... I'll others with more knowledge than I answer this... ... Solveig-sensei, is your book available again? If so, Carl, this would be an excellent source... ...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 22, 1999 9:50 pm
Baron Edward! I have a copy of the Concise Japanese Placename Dictionary. A LOT of Japanese placenames changed comparatively recently. Further, a lot of places...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 22, 1999 9:50 pm
Noble Cousins! ... Saddly, I doubt it. The folkwear patterns are derived from late 19th century early 20th century peasant clothing. While the peasantry may ...
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fsjlb4
fsjlb4@...
Oct 23, 1999 12:39 pm
Gomen kudasai, oshiette itadakitain desu kedo I am trying to find reference for what the Japanese language was like during the Sengoku Jidai. I have been...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 4:22 pm
... Post period. Kimono are kimono, structurally, but there are certain stylistic differences. ... Solvieg-dono wrote a very informative work on Japanese...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 4:39 pm
... Hai-hai, ii desu yo.... ... There is a Japanese grammar written by a Jesuit priest named Rodrigues for missionaries. It is, surprise, the only extant...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 5:30 pm
... True. Just to settle things, I took a trip to the library, and grabbed three random books. I didn't want to waste a whole evening on this, but did want to...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 23, 1999 8:58 pm
Noble Cousins! Colloquial 16c Japanese is fairly close to modern Japanese. If you want to find sources for it. One good place is early collections of kyogen...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 23, 1999 8:58 pm
Noble Cousins! ... Good point! I have seen pictures of the Jesuit grammar, but I do not have a copy. Baron Edward, you were promissing to send me a book or two...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 23, 1999 8:58 pm
Baron Edward! ... I wish I could afford that set. It probably isn't even in print any more. Kinokuniya seems to list every Japanese book published in the last...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 10:25 pm
... The thing that kills ME about Kinokuniya is the fact that I order a book from 'em, and about two weeks later get an e-mail saying it's out of print and the...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 10:27 pm
... Doh! How could I forget kyogen? Sigh... Tarokaja... I'm still dreaming of finding someone using that in the SCA. I've got a great kataginu for him. <G> ......
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 23, 1999 10:30 pm
... That would be Rodrigues' treatise on epistolary style (souroubun). Send me your snail-mail and I'll put a copy in the mail. ... That's an idea; a special...
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fsjlb4
fsjlb4@...
Oct 24, 1999 12:28 am
Thank you very much for all the information on Medieval Japanese. I will look into it at my school. ... longer) ... The ones we made used a nylon rope for the...
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darkstarcrashes@...
Oct 24, 1999 4:40 am
... so is there any modern source for making period japanese clothing. my ability to create garb without patterns is non-existant. ... monk, ... get ... ...
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fsjlb4
fsjlb4@...
Oct 24, 1999 7:11 am
Gomen kudasai, I am curious as to how close the kendo gi and hakama of today are to the gi and hakama of the samurai. Has this training costume changed...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 24, 1999 3:34 pm
... About as close as baseball gear is to real clothing. Kendo stuff is sporting wear, not clothes. Historically, there *was* no special gear for "sport" or...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 24, 1999 3:34 pm
... There will be in a few months. <G> Effingham...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 24, 1999 5:11 pm
Noble Cousin! The emergence of kendo as a sport is generally attributed to Miyamoto Masana aka Musashi, but all of the currently extant schools are probably ...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 24, 1999 5:11 pm
Noble Cousins! ... For those of you who do not know what is going on here. The -ya which Baron Edward is refering to means "house" and designates the name of a...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 24, 1999 5:11 pm
Noble Cousins! Baron Edward had a couple of excellent sources for Japanese clothing with him at Pennsic. This reminds me that I have to look up the ISBN's and...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 24, 1999 5:30 pm
... And again, what it shows is that in period many Japanese surnames were taken from geographic places, town names. Ergo, a period town name is a viable...
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Barbara Nostrand
nostrand@...
Oct 24, 1999 8:54 pm
Baron Edward! I agree that far to many people cobble together bits of "typewriter barf" and call the result a name. This is hardly unique to Japanese names in ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Oct 25, 1999 12:46 am
... The town was extant in period with that name. It is a period town name. Period town names were used to create surnames in period. Therefore, this is an...
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Kevin Fitzpatrick
kevjpn99@...
Oct 25, 1999 1:01 am
Heylo, I was given some info about this page from Tony Bryant, I would like to know any info you could give me on joining up on this list. Onegaishimasu Jaa, ...
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sarusaru_99@...
Oct 29, 1999 5:21 am
what are peoples' favorite books on japanese arms and armor. Preferably armor, but I'm always looking for info. I'm especially looking for books with diagrams...
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fsjlb4
fsjlb4@...
Oct 29, 1999 9:23 am
Well, I have seen several by Stephen Turnbull (but only one of them that I have read has specifically concentrated on the arms and armour). The one that helped...
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BamboOni@...
Oct 29, 1999 11:41 am
In a message dated 10/29/99 5:27:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, fsjlb4@... ... it ... I think the book might be "Secrets of the Samurai" by Oscar Ratti and...
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fsjlb4
fsjlb4@...
Oct 29, 1999 3:02 pm
... That could be it; the one I have is a two or three pages long, and was completely in black and white drawings. I can't remember if it was something that I...
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Anthony J. Bryant
ajbryant@...
Nov 1, 1999 5:35 pm
... Just about anything by Sasama Yoshihiko is worth a look. I think I have almost all his books; about fifteen or twenty at present count. Another author...
