Big('s) Discoveries

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Buddhist monks as healers

 

https://www.gko.uni-leipzig.de/fileadmin/user_upload/religionswissenschaft/Kleine__-__Buddhist_Monks_as_Healers_in_Early_and_Medieval_Japan__Z__01.pdf

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Peter, I wonder how the monks rationalized their healing abilities with the weapons they used? The first time I saw the term "warrior monk," I thought it was a typo.

[TETSUGENDO]

Very informative and thought provoking reading.   Much water has passed under the bridge Peter, you've been productive ....i've got a lot of catching up to do!

 

Cheers,

    -S-

[BIG]

Interesting writings and documents...

 

http://www.maruoka-kanko.org/documents/2f_en.pdf

 

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[BIG]

Disturbing traditional Japanese paintings..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T9vAFhLqm2M

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

Excellent Peter, the perfect Halloween treat, and there are plenty of tricks too.

 

Cheers,

     -S- 

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A tale of wootz steal...

 

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/011/06/0067-0077

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Nice find, Peter.

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Opposition movements in early Meiji

 

https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/crrp/papers/pdf/Vlastos_031909.pdf

 

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[16k]

Excellent Peter, the perfect Halloween treat, and there are plenty of tricks too.

 

Cheers,

     -S-

 

Some really creepy paintings there!

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Role of the sword Futsunomitama-no-tsurugi ..

 

https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/download/7562/8224/

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Two really-interesting articles, Peter. Don't know how you keep finding these gems.

[BIG]

I think it's not enough to read the sword and tosogu books. We have to do more!

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

+1  I'm retired, & do a lot of digging for Nihonto on the Web, but you're always finding great articles that the rest of have never spotted. 

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Rule in the name of protection..

 

https://apjjf.org/-Michele-Mason--Helen-J-S--Lee--Komori-Yoichi/3903/article.pdf

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

I think it's not enough to read the sword and tosogu books. We have to do more!

 

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Well said, Peter.

 

-S-

[TETSUGENDO]

Rule in the name of protection..

 

https://apjjf.org/-Michele-Mason--Helen-J-S--Lee--Komori-Yoichi/3903/article.pdf

 

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Peter, FYI, I'm getting an error message- the document cannot be opened because it is corrupted or damaged.

 

-S-

[Stephen]

Works for me

[Ken-Hawaii]

Works here, too, via Firefox.

[TETSUGENDO]

Thanks, All

 

Already downloaded it with another device and browser....sorry I neglected to advise.

 

-S-

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Masumo sensei..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vikIWEnLK04

 

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[TETSUGENDO]

Very instructive, Peter, I enjoyed it, sure many will.

 

Thanks,

     -S-

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Japanese Emperors Family Tree

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyo_8j0M6c&list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZDDJaqgJMB-j0hOzZdtCxny&index=10&t=0s

 

 

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[BIG]

Roman coins end up in Japanese medieval castle..

 

http://theconversation.com/how-did-4th-century-roman-coins-end-up-in-a-medieval-Japanese-castle-66417

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Collectors go back a long, long way!

[TETSUGENDO]

It's not unusual for coinage from those courting favor, to come from any widely accepted source.    Whether a gift  from a country, another royal, or a trader(East India Co.,etc.) gold coins of antiquity would not be surprising.    Gold is gold.

 

-S-

[BIG]

2010 J. Friedl's blog..

 

http://regex.info/blog/2010-07-22/1569

 

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[BIG]

Aburidashi..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49996166

 

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[BIG]

Sword as art interview with Yasuko Kubo..

 

https://wsimag.com/art/18008-sword-as-art

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

I've tried going to that museum twice, but it was closed each time. Thanks for posting - good reminder next time I'm in Tokyo.