... You'd be *very* surprised. Sumo rikishi -- among the butchest folk in Japan, traditionally speaking -- typically have names like Hamanishiki (seashore...
BTW, isn't that the origin of the English "patsy"? Effingham Probably not, from OED: [Origin unknown.] earliest entry is 1903, it originated in the US A...
I have to agree that this is an interesting prospect... (sees the "samurai games" opening with a young warrior running up and lighting one of those tripod...
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I'm actually in the final stages of building an eight plate with overlapping ridges. I do agree that sanding it is a pain but there are a few tools to help out...
... Nope. Much of modern ikebana's ideas, from what I've seen, seems to come from Sen no Rikkyu, the famous 16th C tea master (in terms of the simplistic...
... BTW, (and to give another reason for Hiraizumi-sensei to hate me) if anyone is interested there will be a sumo exhibition at the Washington, D.C. Sakura...
OK. I'll take a crack at it...the Takeda? Kiri ... -- Learning is a lifetime journey...growing older merely adds experience to knowledge and wisdom to...
I'm sure Ii-dono or Hiraizumi-dono could answer better, but I seem to remember finding some reference to it being a period art. Of course, it wasn't as...
... Mandy-dono, How about Hakashime? From the Nara period, it means "Sword". (from Solveig Throndardottir's Name Construction in Medieval Japan p.375). Or...
Darn it all!!! I would LOVE to see this, but I've promised Prince Cuan that I'll herald his court at Coronation. Sigh. Kiri ... -- Learning is a lifetime...
Ok, first I've been lucky to find this wonderful resource : http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/ <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/> ...
The Chinese seem to have a similar notion. As I recollect, one of the heroes of Bandits of the Marshes, a certain Nine-Dragons-Shi wasn't considered...
... to come ... Japan, ... competition ... Thanks, I really didn't know. More homework. ;-> AFTER I try the new paper out for fan prototype #3. Makiwara...
What do the names of the various famous fighting female samurai mean? I think there was one called Tomoe Gozen in 12th Century Japan. Then there was one who...
Fantastic! Kato Kiyomasa... I know that name from somewhere. Was he one of Ieyasu's retainers? And when were those rules laid down? I have a personal theory...
... Er, there were Italians in the US in 1903. That's just the first *written* instance that the OED has documented...... Still speculating, Makiwara...
sigrune@... writes: "Also, sorry to state, women did not strike out much on their own. Women rarely could have a life without family or husband. The few...
I'll see if I can find that book, it looks helpfull, I doubt I could pull of the boy thing any ways. lol. I'll head down to the library after my next class,...
I'll see if I can find that book, it looks helpfull, I doubt I could pull of the boy thing any ways. lol. I'll head down to the library after my next class,...
Hello again, Since I found the resource of Solveig Throndardottir , I must say I feel more confident in designing a good kamon :-) Just hope I'm not too much...
There's a whole scene in that terrible movie, Hannibal, where the nefarious Doctor relates the origins of the word "patsy".... just before hanging Detective...
... While I can't say whether or it would conflict with anything already registered, or even whether the SCA CoA would register "Turtle Shells", this the...
... as opposed ... middle-range ... position, it ... Was there a kind of institutional continuity for the gokenin from the Kamakura through the Ashikiga and...
... as opposed ... directly to the ... shogunal ... middle-range ... position, it ... Was there a kind of institutional continuity for the gokenin from the ...
