Denryaku: Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.20

康和二年二月廿日 Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.20
Translated by Kiko Yamashita

Twentieth day, Hinoto mi. Clear day. Set out for the Uji 1 mansion around the Hour of the Tiger (3-5 a.m.) and arrived around the Hour of the Snake {9-11 a.m.}. There was nothing further to record {after arriving at Uji}. Odono [Fujiwara no Morozane], his {primary} wife [Minamoto no Reishi], and the royal priestess [Princess Reishi] went to take a saltwater bath 2 in Seishinbo. 3

  1. Uji: The area in the southern part of Kyoto along the Uji River. Ever since the Heian period the place has been noted for noblemen’s villas and private retreats. There are also famous temples there, such as Byoudouin, Manpukuji, and Kouseiji, which the Fujiwara clan founded and patronized. ↩

  1. saltwater bath: A salty hot-water or brine bath used either for 1) the therapeutic purpose of healing some physical discomfort, or for 2) purification before attending Shinto shrine rituals. ↩

  1. Seishinbo: The name of a temple cloister {cluster} where the saltwater bath is located. It may have been built by a monk called Sheishin. The site and his temple are unknown. ↩

Original Text 原文
廿日、丁巳、天晴、寅時許参宇治殿、巳時許参着、其後無指事、大殿并北政所・斎院御成信房御塩」湯、

Kundoku 訓読
廿日、丁巳かのとみ、天晴れ。寅とらの時ばかり、宇治殿うじどのへ参る。巳みの時ばかり参着さんちゃくす。その後、指さしたる事なし。大殿おおどのならびに北政所きたのまんどころ{源麗子}・斎院さいいん{令子内親王}、　成信房せいしんぼうの御塩湯おんしおゆに御おなり。

Denryaku: Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.15

康和二年二月十五日 Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.15
Translated by Wei Cui

Fifteenth day, Mizunoene. 1 It was a clear day. Around the Hour of the Tiger {3-5 a.m.} I went to see His Retired Lordship [Fujiwara no Morozane].

Today he came {to Uji}. His principal wife [Minamoto no Reishi] 2 and the Great Kamo Priestess [Princess Reishi] came around the Hour of the Rabbit {5-7 a.m.}. They are said to have taken a salt bath 3 at Seishin’s house. During recent days, I heard he would not visit the palace because he suffered defilement.

Today I was called to serve. I visited the palace during the Hour of Dog {7-9 p.m.}, and withdrew after a while.

  1. The forty-ninth day of the sexagenery cycle. ↩

  1. Princess Reishi (1078-1144), daughter of Morozane’s adopted daughter Fujiwara no Kenshi (Queen of Emperor Shirakawa). After Kenshi’s death in 1084, Princess Reishi was raised by Morozane and his wife (朝日日本歴史人物事典). ↩

  1. Salt baths were considered to have the power to cure disease and clean pollution. ↩

Original Text 原文
十五日、壬子、天晴、寅時許參殿下、今日殿下令渡給也、北政所［源麗子］并齋院［令子内親王］、卯時許也、為御塩湯也、成信 房云々、日來間者依觸穢不參內云々、今日召侍也、仍戌時許參內、頃之退出、

Kundoku 訓読
十五日、壬子みずのえね、天晴れ。寅時とらのとき許ばかり殿下でんか[藤原師実ふじわらのむろざねに参まいる。

今日殿下渡わたらしめ給ふなり。北政所きたのまんどころ［源麗子みなもとのれいし］ならびに齋院さいいん［令子内親王れいしないしんのう］卯時うのとき許なり。御塩湯みしおゆのためなり、成信房せいしんぼうと云々うんぬん。日来ひごろの間あいだ触穢しょくえに依より参内さんだいせずと云々。

今日召し侍さぶらうなり。よって、戌時いぬのとき許参内す。頃之しばらくして退出たいしゅつす。

Denryaku: Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.14

康和二年二月十四日 Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.14
Translated by Savannah Mikus

Fourteenth day. Kanoto i. 1 It was a clear day. {I was in} ritual seclusion, 2 therefore I did not go out. Around the Hour of the Rooster {5-7 p.m.}, [Fujiwara no] Tametaka 3 came for me to view documents (nairan). 4 After that, {I performed my} ablutions (mokuyoku). 5

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

  1. A period of seclusion indoors prescribed by yin-yang divination (onmyōdō) in order to avoid inauspicious influences. Some practices during this time were: fasting, rejecting outside visitors into the estate, and avoiding raising one’s voice. ↩

  1. Fujiwara no Tametaka 藤原為隆 (1070-1130) was the son of Fujiwara no Tamefusa. He reached junior third rank and authored a journal, the Eishoki, that has entries from 1105-1129. ↩

  1. Nairan was a responsibility of a viceroy that entailed viewing documents sent to His Majesty, and documents sent out by His Majesty. He was, therefore, “the royal eye.” ↩

  1. A ritual bath for the purpose of purification. May also be applied to cleansing death after a funeral. ↩

Original Text 原文
十四日、辛亥、天晴、依物忌不出行、酉［時ィ］許為内覧為隆［藤原］来、其後沐浴、

Kundoku 訓読
十四日、辛亥かのとい。天てん晴はれ。物忌ものいみにより出行しゅつぎょせず。酉時とりのとき許ばかり内覧ないらんの為ために為隆ためたか［藤原］来たる。その後沐浴もくよくす。

Denryaku: Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.7

康和二年二月七日 Kōwa 2 {1100} 2.7
Translated Maria Petrucci

Seventh day. Kinoe tatsu. 1 Clear weather. At the Hour of the Dragon {7-9 a.m.} I went to see Denka [Fujiwara no Moromichi] but quickly withdrew. Next Ōdono [Fujiwara no Morozane] and Kita no Mandokoro [Minamoto no Reishi] were called to visit Her Majesty. They returned later in the evening. At the Hour of the Dog {7-9 p.m.} there was a fire in the servants’ (shimobe) quarters. And again at the Hour of the Sheep {1-3 PM} there was another fire. I heard that it was in the utility buildings of the Nijō mansion.. Ōdono went there and I went as well. Many people gathered to look at it. Some children were burned.

  1. Forty-first day of the sexagenary cycle ↩

Original Text 原文
七日、申辰、天晴、辰時許参殿下、則退出、次大殿北政所相共令参宮給、入夜帰御、戌時許焼亡下辺、羊時許又焼亡、二条殿雑屋云々、大殿令渡給、予又参、人々多参寄之、小人有焼事、

Kundoku 訓読
七日、甲辰きのえたつ、天晴れ。辰たつの時許殿下でんかに参る。則ち退出す。次に大殿と北政所きたまんどころ相共あいどもに参宮さんぐうせしめ給う。夜に入り帰御かんぎょす。戌いぬの時許、下辺しもべに焼亡しょぼうあり。羊の時許、又焼亡しょうぼあり。二条殿の雑屋ぞうやと云々うんうん。大殿渡らしめ給う。予又参る。人々多く参り寄す。小人こびと焼やく事なり。

Denryaku: Kōwa 2 {1100} 1.15

康和二年正月十五日 Kōwa 2 {1100} 1.15
Translated by Daniele Durante

Fifteenth day. Mizunoe uma. 1 The weather was clear. There was a new year’s ceremony at the Kyōgoku mansion. I went to Her Majesty at Shijō with my wife [Minamoto no Shishi]. 2 We studied Shingon with Monk Raikyū, and it was our first time hand-printing Buddhist figures.

  1. The nineteenth day of the sexagenery cycle. ↩

  1. Minamoto no Shishi (also read as Moroko or Motoko, 1070-1149) was Tadazane’s second wife and Tadamichi’s mother. ↩

Original 原文
十五日、壬午、天晴、有京極殿修正事、予参四條宮、相共女房[源師子]、頼救ニ習真言、初印佛事、

Kundoku 訓読
十五日、壬午みずのえうま、天晴。京極 きょうごく 殿の修正 しゅしょう の事有り。予よ 四條宮 しじょうのみや に参る。女房 にょぼう [源師子みなもとのしし] 相共 あいとも なり。頼救 らいきゅう に真言 しんごん を習 ならう。印佛 いんぶつ の事はじむ。