Noble Lady, I strongly stated that History types have a definate place in the society. I respect thier contibutions as I do your own. I dod expess my...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... "Chastising"? Have I told you to go sit in the corner or spanked you? The plain truth is that a rather large...
... I LOVE IT!!!!! That's even better than the guy who came to last night's party in a baroque wig made out of a paper grocery bag with paper penny rolls glued...
Hello to all on this list. I have a few questions. There are some honorifics that I am not sure what they mean. Or I thouht I knew what they meant. I'm not...
... Go to http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/miscellany.html and click on "Modes of address." Everything you need is there. Saionji no Hanae West Kingdom...
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! Nicotine is highly addictive, and smoking tobacco spread quickly around the world. However, cigarettes are a pretty...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... I think that you may be in danger of casting aspersions upon other folk's ideas of fun. I've met people who consider...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Please do not use the name of the organization as an argument for anything. The name was invented on the spur of the...
I constantly am amazed that people put the argument down as "authentic vs. fun" -- that is a false comparison. They aren't even on the same axis. The axes are:...
A friend of mine sent me the link to Kodo's 2009 tour info. While it didn't have any details other than locations, a little Google-jutsu detective work turned...
Well Put! I'll have to agree with the Baron, I have done the let me be cheap and had fun and did not have fun (all depending on the event). And of course after...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! The principal difference is between modern Japanese (which isn't quite as cut and dried as you imply) and pre-modern...
Thank you Solveig. I guess that was just a lot of manga and historical, fictional, Japanese novels I've read. But, if it's not so cut and dry, then dono and...
Effingham-sensei, I agree with your assessment of the situation. I, too, believe that authenticity (and the educational portion of things that go with...
I think the problem is that some people take too personally the advise or information that others give when they are meet with a person who is very authentic...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Ahh! Equals? That is not really how you tend to look at things in a Japanese context. Generally speaking, if you are...
I live in the kingdom whose members include Japanese-Americans and native Japanese. I have the duty and the honor of attempting to portray a Japanese lady in a...
I am reasonably sure that it is. I've seen reproductions of Nara and Heian braids that have such a large number of bobbins that they had to have been done on...
Original question - is Takadai period. ... Please bear with me; this is not my area of expertise, but something I am interested in. I am not aware that number...
... On Masako Kinoshita's website, lmbric (loop manipulated braid research & information center) she gives the opinion, based on dissecting extant braids and...
... On Masako Kinoshita's website, lmbric (loop manipulated braid research & information center) Thank you so much for the website. Fascinating stuff! ...
... Thank you so much for the website. Fascinating stuff! ... Again, Thank you for the information. However, I am still interested in the original question of...
hi I'm new to sca and i plan on being a jodo monk Ive look at this website and found allot of info http://www.geocities.com/mokuraibozu/Links.html but i need...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solvieg! ... Well, you might try to find a translation of the Shobogenzo by Dogen. Anyway, unlike Rinzai shu, Jodo shu is not...
... What do you know about Jodo already? Do you know anything beyond Mokurai-bo's page? Knowing where to begin, we might be able to better help you. Also,...
... what ... warriors.pictures ... info ... better ... either ... they ... thanks for the reply i know vary little other then what ive seen on that page and...
... Sorry about the pictures... I forget that the English side of the site doesn't link to the individual costumes the same way. Let me repost those for you. ...