Greetings all! First I want to say thank you to everyone for all the help I've gotten so far. I have a few questions. A friend who also does a Japanese persona...
Greetings! I've just started getting into bonsai as well! Most communities have a local bonsai group, try googling your city's name with the word bonsai. This...
... Scandale! Respectable women do not show their necks in our period. Your hair should be down (loose or in a ponytail) covering your neck and your collar...
I have been doing some experimenting latley with rice starch. Not the kind One can buy in the store, but a heartfelt felt attempt at home made stuff. I have to...
A few day ago I had asked about whether Samurai always carried their swords with them. The reason I had asked is I am thinking about dressing in japanese garb...
being informed but not an expert, when visiting someonee's house, you left your Katana at the door but carried the Wakazashi (which is why the Wakazashi was...
... garb for an event and court will be held. Indoors or outdoors? Among friends or with strangers? How crowded will the court be? Do you consider yourself...
... I thought someone answered, but, IIRC, proper etiquette would be to leave the katana at the door, keeping the wakisashi with you. When you approach the...
Elaine Koogler
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Sep 1, 2006 4:25 pm
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... Ah, thank you for the clarifications. In the muromachi period we start to see the use of uchigatana. (proto-katana, though frequently of wakizashi length)...
I know, I know, but nihonto are one of the few topics on here I bother to comment on, so bear with yet another dissertation. Elaborating on Otagiri-dono and...
Here are the answers to the questions Indoors or outdoors? - indoors Among friends or with strangers? - My own Baronies court. How crowded will the court be?...
... I don't know if this will show up for you, but it's $BC+Cf(B. I don't know if this is a correct surname though; it appears to be how you spell 'yanaka',...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Then, you are buke. ... That is a civil office. Civil officers of the imperial court did not carry swords, they...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! You will not like premodern Japanese laundry techniques. To launder something, they would first take it apart, then wash...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ALL (except for the sex issue) of CA are supposed to be continuously in print. If the SCA central can not supply a copy...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... There are two fairly common alternatives: è°·ä¸ and 谷仲 Also, naka is probably better translated as middle than...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ALL (except for the sex issue) of CA are supposed to be continuously in print. If the SCA central can not supply a copy...
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! Kyudo practitioners wear two gloves, but they are different. One is for holding the bow while the other is for holding ...
... No, we don't. There's only the one glove in kyudo. At least, MODERN kyudo that is. Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com ...
I took my new digital to the Asian Art Museum today. Low light levels made shooting a major challenge, so my apologies for the quality of some of these. Much...
... Look fine to me, you have a steady hand. Wish they had more paintings and less sculptures though. At one time the Stanford Museum had a show of Chinese...
Baron Edward! Greetings from Solveig! ... I may be monumentally confused, but Yumi seems to think otherwise. Maybe I am getting the wearing of them wrong....
... If he describes one thin fabric glove and the leather one with the re-enforced thumb, then yes it is one over the other. Some practitioners choose to wear...
Greetings to All! No, I did not win a championship at all, however, I wrote a letter a while back about my new Zunari, well, the armorer who built it, built ...
Asahi Archery also lists "oshide" to protect the left thumb (see http://www.asahi-archery.co.jp/kake/P-LIST_kake.htm) .....might be a bit grandiose to refer to...
... So, does this artisan have a name? Does the shire have a name? And do those of us who believe that the arts are not a horse race and choose not to...
wodeford <wodeford@...> wrote: And do those of us who believe that the arts are not a horse race and choose not to participate in competitions dishonor...
