Yesterday I felt squicked out by serious fandomage (didn't matter which fandom, it was certain things about fandoming in general,) and instead, spent the time researching about Kitsune legend....but today I've spent the morning reading schmaltzy bits of my favorite fanfics...maybe that means Cotton's coming back home after being AWOL for almost a week....I need some fluff! LOL.
Ah the joys of being almost bipolar....
But I learned a lot about Kitsune stuff...most recent thing I read tracked things into the 1950s, where people were still reporting being tricked by foxes, and even still mentioned the occasional tale of fox possession...
Other neat research tidbits I've seen lately:
Here are some jpgs of 16th century art.
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022475.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022478.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022485.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0042445.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0042441.jpg
A neat little page on the 7 grasses of spring and the 7 grasses of autumn with pictures
http://homepage3.nifty.com/plantsandjapan/page036.html
And this is a nice site about Japanese armour
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/katchu.html
I've been weakening my hubby...he's found out that shooting a 16th century firearm kind of cool...and we know someone who's selling one...next thing you know, I'll get him dressed up as an Ashigaru, a Japanese foot soldier...LOL.
Ah the joys of being almost bipolar....
But I learned a lot about Kitsune stuff...most recent thing I read tracked things into the 1950s, where people were still reporting being tricked by foxes, and even still mentioned the occasional tale of fox possession...
Other neat research tidbits I've seen lately:
Here are some jpgs of 16th century art.
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022475.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022478.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0022485.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0042445.jpg
http://www.tnm.go.jp/gallery/search/images/max/C0042441.jpg
A neat little page on the 7 grasses of spring and the 7 grasses of autumn with pictures
http://homepage3.nifty.com/plantsandjapan/page036.html
And this is a nice site about Japanese armour
http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/katchu.html
I've been weakening my hubby...he's found out that shooting a 16th century firearm kind of cool...and we know someone who's selling one...next thing you know, I'll get him dressed up as an Ashigaru, a Japanese foot soldier...LOL.
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- 8 Sep 2015, 13:40Does the story still lives? It's been a while since your last chap :/
- 1 Sep 2015, 17:29Hi knittingknots,
I hope all is well with you. I see you are not continuing with your story... a wonderful story, and I'll surely miss your updates, they are always a shining spot in my day.… - 5 Dec 2014, 02:33Wow, congrats!! It's been about that long since I've updated some of my fics, LOL.
- 22 Nov 2014, 07:37You might try Nobunaga Concerto where a modern time traveler exchanges places with Nobunaga. Follows Nobuanaga historically
- 24 Jul 2014, 02:30thi was posted on Dokuga 4 days ago
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I have found the best way to get a man who would be willing to reenact to reenact the period you are interested in is to buy him a weapon of the appropriate time frame. It's how I got out of the ACW and avoided the American Revolution...
I lost that sengokudaimyo link when the comp fried last spring! Bookmarked and saved!
He's also one of the lights behind http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca-jml/
It's an SCA group with very knowledgeable people who specialize in reenacting things Japanese before 1600...I joined in case I have questions and to be able to look through their archives. Nice people, too, from what I've seen in action, though I haven't posted anything yet.
How's the cold? Feeling any better since yesterday?
I really liked the Sakura blossoms too. Was a really nice pic.
Find anything on kitsune I could read on? I'm intrigued now by the fact that samurai behaviour as we now see it actually came along after the Sengoku Jidai was over. Sesshoumaru-sama is tempting me as well... his behaviour is striking me as reminiscent of the 5 ways of life, but of course he will not outline a story for me.
Not that I'm writing like I need to be. I'm catching up with Bleach. And getting on LJ instead of sleeping.
But so much in so many areas of life got ritualized during the Tokugawa era...
I've got Sesshoumaru agitating for at least three stories in my head, but I have told him not yet. One day he won't listen to me and he will make me write...but I'm not ready.
Right now I'm learning all sorts of stuff about dozoku and how groups like that dominated village life, both religiously and in various types of behavior - planting and other group activity and socially as well...learning this is planting many seeds in my head...but they have not yet come to leaf....