LOLOLOLOL...... Your Excellency!! I should have known you would be hiding in this list *big grin* One of these times, I will get Ulrike to sneak me over to...
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mistresschief
Sep 1, 2006 1:01 pm
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...
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mistresschief
Sep 1, 2006 1:08 pm
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...
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wodeford
Sep 1, 2006 1:42 pm
... 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...
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JESSICA DODGE
kaythiarain
Sep 1, 2006 2:32 pm
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...
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David Williams
gary7williams
Sep 1, 2006 3:47 pm
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...
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Rick Johnson
rikjohnson39
Sep 1, 2006 4:06 pm
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...
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Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Sep 1, 2006 4:23 pm
... 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...
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Elaine Koogler
ekoogler1@...
Sep 1, 2006 4:25 pm
... 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...
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sigrune@...
mikel_lehman
Sep 1, 2006 4:52 pm
... 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)...
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sigrune@...
mikel_lehman
Sep 1, 2006 5:28 pm
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...
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David Williams
gary7williams
Sep 1, 2006 7:34 pm
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?...
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Camber
camberme
Sep 1, 2006 11:36 pm
I was woundering if somebody wanted to look up the correct Kanji for me, for the name Taninaka, (center of the valley)...
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Franzi
franzeska_elise
Sep 2, 2006 12:21 am
... 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',...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:13 pm
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...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:13 pm
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! You will not like premodern Japanese laundry techniques. To launder something, they would first take it apart, then wash...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:13 pm
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...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:21 pm
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...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:22 pm
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...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 2, 2006 1:22 pm
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 ...
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Anthony Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Sep 2, 2006 8:12 pm
... 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 ...
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wodeford
Sep 3, 2006 12:27 am
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...
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James Eckman
lost90804
Sep 3, 2006 10:31 pm
... 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...
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wodeford
Sep 4, 2006 12:04 am
... That's because I didn't post the REALLY blurry ones. ;-> Saionji no Hanae, West...
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Solveig Throndardottir
drnostrand
Sep 4, 2006 1:53 am
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....
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sigrune@...
mikel_lehman
Sep 4, 2006 2:33 am
... 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...
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Ezequiel
seki_nakagawa
Sep 5, 2006 1:46 am
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 ...
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Otagiri Tatsuzou
otagiri_tatsuzo
Sep 5, 2006 3:49 am
... Well done! I am glad you shared this with us. Are there links to pics of his display or your kabuto? Otagiri...
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Tim McShane
martletman
Sep 5, 2006 4:09 am
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...
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wodeford
Sep 5, 2006 5:59 am
... 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...
