Effingham-dono... Greetings... kurios eleison... ehehe... Ahhh... Russian Orthodox... hmm.. didn't know they used the same word, which is what threw me......
... to be ronin. You mean something's changed ;) They still don't want to become ronin. Nowadays it means a student attempting to enter a college and waiting...
James Eckman
FUGU@...
Aug 1, 2003 2:35 pm
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Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! When you are at an SCA event, you are NOT in Europe. This is true even in Drachenwald, where you are at least mundanely...
Solveig
nostrand@...
Aug 1, 2003 3:33 pm
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Sloveig, You make a fine point, and one that I hadn't considered before. From the opinions i have heard here, and my own thoughts, I think I will go the route...
... This sounds similar to mine..My persona is that of a Momoyama period Samurai woman, a warrior born roughly around 1570. Her whole life, her country has...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... The emerging trend in the late 80's was for parents to place their children in selective nurseries which had...
Solveig
nostrand@...
Aug 1, 2003 6:10 pm
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here goes nothing. odawara no tetsu-tora ichiro literally (i hope) : first son iron tiger of odawara thoughts? critiques?...
... I say...(IMHO) don't explain... Since the SCA world is as topsy-turvey as it is, and since there are so many anomolies...so many "Anachronisms..." then...
... The 'tetsu-tora' doesn't sound like any name I have ever heard in Japanese, unfortunately Odawara no Ichiro sounds fine, but a lower class name, it seems. ...
To all who are going to Pennsic, and being that I am not, I have 1 request! PLEASE TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES!! Would love to see pictures of the people from the...
Greetings! Solveig, I have gotten my hands on the book you suggested not to look at, it has helped some what.. But I have been attempting to get my hands on...
Please indulge another question: I've been reading the various takes on Japanese terms of address for use in the SCA and now I'm confused. Most of them work...
... I'm not ... do have ... kanji ... Well, i was going for "iron tiger" tetsu= iron tora= tiger hence tesutora But i looked at a website for names, and it...
... Three problems. (1) There is no evidence that Japanese ever formed names as "of [some given place]." They may be *from* that place, and occasionally thus...
... You couldn't call her "Walnut Grove" anything. She's not the daimyo of Walnut Grove. She's only *from* there. By default, you'd have to call her...
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! ... As much as I may like Karl der Gross, last time I looked, there still was no early-period cut-off in the Society's...
Solveig
nostrand@...
Aug 2, 2003 6:01 am
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Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig. Daibukan by Hashimoto is too old to have an ISBN. Copies are held by the following libraries: NY COLUMBIA UNIV, E ASIAN...
Solveig
nostrand@...
Aug 2, 2003 6:01 am
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Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Getting a bit better, but still not quite there. 1) Takahashi is a family name and so you really do not need Odawara....
Solveig
nostrand@...
Aug 2, 2003 6:18 am
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Thank you very much for the advice. I appreciate it greatly. This is one of those details that I find very important but very confusing because of the way...
... Walnut Grove-dono or Anne-hime would probably be the most appropriate. See http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/Miscellany/Miscellany.html and look at 'Modes of...
Anthony, Yes, i have read your page, as it was linked from the Clan Genji site, and i will say that it was detailed.You describe it as "Very basic?" Huh, ok. ...
... known ... *blinks* Hey! Another Iowegian! From Deodar, no less! Hi, Sabelina! *waves* I remember you came up here for archery practice once. Good to...
... Sloveig, Thanks for the thoughts, and between you and Anthony, I am sure I will figure out something..LOL Anthony pointed out, as you did, that takahashi...
Good morning All, Assuming that my lastest version of a name passes the test, I figure it is time to think about a crest, or Mon. Is there an online gallery of...
... LOL! ... On TV and in movies, all the time. It's how directors/actors "remind" the audience that the speakers are foreign. But in point of fact, in real...
You make one up with (hopefully) regards to Japanese style and convention. There are a number of mon/family crest books available, I seem to have a good number...
... Well, yeah. There are whole books on the subject. <G> ... I put that there because I know there are folks who'll wonder. I don't encourage it's usage....
... You're getting farther and farther away. Japanese did not as a rule *use* adjectivals. Very rarely as a nickname, but not anywhere like we do ("Richard THE...
