[MR] Japanese name and heraldry

[Robert J Welenc]

At 03:32 AM 3/9/01 -0500, Chris Gregory wrote:
>I'm interested in having a Japanese persona, since my English one is
going
>on a sabbatical.  However, I've never had any experience with
Japanese
>naming conventions, or the heraldry either.  As it stands, I'm a
Japanese
>fellow from the Kamakura era who was hit in the head one day with a
bokken,
>so I can't remember anything.
>
>Any assistance would be appreciated, though it would be better to
send a
>message to rujoking99 at mac.com in addition to the list, since my
account is a
>little funny right now.
>
>Thanks for the assistance!
>Richard Crowder of Burnham,
>Baronial MoAS for Black Diamond, Atlantia.
>Soon to be a Japanese man as well.
>
The Atlantian College of Heralds has this week received Lady Solveig
Throndardottir's "little pamphlet" on Japanese names (all 426 pages
of it!)

If you will be coming to Coronation, some herald should be running a
consult table where you can look at it.  Alternatively, I can forward
your missive to Solveig herself.


Alanna
Golden Dolphin
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