To any who can answer this obscure question. A typical tea room has 4 1/2 tatami. Is the 1/2 tatami have a border on two sides or does the border extend all...
Hello again! While looking for instructions about how to make a pair of kote i ran over a few pictures depicting kote which covered only the hand and forearm....
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! A few days ago, I received an email protest about my enquiry concerning a Japanese banquet from someone who is involved...
Last weekend at our baronial anniversary, I sat down to talk with a herald about documentation issues (trying to be proactive here) with the Japanese name I...
Hi all, I'm a Japanese personae out of Calontir who is retiring their personae, if any one is interested or knows some one who is interested in buying a suit...
I recently given a loaner helmet that they told me to convert to my hearts content. I am excited as this will save me some $$ right now. SO my question is...
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! Again, thank you to everyone who is helping me out with ideas about feast planning. Here is the basic structure of the...
Greetings, I was just wondering if anyone on this list would be attending the event Magne Fair in Alabama this December? In Honor and Service, Uesugi no...
I have some questions about the outfit in this picture (I'm hoping the link goes through)-- http://www.iz2.or.jp/english/fukusyoku/wayou/28.htm (If it doesn't,...
Greetings, I am trying to contact the mats/pats of Rolling Thunder that I haven't already been in contact with. If you are a mat/pat please contact me off...
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, San Francisco Taiko Dojo is pleased to announce that tickets are now available for the International Taiko Festival. The...
http://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/schloss_eggenberg/news_8/sakaj-zu-bybu This is a pretty remarkable find. It looks like it was from the time of Hideyoshi, and...
Some time ago there was a discussion as to what kind of knife totake to a feast, the tanto being.. inappropriate. Someone suggested that Japanese Pic-nik Knife...
Greetings and well met, The address following this short words is to my humble and somewhat pettyful site I made, please feel free to visit and I hope you guys...
The below has been forwarded by request. I hope to see you all there - we have a huge list of classes and teachers from across the Known World. The final...
Reminder: Great Western War, Taft, California, 10/6 - 10/12/09 Saturday, 1 - 2 PM (?), Beginner taiko.* Saturday 3 - 4 PM, Before the Shogun: an overview of...
My name is Kaida, and I am currently on a quest for period Japanese sweets. My Baroness has requested a period baking contest, and, although Japanese cuisine...
Konnichiwa Hello, my name is Nanashi Yuri and sadly I find it necessary to start this post with a disclaimer. My Japanese vocabulary is very limited and my...
... "Severing ties" has many different meanings. It is useful to note that by the Mongol invasions, the guesthouse for foreigners (Chinese and Koreans) was...
I'm not exactly sure if there is already a topic made for this but I would like to request some help with choosing a name and some help with creating an...
Just wanted to let you all know my shamisen finally arrived today, and I am so excited. I won't get much time to play with it this weekend as I have an SCA...
Good gentles here, Could you please advise me about correct orthography for my name? Is there any difference between the Å in DÅshu and the ô in Daitarô?...
Excuse the band-width and cross posting. I'm trying to open this up to as many people as possible. Hello All! I am in the process of creating a (unofficial*)...
Greetings to all on this list, My name is Magdalen Venturosa and I hail from the Barony of Tir Ysgithr, the Kingdom of Atenveldt. In an effort to help "liven...
If anyone is planning on attending Collegium Caidis, Torrance, California this weekend (9/19 - 9/20/09), I will be teaching the following: Saturday, 9 AM -...
Hi! I'm not an SCA member (in fact i live in Spain, and i think here there is no section of the SCA), but i'm a samurai fan and kendo practicioner. Just wanted...
What is this world coming to? Dose nobody teach who do u call in case of emergency? Article below with link to web page it was posted : By Bonnie Malkin in...
I was wondering if anyone could point me towards some sources of period shamisen music, in western notation if possible (I know that's probably asking a lot)...
