nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Kitsushi SAIONJI (1225 - October 20, 1292) was the Chugu (Empress) to Emperor Gosaga, and later became Empress Dowager.
Japanese: 西園寺姞子（さいおんじきつし、嘉禄元年（1225年）-正応5年9月9日（1292年10月20日））は、後嵯峨天皇の中宮で後に皇太后。
English: Came to the throne of Emperor Gosaga on January 1242, she was appointed to his Nyogo (imperial consort) on very short notice as an 18 year old, and was promoted to Chugu two months later.
Japanese: 仁治3年（1242年）1月の後嵯峨天皇の即位を受けて、6月に急遽18歳にして同天皇の女御となり、その2ヵ月後に中宮に冊立された。
English: Four years later, due to Emperor Gosaga passing the throne to Emperor Gofukakusa (who Kitsushi gave birth to), she received the imperial proclamation for Ingo and was given the title 'Omiyain' in June 1246.
Japanese: 4年後、後嵯峨天皇が姞子所生の後深草天皇に譲位して上皇となったのを受けて、宝治2年（1246年）6月に院号宣下を受けて「大宮院」の称号を与えられた。
English: According to his imperial will, she and the Priestly Imperial Prince Enjo (Emperor Gosaga's illegitimate first son) should inherit the Cloistered Emperor's property divided between her and his children.
Japanese: 法皇の遺産はその遺詔によって彼女と円助法親王（後嵯峨院の庶長子）が処分することとなり、彼女や子女に遺産が分配されることになった。
English: However, the Toba-dono (Toba detached palace) and Rokusho-ji Temples (Six Temples) were only mentioned in his will by 'give to the next Chiten no Kimi (the next head of the imperial family),' so the actual nomination was left up to the Kamakura Bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a Shogun).
Japanese: が、遺詔の中に鳥羽殿や六勝寺を次の治天の君に与えるとだけ書かれて具体的な選任は鎌倉幕府に一任されていた。
English: Kitsushi answered; 'willing to recommend the Retired Emperor Kameyama' for this enquiry, so the Bakufu followed that advice and requested the Retired Emperor Kameyama to nominate the next Chiten no Kimi.
Japanese: これに対して姞子は亀山上皇を推挙する意向であると回答し、幕府はそれに従って亀山上皇に次の治天の君を要請した。
English: Kitsushi responded by indicating that Emperor Gouda was the real child of the Retired Emperor Kameyama, and hence, it was correct for his father, the Retired Emperor Kameyama, to rule the cloistered government as Chiten no Kimi.
Japanese: 姞子は当時の後宇多天皇が亀山上皇の実子であり、父親の亀山上皇が治天の君として院政を行う事が妥当とする趣旨による回答であった。
English: Since Chiten no Kimi had the discretion of imperial succession, and as one the Retired Emperor Kameyama's descendants he was ensured of being enthroned.
Japanese: が、治天の君が皇位継承における決定権を有したために結果的に亀山上皇の子孫が皇位を継承する可能性が確実となった。
English: He suspected contrivance between the Retired Emperor Kameyama and the Priestly Imperial Prince Enjo, and so requested the Kamakura Bakufu to give the imperial succession to his own children.
Japanese: 円助法親王と亀山上皇の策動を疑い、鎌倉幕府に対して自分の子への皇位継承を要望した。
English: This greatly perplexed the Bakufu and they decided to select Imperial Prince Hirohito (later Emperor Fushimi), the son of the retired Emperor Gofukakusa, to be the Crown Prince.
Japanese: この事態に困惑した幕府は後深草上皇の子・熈仁親王（後の伏見天皇）を皇太子に立てた。
English: With only a side glance at the trouble around her, Kitsushi, who became the empress dowager for two generations, gained reverence both internally and externally, also due to the support from her own birth family, the Saionji family.
Japanese: こうした周囲の混乱を横目に2代の天皇の国母となった姞子は、実家である西園寺家の支援もあり内外の崇敬を得た。
English: The lavish ceremony she threw in 1285 for the ninetieth birthday celebration of her mother Sadako (Jugo - an honorary rank next to the Empress) is described in "Musukagami" (The Clear Mirror).
Japanese: 『増鏡』には弘安8年（1285年）に彼女が開いた母・貞子（准后）の九十賀（90歳の祝賀）の盛大な様子が描かれている。
English: In 1929, she passed away at the age of 68 years, and was buried at Awatasanryo (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto-city).
Japanese: 正応5年（1292年）に68歳で崩じ、粟田山陵（京都市左京区）に葬られた。
English: Her ashes had been separated, however, and some of them were buried at Eifuku-ji Temple (Taishi-cho, Osaka Prefecture), where Prince Shotoku was also buried, and a Hokyoin-to pagoda (known as Bunkotsu-to, meaning "the pagoda of the separated ashes") was built there.
Japanese: その他、聖徳太子の墓所がある叡福寺（大阪府太子町(大阪府)）内に分骨されて、宝篋印塔（分骨塔）が建てられた。
English: Imperial Prince and Monk Ryojun (January 18, 1604 - August 27, 1669) was a member of the Imperial family of the early Edo Period.
Japanese: 良純入道親王（りょうじゅんにゅうどうしんのう、慶長8年12月17日（1604年1月18日）－寛文9年8月1日（1669年8月27日））は、江戸時代初期の皇族。
English: On October 24, 1619, at the age of 16, he entered into the priesthood (Tokudo) lead by Manyo Sonsho as Kaishi (the priest who imparts the Buddhist commandments), and became a Ryojun.
Japanese: 元和5年9月17日（1619年10月24日）に16歳で満誉尊照を戒師として出家・得度を行って、良純と名乗る。
English: However, on December 21, 1643, he was suddenly exiled to Tenmoku-zan Mountain of Kai Province.
Japanese: ところが、寛永20年11月11日（1643年12月21日）に突如甲斐国天目山に配流される。
English: There are various theories on the reason for his exile, one theory says he had a conflict with the temple followers about the operation of the temple, another says his misconduct during a drunken frenzy or another says he criticized the Edo Bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) for intervening with the Imperial Court.
Japanese: 理由としては寺務を巡る大衆_(仏教)との対立、酒乱による乱行、江戸幕府の朝廷への介入を非難する言辞を行ったなど諸説が伝わる。
English: However, all agreed with the view of Ryojun being dissatisfied with Monzeki's rank being just a figurehead, and also pressure from the Edo Bakufu.
Japanese: しかし、飾り物である門跡の地位への不満と江戸幕府からの圧迫に対する不満があったとする見方では一致している。
English: At the hundredth anniversary of his death in 1768, he was given the new posthumous Buddhist name of "Mugekoingu Ryojun Daiosho" in order to restore his honor.
Japanese: 明和5年（1768年）の百回忌に際して名誉回復が図られて改めて無礙光院宮良純大和尚の諡号が贈られた。
English: Imperial Princess Kyushi (Yasuko) (1157 - April 7, 1171) was a member of the Imperial family at the end of the Heian Period.
Japanese: 休子内親王（きゅうし（やすこ）ないしんのう、保元2年（1157年）-嘉応3年3月1日(旧暦)（1171年4月7日））は、平安時代末期の皇族。
English: Her siblings with the same mother include the Imperial Princess Ryoshi (Inpumonin), the Imperial Princess Koshi (Yoshiko), the Imperial Princess Noriko (Shikishi), the Priestly Imperial Prince Shukaku and the Prince Mochihito.
Japanese: 同母兄姉に亮子内親王（殷富門院）・好子内親王・式子内親王・守覚法親王・以仁王がいる。
English: In December 1166, she was selected by fortune telling to be the Saigu for her nephew, the Emperor Rokujo, and in June, 1167 entered into the Shosaiin (Hall of Initial Abstinence) - Daizenshiki (Office of the Palace Table).
Japanese: 仁安元年（1166年）12月甥六条天皇の斎宮に卜定され、翌年の仁安2年（1167年）6月初斎院（大膳職）に入った。
English: In October of the same year, she entered the Nonomiya (Field Palace), but she returned in March 1168 without finishing the Gunko (three years of purification for Saigu at Nonomiya, and returned to Ise) due to the abdication from the throne of Emperor Rokujo.
Japanese: 同年9月野宮に入ったが、仁安3年（1168年）2月、六条天皇譲位のため群行をしないまま退下した。
English: Imperial Princess Shushi (Yoshiko) (December 14, 1141 - July 27, 1176) was Chugu (the Empress) of the Emperor Nijo.
Japanese: 姝子内親王（しゅし（よしこ）ないしんのう、永治元年11月8日（1141年12月7日）-安元2年6月13日（1176年7月20日））は、二条天皇の中宮。
English: In December 1141, she was born at Rokujo-tei, and grew up at Shirakawa Oshikoji-dono, which was her mother's family home.
Japanese: 永治元年（1141年）11月六条第で生まれ、母の里邸である白河押小路殿で成長した。
English: In 1156, she became the wife of Imperial Prince Morihito (later Emperor Nijo, the adopted son of Bifukumonin).
Japanese: 保元元年（1156年）皇太子守仁親王（後の二条天皇、美福門院養子）の妃となる。
English: In the same year, when the Heiji Disturbance occurred, she departed from the capital to TAIRA no Kiyomori's Rokuhara-tei, together with the Emperor.
Japanese: 同年起こった平治の乱に際しては、天皇と共に平清盛の六波羅第に遷幸した。
English: In 1162, an imperial letter to permit use of Nyoingo (a title of respect given to close female relatives of the Emperor or a woman of comparable standing) was issued, and she was given the title of Takamatsuin, which was named after Takamatsu-dono where the investiture of the Empress was held.
Japanese: 応保2年（1162年）女院号を宣下され、立后を行った高松殿に因んで高松院と号した。
English: Meanwhile, it is said that people openly rumored, even while she was still alive, that she committed adultery with Hoin Daisozu Saiken and ended up having a child named Kaie.
Japanese: しかし一方では法印大僧都済憲と密通して海恵を儲けたという噂が、内親王の生前から公然の秘密として語られていたという。
English: Imperial Princess Gishi (Noriko) (date of birth unknown - November 26, 879) was a member of the Imperial family during the early Heian period.
Japanese: 儀子内親王（ぎし（のりこ）ないしんのう、生年不詳-元慶3年閏10月5日（879年11月22日））は、平安時代前期の皇族。
English: In 876, she left Murasakino Saiin due to her illness, and moved to Some-dono where her mother lived.
Japanese: 貞観18年（876年）、病のため紫野斎院から出て、母の居所である染殿に移る。
English: In January 877, she became Nihon (Second Order), and in December in the same year, she became Ippon (First Order), but she died in 879.
Japanese: 元慶元年（877年）正月に二品に叙され、更に同年11月には一品に叙されたが、元慶3年（879年）に薨去した。
English: Haruko KAJUJI (born 1553, died March 21, 1620) was the wife of Imperial Prince Sanehito, the fifth son of Emperor Ogimachi.
Japanese: 勧修寺晴子（かじゅうじはるこ、天文(元号)22年（1553年）－元和6年2月18日（1620年3月21日））は、正親町天皇の第五皇子誠仁親王の妃。
English: She had 6 sons and 3 daughters such as Emperor Goyozei, Imperial Prince Kusho, Imperial Prince Ryojo, Imperial Prince Hachijonomiya Toshihito and Princess Eisho.
Japanese: 子に後陽成天皇、空性法親王、良恕法親王、八条宮智仁親王、永邵女王など6男3女がいる。
English: The family was the most powerful vassal of the Takeda clan, who belonged to the same family and served as Shugo (provincial constable) of Wakasa Province; therefore, her lineage was a prestigious samurai family.
Japanese: 当時は同族で若狭国守護であった武田氏の最有力家臣であり武家の名門の家柄。
English: In December 1586, she became Jusangu (honorary rank next to the three Empresses: Great Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Empress) after the enthronement of her son, Emperor Goyozei.
Japanese: 彼女の産んだ後陽成天皇即位後の1586年（天正14年）11月に准三宮となった。
English: On February 2, 1601, she was permitted to use ingo (a title of respect given to close female relatives of the Emperor or a woman of comparable standing) and became nyoin to name herself Shinjotomonin.
Japanese: 1600年（慶長5年）12月29日院号宣下により女院となり新上東門院と号した。
English: Imperial Princess Ryoshi (born 1147, died April 27, 1216) was the first daughter of the seventy-seventh Emperor Goshirakawa.
Japanese: 亮子内親王（りょうしないしんのう、久安3年（1147年）-建保4年4月2日（1216年4月27日））は、第77代後白河天皇の第一皇女。
English: Her siblings included Prince Mochihito, Imperial Prince Shukaku, Imperial Princess Koshi (Yoshiko), Imperial Princess Noriko (Shikishi, Shokushi) and Imperial Princess Kyushi [Yasuko].
Japanese: 同母弟妹に以仁王・守覚法親王・好子内親王・式子内親王・休子内親王がいる。
English: Her mother Shigeko died in 1177; her brother Prince Mochihito took up arms against the Taira clan, and later died in the battle in 1180.
Japanese: 安元3年（1177年）母成子薨去、治承4年（1180年）同母弟以仁王が平家打倒に挙兵するが敗死。
English: Imperial Princess Ryoshi resigned without any procession when Emperor Goshirakawa abdicated the throne just after 2 years.
Japanese: しかし、わずか2年で譲位したため、亮子内親王も群行のないまま退下した。
English: In her last years, she founded Rengeko-in Temple in Yasui-dono of the Imperial Palace; Doson served as a patron of the temple; the temple was later called Yasui Monzeki.
Japanese: 晩年に御所安井殿に建立した蓮華光院は道尊を開基として後に安井門跡と呼ばれた。
English: Ninshi KUJO (born October 31, 1173, died February 3, 1239) was an empress and nyoin (a close female relative of the Emperor or a woman of comparable standing) from the end of Heian Period to Kamakura Period.
Japanese: 九条任子（くじょうにんし、承安3年9月23日（1173年10月31日）-暦仁元年12月28日（1239年2月3日））は平安時代末期から鎌倉時代にかけての后妃、女院。
English: Her husband, the Retired Emperor Gotoba, was exiled to Oki Islands after the Jokyu Disturbance in 1221.
Japanese: 承久3年（1221年）承久の乱で、夫後鳥羽上皇が隠岐島に配流となる。
English: Imperial Princess Shoshi (or Akiko) (918 - February 7, 980) was from the Imperial family living in the mid Heian Period.
Japanese: 韶子内親王（しょうし/あきこないしんのう、延喜18年（918年）-天元3年1月18日（980年2月7日））は、平安時代中期の皇族。
English: She was a half sister of Emperor Suzaku and Emperor Murakami by a different mother, and Imperial Prince Tsuneakira, Imperial Prince Noriakira, Imperial Prince Ariakira, Imperial Princess Keishi (or Yoshiko) and Imperial Princess Seishi (or Tadako, Kiyoko) by the same mother.
Japanese: 朱雀天皇・村上天皇らの異母姉妹で、同母兄弟に常明親王・式明親王・有明親王・慶子内親王・斉子内親王がいた。
English: She was given the title of Imperial Princess in December, 920, and appointed as Saiin for the Emperor, her father, in February, 921.
Japanese: 延喜20年（920年）12月内親王宣下を受け、同21年2月に父天皇の斎院に卜定された。
English: Afterwards, she got married with Dainagon (chief councilor of state) MINAMOTO no Kiyokage (a son of Emperor Yozei), and got married again with TACHIBANA no Korekaze, Kawachi no kuni no kami (Governor of Kawachi Province) in later years.
Japanese: のち大納言源清蔭（陽成天皇皇子）に嫁ぎ、のち河内国守橘惟風と再婚した。
English: It includes both the Inner Court which consists of a family of the Emperor and inner-court members of the Imperial Family, and the princely houses, each of which comprises a prince other than the Crown Prince and his family.
Japanese: 天皇と内廷皇族を家族とする内廷と皇太子以外の男性皇族及びその家族である宮家で構成される。
English: More specifically, it is composed of the Emperor, his consort, the Empress, the widowed consort of the previous Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the widowed consort of the Emperor before the previous one, the Grand Empress Dowager.
Japanese: 具体的には天皇を中心にその配偶者である皇后、先代の天皇の未亡人である皇太后、先々代の天皇の未亡人である太皇太后を含む。
English: The spouses of the princes become princesses (imperial family) as Imperial Family members upon marriage.
Japanese: 親王妃、王妃(皇族)は親王、王の配偶者となることをもって、皇族とされる。
English: The Board of the Chamberlains is an internal division of The Imperial Household Agency, administering the affairs of the Imperial Couple and their unmarried children.
Japanese: 宮内庁には同庁の内部部局として宮内庁侍従職が天皇・皇后とその未婚の子女に関する事務を扱う機関として置かれている。
English: Although inner-court members of the Imperial Family, the Crown Prince, the Consort of the Crown Prince and their children set up a separate household, independent of the Emperor.
Japanese: 皇太子および同妃、その子女は内廷皇族でありながら、天皇とは独立した生活を営む。
English: The Board of the Crown Prince's Household is an internal division of the Imperial Household Agency, administering the affairs of the Crown Prince family.
Japanese: また宮内庁には内部部局である宮内庁東宮職が皇太子一家の事務を扱う機関として置かれている。
English: Although the House of Prince Tomohito is not an independent princely house, it is treated as such by the Imperial House Economy Law, thus permitted to have a separate account.
Japanese: 独自の宮号を持たないが、皇室経済法では宮家としての扱いを受け、独立した会計を営む。
English: Its current head is Kikuko, Princess Norihito as Prince Norihito has passed away without leaving a male heir.
Japanese: 憲仁親王は既に薨去しており、男子の後継者がいないため、妃の憲仁親王妃久子が宮家の当主を務める。
English: The Japanese Imperial Family has a continuous line of succession since the rise of a state leading to modern Japan.
Japanese: 日本の皇室は現在の日本国につながる国家が始まって以来ずっと続いている。
English: It therefore does not require any dynastic designation, 'which serves to distinguish it from the other dynasties that existed in the country' like, for example, the successive dynasties in China such as the Tang Dynasty, or the existing House of Windsor (Great Britain) and the Chakri Dynasty (Kingdom of Thailand).
Japanese: 従って、たとえば中国の唐などの歴代の王朝や、現存する日本国外のウィンザー朝（イギリス）、チャクリー王朝（タイ王国）のような「国内に存在した他の王朝と区別するための王朝の名前」を持たない。
English: The Emperor and Imperial Family members have no surnames, which were originally given by emperors to their subordinates.
Japanese: また、天皇、皇族は氏（名字）を持たないが、これは日本人の氏は本来、天皇が臣下に与えるものであったからである。
English: The Emperor carries Yasakami no Magatama, which is one of the three sacred imperial treasures, whenever he travels both within and without Japan.
Japanese: 天皇が行幸等する場合は国外であっても三種の神器八尺瓊勾玉を携帯する。
English: He can however appoint a regent from the Imperial Family or a temporary replacement who undertakes state affairs for him.
Japanese: だが、皇族に対してのみ摂政、もしくは国事行為臨時代行をおき、代行させることができる。
English: The state affairs include the Ceremonies of New Year Reception, Imperial Investiture, Appointment of Officials with Imperial Attestation, Imperial Conferment of Decoration, and Presentation of Credentials.
Japanese: 新年祝賀、親任式、認証官任命式、勲章親授式、信任状捧呈式の儀式として行われる。
English: The Emperor and Imperial Family members appear on the balcony of the Chowaden Hall of the Palace ('the imperial advent') to receive the public's congratulations.
Japanese: 天皇と皇族が皇居長和殿のベランダに出て（「お出まし」）、祝賀を受ける。
English: While 'The Ceremony of New Year Reception,' held in the presence of the heads of the three branches of the government is a state affair, 'People's Visit to the Palace for the New Year Greeting' is regarded as one of the imperial public activities other than the state affairs.
Japanese: なお三権の長を招いて行う「新年祝賀の儀」は国事行為に該当する儀式だが、この「新年一般参賀」は国事行為以外の公務とされている。
English: Important rituals are conducted on current national holidays (e.g. the Spring Commemoration for the Imperial Spirits on the Spring Equinox Day).
Japanese: 代表的なものは主に現在の祝祭日（春分の日の春季皇霊祭など）にあたる日に行われている。
English: Emperors often made impromptu tours of areas damaged by the War (the Great Tokyo Air Raids) or disaster.
Japanese: 急遽、戦災（東京大空襲）や被災した地域に行幸することがしばしばある。
English: Following a convention, it customarily lowers the flag to half-staff and observes mourning when a member of a royal family passes away.
Japanese: 取り決めによってそれぞれの王室に不幸があった場合、半旗を掲げることと、服喪することが慣例になっている。
English: On the occasion of the 'Ceremony of Presentation of Credentials' as part of the 'Reception of Foreign Diplomats,' which is counted among the state affairs, a newly-appointed ambassador is offered the service of a horse-drawn carriage for transportation.
Japanese: 天皇の国事行為の「外国の外交官の接受」の一環である「信任状奉呈式」に際しては、皇室の馬車での送迎を認めている。
English: When an ambassador prefers a carriage, he rides from Tokyo Station (at the time of writing, in front of the Meiji Life Insurance Headquarters as the station is under refurbishment) up to the carriage way of the Main Palace on the grounds of the Imperial Palace.
Japanese: 馬車を使用した場合、東京駅（東京駅改装中に付、現在は明治生命本店前）から皇居宮殿御車寄までの道のりになる。
English: The carriage service has contributed to the nurturing of friendly relations with countries (according to the website of the Imperial Household Agency).
Japanese: 皇室の馬車による送迎は各国親善に役立っているという（宮内庁ホームページ）。
English: In August 2007 it was cancelled due to equine influenza.
Japanese: 2007年8月、馬インフルエンザの影響により馬車による送迎が見送られた事がある。
English: Following the examples of Emperor Meiji and other past emperors, the Emperor continues to make 'imperial visits' to all parts of Japan like Emperor Showa did.
Japanese: 明治天皇及び過去の天皇の巡行にならい、昭和天皇以降も全国への「巡幸」が行われている。
English: Observing the tradition of the imperial families in the past, especially after the Meiji period, the current Family is engaged in social activities in welfare, education and the like as 'public activities.'
Japanese: 明治以降の皇室及び過去の皇室の伝統にならい、皇室による社会福祉や教育など社会的な活動として、「ご公務」が行われる。
English: Typically, as guests of honors, they attend ceremonies and often 'address' audiences: congratulations, condolences, or inaugural or concluding speeches.
Japanese: 主に式典の主賓としての列席及び祝辞、弔辞、開会または閉会の「お言葉」として挨拶をするなどが代表的な活動といえる。
English: They are also dedicated to visiting medical, social welfare or juvenile facilities as well as war memorials.
Japanese: 更に、医療・社会福祉施設・児童施設への訪問や戦没者などへの慰霊碑などへの参拝も積極的に行われている。
English: On the day of People's Visit to the Palace for the New Year Greeting, the Emperor and Imperial Family members make 'special appearances' on the balcony of the Chowaden Hall of the Palace seven times to receive the public's New Year greetings.
Japanese: 新年の一般参賀は正月に皇居において天皇はじめ皇族が7回、長和殿に「お出まし」として姿を現し、国民の参賀を受ける。
English: Likewise on the Emperor's Birthday the Emperor and Imperial Family members receive the public's congratulations at the Palace (in the fiscal 2008 a record high of 22,655 people visited the Palace according to the Imperial Household Agency).
Japanese: 又、天皇誕生日にも同様、一般参賀が行われる（2008年度は過去最高の2万2655人が参賀：宮内庁発表）。
English: The public can send their verses on specified themes to the Palace (for more information see the page on New Year Poetry Reading).
Japanese: 一定の題にしたがって国民からの詠進歌を募集している（詳しくは歌会始を参照のこと）。
English: The Imperial Household Agency allows the public to voluntarily participate in cleaning the Palace.
Japanese: 宮内庁では、国民の自主的な意思に基づく奉仕による皇居の清掃活動への参加を受け付けている。
English: To clean the Palace, those who wish to offer their voluntary services must form a group, which then applies for a volunteer opportunity to the Agency.
Japanese: 主に希望者は複数名からなる団体として申し込みをし、清掃活動を行うことができる。
English: This practice reportedly goes back to a group of volunteers, 'Mikuni Hoshidan((Volunteers for Imperial Japan) who were distressed at the sorry state of the Palace immediately after the defeat in 1945.
Japanese: 1945年の敗戦直後に有志「皇国（みくに）奉仕団」が皇居の荒れ様に心を痛めて始めたのが興りといわれる。
English: The volunteers will be granted bows from the Emperor and Empress as well as the Crown Prince and Princess (a meeting with and greeting to them).
Japanese: 勤労参加者には、天皇皇后及び皇太子・同妃より会釈を賜る（面会と挨拶伝達）ことができる。
English: The public are allowed to visit the Imperial Palaces in Tokyo, Kyoto and Sento, as well as the Katsura Imperial Villa and other establishments if they make advance reservations with the Imperial Household Agency.
Japanese: 宮内庁では、事前の予約に基づき、皇居はじめ京都御所、仙洞御所、桂離宮などの参観を許可している。
English: Seiwa-Genji was a shisei kozoku (member of the Imperial Family conferred a family name) whose ancestor was the prince of the fifty-sixth Emperor, Seiwa.
Japanese: 清和源氏（せいわげんじ）は、56代清和天皇の皇子を祖とする賜姓皇族。
English: MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka (TADA no Manju), the son of Tsunemoto who was a middle-ranking noble, cooperated with the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan for the establishment of Sekkanseiji (regency), thereby gaining the status as the central samurai family and forming a samurai group in Tada, Kawabe District, Settsu Province.
Japanese: 中級貴族であった経基の子源満仲（多田満仲）が藤原北家による摂関政治の確立に協力して中央における武門としての地位を築き、摂津国川辺郡多田の地に武士団を形成する。
English: His sons, MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu, MINAMOTO no Yorichika, MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, etc., like his father, also served the sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor) and expanded their power as samurai family.
Japanese: そして、彼の子である源頼光、源頼親、源頼信らも父と同様に摂関家に仕え武門としての勢力を拡大した。
English: The direct descendants of Yorinobu, who later became the mainstream, solidified their position as the head of the samurai family with the eastern samurai groups under their control, and in the era of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, they founded the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and established the samurai government.
Japanese: 後に主流となった頼信の嫡流が東国の武士団を支配下に置いて武家の棟梁としての地位を固め、源頼朝の代に鎌倉幕府を開き武家政権を確立した。
English: Most daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) in early-modern times who called themselves Seiwa-Genji are not historically proven to be so.
Japanese: 清和源氏を称している近世大名の多くは、その事実が歴史学的に証明されたわけではない。
English: According to one theory, only Seiwa-Genji could become seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), the head of the samurai family.
Japanese: ちなみに武家の棟梁である征夷大将軍には清和源氏の者しかなれないという説がある。
English: Furthermore, Nobunaga ODA could have been appointed as seii taishogun (Sanshoku suinin mondai (historical event regarding the Oda government)).
Japanese: また、織田信長も征夷大将軍に就任する可能性があった（三職推任問題）。
English: The origin of Seiwa-Genji is that MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto, the son of the sixth Prince Sadazumi of Emperor Seiwa, was given the family name of Minamoto in demotion from nobility to subject.
Japanese: 清和源氏の起源は、清和天皇の第六皇子貞純親王の子である源経基が臣籍降下により源姓を賜ったことに遡る。
English: MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka, who succeeded the family name after MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto, formed the Genji samurai group based in Tada, Kawabe District, Settsu Province (present-day Tada, Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture).
Japanese: 源経基の名跡を継いだ源満仲は、摂津国川辺郡多田（現・兵庫県川西市多田）を本拠地として源氏武士団を形成した。
English: MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu, the eldest son of Mitsunaka, famous for the extermination of Shuten Doji (the leader of a group of bandits that roamed the region around Kyoto), was also called Settsu-Genji (Minamoto clan) as he was based in Settsu Province.
Japanese: 酒呑童子退治などで有名な満仲の長男の源頼光も、摂津国に拠点を置いたことから摂津源氏と呼ばれる。
English: Among the Settsu-Genji, the family line native to Tada was called Tada-Genji (Minamoto clan), and from the branch line native to Mino, sprung Mino-Genji (Minamoto clan).
Japanese: 摂津源氏の中で多田に土着する系統を多田源氏といい、傍流からは美濃に土着した美濃源氏が輩出される。
English: The family lineage of MINAMOTO no Yorichika, the second son of Mitsunaka, was called Yamato-Genji as it was based in Uno, Yamato Province (present-day Nara Prefecture).
Japanese: 満仲の次男の源頼親の系統は、大和国宇野（現・奈良県）を本拠地としたことから大和源氏といわれる。
English: Additionally, the family lineage of MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, the third son of Mitsunaka, (more precisely, the line of MINAMOTO no Yoshitada and MINAMOTO no Yoshitoki) was called Kawachi-Genji as it was based in Tsuboi, Kawachi Province (present-day Tsuboi, Habikino City, Osaka Prefecture).
Japanese: また、満仲の三男の源頼信の系統（厳密に言えば、源義忠・源義時流）は、河内国壷井(現・大阪府羽曳野市壷井)を本拠としたことから河内源氏といわれる