Big('s) Discoveries

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Nihon or Nippon?

 

https://japantoday.com/category/features/nippon-or-nihon-no-consensus-on-Japanese-pronunciation-of-Japan

 

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

I always wondered how "Zipangu" got into that mix.

[16k]

There was also the variant: Cipango.

[Ken-Hawaii]

  English has certainly changed since those days, but Cipango & Zipangu sure don't sound a lot like Japan or Nihon/Nippon/Yamato. I follow the article's logic, although it sounds like the Chinese came closest to naming Japan.

[Brian]

Just as well. I would hate for the forum to have to be called the Zipangu-to Messageboard.
Or the Cipango-to messageboard.
Nippon-to Message Board doesn't sound to bad.
Himomoto-to Message Board? ...umm....no.....

 

[16k]

But you have to remember those weren’t named in English first but in old Italian and later in 16th century Spanish and Portuguese. Obviously, all the other languages that followed borrowed from the original which was a mispronunciation in the first place.

[BIG]

Mamas giant helpers..

 

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

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Commensalism.

[BIG]

Bowing in Japan

 

https://web.uri.edu/iaics/files/11-Cecilia-B-Ikeguchi.pdf

 

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[BIG]

To the moon..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51086635

 

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[BIG]

Lots of videos..

 

https://tomboyama.org/category/media/videos/

 

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[BIG]

Baumkuchen we like..

 

https://pen-online.com/food/the-100-years-history-of-baumkuchen-in-Japan/

 

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[BIG]

Sensei Sekiguchi and Sensei Bob..

 

https://hanahou.com/13.6/sensei-of-the-sword

 

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Particularly interesting, Peter, as our dojo trains in Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu iaijutsu, as passed down through the Tanimura lineage, going back some 350 years. And, since there are only two formally-recognized lineages - Tanimura-ha & Shimomura-ha - I'm not sure that the sensei in that article can be considered as authentic. And, despite three decades of iai training, I've never come across their dojo, either.

[SAS]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musō_Jikiden_Eishin-ryū

There is always something new to learn. The people mentioned in the article are listed in the Wiki article also.

[BIG]

Edo time residential architecture..

 

https://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/bitstream/11682/114/3/WL_Diss_04.pdf

 

 

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[Stephen]

I'd be very happy in #25 ito haus

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The brutality of victory..

 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/19/national/history/toyotomi-hideyoshi-brutality-victory/#.Xix6-uvGKK0

 

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[BIG]

Before opening..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vab21pRz3R8

 

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[BIG]

Edo firefighter matoi..

 

http://www.ukiyo-e-gallery.de/edo-matoibanners-of-edos-fire-fighters.html

 

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[BIG]

Edo sword techniques..

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2Jz4T4nJk

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Those "techniques" are ridiculous! Anyone who has done the least bit of kenjutsu/iaijutsu could point out dozens of mistakes in his overall approach.

[Greg F]

Reminded me of the westerner made ninjutsu in the 80,s. I was waiting for him to catch the blade like in the ninja movies Sho Kosugi style. Ha

 

Greg

[BIG]

Thoughts on Manuscript Culture..

 

 

https://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/MC/articles/mc4_Quenzer2.pdf

 

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[BIG]

Human beaten at his own game..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40042581

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

That's pretty amazing! Go is lots deeper than chess.

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Sayings and deeds of Lords Mitsushige and Tsunashige..

 

Int. source..Nr. 520 visiting the shogunate and presenting swords

 

https://www.sagalibdb.jp/image/kochu/eibun/pdf/251553174661.pdf

 

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[BIG]

You tube Samurai wolf

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kRypB5ZlYhU

 

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[Greg F]

Thanks Pete I haven't come across this series before.

 

Greg

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Yamada Nagamasa and his relations to siam..

 

http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/2001/JSS_095_0d_Iwamoto_YamadaNagamasaAndSiam.pdf

 

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