai warriors (including Minamoto no Tameyoshi, TAIRA no Masatada and MINAMOTO no Yorinori) at Retired Emperor Sutoku's Gosho Shirakawadono (Imperial Palace).
Japanese: 1156年、鳥羽法皇が崩御すると政権奪取を図り、崇徳上皇の御所白河殿に源為義・平忠正・源頼憲らの武士を集めた。
English: Emperor Goshirakawa also brought together MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, TAIRA no Kiyomori, and others, leading to an explosively tense situation and the outbreak of the Hogen no ran (Hogen Rebellion).
Japanese: 後白河天皇も源義朝・平清盛らを集め一触即発の緊張が高まり、保元の乱が起こる。
English: The Emperor's side was superior in a number of battles, leading to ultimate victory, and Yorinaga received a serious injury when hit in the eye by an arrow fired by MINAMOTO no Shigesada.
Japanese: 戦闘は数に勝る天皇方の勝利に終わり、頼長は源重貞の放った矢が眼にあたり重傷を負う。
English: After Yorinaga's death, his eldest son FUJIWARA no Kanenaga, second son FUJIWARA no Moronaga, third son FUJIWARA no Takanaga, and fourth son Norinaga were all banished to the countryside, and with the exception of Moronaga, they died in their place of exile.
Japanese: 頼長の死後、長男藤原兼長・次男藤原師長・三男藤原隆長・四男範長は全て地方へ流罪となり、師長を除く三人はそれぞれの配所にて亡くなった。
English: Moronaga alone survived and returned to the Miyako capital (Kyoto); however, having done so, he was afterwards unable to perform as his father, having been elevated to the Daijo daijin (Grand minister of state) role.
Japanese: 唯一生き残って都に戻ることが出来た師長は、後に父・頼長でさえ果たせなかった太政大臣にまで昇進するものの、
English: "The New Tale of the Heike" (NHK Taiga Drama): 1972 NHK Taiga Drama, Starring: Mikio NARITA.
Japanese: 『新・平家物語(NHK大河ドラマ)』（1972年NHK大河ドラマ、演：成田三樹夫）
English: MINAMOTO no Hiromasa (918 – November 13, 980): Heian period noble and court musician.
Japanese: 源博雅源博雅（みなもとのひろまさ、延喜18年（918年）-天元(日本)3年9月28日(旧暦)（980年9月28日））は、平安時代の貴族、雅楽家。
English: His highest position achieved was Hisangi (adjunct royal adviser) with a court rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), Kogonomiya gon no daibu (Provisional Master of the Empress's Household), and as such was called Hakuga no sanmi (Junior Third Rank Hiromasa).
Japanese: 極官が非参議従三位皇后宮権大夫なので博雅三位（はくがのさんみ）と呼ばれる。
English: Imperial Prince Atsumi taught him Eikyoku (ancient traditional sung ballads), Emperor Daigo the "so" (the predecessor to the "koto" type of Japanese harp), MINAMOTO no Osamu taught biwa (Japanese lute), OISHI no Minekichi taught the fue (Japanese flute), Minekichi`s child Tomikado and YOSHIMINE no Ikumasa taught him the Hichiriki (Japanese shawm).
Japanese: 郢曲を敦実親王に、筝を醍醐天皇に、琵琶を源脩に、笛は大石峰吉、篳篥（ひちりき）は峰吉の子富門と良峰行正に学んだ。
English: In 966, at the command of Emperor Murakami he prepared a compilation called 'Shinsen Gakufu' (Choshukyo Chikufu) (lit. New compilation of sheet music (hoshukyo Chiku Scores)) that are also known as 'Hakuga no Fuefu' (lit. 'Advanced sheet music for flute').
Japanese: 966年、村上天皇の勅で「新撰楽譜（長秋卿竹譜）」（別名「博雅笛譜」）を撰する。
English: In 960, he participated as a member of the judging panel in the 'Tentoku imperial poetry contest' and played a role in reciting the poems; however, an incident took place whereupon becoming stage-struck in front of the Emperor, he made the error of proceeding to read a poem different in title from the one announced.
Japanese: また960年のいわゆる「天徳内裏歌合」に講師として参加、歌を詠ずる役であったが、帝の前で緊張し、出されていた歌題とは異なる歌を読んでしまうという失敗をしたというエピソードもある。
English: He is often mentioned in stories in the 'Konjaku Monogatari' (Tales of Konjaku), including: a famous flute from an ogre of Suzakumon gate mentioned in '2 Leaves,' a famous Biwa (lute) searched for at Rashomon gate in 'Genjou,' in Sekiwake's poem 'Osaka Barrier,' in which after 3 years of commuting the protagonist is finally taught the esoteric biwa pieces 'Ryusen' (flowing spring) and 'Woodpecker.'
Japanese: 朱雀門の鬼から名笛「葉二（はふたつ）」を得、琵琶の名器「玄象（げんじょう）」を羅城門から探し出し、逢坂の関の蝉丸のもとに3年間通いつづけて遂に琵琶の秘曲「流泉（りゅうせん）」「啄木（たくぼく）」を伝授されるなど、今昔物語などの多くの説話に登場する。
English: Details of his personal traits are noted in the 'Shoyuki' Diary by FUJIWARA no Sanesuke: 'apparently accomplished in both letters and ensemble music.'
Japanese: 性格について藤原実資はその日記「小右記」で「博雅の如きは文筆・管絃者なり。
English: In a novel by Baku YUMEMAKURA "Onmyoji " (The Sorcerer) and Manga comic version "Onmyoji" by Reiko OKANO, Hiromasa appears as the partner of the main character, ABE no Seimei.
Japanese: 夢枕獏の小説『陰陽師(小説)』（漫画版『陰陽師(漫画)』（岡野玲子））における主人公安倍晴明のパートナーとして博雅が登場する。
English: Hiromasa is portrayed by the well-known Japanese actor Tetta SUGIMOTO in the NHK television drama "Onmyoji" (The Sorcerer), and played by Hideaki ITO in the films "Onmyoji" (The Sorcerer) and "Onmyoji II" (The Sorcerer II) directed by Yojiro TAKITA.
Japanese: テレビドラマ『陰陽師(テレビドラマ)』（日本放送協会）では杉本哲太が、映画『陰陽師(映画)』、『陰陽師II』（滝田洋二郎監督）では伊藤英明がそれぞれ博雅役を演じている。
English: FUJIWARA no Nobuyori (1133 – February 13, 1160) was a lord in the latter Heian period.
Japanese: 藤原信頼（ふじわらののぶより、長元6年（1133年）-平治元年12月27日(旧暦)（1160年2月6日））は、平安時代末期の貴族。
English: To his brothers and sisters he was known as the father-in-law of FUJIWARA no Hidehira of the Oshu-Fujwara clan; his siblings included FUJIWARA no Motonari, FUJIWARA no Takanori, FUJIWARA no Ieyori, and FUJIWARA no Nobutoki.
Japanese: 兄弟には奥州藤原氏の藤原秀衡の舅として知られた藤原基成をはじめ、藤原隆教、藤原家頼、藤原信説らがある。
English: Took successive posts of Tosa no kuni no kami (Provincial Governor of Tosa) (1148) and Musashi no kuni no kami (Provincial Governor of Musashi) (1150), and held the title of juryo (the head of the provincial governors) in his father's chigyo koku (provincial fiefdom).
Japanese: 久安4年（1148年）に土佐国守、久安6年（1150年）に武蔵国守と父の知行国であった国の受領を歴任。
English: In 1151 achieved the court rank of Shogoinoge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), in the following year (1152) was made Uhyoe no suke (assistant captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards), and in 1155 was given the rank of Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) and was made Musashi no kami (Provincial Governor of Musashi).
Japanese: 仁平元年（1151年）には正五位下に進み、翌仁平2年（1152年）には右兵衛佐、久寿2年（1155年）には従四位下・武蔵守に任ぜられる。
English: He served as a valet to Emperor Goshirakawa and those around him said that as a favorite retainer he received 'a shameful degree of favoritism.'
Japanese: 後白河天皇に近侍するや、周囲から「あさましき程の寵愛あり」といわれるまでの寵臣となる。
English: In 1157 he served as Ukone no Gon no chujo (Provisional Middle Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain), and Sakone gon no chujo (Provisional Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) and was promoted from court rank of Jushiijo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade) to Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade).
Japanese: 保元2年（1157年）、右近衛権中将より蔵人頭・左近衛権中将に任ぜられ従四位上から正四位下。
English: The following year (1158), as a Shoshiinojo (Senior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade) and Kogo no miya gon no suke (Provisional Assistant Master of the Empress's Household) he was promoted from Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), and at a youthful 26 years old, he was promoted to the rank of Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and Sangi (royal adviser), thus joining the ranks of the nobility.
Japanese: 翌・保元3年（1158年）に正四位上・皇后宮権亮を経て従三位より同年2月に26歳の若さで正三位・参議になり公卿に列せられる。
English: Around that time, Nobuyori held tremendous power; the former sessho (regent) FUJIWARA no Tadamichi who had quarreled with Nobuyori, was rebuked by the Retired Emperor and he suffered under house arrest.
Japanese: そのころの信頼の権勢は大変なもので、信頼といざこざを起こした前摂政藤原忠通は院から叱責をうけ閉門の憂き目にあった。
English: Also, Nobuyori and family were dispatched to govern Mutsu Province, and Nobuyori and his younger brother Nobutoki were commissioned to govern Musashi Province.
Japanese: また、信頼は一族を陸奥守に送り込み、自らや弟信説が武蔵守に任ぜられる。
English: The Bando samurai have a lifeline of support in the exercise of authority of the Musashi provincial government, who supplied horses and weapons, both indispensable to samurai warriors, and, with the seizure of Mutsu, the influence of MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo (who promoted Bando control) was enhanced.
Japanese: 坂東武士支配の生命線である武蔵の国衙支配の権限と武士にとっては必要不可欠な馬や武器を調達する陸奥を押さえることによって、坂東支配を進めていた源義朝への影響力を強めていくこととなる。
English: At the time the most powerful military aristocrats, TAIRA no Kiyomori's daughter and Nobuyori's eldest son Nobuchika were also joined in wedlock.
Japanese: また、当時の最大軍事貴族であった平清盛の娘と信頼の嫡男信親との婚姻も成立した。
English: He was loved by the corpulent and fair skinned Emperor Goshirakawa, who had homosexual (pederast) inclinations and is said not to have hesitated in showing his affections in the public gaze of the royal court.
Japanese: 体格は肥満で色白、男色（衆道）も好んだ後白河天皇に愛され、宮廷では人目も憚らぬ程の寵愛ぶりであったという。
English: However, around that time one other individual's power grew quickly as well: FUJIWARA no Shinzei, a vassal of Retired Emperor Goshirakawa.
Japanese: しかし、そのころ急速に力を伸ばしていた人物にもう一人後白河院近臣藤原信西がいた。
English: Rule by retired Emperor Goshirakawa was not liked; influence was brought to bear in favor of direct Imperial rule by Emperor Nijo and, within the court, battles between the political cliques gained prominence.
Japanese: また、後白河院の院政を好まず二条天皇の親政を望む勢力もあって、朝廷内は政治的派閥の対立が目立つようになる。
English: On January 26, 1160 in Kyoto, TAIRA no Kiyomori, who had the military power to overwhelm others, was on a pilgrimage to the Shrines of Kumano.
Japanese: 平治元年（1159年）12月9日(旧暦)、都において他を圧倒する軍事力を有する平清盛が熊野詣に出かけた。
English: In his absence, MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, MINAMOTO no Mitsuyasu, and MINAMOTO no Yorimasa were drawn into a trap by Nobuyori who had raised an army in Kyoto and then captured and beheaded Shinzei. (Heiji no Ran (Heiji Rebellion))
Japanese: 留守に信頼は源義朝、源光保、源頼政を誘引しては京で挙兵、信西を捕らえて斬首する（平治の乱）。
English: However, political administration in the form of Emperor Nijo exercising influence with Nobuyori and the alliance of other military nobles soon collapsed.
Japanese: しかし、二条天皇親政を支持する勢力と信頼、その他軍事貴族の連合であるこの政権はすぐに瓦解した。
English: Upon returning to Kyoto, TAIRA no Kiyomori, who had up until then remained neutral, joined with factions loyal to Emperor Nijo and paid a visit to Emperor Nijo at the Rokuhara estate.
Japanese: それまで中立的立場を保っていた平清盛が帰京すると二条天皇派は清盛と手を結び二条天皇を六波羅へと御幸させた。
English: Moreover, military nobles of the likes of MINAMOTO no Mitsuyasu, who were close associates of Emperor Nijo, found themselves withdrawing from Nobuyori's side, who had become rebel forces.
Japanese: もともと二条天皇側近であった源光保らの軍事貴族は賊軍となった信頼方から離脱した。
English: Also, Nobuyori's son (who had become Kiyomori's son-in-law) returned back to his father (Nobuyori) immediately after the call on Emperor Nijo, and the marital ties with the Taira family were dissolved.
Japanese: また、清盛の婿となっていた信頼の嫡子は二条天皇の御幸の直後父信頼の元に戻され平家との婚姻関係も解消された。
English: On February 14, the Emperor made a proclamation, and in the battle with the attacking imperial forces, in front of TAIRA no Kiyomori, the commander of imperial forces and the capital's greatest military noble, Nobuyori and Yoshitomo were easily defeated.
Japanese: 12月28日天皇の宣旨を得て攻めかかってきた官軍との戦闘においては、官軍指揮者である都最大の軍事貴族平清盛の大軍の前に信頼・義朝はあっけなく敗北する。
English: Escaping, Nobuyori intended to flee with Yoshitomo to the Eastern Provinces; however, Yoshitomo had only harsh words, 'Japan's greatest loser,' and refused.
Japanese: 逃れた信頼は義朝と東国へ落ちようとするが、義朝から「日本一の不覚人」と罵られ拒絶される。
English: At Ninna-ji Temple, where Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa had gone, he pleaded for clemency, but the Imperial Court did not pardon Nobuyori as ringleader of insurrection and he was beheaded at the Rokujo-gawara execution grounds.
Japanese: 仁和寺にいた後白河院にすがり助命を嘆願するが、朝廷は信頼を謀反の張本人として許さず、六条河原で斬首された。
English: It is said that with his neck having been placed on the executioner's block, he writhed in anguish, then calmed down, after which his head was duly chopped-off.
Japanese: 首の座になおってももがきもだえ、おさえつけてようやく首を掻き切ったと言われる。
English: The Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) was started as a family by TAIRA no Korehira, a child of TAIRA no Sadamori who fought with valor during the Johei and Tengyo Wars.
Japanese: 伊勢平氏は、承平天慶の乱に功のあった平貞盛の子、平維衡よりはじまる平氏一族の一つ。
English: Even within the Taira clan, the Ise-Heishi (Taira clan), and in particular links with TAIRA no Masamori, led to instances where they were called "Heike."
Japanese: 平氏の中でも伊勢平氏、特に平正盛の系統を特に平家（へいけ）と呼ぶ場合がある。
English: From the end of the 10th century to the 11th century, military disputes were fought out by family member TAIRA no Munemori, which cemented their position as military aristocrats.
Japanese: 十世紀末から十一世紀にかけて、同族平致頼との軍事抗争に勝ち抜き、軍事貴族としての地位を固める。
English: However, at first they had not assembled the same degree of strength as the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan), and by the time of the first half of Retired Emperor Shirakawa's rule, they had barely managed to achieve the court rank of goi (fifth rank), at the time they were amongst the lowest ranking courtiers, the samurahihon (minor nobility).
Japanese: だが、当初は河内源氏ほどの勢力を築き得ず、白河上皇の院政期前半までは辛うじて五位であり、当時の貴族としては最下層（侍品）であった。
English: The Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) pedigree includes Kanmu-Heishi (Taira clan) lines of TAIRA no Kunika and TAIRA no Sadamori, as with other representative branches of families such as Bando Hachi Heishi (the Eight Taira Groups of the East), they lived in the Kanto (Eastern) region of Japan.
Japanese: 伊勢平氏の家系は桓武平氏の嫡流の平国香、平貞盛の血筋であり、他の坂東八平氏に代表される家系と同様に、関東に住した。
English: However, within the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan), powerful elements of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) based in Kamakura extended their influence, amongst dependents of the Taira clan living in regional locations who also gave their allegiance, the Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) was not disposed to become part of the Minamoto clan and chose to leave Ise Province; ultimately, like the Minamoto clan, as military nobles they chose the path to serve the Imperial Court and powerful aristocratic families.
Japanese: しかし、次第に清和源氏の有力な一党である河内源氏が鎌倉を中心に勢力を拡大し、在地の平氏一門をも服属させていった中で、伊勢平氏の家系は源氏の家人となることを潔しとせず伊勢国に下向し、あくまで源氏と同様、朝廷や権門貴族に仕える軍事貴族としての道を歩んだ。
English: Afterwards, the Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) under FUJIWARA no Michinaga, as MINAMOTO no Yorinobu and others were subsequently called "Michinaga's Four Devas" (guardian gods) by TAIRA no Korehira and together with the Minamoto clan, boasted about being an unmatched warrior family, but family lineage and influence, together with official rank, were overshadowed by the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Japanese: その後、伊勢平氏は藤原道長のもとで源頼信らと同様、道長四天王とまでいわれた平維衡以来、源氏と双璧をなす武門を誇ったが、家系や勢力、官位とも河内源氏の風下に立つ存在であった。
English: However, the Regent's family was using its position behind-the-scenes to influence the formation of a Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) powerbase in the Eastern provinces.
Japanese: しかし、摂関家の家人としてその権勢を後ろ盾に東国に勢力を形成する河内源氏。
English: In response, the Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) had, for their part, served consecutively as governors in the Western provinces and were in the process of shoring up their sphere of influence centered around the Inland Sea and Kyushu area.
Japanese: 対して、伊勢平氏は西国の国司を歴任して瀬戸内海や九州を中心とした勢力圏を形成し次第に勢力をかためていった。