Translators: Michael Burns and Kumiko McDowell
Entry 4: Jian 1 {1021} 9-10
治安元年九月・十月
1）Original Text
九月一日癸酉。
Kundoku
九月一日癸酉（みずのととり）。
English
Ninth Month, first day, mizunoto tori.
2）Original Text
二日甲戌。下名。
Kundoku
二日甲戌（きのえいぬ）。下名（おりな）。
English
Second day, kinoe inu. The List of Those Who Received Promotions in Posts and Appointments [was submitted to the Council of State].
Notes
Orina 下名: The issuance of the formal listing of promotions and appointments of the fourth rank and lower by the Ministry of Personnel (Shikibushō) and Ministry of Military Affairs (Hyōbushō) to the Council of State. A preparation for the Ceremony for Assigning Posts 除目 (jimoku).
3）Original Text
三日乙亥。御登。廢務。
Kundoku
三日乙亥（きのとい）。御燈（ごとう）。廃務（はいむ）。
English
Third day, kinoto i. Royal Progress to Observe the North Star. Cessation of Government [for the day].
Notes
Haimu 廃務: a temporary cessation of government. Synonym of 廃朝.
4）Original Text
四日丙子。奉幣丹貴二社。依祈雨也。
Kundoku
四日丙子（ひのえね）。丹貴（にき）二社に奉幣（ほうへい）す。祈雨（きう）に依る也。
English
Fourth day, hinoe ne. Cloth strip offerings were made to the Niukawakami and Kifune shrines to pray for the arrival of rain.
Notes
Nikinisha 丹貴二社: refers to the Niukawakami and Kifune shrines in Yamato province and the outskirts of Kyoto, respectively. Both shrines were associated with rainfall from a very early period; the court frequently carried out rites for the arrival and/or the cessation of rain at both shrines.
5）Original Text
七日己卯。伊勢豐受宮廿年一度御遷宮神寶、幣物、官符請印。
Kundoku
七日己卯（つちのとう）。伊勢豊受宮（とゆけぐう）廿年一度御遷宮（ごせんぐう）の神宝（しんぽう）、幣物（へいもつ）、官符（かんぷ）の印を請う。
English
Seventh day, tsuchinoto u. The Council requested the sealing of its order to the effect that gifts for the deities (shinpō) and cloth strip offerings (heimotsu) be sent for the reconstruction of the Toyukegū, Ise’s Outer Shrine, which is performed once every twenty years.
Notes
Shinpō 神宝: a general term for gifts presented to the deities during an important rite.
Kanpu no in o kou 官符の印を請う: The Council of State requests the royal seal on its order.
6）Original Text
八日庚辰。奉遣伊勢豐受宮御遷宮神寶、幣帛使。
Kundoku
八日庚辰（かのえたつ）。伊勢豊受宮（とゆけぐう）に御遷宮の神宝、幣帛（へいはく）の使（つかい）を遣こせ（おこせ）奉る。
English
Eighth day, kanoe tatsu. An envoy was dispatched to the Ise Toyukegū with sacred gifts and cloth strip offerings for the shrine reconstruction.
7）Original Text
九日辛巳。宜陽殿平座。見參。
Kundoku
九日辛巳（かのとみ）。宜陽殿（ぎようでん）平座見参（ひらざげざん）。
English
Ninth day, kanoto mi. A meeting of the Council was held in the Giyōden without His Majesty and a list of attendees was made.
Notes
Hiraza gezan 平座見参: When a meeting of the Council was held with the sovereign in absentia, a list of attendees was created and submitted to the tennō afterwards.
8）Original Text
十一日癸未。伊勢例幣。
Kundoku
十一日癸未（みずのとひつじ）。伊勢例幣（れいへい）。
English
Eleventh day, mizunoto hitsuji. The Annual Cloth Offering to Ise.
9）Original Text
廿八日庚子。奉幣廿一社。依春宮行幸御祈也。
Kundoku
廿八日庚子（かのえね）。廿一社に奉幣（ほうへい）す。春宮（とうぐう）の行幸（ぎょうこう）の御祈りに依る也。
English
Twenty-eighth day, kanoe ne. Cloth strip offerings were presented to the Twenty-one Shrines to pray for the Crown Prince’s official progress to Kasuga Shrine.
Notes
Tōgū 春宮: The crown prince’s residence; sometimes used to refer to the crown prince himself.
10）Original Text
十月，一日癸卯。平座見參。
Kundoku
十月、一日癸卯（みずのとう）。平座見参（ひらざげざん）。
English
Tenth Month, first day, mizunoto u. A meeting of the Council was held in the Giyōden without His Majesty and a list of attendees was made.
11）Original Text
二日甲辰。左大臣。賴通。初移徙大炊殿。
Kundoku
二日甲辰（きのえたつ）。左大臣［頼道］初（はつに）大炊殿（おおいどの）の移徙（わたまし）。
English
Second day, kinoe tatsu. Minister of the Left [Fujiwara no Yorimichi] moved for the first time to his Ōidono residence.
Notes
Watamashi 移徙: A high ranking official’s move to a new residence.
12）Original Text
五日丁未。弓場始。
Kundoku
五日丁未（ひのとひつじ）。弓場始め（ゆばはじめ）。
English
Fifth day, hinoto hitsuji. The Royal Archery Exhibition.
Notes
Yubahajime 弓場始: A Heian period ceremony held on the fifth day of the Tenth Month every year in which the tennō observes the archery skills of high ranking nobles and royal intimates at the archery range within the palace grounds.
13）Original Text
八日庚戌。直物。侍從源師房禁色宣旨被下之。
Kundoku
八日庚戌（かのえいぬ）。直物（なおしもの）。侍從（じじゅう）源師房（みなもとのもろふさ）禁色（きんじき）の宣旨（せんじ）之を下さる。
English
Eighth day, kanoe inu. Ceremony for the Modification of Appointments. Chamberlain Minamoto no Morofusa was given the royal order permitting him to wear forbidden colors.
Notes
Jijū 侍従: an attendant that serves close to the throne.
Minamoto no Morofusa 源師房 (1008-1077): A foster son of Fujiwara no Yorimich and grandson of Murakami Tennō. He was also married to Yorimichi’s older sister, and was known as the Tsuchimikado Minister of the Right.
Senji 宣旨: A royal order communicated by the controller’s office.
Kinjiki 禁色: Literally “forbidden colors,” refers to colors that can only be worn by His Majesty or with royal permission, such as red, gold, and purple.
14）Original Text
十三日乙卯。於八省院大祓。依明日行幸也。
Kundoku
十三日乙卯（きのとう）。八省院（はっしょういん）に於いて大祓（おおはらえ）。明日行幸（ぎょうこう）に依る也。
English
Thirteenth day, kinoto u. A Great Purification was conducted in the Court of Ministries (Hasshōin) in preparation for the Tennō’s royal progress tomorrow.
Notes
Hasshōin 八省院: Chōdōin, alt. An area of the greater palace precincts in which important political meetings, banquets, and religious rites were originally held.
15）Original Text
十四日丙辰。天皇行幸春日社。大后妍子同輿。寄進春日社大和國添上郡。
Kundoku
十四日丙辰（ひのえたつ）。天皇春日社に行幸す。大后（おおきさき）［妍子（けんし）］同輿（どうよ）。春日社に大和国添上郡（そえかみぐん）を寄進す。
English
Fourteenth day, hinoe tatsu. The Tennō made a royal visit to Kasuga Shrine. The queen dowager [Fujiwara no Kenshi] accompanied him in the same palanquin. [His Majesty] donated the [taxes from] Soekami District of Yamato Province to Kasuga Shrine.
16）Original Text
十五日丁巳。還御。
Kundoku
十五日丁巳（ひのとみ）。還御（かんぎょ）す。
English
Fifteenth day, hinoto mi. Their Majesties returned [from their royal visit to Kasuga].
17）Original Text
十六日戊午。右大臣實資上表。不許。
Kundoku
十六日戊午（つちのえうま）。右大臣［實資（さねすけ）］上表す。許さず。
English
Sixteenth day, tsuchinoe uma. The Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Sanesuke] presented his petition to resign to the monarch, [but] it was declined.
18）Original Text
廿二日甲子。右大臣上表。不許。
Kundoku
廿二日甲子（きのえね）。右大臣上表す。許さず。
English
Twenty-second day, kinoe ne. The Minister of the Right presented his petition to resign to the monarch, [but] it was declined.
19）Original Text
廿六日戊辰。右大臣上表。勅答不許。
Kundoku
廿六日戊辰（つちのえたつ）。右大臣上表す。勅答許さず。
English
Twenty-sixth day, tsuchinoe tatsu. The Minister of the Right presented his petition to resign to the monarch [once again] and the request was formally rejected.
20）Original Text
某日。於清涼殿東庭，御覽童舞。
Kundoku
某日（ぼうじつ）。清涼殿（せいりょうでん）の東庭（とうてい）に於いて、童舞（どうぶ）を御覧ず。
English
On a day not recorded: His Majesty observed the young boys’ dances in the East Garden of the Seiryōden.