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English: However, as his mother was a daughter of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, Tadasato's younger brother Tadatomo was allowed to succeed the head through the good offices of bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: しかし、母が徳川家康の娘であるということから、幕府の計らいを受けて忠郷の弟に当たる忠知が家督を相続することを許された。
English: Might be influenced by his religious lawful wife, he reigned peaceful times and left achievements such as construction and relocation of temples (some hypothesis says he was a tyrant, but they are all stereotypical and not convincing).
Japanese: 信心深かった正室の影響か、治世は良好で（暴君伝説も伝わるが、定型のもので信じるには足らないと思われる）、寺院の建築、移築を行うなどの治績を残している。
English: In addition, it is said that he particularly focused on completing the construction of Matsuyama-jo Castle (Iyo Province) where he resided and thus built Ninomaru (outer citadel).
Japanese: また居城である松山城(伊予国)の完成に特に力を注ぎ、二之丸を整備したと伝わる。
English: The legal efforts did not reach a decision for as long as three years and Tadatomo in trouble thus sought a decision from bakufu, attempting to settle the matter.
Japanese: この裁判沙汰はなかなか決着がつかず3年にも及び、これはたまらぬと思ったか忠知は幕府の裁定を仰いで決着を図った。
English: Consequently, his old retainers such as Fukunishi, Seki, Oka, and Shiga were expelled and banished, and further, Satoie GAMO, the younger brother of the chief retainer Satoyoshi GAMO, was given free time and was deprived of his official rank.
Japanese: 結果として、福西・関・岡・志賀らの老臣が流罪・追放されるだけでなく、家老の蒲生郷喜の弟である蒲生郷舎も暇を出され、召し放つ事態に陥ってしまった。
English: Although it seemed that the domain finally reached stability and security, Tadatomo died suddenly at the hantei (residence maintained by a daimyo) in Kyoto during Sankinkotai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo) in 1634.
Japanese: ようやく家中の安定を見、安心を得たと思われたが、寛永11年（1634年）、参勤交代の途上、京都の藩邸で急死してしまう。
English: He resembled his grandfather Ujisato GAMO, while growing up as a worry-free second son, which may be a reason why his face gives an impression of broad-minded person.
Japanese: 祖父蒲生氏郷に似つつ、気楽な次男として育ったためか茫洋とした印象を受ける顔である。
English: Tadatomo's death resulted in the end of the line of the Omi-Gamo clan, which is said to be caused by a curse.
Japanese: 忠知の死により近江蒲生氏の系統は断絶したがこれはタタリが遠因となったという巷説がある。
English: While remaining to have no male heir after succeeding the position of the lord of the domain, Tadatomo began to have hatred against pregnant women in the domain and caused appalling tragedies, repeatedly killing fetuses and mothers by cutting open mother's abdomen.
Japanese: 忠知が藩主の座を継いで以降世継ぎの男子が生まれないまま時を重ねていたが、やがて藩内の妊婦に憎悪を向けることとなり妊婦を捕まえては腹を割き母子共々殺害するという惨劇を繰り返していたという。
English: It is said that the Gamo family died out because of the deep-seated grudge of pregnant women who died by violence.
Japanese: これにより非業の死を遂げた妊婦の怨念により蒲生家は断絶に至ったと伝えられている。
English: As its evidence, a thing called the 'chopping board stone' remains in Matsuyama-jo Castle and even after a park was built at the castle site, it is said that even now the sound of sobbing can be heard (note that this kind of story exists for every castle, including the story called 'Okiku's well' as to Himeji-jo Castle).
Japanese: その証拠として松山城には「まな板石」なる物が残され、城址公園となった今でもすすり泣く声が聞こえるという（但し、姫路城の「御菊井戸」など、城郭にはこの手の話がついてまわることは考慮せねばなるまい）。
English: Yasumoto WAKIZAKA (April 14, 1584 - January 21, 1654) was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) in the early Edo period.
Japanese: 脇坂安元（わきざかやすもと、1584年4月14日（天正12年3月4日(旧暦)）-1654年1月21日（承応2年12月3日(旧暦)））は、江戸時代初期の大名。
English: Incidentally, Yasumoto had adopted children (Yasutsune and Yasutoshi WAKIZAKA) before he adopted Yasumasa, but both of them died young.
Japanese: なお、安元には安政以前に養子（安経、脇坂安利）がいたがいずれも早世した。
English: Therefore, he proposed to adopt Yasumasa, the second son of Masamori HOTTA, who was trusted by then-Shogun Iemitsu TOKUGAWA, and he got permission.
Japanese: このため、当時の将軍徳川家光の信任が厚い堀田正盛の次男である安政を養子とすることを願い出て許されている。
English: He was transferred, ended up having an additional number of territories, from 53,000 koku of the Ozu Domain in Iyo Province to 55,000 koku of the Shinano-Iida Domain in Shinano Province.
Japanese: 伊予国大洲藩5万3千石から、信濃国信濃飯田藩5万5千石に加増移封された。
English: For 55 years he maintained the castle town of Iida with Yasumasa, the second, and completed canals around Iida-jo Castle.
Japanese: 二代目安政と共に55年間に渡って飯田の城下町を整備し、飯田城の掘割を完成させた。
English: He contributed to the development of Iida by establishing the distribution and post-horse system on the road, completing the Iida Juhachi-cho (飯田十八町, 18 towns of Ida), and focusing also on promotion of cultural business.
Japanese: 街道の流通と伝馬を確立し、飯田十八町を完成させ、文化産業振興にも力を注ぐなど、飯田の発展に尽くした。
English: When 'Kanei shoka keizuden' (The Genealogies of the Houses of the Kanei era) was compiled in the reign of Iemitsu, each daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) who rose to a greater prominence in the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States) attempted to manipulate their genealogy to make it appear that they were from a noble family, such as the genpeitokitsu (shortened expression of four major clans; Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara, and Tachibana clans).
Japanese: 家光の治世「寛永諸家系図伝」が編纂されるにあたり、戦国時代に成り上がった大名諸家が源平藤橘などと名門の出であると取り繕った系図を競うように作った。
English: However, Yasumoto only found that 'his ancestor was supposedly from the Fujiwara clan' in it.
Japanese: その中で、安元は「祖先は藤原氏であるらしい」ということだけしか判らなかった。
English: Therefore, he created only a short genealogy starting from his grandfather Yasuakira WAKIZAKA and submitted it with a waka poet on the top: 'I do not know if my ancestor was from the Northern House or Southern House, or even the Capital House or the Ceremonial House of the Fujiwara clan, but my grandfather began to identify himself as an ancestor of the Fujiwara clan as it happens.'
Japanese: このため、祖父脇坂安明からの短い系図のみを作り、冒頭に「北南それとも知らずこの糸のゆかりばかりの末の藤原」（北家・南家ひいては京家、式家いずれかは判りませんが、父祖よりたまたま藤原氏の末裔を名乗っております）という和歌をしたためて提出したという。
English: It was a most authoritative professional name in the Narikomaya lineage, and all the professional names of the Nakamura families, except the Kanzaburo NAKAMURA and Tomijuro NAKAMURA lineages, originated from descendents or disciples of Utaemon.
Japanese: 成駒屋系統のもっとも権威ある名跡で、現在ある名跡のうち中村勘三郎系と中村富十郎系を除くすべての中村姓の名跡は歌右衛門の子孫または門弟から発する。
English: Utaemon NAKAMURA (the fifth): An adopted son of Shikan NAKAMURA (the fourth) who was adopted by the fourth.
Japanese: 中村歌右衛門(5代目)　四代目の養子となった中村芝翫(4代目)の養子。
English: The stage family name of from the first to the 13th was Kashiwaya, from the 14th to the 16th was Maizuruya, and the 17th and later was Nakamuraya (kabuki).
Japanese: 屋号は、初代以降が柏屋、十四代目以降が舞鶴屋、十七代目以降が中村屋(歌舞伎)。
English: The Jomon (family crest) is Maru ni Maizuru (a crane in a circle) at first, but was later changed to Sumikiri Icho (ginkgo leaves in an octagon) (For details, refer to 'Kaku-ji Hatto' [The prohibition law against the use of a Chinese character "crane"]).
Japanese: 定紋は、初め丸に舞鶴（まるにまいづる）だったが、のち角切銀杏（すみきりいちょう）に代わった（→詳細は「鶴字法度」を参照）。
English: Kanzaburo NAKAMURA' was initially a professional name of Zamoto (leader and manager of a theatrical company) of Nakamura-za Theater, which was one of Edo's three licensed kabuki theaters, but in later ages, Zamoto often became actors, or actors additionally became Zamoto.
Japanese: 当初「中村勘三郎」は江戸三座の一つ・中村座の座元（座を主宰し芝居小屋を経営する者）の名跡だったが、後代になると座元が役者に転じたり、逆に役者が座元を兼ねたりすることが多くなる。
English: In the Meiji period, as the result that theaters were corporatized and Zamoto lost the management right, 'Kanzaburo NAKAMURA' became simply one of professional names of actors.
Japanese: そして明治になると劇場が企業化し、経営権が座元の手から離れた結果、「中村勘三郎」は単に役者の名跡のひとつとなった。
English: He called himself the fourth Akashi NAKAMURA, the fifth Denkuro NAKAMURA and in his last years, the third Kanzaburo NAKAMURA as name for retirement.
Japanese: 四代目中村明石、五代目中村傳九郎、晩年は隠居名の三代目中村勘九郎を名乗る。
English: Chikayoshi HORI (1580 - July 5, 1637) was a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) who lived in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period.
Japanese: 堀親良（ほりちかよし、1580年（天正8年）-1637年7月5日（寛永14年5月13日(旧暦)））は、安土桃山時代、江戸時代の大名。
English: His children included Chikamasa HORI (the oldest son), Chikatomo HORI (the second son), Chikayasu HORI (the third son), and a daughter (Sukeyoshi HINO's wife).
Japanese: 子に堀親昌（長男）、堀親智（次男）、堀親泰（三男）、娘（日野資栄室）ら。
English: He was awarded the rank of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) in 1591 and was appointed as Mimasaka no kami (Governor of Mimasaka Province), and then was given by Hideyoshi the surname of Hashiba and a given name of Hideie.
Japanese: 天正19年（1591年）従五位下、美作守に叙任され、秀吉より、羽柴氏と秀家の名を賜る。
English: He was transferred to Echigo Province with Hideharu and ruled the land of 40,000 koku of the Zao-do Domain, of which 10,000 koku was distributed to his chief retainer Shigekatsu KONDO.
Japanese: 秀治と共に越後国に転封となり、蔵王堂藩に4万石を領し、うち1万石を家老の近藤重勝に分与した。
English: Despite being in home, Kagekatsu UESUGI plotted a rebellion, having Saito, Kakizaki, Maruta, and so on serve as captains to lead forces of uprising, and holed themselves up in Shitada Village, the boundary of Aizu; Chikayoshi himself, accompanied by soldiers, then fought against them, thereby acquiring a severed head or killing the offender' (according to "Kanei shoka keizuden" [The Genealogies of the Houses of the Kanei era]), by which achievements, he was awarded a citation by Ieyasu and Hidetada.
Japanese: 「上杉景勝本国にありなから逆謀をくはだて、斎藤・柿崎・丸田等を軍長とし、一揆の党をひきひて会津のさかひ下田村に楯籠、このとき親良みつから軍士をあいしたかへ、いとみたたかひて首級を得、すなはち、上意に達す、」（『寛永諸家系図伝』）、この功により、家康、秀忠から感状を賜る。
English: However, in 1602 he fell out with Naomasa HORI, who was from the same family, resulting in conflict, and therefore he pretended to be ill and retired to the residence of his deceased father located in Fushimi, Kyoto.
Japanese: しかし慶長7年（1602年）同族の堀直政と不和になって対立し、病と称し京都伏見にあった亡父の屋敷に隠遁した。
English: He entered Kishu (the present Wakayama Prefecture) via Kyoto and Osaka with his hereditary vassals, stopped by his wife's birthplace, the Asano family, and consulted Yoshinaga ASANO for his action.
Japanese: 譜代の家臣を連れて京、大阪を経て紀州に入り、妻の生家浅野家に寄り、浅野幸長に身の処置について相談した。
English: After serving for four years, he was given a land of 12,000 koku of Maoka Domain in Shimotsuke Province in 1611 and received in audience by Hidetada in Edo.
Japanese: 4年勤めた後、慶長16年（1611年）、下野国真岡藩に1万2000石を賜り、江戸で秀忠に拝謁する。
English: In 1618, he obtained additional 5,000 koku in Mino Province, and in 1627, he was awarded Karasuyama-jo Castle in Shimotsuke Province and ruled the land of 25,000 koku of the Karasuyama Domain.
Japanese: 元和(日本)4年（1618年）美濃国に5000石加増、寛永4年（1627年）下野国烏山城を賜り、烏山藩に2万5000石を領した。
English: Kiyooki SHIMA was a busho (military commander) and vassal (strategist) of Mitsunari ISHIDA who lived during the Azuchi-momoyama period.
Japanese: 島清興（しまきよおき）は、安土桃山時代の武将で石田三成の家臣（軍師）。
English: He was widely known by the common name of 'Sakon SHIMA', and he was respected so much that it was said that 'Jibusho (Mitsunari) had two valuable things: Sakon SHIMA and Sawayama-jo castle' (his name is noted as 'Sakon (SHIMA)' in this section unless otherwise specified).
Japanese: 通称である「島左近（しまさこん）」の名で一般に広く知られ、「治部少（三成）に過ぎたるものが二つあり島の左近と佐和山の城」と謳われるほどの人物であった（本項目でも、特に断りが無い限りは「（島）左近」と表記する）。
English: It is commonly said that his real name was Katsutake, but Kiyooki is correct according to archives.
Japanese: 実名は俗に勝猛（かつたけ）ともいうが、文書から確かなのは清興（きよおき）である。
English: His daughter was the second wife of Toshiyoshi YAGYU, and Yoshikane YAGYU who was famous as a kengo (a great swordsman) was his grandchild.
Japanese: 娘（珠）は柳生利巌の継室で、剣豪として名高い柳生厳包は外孫にあたる。
English: There is a theory stating that he was born in Tsushima Province, but it is now clear that he was born in Yamato Province (recently there has also been another theory that 'Sakon SHIMA' was a name of the Shima clan who served the Tsutsui clan and that there was another person named 'Sakon SHIMA' before Kiyooki).
Japanese: 対馬国出身説もあるが現在では大和国出身であることが明らかとなっている（近年では「島左近」は筒井氏家臣である島氏代々の名乗りで清興以前にも「島左近」を名乗る者がいたという説もある）。
English: The Shima clan was considered to be a resident landholder around present-day Heguri-cho, Ikoma County, Nara Prefecture, and Kiyooki SHIMA was initially a shugo (military governor) of the adjacent province of Kawachi, and served the Hatakeyama clan who wielded their influence in Yamato Province as well.
Japanese: 島氏は今の奈良県生駒郡平群町周辺の在地領主であったと考えられており、島清興は、当初は隣国河内国の守護で、大和国にも勢力を扶植していた畠山氏に仕えた。
English: He took part in the Battle of Kyoko-ji Temple in which Takamasa HATAKEYAMA fought Nagayoshi MIYOSHI, but Takamasa HATAKEYAMA was defeated and Kiyooki SHIMA fled.
Japanese: 畠山高政が三好長慶と戦った教興寺の戦いに参加したが、畠山高政は敗北し、島清興も敗走している。
English: Since he fought under command of Junsei TSUTSUI during this time, he became one of the local lords belonging to the Tsutsui clan after the fall of the Hatakeyama clan, gradually distinguished himself, and as a samurai taisho (a warrior who gives battle orders and maneuvers troops), he supported Junkei TSUTSUI who succeeded Junsei at the age of no older than two.
Japanese: その際、筒井順政の指揮下で戦ったことが縁で畠山氏の没落後、筒井氏に従属する領主の一人となり、次第に頭角を現し、順政の後をわずか二歳で継いだ筒井順慶を侍大将として盛り立てた。
English: He continued to fight an intense battle against Hisahide MATSUNAGA (Battle of Tsutsui-jo Castle, Battle of Daibutsu-den Hall [the Great Buddha hall] of Todai-ji Temple) for control of Yamato Province and continued to support Junkei even during a crisis in which the castle of the Tsutsui clan was temporarily lost.
Japanese: 大和国の覇権を争って松永久秀との厳しい戦い（筒井城の戦い、東大寺大仏殿の戦い）を続け、一時は筒井家の居城さえ失うほどの苦境に立たされても順慶を支え続けた。
English: He and Shigenobu MATSUKURA (Ukon) were called the two wings (Ukon and Sakon) of the Tsutsui clan due to their conspicuous service.
Japanese: その活躍から松倉重信（右近）と並んで筒井家の両翼「右近左近」と称された。
English: He defeated Hisahide MATSUNAGA, got over a life-or-death crisis at "the Honnoji Incident", and helped the Tsutsui clan to unify Yamato Province, but soon after that, his load, Junkei, with whom he shared joys and sorrows, succumbed to disease.
Japanese: 松永久秀を倒し本能寺の変といった存亡の危機も乗り越えて筒井家による大和国の統一を成し遂げたが、その後まもなく苦楽をともにした主君である順慶が病に倒れてしまった。
English: He had a disagreement with the nephew of Junkei, Sadatsugu TSUTSUI, who succeeded Junkei, and left the Tsutsui clan.
Japanese: 後を継いだ順慶の甥筒井定次とは意見が合わず、筒井家を辞することになった。
English: He went on to serve Hidenaga TOYOTOMI, Hideyasu TOYOTOMI and others, but after the fall of the Yamato Toyotomi family, he became a ronin (masterless samurai) and led a secluded life in Omi Province.
Japanese: その後は豊臣秀長・豊臣秀保らに仕えたが、大和豊臣家の断絶とともに浪人となって近江国に隠棲した。
English: Sakon, who had declined many requests until then, also declined that of Ishida but he finally accepted after his earnest persuasion and was employed with a horoku (stipend) of 200,000 koku.
Japanese: それまでも多くの要請を断ってきた左近はやはり断るが、三成の必死の説得により仕官を受け入れ、2万石の俸禄で召し抱えられた。
English: This was treatment unprecedented at the time because a half of Mitsunari's horoku of 400,000 koku was given to Sakon.
Japanese: これは、当時の三成の禄高4万石のうちの半分を与えられるという破格の待遇であった。
English: There is a reliable theory which states that Sakon SHIMA served Mitsunari ISHIDA after he had become lord of Sawayama, a 190,000 koku fief.
Japanese: もっとも、島左近が石田三成に仕えたのは、三成が佐和山19万石の城主になってからという説も有力である。
English: Because it is stated in "Tamonin nikki" (Diary compiled at Tamonin Temple) that the wife of Sakon was 'now in Goshu Saho no shiro (Sawayama-jo Castle)' in May, 1592, it is thought that he served Mitsunari at that time.
Japanese: 『多聞院日記』には、天正20年（1592年）4月に左近の妻が「今江州サホノ城（＝佐和山城）ニアリ」と書かれており、その頃には三成に仕えていたものと思われる。
English: When Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI died in 1598 and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA began to exert his power, Sakon considered it dangerous, and proposed a plan to assassinate Ieyasu to Mitsunari, but Mitsunari considered it unjustifiable and did not accept it.
Japanese: 慶長3年（1598年）、豊臣秀吉が没して、徳川家康が権力を振りかざすようになると、それを危険に感じた左近は三成に家康暗殺計画を持ちかけるが、大義名分にこだわる三成はそれを受け入れなかった。
English: There was a famous plot in which it was planned that Masaie NAGATSUKA of Minakuchi-okayama-jo Castle in Omi Province would welcome Ieyasu who had traveled east to conquest Aizu before Sakon and others sneaked into the castle and killed him.
Japanese: 有名なのは近江国水口岡山城の長束正家に、会津征伐で東下する家康をもてなさせ、城内に忍び込んだ左近達が斬るという作戦である。
English: Masaie reluctantly agreed to Sakon's plan, and succeeded in making a promise with Ieyasu but he received a report from kancho (spy) during the previous night and broke the promise, causing the Sakon's plan to fail.
Japanese: 正家は渋々左近の策に同意し、家康と約束を取り付ける事に成功したが、前夜に家康の元へ間諜からの報告が入り、この約束をすっぽかしたため、左近の計画は失敗に終わった。
English: To encourage the soldiers of the 'western' army, who were frightened by a report that Ieyasu arrived at Akasaka, Mino Province, though he was considered not to be able to move from Edo in fear of betrayal of Kagekatsu UESUGI of Aizu and Masamune DATE in the north region, Sakon led a squad of 500 soldiers to fight against the 'eastern' army of Kazuhide NAKAMURA and Toyouji ARIMA (Battle of Kuise-gawa River) in the evening before the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and his squad and the squad of Takenori AKASHI (vassal of Hideie UKITA) won a complete victory.
Japanese: 慶長5年（1600年）の関ヶ原の戦いの前日には、会津の上杉景勝、また北からの万一の伊達政宗の裏切りに備えて江戸からなかなか動けないはずの家康の美濃国赤坂到着の報に動揺する西軍の兵たちを鼓舞するために、兵五百を率いて東軍側の中村一栄・有馬豊氏両隊に小競り合いを挑み（杭瀬川の戦い）、明石全登（宇喜多秀家家臣）隊と共に完勝した。
English: However, the night attack proposed by Sakon, Yoshihiro SHIMAZU and Yukinaga KONISHI at that night was not approved by Mitsunari (there is also a theory that states that no night attack was proposed.
Japanese: しかし、その夜に島津義弘・小西行長らと共に提案した夜襲は、またもや三成に受け入れられずに終わった（夜襲はそもそも進言されていないという説もある。
English: In the final battle of the Battle of Sekigahara, the 'western' army was the first to gain an advantage and Sakon took the lead and fought bravely, but he was shot from the flank by Nagamasa KURODA's firearm unit and made a temporary retreat (it is also said that he died at this time).
Japanese: 関ヶ原の戦い本戦においては、最初は西軍有利に進み、左近も自ら陣頭に立ち奮戦するが黒田長政の鉄砲隊に横合いから銃撃され負傷、一時撤退する（この時、死亡したとも）。
English: Sakon prepared to die in battle and once again departed for the front where he attacked the armies of Yoshimasa TANAKA, Nagamasa KURODA and others in assault in which it is said that he fought bravely but was shot dead by the enemy.
Japanese: 左近は討ち死にを覚悟して再び出陣、正面の田中吉政・黒田長政らの軍に突撃し、奮戦した末に敵の銃撃により討ち死にしたという。
English: In the early Edo period, busho (Japanese military commanders) who fought in Sekigahara and witnessed Shima told young samurai about the clothes of Shima, but their memories of his measurements, jinbaori (sleeveless campaign jacket worn over armor) and armor differed, and it is said that this was because their memories were hazy due to the horrible appearance of Shima.
Japanese: 江戸初期、筑前福岡城において関が原に出陣し島を目撃した武将達が島の服装について若侍相手に語り合ったが、物指、陣羽織、具足に至るまでそれぞれの記憶が違い、これは島のあまりの恐ろしさの故に記憶が定かではなかったためとしている。
English: This theory is based on the fact that the heads of Sakon and Yoshitsugu OTANI, taisho of the 'western' army who died in the Battle of Sekigahara, were never found (in the case of Yoshitsugu OTANI, his close adviser, Gosuke YUASA, assisted him in committing Seppuku [suicide by disembowelment] by beheading him and later died without telling anyone where the head was buried, and it was therefore never found), and there were many people who said that they saw Sakon in Kyoto after the battle, but the truth is unknown.
Japanese: この説は、関ヶ原の合戦で戦死した西軍大将として大谷吉継と共に首が見つかっておらず（大谷吉継の場合は側近の湯浅五助が切腹の介錯を行い、首級を埋めた場所を語らず死亡したため発見されなかった）、さらには合戦後に京都で左近を目撃したと称する者が相次いだためとされているが、真相は不明。
English: It is based on a fact that there is a tomb of Kiyooki SHIMA in Ryuhon-ji Temple in Kyoto City and his Buddhist mortuary tablet and family register of deaths remain in a sub-temple, in particular one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest, and it is said that Shima escaped after the Battle of Sekigahara and died as a priest of this temple 32 years later.
Japanese: なお、京都市の立本寺には島清興の墓があり、また位牌や過去帳も塔頭に残されていることから、関ヶ原の戦い後、逃れてこの寺の僧として、32年後に死去したとされている点がその根拠となっている。
English: It was originally the professional name of tachiyaku (leading male-role actors), but in some cases, onnagata (actors of female roles), such as Baiko ONOE (the seventh), succeeded to the name.
Japanese: 本来は立役系統の名跡であるが、尾上梅幸(7代目)のように女形で継いだ例もある。
English: Since it is not a so-called famous professional name, it does not have any own art, but is excelled at playing roles of the Otowaya line.
Japanese: 所謂大名跡ではないので家の芸の類は存在しないが、だいたい音羽屋系統の役を得意にすることが多い。
English: Tokitaka TANEGASHIMA (1528 - October 31, 1579) was the vassal of the Shimazu clan and the feudal lord of Tanegashima Island.
Japanese: 種子島時尭（たねがしまときたか、1528年（享禄元年）－1579年10月21日（天正7年10月2日(旧暦)））は、島津氏の家臣で種子島の領主。
English: The Tanegashima clan belonged to the Shimazu clan since the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), and Tokitaka was the 14th feudal lord of the Tanegashima clan (the lord of the island).
Japanese: 種子島氏は南北朝時代(日本)から島津氏に属し、時尭は種子島氏の第十四代領主（島主）。
English: In 1543, Chinese ship with Portuguese merchants on board drifted down to Tanegashima Island.
Japanese: 1543年（天文(元号)12年）、ポルトガル商人が乗った中国船が種子島に漂着。
English: On this occasion, curious Tokitaka saw the power of firearm and immediately paid good money of 2,000 ryo (currency unit) for two firearms.
Japanese: このとき、好奇心旺盛な時尭は、鉄砲の威力を見て即座に2000両の大金を支払い二挺を購入。
English: Then, he ordered Kiyosada YAITA, a smith, to disassemble the firearm to investigate and succeeded to manufacture the firearm (The other firearm was presented to Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, seii taishogun [literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"] through the Shimazu clan).
Japanese: そして、鍛冶職人八板清定に命じて、鉄砲を分解させて調べさせ、鉄砲製造に成功する（もう一丁は島津氏を通して、征夷大将軍足利義晴に献上）。
English: Based on that, firearms were called Tanegashima-ju (firearms of Tanegashima) and had major impact on the Sengoku period (period of warring states).
Japanese: これに因んで、鉄砲は種子島銃とも呼ばれ、戦国時代(日本)に大きな影響を及ぼす事になる。
English: In addition, Madame Myoren, the daughter of Tokitaka and Takahisa's younger sister, married Yoshihisa SHIMAZU, Takahisa's heir, as the second wife.
Japanese: なお、時尭と貴久の妹の間にできた娘、妙蓮夫人は、貴久の嫡男・島津義久に後妻として嫁いだ。
English: The grave and the memorial tower of Madame Myoren are extant at Honno-ji Temple in Kyoto, Fukusho-ji Temple (Kagoshima City), and the remains of Kokubun Enju-ji Temple.
Japanese: 京都の本能寺と福昌寺(鹿児島市)、国分遠寿寺跡に、妙蓮夫人の墓と供養塔が現存。
English: Tokitaka and his previously-mentioned wife were not fortunate to have any male child, so they secretly had a princess from the Nejime clan, who were fighting against the Shimazu clan in those times, to be his concubine.
Japanese: 時尭と先述の時尭夫人は男子に恵まれず、当時島津氏と争っていた禰寝氏から姫を密かに迎えて側室にしていた。
English: However, it came to his wife's attention and angry wife left Tanegashima Island with her two daughters and went back to Kagoshima.
Japanese: しかし、時尭夫人の知るところとなり、怒った時尭夫人は、娘二人を連れて種子島を出て鹿児島に帰ってしまったという。
English: His oldest son, Tokitsugu TANAGASHIMA, succeeded the position of the family head in 1560, but Tokitsugu died two years later at the age of seven, so Tokitaka returned to the post.
Japanese: 1560年（永禄3年）に家督を長男種子島時次に譲るが、2年後に7歳で早世したため家督に復した。
English: Hisatoki had genpuku (celebrate one's coming of age) by Yoshihisa SHIMAZU's kakan (put a crown on a young man's head on a genpuku ceremony), and later became the chief retainer after achieving many military exploits by following Yoshihisa.
Japanese: 久時は島津義久の加冠により元服、後に義久に従い数々の軍功を得て家老となった。
English: Tokuhime (December 13, 1565 - March 3, 1615) was a women from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the early Edo period.
Japanese: 督姫（とくひめ、1565年12月3日（永禄8年11月11日(旧暦)）-1615年3月3日（慶長20年2月4日(旧暦)））は、安土桃山時代から江戸時代前期にかけての女性。
English: Since Nobunaga ODA died in the Honnoji Incident in 1582, there was no lord in the Kai Province and Shinano Province and Ieyasu had a territorial dispute concerning the Koshin Region with Ujinao HOJO.
Japanese: 1582年（天正10年）、本能寺の変により織田信長が死去したため、甲斐国や信濃国が無主状態となると、家康と北条氏直による甲信をめぐっての領土争いが始まる。
English: Since the Tokugawa clan and the Gohojo clan had almost the same military potential in those days, they thought that if they fought, they would have suffered serious damage and decided to bury the hatchet by seeking reconciliation.
Japanese: しかし、当時の徳川氏と後北条氏は戦力がほぼ互角であったため、まともに戦えば手痛い打撃を受けると考えた両者は、和睦することで矛を収めることとした。
English: Ujinao was saved from Hideyoshi by the plea of Ieyasu, a father-in-law, for sparing his life, and exiled to Mt. Koya.
Japanese: このとき、氏直は義父の家康の助命嘆願で秀吉から助命されて高野山に流された。
English: She later stayed with Ujinao who was exiled, but since he died the next year, she returned to Ieyasu.
Japanese: のち、赦免された氏直のもとに赴くも、その翌年に氏直が死去したため、家康のもとへ戻った。
English: She was on good terms with Terumasa and had five sons and two daughters, such as Tadatsugu IKEDA, Tadao IKEDA, Teruzumi IKEDA, Masatsuna IKEDA, Teruoki IKEDA, and Koshoin.
Japanese: 輝政とは仲が良く、池田忠継、池田忠雄、池田輝澄、池田政綱、池田輝興、孝勝院など5男2女に恵まれた。