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English: In Yatsushiro City of Kumamoto Prefecture which had been the castle town of the Matsui clan, historical materials of the Matsui clan are displayed at the Yatsushiro Municipal Museum and Matsui Bunko Library, and in its vicinity, there remain sites of Yatsushiro-jo Castle and Shohinken which used to be Matsui clan's ochaya (rest house).
Japanese: 松井家の城下町であった熊本県八代市の八代市立博物館や松井文庫には松井歴代史料が展示されており、近くには八代城跡や松井家の御茶屋だった松浜軒（しょうひんけん）もある。
English: Historical materials of the Matsui clan, such as their genealogy, can be seen on the website of 'Yatsushiro Municipal Museum' and so on.
Japanese: 松井家系図等の史料は八代市立博物館「未来の森ミュージアム」などのウェブでも見ることができる。
English: According to "Hankanpu" (Genealogy of the Protectors of the Shogunate) compiled by Hakuseki ARAI and "Kansei Choshu Shokafu" (A record of family trees of samurai warriors of the Tokugawa Shogunate) which was published in later years, the original family name of the Yagyu clan was Sugawara, and it is said that they were descendants of SUGAWARA no Michizane.
Japanese: 新井白石が作成した系譜の『藩翰譜』（または後世の『寛政重修諸家譜』）によると、柳生氏の姓は菅原氏とされ、菅原道真が祖先とも言われている。
English: However, there is no sufficient evidence to prove it, and the remaining genealogies of the Yagyu clan still have to be studied in detail; some historian says that they originated from the Hata clan like the Hattori clan.
Japanese: しかし確証性が乏しく、柳生氏の系譜の比較考証が考慮する必要性がある（あるいは服部氏同様に秦氏の系統ともいわれる）。
English: The birth place of the Yagyu clan was Yagyu-go village, Sonokami-no-kori County, Yamato Province (today's Yagyu area, Nara City), which was located in the northern part of Yamato Province.
Japanese: 柳生家の発祥地は大和国添上郡柳生郷（現奈良市柳生地区）で、大和国北部にある。
English: Yagyu "柳生" was also written as "楊生," "夜岐布," "夜支布, " and "養父," and they are considered to have been pronounced "yagiu."
Japanese: また「楊生」・「夜岐布」・「夜支布」・「養父」とも記され、いずれも「やぎう」と発音するという。
English: Munetoshi YAGYU (Sekishusai), who inherited Shinkage-ryu School of swordsmanship from Nobutsuna KAMIIZUMI in the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States), was a descendant of the 8th generation from Nagayoshi (Muneyoshi).
Japanese: 戦国時代(日本)に、上泉信綱から新陰流を相伝された柳生宗厳（石舟斎）は、永珍（宗珍）から8代目の子孫に当たる人物である。
English: Munetoshi served Hisahide MATSUNAGA in the Sengoku period, however his clan gradually dwindled as his master Hisahide was destroyed by Nobunaga ODA, and he forfeited 2,000 koku (360.78 cubic meters of rice) of his territory on charge of hiding rice fields when Taiko Kenchi (Hideyoshi Toyotomi's nationwide land survey) was held.
Japanese: 宗厳は戦国時代に、松永久秀に仕えたが、その久秀が織田信長と争って滅亡し、さらに豊臣秀吉の太閤検地によって隠田の罪で2000石の所領を没収されるなど、次第に落ちぶれていった。
English: However, by the arrangement of Nagamasa KURODA, Munetoshi met Ieyasu TOKUGAWA who was the most powerful samurai next to Hideyoshi at that time, and in front of Ieyasu, he performed "Muto-dori" (seizing opponent's sword without his own sword), and as a result, he was offered the position of the instructor of Heiho (art of warfare).
Japanese: しかし、黒田長政の仲介により当時秀吉に次ぐ実力者であった徳川家康と出会った宗厳は、家康の前で「無刀取り」を披露したことにより、兵法指南役に迎えたいと申し出を受ける。
English: Since Munetoshi was already 66 years old, he declined it and recommended his fifth son Munenori YAGYU as the instructor.
Japanese: 宗厳は当時、すでに66歳という老齢だったため、これを辞退し代わりに、五男の柳生宗矩を指南役として推挙したのである。
English: "In the Kogo year of the Bunroku era (in 1594), at Juraku Shitiku-mura, Jinkun (Ieyasu TOKUGAWA) saw Munetoshi-ko (Munetoshi)'s swordsmanship for the first time."
Japanese: 「文禄甲午の年、聚楽紫竹村にて宗厳公の剣術始て神君（徳川家康）上覧。」
English: "At that moment, Jinkun (Ieyasu) was almost falling flat on his back; after returned to his seat and sat up straight against Ko (Munetoshi), he requested Ko to become his teacher and gave Ko the sword made by Kagenori to exchange promises."
Japanese: 「其時神君後ろへ倒れ玉はんとし、上手なり向後師たるべしとの上意の上、景則の刀を賜ひて誓詞を辱くす。」
English: Therefore, the Yagyu clan that declined once in the period of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi resurrected in the world in the period of Ieyasu.
Japanese: なにはともあれ、信長・秀吉時代に落ちぶれた柳生氏は、家康時代に再び世に出ることとなったのである。
English: Munetoshi's first son Yoshikatsu YAGYU had served Hisahide and in the battle against Junkei TSUTSUI, he had been shot and badly injured; the second son Kyusai YAGYU and the third son Tokusai YAGYU had become priests; and the fourth son Muneaki YAGYU had served Kazuuji NAKAMURA; so when Ieyasu requested Munetoshi to become an instructor, only Munenori happened to be available for serving the Tokugawa clan.
Japanese: 徳川氏に仕えることとなったのは、長男の柳生厳勝は久秀配下として筒井順慶と戦ったとき、鉄砲により戦傷を負い、次男の柳生久斎と三男の柳生徳斎は僧侶となり、四男の柳生宗章は中村一氏に仕官していたからである。
English: In the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, by the order of Ieyasu, he played an important role using especially his brain to suppress local governors of Yamato Province and to disturb the logistic support of the Western Army.
Japanese: 1600年の関ヶ原の戦いでは家康の命を受けて大和の豪族の調略に従事し、西軍の後方攪乱作戦も務めた。
English: In the following year, for the achievements in the battle, he was given additional stipend of 1,000 goku while maintaining the former stipend of 2,000 goku, and he was appointed to the instructor of Heiho for Hidetada TOKUGAWA.
Japanese: 翌年、その功績により旧領2000石に加えて新たに1000石を加増され、徳川秀忠の兵法指南役となる。
English: In Winter Siege of Osaka of 1614, Munenori served as a guide to lead the large-scale Tokugawa Army in Yamato Province; in Summer Siege of Osaka of the next year, he served as a personal bodyguard for Hidetada and in fact he killed seven soldiers to protect his master.
Japanese: 1614年の大坂冬の陣では徳川軍の大和国の道案内役を務め、翌年の大坂夏の陣では秀忠の身辺警護を務め、敵兵7名を斬り殺した。
English: In 1621, he became the instructor of Heiho for Iemitsu TOKUGAWA; and in 1629, he was appointed to Tajima-no-kuni no kami (Governor of Tajima Province) and given a court rank, Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade).
Japanese: 1621年からは徳川家光の兵法指南役となり、1629年には従五位下但馬国守を叙任する。
English: In 1632, Munenori was appointed as Sometsuke (chief inspector of shogunate which was later renamed "Ometsuke") together with Masashige INOUE and was given additional stipend 3,000 koku.
Japanese: 1632年には井上政重らと共に総目付（後の大目付）に任じられ、3000石を加増された。
English: In 1640, he was further awarded 2,000 goku and 500 goku, respectively, to become a daimyo with his feud of 12,500 goku (2254.875 cubic meters) in total.
Japanese: 1639年にも2000石、翌年にも500石を加増され、合計して1万2500石を領する大名となった。
English: Tadaaki ONO (Mikogamitenzen) who served the Tokugawa clan in the same period as Munenori, was an instructor of swordsmanship as well and founded Ono-ha Itto-ryu School, however, he was given rice stipend only 600 koku (108.234 cubic meters).
Japanese: 宗矩と同時期に徳川氏に仕えていた小野派一刀流の開祖・小野忠明（御子神典膳）の所領はわずか600石ほどに過ぎなかった。
English: Considering the fact that Munenori served three Tokugawa shoguns, Ieyasu, Hidetada and Iemitsu, and was promoted to the daimyo class, it follows that he had the great confidence of them.
Japanese: 一方の宗矩は家康・秀忠・家光の徳川三代に仕えて大名にまで栄進したのだから、相当の信任を受けていたことがうかがえるであろう。
English: The clan was based in Edo-go, Musashi Province in the beginning and later shifted their base to the place where the Imperial Palace stands today.
Japanese: 武蔵国江戸郷(武蔵国)に本拠地を置き、のちに現在の皇居を本拠に勢力を張った一族。
English: The clan started when, in the 11th century, Shigetsugu EDO, the fourth son of Shigetsuna CHICHIBU, inherited Edo-go, Musashi Province and called himself 'Shiro EDO.'
Japanese: 平安時代の末（11世紀）に秩父重綱の四男江戸重継が武蔵国江戸郷を相続し、「江戸四郎」を称したのが始まりとされる。
English: The Edo clan was already one of the most powerful samurai clans of Musashi Province when MINAMOTO no Yoritomo raised his army in 1180.
Japanese: 江戸氏は1180年に源頼朝が挙兵した時、すでに武蔵国内の最有力の武家の一角となっていた。
English: In the beginning, Shigetsugu's son Shigenaga EDO, opposed to Yoritomo, killed a Miura clan member on the Yoritomo side, but after they made peace, he became a shogunal retainer of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 重継の子江戸重長は初め頼朝と対立して頼朝方の三浦氏を伐ったが、後に和解して鎌倉幕府の御家人となった。
English: According to records, in November 4, 1261, one of the Edo clan and Jito (manager and lord of an estate) Nagashige EDO donated Maejima-mura village of Edo-go (present-day Tokyo Station and its neighborhood) to the Tokuso family (the direct line of the regency Hojo family) when he could no longer manage the village because of the Shoka Famine, which incident led him to serve the family, and by 1315, the village was donated again from the Tokuso family to the Enkaku-ji Temple.
Japanese: 弘長元年10月3日_(旧暦)（1261年）、江戸氏の一族の一人であった地頭江戸長重が正嘉の飢饉による荒廃で経営が出来なくなった江戸郷前島村（現在の東京駅周辺）を北条氏得宗家に寄進してその被官となり、1315年までに得宗家から円覚寺に再寄進されている事が記録として残されている。
English: During the period of the Northern and Southern Courts following the fall of the Kamakura bakufu, the Edo clan took Yoshisada NITTA's side to support the Southern Court, but later switched to the Northern Court's side to serve Kamakura kubo (Governor-general of Kamakura Region).
Japanese: 鎌倉幕府が滅びると、江戸氏は南北朝時代(日本)の騒乱において初め新田義貞に従って南朝(日本)方につき、後に北朝(日本)に帰順して鎌倉公方に仕えた。
English: Nagato EDO and 江戸高良 became involved in the killing of Yoshioki NITTA at Yaguchi no Watashi (The Yaguchi Bridge) on Kunikiyo HATAKEYAMA's order.
Japanese: 江戸長門・江戸高良らは畠山国清の命により矢口渡で新田義興謀殺に加わった。
English: Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI attacked the Setagaya-Kira clan and the Gohojo clan, its master house, which incident led to the downfall of the Kitami clan.
Japanese: やがて、主家世田谷吉良氏やさらにその主家である後北条氏が豊臣秀吉に攻められると没落した。
English: Katsutada KITAMI worked for Ieyasu TOKUGAWA who entered Edo and had a territory in Kitami, Setagaya granted.
Japanese: 喜多見勝忠が江戸に入府した徳川家康に仕え、世田谷喜多見に所領を与えられる。
English: As Seii Taishogun (literally, great general who subdues the barbarians), Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA's favorite retainer, Shigemasa KITAMI became a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and established the Kitami Domain.
Japanese: 喜多見重政は征夷大将軍徳川綱吉の寵臣として大名に列するようになり、喜多見藩を立藩する。
English: Yet, on March 22, 1689, Shigemasa suffered kaieki (sudden dismissal and deprivation of position, privileges and properties), which incident resulted in the downfall of the Kitami clan (one theory holds that he was held responsible for one branch family's involvement in a sword fight).
Japanese: しかし、元禄2年(1689年)2月2日_(旧暦)に突然改易され、大名である喜多見氏は滅びた（分家の刃傷事件に連座したともされる）。
English: The remains of the residence of the Edo clan was rebuilt as Edo-jo Castle in 1457 by Dokan OTA who was assigned to Edo.
Japanese: 江戸氏の居館跡はのちに、長禄元年(1457年)太田道灌が江戸に封じられた後江戸城として整備された。
English: The castle, used as the base by Ieyasu Tokugawa and his successors, turned into Kyujo (place where Emperor lived) after the Meiji Restoration and was rebuilt as the current Imperial Palace.
Japanese: その後徳川家康が本拠地を置き、徳川幕府が代々整備し、明治維新後は宮城となり現在の皇居となった。
English: Based in Naka County at the end of the Heian Period, the Naka clan was a powerful local ruling family in Hitachi.
Japanese: 那珂氏は平安時代末期に那珂郡に本拠地を置き、常陸の豪族として栄えた。
English: However, Michiyasu NAKA, one of the Naka clan members, who sided with the samurai, was assigned to Edo-go of Naka County and his son Michitaka adopted Edo as his family name.
Japanese: しかし、那珂氏の一族である那珂通泰は武家方につき、那珂郡江戸郷を封ぜられ、子の江戸通高の代に江戸氏を称するようになる。
English: Michitaka married a daughter of Yoshiatsu SATAKE (the ninth head of the Satake family) who was working as a Shugo (provincial constable), and sometimes established distinguished military records.
Japanese: 通高は守護佐竹義篤(九代当主)（佐竹氏第九代当主）の娘を娶り、度々軍功をあげた。
English: When the War of Zenshu UESUGI occurred, Michikage's son Michifusa supported Mochiuji ASHIKAGA, the then-Kamakura kubo, and gained a territory near the Baba-jo Castle (later Mito-jo Castle) owned by the Baba clan, a family of the Daijo clan who sided with Zenshu and fell.
Japanese: その子江戸通房の代には上杉禅秀の乱が勃発し、鎌倉公方足利持氏についた通房は、禅秀方に味方して共に没落した大掾氏の一族の馬場氏の拠点である馬場城（後の水戸城）の近辺に所領を得た。
English: Mitsutomo DAIJO continued to occupy Baba-jo Castle even after the incident, but in 1426, Michifusa attacked and captured the castle when he was away.
Japanese: 大掾満幹はその後も馬場城を保持し続けたが、応永33年（1426年）に馬場城を留守にした隙に、通房に馬場城を攻め落とされた。
English: Based in Baba-jo Castle (Mito-jo Castle), the Edo clan wielded power in the midstream and downstream areas of the Naka-gawa River.
Japanese: 以降江戸氏は馬場城（水戸城）を本拠地として那珂川中下流部で勢力を振るう。
English: When an internal strife called the Yamairi Uprising occurred within the Satake clan serving as Shugo, the Edo clan actively intervened in the strife, which intervention was a good excuse for the Edo clan to expand their sphere of influence to the Satake Domain.
Japanese: その後、守護佐竹氏の内部で山入一揆と呼ばれる内訌が発生すると積極的に介入し、佐竹領にも進出するようになる。
English: In the Sengoku Period (Warring States Period), the strife ended when Yoshikiyo SATAKE destroyed the Yamairi clan, which incident stopped the Edo clan's northward expansion.
Japanese: 戦国時代_(日本)に入り、佐竹義舜が山入氏を滅ぼすことにより佐竹氏の内訌が収まり、それとともに江戸氏の北進は止まる。
English: Although Michiyasu EDO acted as a vassal to the Satake clan, he, independent-minded, expanded his sphere of influence to the western and southern areas of Hitachi where there were a series of disturbances such as succession disputes within the Furukawa kubo family.
Japanese: 江戸通泰は佐竹氏に臣従の姿勢を見せたものの、独自の勢力を保ち、古河公方家の家督争いなどで混乱が続く常陸西部及び南部に進出する。
English: Tadamichi EDO, Michimasa EDO and Shigemichi EDO formed an alliance with Yoshishige SATAKE (the 18th family head) and the Satake clan extended its influence to the deep south and the Edo clan to the southern areas of Hitachi.
Japanese: 江戸忠通・江戸通政・江戸重通は佐竹義重(十八代当主)と同盟を結び、佐竹氏は南奥に、江戸氏は常陸南部にそれぞれ積極的に進出する。
English: In 1590, when the Siege of Odawara occurred, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and his army, surrounding Odawara-jo Castle, ordered other clans in Kanto and Tohoku to join the battle.
Japanese: 天正18年（1590年）小田原の役がおこり、豊臣秀吉は小田原城を包囲し、関東、東北地方の諸氏に参陣を命じた。
English: The Satake clan, who was opposed to the Gohojo clan, joined the battle because they had a diplomatic tie with Hideyoshi, while the Edo clan, as the Gohojo clan's ally, did not join.
Japanese: 佐竹氏は後北条氏と対立し、秀吉と結びついていたことから参陣したが、後北条氏と結んでいた江戸氏は参陣しなかった。
English: The Imperial Palace's gates at which the Saeki clan had served was named "Saeki-mon" (Saeki Gate) after their surname, however, because Tang culture was the latest trend, Saeki-mon (佐伯門 pronounced as "safeki-mon" in those days and "safeki" was Japanese word) of Heian-kyu Palace which was built much later was changed to Soheki-mon (藻壁門 pronounced as "saufeki-mon" in those days and "saufeki" was the then Chinese pronunciation) which sound was very similar to Saeki-mon.
Japanese: 因みに警備を担当した宮門は、氏族名から「佐伯門」と名付けられたが、平安宮では唐風文化の影響から、「さへき」に音通する「藻壁門」と改められた。
English: The clan's kabane (hereditary title) was initially "Muraji," however, in 685 another title "Sukune" was bestowed together with other clans of the same family, such as the Otomo clan.
Japanese: カバネは初め「連」であったが、天武天皇13年（685年）に同族の大伴氏等とともに「宿祢」を賜姓された。
English: After the Nara period, the clan was often involved in political conflicts (refer to the related articles), and every time some members of the clan had to be punished, therefore, the clan gradually declined.
Japanese: 奈良時代以降、たびたびの政争に巻き込まれ（「関連項目」を参照）、そのたびに一族から処罰される者を出した事なども影響し、徐々に衰えた。
English: It had been believed that the Saeki clan was descendents of a god, Ame no Oshihi no Mikoto who had guided the way for Ninigi no Mikoto (the Prince of fertile rice-ears) when a god Ninigi no Mikoto had come down to the earth (the occasion has been called "Tenson Korin").
Japanese: 天孫降臨の時にニニギを先導した天忍日命（あめのおしひのみこと）を祖とし、神別氏族である。
English: Some historians had been saying that since the clan served as the guards of the Imperial Court to prevent ("safeki-ru" in ancient Japanese) the enemies from intruding, people began to call them "safeki" in ancient Japanese.
Japanese: 王権に仕え、宮廷警備等の任につくようになった後、外敵からの攻撃を「遮（さへ）ぎる者」という意味で「さへき」と呼ばれるようになったとの説がある。
English: In later years, the reading has changed from 'safeki' to 'saeki' and in some regions, to 'saiki.'
Japanese: 後世「さへき」が「さえき」と訛り、更に「さいき」に訛った地域もある。
English: Some historian say that Saeki (佐伯) was a compound of 佐 (meant to support) and 伯 (meant a noble person) for describing the clan's duty which was to support a noble person.
Japanese: また、「佐伯」は「伯（尊い者）」を「佐（たすけ）る」という意味の当て字であろうとの説もある。
English: SAEKI no Miyatsuko was recorded in the volume of Jo, Shinbetsu, Ukyo of "Shinsen Shoji-roku" (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names and Titles of Nobility), according to it, his former surname was "Saekibe."
Japanese: 佐伯造（-みやつこ）は、『新撰姓氏録』右京神別上に見え、旧姓は「佐伯部」。
English: According to the "Nihon shoki" (Chronicles of Japan), he was a descendant of SAEKIBE no Nakachiko, who was Toneri (palace servant) of Ichinobe no Oshiwa no Miko (Prince Ichinobe no Oshiwa); and according to the article of February 5, 492 of the same book, the Imperial Court summoned Saeki-be of various provinces to appoint them to Kajo (managers controlling lower officials and operating the court's various facilities).
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によれば、市辺押磐皇子（いちのへのおしはのみこ）の舎人、佐伯部仲子（さへきべのなかちこ）の後裔で、仁賢天皇5年2月5日条に、諸国の佐伯部を集めて管掌にさせたとある。
English: Nagatomi UENO, a descendent of Akichika UENO, left the capital city of Kyoto and settled in Kii Province at the end of the Sengoku period (period of warring states) (Japan).
Japanese: 上野秋親後胤上野長富が、戦国(日本)末期京都より紀伊国に下向し定住。
English: Yoshiuji ASHIKAGA (the third head of the Ashikaga family), 義弁's grandfather, was appointed as assistant governor of Mikawa Province, which event triggered the family's settlement in the province.
Japanese: 義弁の祖父足利義氏(足利家3代目当主)が三河国守護補任を契機として、同国には足利一門の扶植がはじまった。
English: Moreover, the family established a presence by gaining stewardship for the Hachijoin's manor (Ueno no sho) which was one of the family's territories in Mikawa Province.
Japanese: そして、三河における足利氏の所領のうち、八条院領上野荘の地頭職を得て足利一門として重きをなした。
English: When Takauji ASHIKAGA raised an army against the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), Yorikane UENO, a grandson of 上野義弁, sided with him.
Japanese: 義弁の孫上野頼兼は、足利尊氏が鎌倉幕府に反旗を翻し挙兵した際には従軍している。
English: In March, 1336, Yorikane was credited with defeating the Kikuchi clan of Higo Province who sided with the Southern Court.
Japanese: 1336年（建武(日本)3年）3月には南朝方の肥後国の菊池氏を討って武功を挙げた。
English: Takauji, regaining his power, moved eastward to recapture Kyoto, while Yorikane, as Shugo (provincial constable) of Iwami Province, put his emphasis on the extension of the Northern Court's and the Muromachi bakufu's influence and the elimination of the Southern Court's influence in western part of Japan.
Japanese: やがて、尊氏が勢力を盛り返して京都奪還のために東上すると、石見国守護に補任され、西国における北朝・幕府勢力の拡大と南朝勢力の追討に尽力している。
English: The family took over as Shugo of Sado and several other provinces, but the posts were not passed down to the descendants.
Japanese: 上野氏は佐渡国守護等、数ヶ国の守護を歴任したものの、子孫代々世襲されなかった。
English: In Kyoto, the family, as a trusted vassal of Ashikaga Shogun family, served not merely as the leader of the third squad of Hokoshu (shogunal military guard) but also as Oheyashu (the person in charge of keeping night watch of the shogun's bed chamber), Otomoshu (attendant group who attended the Shogun Takauji Ashikaga to go up to the ancient capital kyoto), and Moshitsugishu (a civil servant post in Muromachi Shorgunate) for generations.
Japanese: 京都にあって奉公衆三番頭となる一方、御部屋衆、御供衆、申次衆を代々務めるなど、足利将軍家の近臣として幕府の中枢の業務を担った。
English: After Yoshitane ASHIKAGA was expelled by the Shogunal Deputy, Masamoto HOSOKAWA, Nobutaka UENO entered Bicchu Province with Masayuki NIKAIDO and Sadanobu ISE under the order of Yoshitane.
Japanese: 足利義稙が管領細川政元より追放されると、1509年（永正6年）、上野氏は上野信孝が義稙の命により二階堂政行、伊勢貞信とともに備中国に入部する。
English: Later, during the Eisho era, he returned to Kyoto, where he served as a chief retainer for Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA and died in 1563.
Japanese: その後、永正年間中に信孝は京に帰還し、足利義輝の重臣を務め、永禄6年(1563年)に逝去した。
English: Kiyonobu UENO, a legitimate child of Nobutaka, is historically remembered as Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA's chief retainer.
Japanese: また、信孝の嫡子上野清信は、足利義昭の重臣として、歴史に名を記している。
English: For example, Akirakane was given one portion of the name of Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA, Mitsukane one portion of the name of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, Mochiyori one portion of the name of Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, and Naonaga one portion of the name of Yoshinao ASHIKAGA.
Japanese: 例えば、上野詮兼は足利義詮から、上野満兼は足利義満、上野持頼は足利義持から、上野尚長は足利義尚からそれぞれ諱の一字を授けられている。
English: The Bicchu Ueno clan started when Takanao UENO who belonged to Nobutaka UENO's family succeeded Nobutaka and entered Kimurayama-jo Castle.
Japanese: 備中上野氏は、上野信孝の一門の上野高直が信孝の後を受け継ぎ喜村山城(鬼邑山城)に入ったことにはじまる。
English: (Later, because Kimurayama-jo Castle and other related castles were destroyed and Matsuyama-jo Castle continued to exist and enjoyed prosperity, the historical fact was reversed and, as a consequence, incorrect history was passed down to future generations.
Japanese: (後、喜村山城他一連の城は滅亡し、一方、松山城は存続し繁栄したことから、後世において、史実が主従逆転し、錯誤して伝えられることになる。
English: In those days, the Ueno clan enjoyed prosperity by working as Shugodai (deputy military governor) together with the Ishikawa clan and the Sho clan under the supervision of the Hosokawa clan, the military governor of Bicchu, but unlike the other clans, the Ueno clan lost the post in early stage.
Japanese: )この頃の上野氏は備中守護細川氏の下、石川氏・庄氏とともに備中守護代を務めて家格を誇っていたが、この両氏と異なり、早くに守護代の地位を失っている。
English: Yorihisa, the second head of the Bicchu Ueno clan, restored Tenchuzan Ankoku-ji Temple (Raikyu-ji Temple) of the Rinzai sect in Bicchu Matsuyama and turned it into the family temple.
Japanese: 備中上野氏二代　頼久は、備中松山の臨済宗天柱山安国寺(頼久寺)を再興し菩提寺とした。
English: After Yorihisa, Yoriuji UENO, his legitimate child, took over as head of the family and became the lord of the Bicchu Matsuyama-jo Castle, but was overthrown by Tamemoto SHO in 1533.
Japanese: 頼久の後は、嫡子上野頼氏が家督を継ぎ備中松山城主となったが、頼氏は天文二年(1533)に庄為資によって攻め滅ぼされた。
English: According to Chugoku Taiheiki, 'Tamemoto SHO, the lord of Sarukakeno-jo Castle attacked and fought against Ueno Izu no kami (Yoriuji UENO) residing in Mt. Taisho and Ueno Uemon no jo (Yoriuji's brother) residing in Mt. Kosho in 1533.
Japanese: 中国太平記によれば、「大松山には上野伊豆守居住して小松山の城には同右衛門尉を置かれける処に、天文二年猿掛の城主庄為資押し寄せて相戦う。
English: Because the Sho clan is ruling this province, Ueki Shimotsuke no kami Hidenaga and the clan attacked the Ueno force from the valley side and beat it.
Japanese: 庄は当国の旗頭たるにより、植木下野守秀長、庄に力を合わせ横谷より攻め掛け、上野の勢を追い崩した。
English: After Takanoa, Ueno Hizen no kami Takatoku, his legitimate child, took over as head of the family and became the lord of Kimurayyama-jo Castle, but he moved to Bizen Tsuneyama-jo Castle at a certain point between 1555 and 1558 and resided in this castle.
Japanese: 高直の後は、嫡子上野肥前守高徳が家督を継ぎ喜村山城主となったが、高徳は、弘冶年中(1555～1558)に備前常山城に移り、この城を居城とした。
English: Moreover, Takatoku UENO defeated Takasuke SHO, the legitimate child of Tamemoto SHO, the enemy of one of his family members Ueno Izu no kami Yoriuji who met a tragic end in Bicchu Matsuyama.
Japanese: また、上野隆徳は、備中松山で無残な最期を遂げた一族上野伊豆守頼氏らの仇敵である庄為資の嫡子高資を討った。
English: Furthermore, by marrying one of the daughters of Iechika MIMURA who became the lord of the Bicchu Matsuyama-jo Castle, Takatoku deepened his relationship with the Mimura clan who was extending power over the entire Bicchu as well as the Ishikawa clan and the Sho clan, both of whom were serving as Shugodai of Bicchu.
Japanese: そして、備中松山城主となった三村家親の娘を室とし、石川氏･庄氏両備中守護代家同様、備中一円に勢力を広げる三村氏との縁故を深めていった。
English: Takatoku had an influential voice, calling himself Takatoku MIMURA according to Bicchu Heiranki (Record on disturbance in the Bicchu area).
Japanese: 三村家中ではかなりの発言力を有し、三村隆徳とも称していたという（備中兵乱記）。
English: Originally, the UENO clan had a trusting relationship with the Mori clan through Nobutaka, but after Nobutaka and Motonari MORI died, Takatoku opposed the Mori clan by supporting Motochika, the legitimate child of Iechika MIMURA.
Japanese: 元来、上野氏は、信孝を通じて毛利氏とも格別の信頼関係を有していたが、信孝も、また、元就も他界して後、隆徳は、三村家親の嫡子元親に加担して毛利氏に対抗することとなった。
English: In the end, Takatoku was defeated by the Mori force led by Takakage KOBAYAKAWA in 1575.
Japanese: その挙句、天正3年(1575年)に小早川隆景が率いる毛利軍によって攻め滅ぼされた。
English: While Takatoku UENO restored the Hogakusan Kyusho-ji Temple of the Rinzai sect as the lord of the Bizen Tsuneyama-jo Castle, the original ancestral tablets of Takatoku and his wife, Tsuruhime, a daughter of the MIMURA family, are still placed in Hoon-ji Temple, the Ueno clan's family temple (Mabi-cho Kurashiki City).
Japanese: 上野隆徳は、備前常山城主として臨済宗豊岳山久昌寺を再興しているが、上野氏の菩提寺であった報恩寺(倉敷市真備町)には、隆徳とその室で三村家親の息女・鶴姫の当時からの位牌が、今も祭られている。
English: Originating from Naokane UENO, the second son of Yorikane UENO who was the third head of the Ueno clan belonging to a branch family of the Ashikaga clan starting with Yasuuji ASIKAGA, the Bungo Ueno clan accompanied Takauji on his trip to Kyushu as his trustworthy assistant and stayed there as the sole family of the Ueno clan.
Japanese: 尚、また、足利一門上野氏の三代上野頼兼の次男　上野直兼を祖とする豊後上野氏は、尊氏の腹心として九州下向に随従、上野氏一門の中で唯一九州に留まった。