Hyougemono 5

This translation is reserved for Kotonoha.

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１５８０年８月
近江国・安土
（滋賀県安土町）
August, 1580
Azuchi, Oumi Province
(Azuchi, Shiga Prefecture)

はっはっは　左様でしたか　古田様
Ha ha ha. Is that so, Furuta-sama.

ついに宗易殿に弟子入りなさいましたか
Did you finally apprentice yourself to Soueki-dono?

宗易殿は羽柴様はじめ名だたる武将に茶の湯を指南しております
Hashiba-sama was the first famous military commander to whom Soueki-dono gave instruction in the tea ceremony.

その中で交流なされば古田様も出世が早まるかも
しれませぬぞ
Furuta-sama, if you, too, mingle with them, perhaps your promotion will speed up.

茶の湯と出世は別でござる　津田宗及殿
The tea ceremony and promotions are different things, Sougyuu Tsuba-dono.

ご覧なさいませ
Look there.

あれが落成した安土城天主にございます
That is the completed Azuchi castle, Tenshu*.
{*Lord of Heaven}

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第五席　天界への階段
The Fifth Ceremony: Stairway to Heaven

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な……なんと
Wha... what in the...

五重塔の天主閣！！！
Tenshukaku of the five level pagoda!!!

しかも漆黒の城壁に　金細工がふんだんに……
Moreover, there is abundant gold inlay in its jet-black walls...

この「ズドギュッ」とした異様な迫力はなんだ……
What is this bizarre "zudogyu*" appeal...?
{*More of Furuta's mimetic coinages}

まるで北山の金閣寺と要塞が合体した大化物ではないか……！！
Isn't it as if a great apparition had united the Golden Pavilion on Kitayama with a fortress...!!?

さすがは数奇者の古田様
Just what I would expect of you, Furuta-sama the tea ceremony connoisseur.

良いところに気づきなさる
You notice the good points.

この天主は今までの要塞としての機能のみならず住まいとしても造られております
Tenshu was built to funtion not only as a fortress, but also as a residence.

ですから金閣寺のように住まう禅寺の様相が見て取れるのです
Therefore, you can see it has the aspect of a Zen temple that is lived in, like the Golden Pavilion.

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そして城壁の黒塗りは……
Besides that, the blackening of the castle walls...

千宗易殿の発案
Was Soueki Senno-dono's suggestion.

漆代だけでも私ども堺の商人は大いに儲けさせてもらいましたよ　ハッハッハッ
The price of the laquer alone enriched us merchants of Sakai. Ha ha ha!

あの壁の金細工は……
The gold inlay on that way is...

龍……
a dragon...

中へ急ぎましょう
Let's hurryin inside.

信長様がお待ちにございます
Nobunaga-sama is waiting.

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いったい信長様は……
My word, how far is...

どこまで突っ走ろうとしているのか……
Nobunaga-sama trying to race...?

どれだけ戦を繰り返し……
How long will the battles continue...?

この国をどこへ引っ張っていくつもりだ……
How far does he plan on stretching this country...?

……だが……
...But...

不思議だ……
It's a wonder...

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ここにいると宗易殿の茶室とは真逆の興奮が
Being here is the precise opposite stimulation from Soueki-dono's tea arbor.

武人としての珍宝がむくむくとかま首をもたげるのがわかる!!
I know that a rare treasure of a warrior has raised his head!!

私はこれにて
I shall wait here.

久しうござるな　森乱殿
It's been a while, Moriran-dono.

脇差などはお持ちでないでしょうな?
I presume you are not carrying a wakizashi or the like?

城内では武具を一切携えてはなりませぬ
You absolutely must not bear arms within the castle.

では
This way.

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ボアノイチ（オス！！）
Boa noite* (Hello!!)
{*Portuguese for "Good evening"}

よくきた左介ぇ
Nice of you to come, Sasuke.

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こ……ここは天界か！！？
Is... is this heaven!!?

その顔が見たかった！
I wanted to see that face!

もののわからん奴に　ここを見せても自慢しがいがないからな！
Even if I show this place to a fellow who doesn't understand these things, I get no satisfaction from the boast!

う……上様もご機嫌麗しく何よりでございます
Most importantly, your majesty is in excellent spirits.

お前も荒木攻めではよくやった
You also did well during the attack on Araki.

明智の下丹波・丹後の経略でも力を尽くしたと聞いておる
I've heard that you are devoting your energy to the administration of Tanba and Tango under Akechi.

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今後も義兄中川清秀とともに領内の守備にあたれ
Continue to devote yourself to the territorial defense along with your brother-in-law, Kiyohide Nakagawa.

ははっ
Yes, sir.

恩賞を取らす
Take your reward.

物か金子か選べ
Choose an item or money.

南蛮漆器蒔絵箱！！
A decorated lacquerware box of the Southern Barbarians*!!
{*Europeans}

う……うおお……
W... wow...

なんと鮮やかな緑の光沢！！
What a brillian green luster!!

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上様は知らない……
His majesty doesn't know...

俺が荒木をみすみす逃したことを……
That I let Araki escape from right under my nose...

その俺が金子より価値のある箱をもらっていいのか……
Should someone like me get that box, which is more valuable than money...?

箱を選べば上様のせっかくのお気持ちを裏切ることになる……
If I choose the box, I'll be betraying the long-awaited mood of his majesty...

だが…………欲しい……
But... I want it...

果てしなく箱が欲しい……！！
There is no limit to my desire for the box...!!

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金子を頂戴仕ります
I'll take the money.

おい！それぇ！！
Hey! That one!!

ノン！！
Nao*!!
{*Portuguese for "no"}

ま……間違えました……
I... I made a mistake...

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おまえが俺に何か隠しているのは目でわかる
I can tell from your eyes that you are hiding something from me.

だがいかなる不埓な隠し事があろうと
But if there is some sort of uneasy secret,

金子を選んだことを褒めてやる
I praise you for choosing the money.

……いいか……左介
...Look here, Sasuke...

人は皆己にないものを欲しがる
All people desire things that they don't have.

ないものとはこれだ
This is the thing they don't have.

これは食になる物になるゆとりになる
This becomes food, things, or affluence.

そしてより多くの人を動かすには……
And moreover, there is nothing that will move more people...

欲しがるものを与えるしかない
than giving them this thing that they want.

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毛利……武田……上杉……
Mouri... Takeda... Uesugi...

皆　俺より屈強と言われながら天下を取れないのはそれができんからだ
While they all are said to be sturdier than myself, those who can not hold the land can not do this.

面子や誇りで動くのは武人だけよ
Only warriors are moved by honor and pride.

古田左介も今や人を動かす身
Now, Sasuke Furuta, too, is someone who moves people.

その金子で欲しがるものをしかと分け与えろ
Distribute coveted things with this money.

ついでに箱もくれてやるわ
While I am at it, I will also give you the box.

もっといいものを見せてやる
I will show you a much better thing.

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な……
Su...

なんと贅沢な……
Such extravagance...

夜景を美しくするために城下の家々に灯を点させるとは……
Lighting a lamp in every house below the castle, for the sake of the night view...

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……いったい……
...By the gods...

上様はいったいこれ以上何を……
What in the world will his majesty do that is greater than this...?

もはや天下に敵対する大軍勢もわずか……
Already there are but few great military forces opposing him in the land...

すべてを手に入れたも同然ではございませぬか……！？
Isn't it just as if he had obtained everything...!?

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おまえの言う天下とはこの島国のことか？
Is this land you speak of merely this island nation?

堺だけでは足りん
Even the world is not enough.

富を生む商いの町がまだまだ要る
I still need the trade cities that give birth to wealth.

そしてそれが成った暁には……
And in the event that that comes about...

唐　天竺にこの夜景を見たい
I want to see this night view in China... in India!

こ……
He...

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このお方は本気だ……！！
He is serious...!!

龍は古来より中華国王の象徴……
The dragon has been the symbol of China from time out of mind...

本気で明を手に入れんとする決意表明!!
He's declaring that he is determined to attempt to conquer China!!

南蛮にこんな話がある
There is story like this among the Southern Barbarians.

ある時大国の王が力を誇示せんがために天まで届く塔を造らせた……
One time, a king of a great country, in order to display his power, caused a tower to be built that would reach heaven...

しかしその行いが神の逆鱗に触れ……
But this deed attracted the wrath of the gods...

雷によって巨大な塔は瞬く間に粉々にされたそうだ
They say that in the blink of an eye, the great tower was broken into pieces by a thunderclap.

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俺はまだ雷を受けておらん
I have not yet received the thunder.

まだまだ昇るぞ
I am still climbing.

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俺は……
I...

俺は茶の湯以上の興奮を得てしまった……
I have received a thrill greater than that of the tea ceremony...

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信長様は
Nobunaga-sama...

近畿五ヵ国を任せるとの仰せです……
has commanded that the five provinces of Kinki be entrusted to you...

これで織田家臣筆頭に上られましたな
With this, you have risen to the top of the list of Oda's vassals.

明智光秀様
Akechi Mitsuhide-sama.