Hi ya group, My annual posting looking for anyone else in and around the Atlanta, Athens, or anywhere in North Georgia area. (heck even eastern Alabama, and...
Messages ________________________________________________________________________ 1a. Groups of Japanese Reenactors in Eastern Pennsylvania Area? Posted...
Good evening everyone. I've been lurking for a while reading the various articles and perusing the links here and figured I would post a search for fellow...
On 10/25/2012 7:26 AM, sca-jml@yahoogroups.com wrote: If your browser/email is set up for Japanese, google shows some hits for è·äººå°½å›³. Though per usual,...
In the book "Momoyama: Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur", published in 1975 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and now available online as a free,...
I have found a couple of interesting books on Japanese living and carpentry thanks to my interest in Japanese reform (remodeling) shows. Just Enough: Lessons...
Fog laps at the hills Outside my window, one lone Crow chants his hoarse dirge. Throat raw, head muzzy, I wish Someone would bring me some tea. Saionji no Hana...
Hello, It has been sometime since I last shared a bit of period poetry. My life has been in a very negative state, and so tonight I decided to find my inner...
Greetings All, Hopefully someone here can help me settle a discussion that I am having about the use of gussets in the making of hakama. Did the Japanese use...
I thought this may be of interest, given questions I've often seen about Miko. I'm interested in the article quoted, and I'll have to see if I can find it. ...
Noble Cousins! Wayne Farris just posted a note to pmjs about hemp and cotton that will probably be interesting to people. Your Humble Servant Solveig...
Hi, I have a friend who asked me if I would be willing to try and make a hakui to wear with a hakama. Where would I find a pattern to make something like this?...
Now I need to know two things: what kind of cord is used to tie it on under the chin, and how is that cord arranged? And how is the veil attached to the...
Rashomon, by Akira Kurosawa, is probably the BEST movie ever made. It is required viewing for my students in philosophy, law and religion simply because of...
hi guys i am looking for information on Satake Hideyoshi. Unfortunatly all the info I have been able to find online is from wikipedia saying that he built...
I found this online: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL7655475W/Japanese_costume It's a multi-format digitized version of an old, public-domain English-language...
I'm looking at trying my hand at making some Japanese style furniture. I know the lacquer they used would be somewhat dangerous to use today, so what would be...
Sorry to bother the list with a subject just remotely related, but I figured there would be a lot of people who might be able to help me... I'll be in Tokyo in...
Could anyone tell me what was used for needles in period? Bamboo? Fish Bone? Also, where would I find documentation for such? Thanks for your time, Nagayori...
http://reannagteine.com//WestAntir/WestAnTirWarHome.html (Flailing muppet arms!) Two weeks from today - I will be driving up after the local 4th of July parade...
Kim, Yung-Hee. Songs to Make the Dust Dance: The Ryojin Hisho of Twelfth-Century Japan. (UC Berkeley Press, 1994) I stumbled across this e-book of the Ryojin...
For anyone involved in the Society of Creative Anachronism, who attends Pennsic War we are hosting a Courtesan Salon/Symposium/Social this summer to educate...
Interesting new press release from the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Glass beads are no surprise in Japan, but these are being held...
I would have thought that many of the densho scrolls from various schools would be reasonable. Almost all of the schools claim to have lineage back to that...
Konnichiwa, tomodachi! I just got back from the Calafian rapier/unarmored combat practice*. The Don who gave us the lesson told me that we are welcome to use...
Greetings all So, I saw something at the National Geographic "Samurai" exhibit this past weekend, and I thought I'd consult the hive mind before I fire off a...
