BIG Posted February 16, 2020 Report Posted February 16, 2020 Where have all the great swords gone.. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/11/archives/antiques-150-enthusiasts-of-Japanese-swords-convene-in-dallas.html?searchResultPosition=6 Best Quote
BIG Posted February 17, 2020 Report Posted February 17, 2020 Growing up during a time of war.. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2019/06/23/our-lives/buddhist-priest-reflects-growing-shiraishi-island-time-war/#.XksEM-vGKK0 Best 1 Quote
BIG Posted February 19, 2020 Report Posted February 19, 2020 Nagashino sences of battle https://www.tokugawa-art-museum.jp/en/exhibits/planned/items/201907合戦図new.pdf Best Quote
BIG Posted February 19, 2020 Report Posted February 19, 2020 Taryu-jidai http://uk.hokushinittoryu.com/taryu-jiai/ Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted February 20, 2020 Report Posted February 20, 2020 About 70 years ago, a meeting of very-senior Sensei was convened at the Kodokan to discuss how to judge all budoka on a level playing field. What came out of that meeting was the concept of Seiteigata, or the common set of kata, that can be used for fair grading of a budoka's skill, no matter which ryūha (school) he or she was trained in. For example, Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei (ZNKR) Iaido (制定) has a total of 12 kata that all iaidoka must perform to be awarded rank. So, rather than ryūha-yaburi, where a ryūha could be literally annihilated, or even dōjō-yaburi, where the other school's training hall was destroyed, martial arts now had a "gentler" way of grading...an excellent idea right after World War II. Good find, Peter. 1 Quote
BIG Posted February 21, 2020 Report Posted February 21, 2020 Gunbai blog.. https://gunbai-militaryhistory.blogspot.com Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted February 22, 2020 Report Posted February 22, 2020 Interesting article, but the author isn't exactly an expert on Nihonto. 1 Quote
BIG Posted February 22, 2020 Report Posted February 22, 2020 The war dead in modern Japan https://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/outline/publication/ronbun/ronbun5/pdf/102006.pdf Best Quote
BIG Posted February 23, 2020 Report Posted February 23, 2020 Story of the Shonentai youth corps..by Paul Martin http://Japan-forward.com/samurai-spirit-of-fukushima-the-shonentai-youth-corps-of-nihonmatsu-castle/ Best Quote
Stephen Posted February 23, 2020 Report Posted February 23, 2020 Nothing we havent seen before but this lad does it well. Also good to hear pronunciation different parts of the koshirae. I have to work on my tsuka. 3 Quote
BIG Posted February 27, 2020 Report Posted February 27, 2020 Reader with sources in translation.. https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gj/lehre/unterrichtsmaterialien/Readergj/gj2/reader_sose00_gesamt.pdf Best Quote
BIG Posted March 3, 2020 Report Posted March 3, 2020 Concept of territory in Edo and Meiji periods.. https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/resourcelibrary/pdf/Yanagihara_Some_Thoughts_on_the_Concept_of_Territory_in_the_Late_Edo_and_Early_Meiji_Periods01.pdf Best Quote
BIG Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 Pilgrimage in Japan.. https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/fub188/22680/bsa_049_03.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 7, 2020 Report Posted March 7, 2020 I think it will be awhile before we see many pilgrimages, unless they're lemmings.Yeah, I know that's a myth, too, but the disease isn't. Quote
BIG Posted March 11, 2020 Report Posted March 11, 2020 Changes of social classes during the Tokugawa period.. https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/125171/1/ecb0031_056.pdf Besr 1 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 11, 2020 Report Posted March 11, 2020 Interesting, & much isn't at all what I've found in my studies. Quote
BIG Posted March 12, 2020 Report Posted March 12, 2020 Mabiki.. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kjm1952/30/4/30_4_155/_pdf Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 12, 2020 Report Posted March 12, 2020 Wow! Never heard about that before. Quote
BIG Posted March 14, 2020 Report Posted March 14, 2020 Children of the mist.. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/03/11/books/children-of-the-mist-shikoku-iya-valley/#.Xm0iyuvGKrU Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 15, 2020 Report Posted March 15, 2020 I've been there - beautiful place. Quote
BIG Posted March 16, 2020 Report Posted March 16, 2020 Weddings of shogun's daughters.. https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=ealc Best Quote
BIG Posted March 21, 2020 Report Posted March 21, 2020 Memorial exhibition.. https://www.city.hagi.lg.jp/hagihaku/event/0709shokasonjuku150/150flier_eng.pdf Best Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 24, 2020 Report Posted March 24, 2020 "...and failed to be killed"? An odd turn of phrase. Quote
BIG Posted March 28, 2020 Report Posted March 28, 2020 Art of the Japanese sword and shinto.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7o4I73pnvg Best 1 Quote
BIG Posted April 1, 2020 Report Posted April 1, 2020 Haiku in english.. https://mainichi.jp/english/haiku/1 Best 1 Quote
BIG Posted April 8, 2020 Report Posted April 8, 2020 Samurai inspired kitchen knives ... https://soranews24.com/2020/04/06/crowdfunded-samurai-sword-inspired-kitchen-knives-now-available-for-general-sale/ Best Quote
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