Denryaku: Kōwa 1 {1099} 9.13

康和元年九月十三日 Kōwa 1 {1099} 9.13
Translated by Jillian Barndt

Thirteenth day. Mizunoe ne. 1 Today for the first time I spent the night in attendance at the palace [Kaya-no-in]. 2 Before that I went to the Toba Detached Palace [to see the retired sovereign Shirakawa]. 3 I went there on my own. There was an event for the Queen-consort [Tokushi]. Then I visited the Queen-consort. 4 There was a gift, a six-stringed Japanese zither. 5 My outriders were [Tachibana no] Itsuna, [Fujiwara no] Morizane, 6 [Takashina no] Shigenaka, 7 [Minamoto no] Moriyuki, [Fujiwara no] Nagazane, [Fujiwara no] Shigezane. Sixth rankers were Minamoto no Morisue and Taira no Tomonobu. 8 The senior nobles were Captain of the Left Guards [Fujiwara no Yoshizane] 9 and Major Controller of the Left [Minamoto no] Mototsuna. Royal intimates were Royal Secretary-cum-Controller [Fujiwara no] Munetada, Captain of the Left Bodyguards [Fujiwara no] Tadanori, and Director of the Left Stables [Minamoto no] Morotaka. 10

  1. Forty-ninth day of the sexagenary cycle. ↩

  1. One of the mansions of the Regents’ House (Sekkanke, 摂関家). It was also used by the monarch Toba as a royal palace. ↩

  1. Shirakawa Tennō (1053-1129, r.1073-1087). ↩

  1. Princess Tokushi (1060-1114) was the consort and aunt of Horikawa Tennō (1079-1107). She was the fourth daughter of Go-Sanjō and Shirakawa’s sister. ↩

  1. Traditionally used for kagura and Azuma-asobi music and dancing. ↩

  1. Fujiwara no Morizane (dates unknown) was a houseman of the regent’s line, and from the Kajuji Fujiwara family. His daughter was one of Tadazane’s lesser consorts and mother of Tadazane’s son Yorinaga. At the time of this entry, his rank was senior fifth rank lower. ↩

  1. Takashina no Shigenaka (1069-1120) was a houseman of both Morozane and Tadazane. During his life, he served as a sixth-rank royal secretary and as governor of Izumo and Ōmi provinces. (Nihon jinmei daijiten). ↩

  1. Taira no Tomonobu (??-1144) was a houseman of Tadazane and Tadamichi too. With a solid background in the middling levels of court officialdom, he was quite learned about old customs; and he often served as a messenger between the monarch, the retired monarch, and Tadazane. He eventually reached junior fourth rank upper. (Nihon jinmei daijiten). ↩

  1. Fujiwara no Yoshizane (1070-1132). ↩

  1. Minamoto no Morotaka (1075-1134). ↩

Original Text 原文
十三日、壬子、今日初参内（高陽院）宿侍、先参鳥羽院（白河法皇）、自其参内、《参中宮御方儀》次参中宮御方（篤子）、贈物和琴、前駈以綱（橘）・盛実（藤原）・重仲（高階）・盛雅（源）・永実（藤原）・成実（藤原）、六位源盛季・平知信、上達部左兵衛督（藤原能実）・左大弁基綱（源）、殿上人頭弁宗忠（藤原）・左近衛中将忠教（藤原）・左馬頭師隆（源）、

Kundoku 訓読
十三日。壬子みずのえね。今日初て[高陽院かやのいん]参内さんだい宿侍しゅくじす。先鳥羽院とばのいん[白河法皇しらかわほうおう]に参り、其自参内す。次中宮御方おんかた[篤子とくし]に参り、贈物おくりものは和琴わごん。前駈ぜんく以綱いつな[橘たちばな]・盛実もりざね[藤原]・重仲しげなか[高階たかしな]・盛雅もりゆき源・永実ながざね藤原・成実しげざね藤原、六位源盛季もりすえ・平知信とものぶ、上達部かんだちめ左兵衛督さひょうえのかみ[藤原能実よしざね]・左大弁さだいべん基綱もとつな[源]、殿上人てんじょうびと頭弁とうのべん宗忠むねただ[藤原]・左近衛中将さこんえちゅうじょう忠教ただのり[藤原]・左馬頭さまのかみ師隆もろたか[源]。