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LordAmeth
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LordAmeth (紫水晶殿) is a bit obsessed with Japan, and increasingly with the wider region of East/SE Asia. He finds interest in just about every period or aspect of Japanese history, from the earliest ancient clan conflicts, through the Heian period and the Genpei Wars, the complexities of clan histories and regional histories of the Sengoku period, and into the vivid cultural, political, and economic history of the Edo period, the cultural changes of the Meiji period, and the cultural issues facing Japan today. There is a special place in his heart for Okinawa, though he has yet to visit there.
LordAmeth (紫水晶殿) is a bit obsessed with Japan, and increasingly with the wider region of East/SE Asia. He finds interest in just about every period or aspect of Japanese history, from the earliest ancient clan conflicts, through the Heian period and the Genpei Wars, the complexities of clan histories and regional histories of the Sengoku period, and into the vivid cultural, political, and economic history of the Edo period, the cultural changes of the Meiji period, and the cultural issues facing Japan today.
He studied at Jouchi Daigaku in Tokyo for one term back in '03, and completed his MA at the School of Oriental & African Studies (U of London), writing on 17th century relations between the shogunate and Southeast Asian authorities. He now lives in [[Yokohama]] and devotes the vast majority of his waking hours to improving his Japanese language skills.
He studied at Jouchi Daigaku in Tokyo for one term back in '03, and completed his MA at the School of Oriental & African Studies (U of London), writing on 17th century relations between the shogunate and Southeast Asian authorities. He then lived in [[Yokohama]] for a year, and devoting the vast majority of his waking hours to improving his Japanese language skills. He is now back home in NY, working for the Japan Society and hoping to return either to Japan or to graduate school in the fall.
He's been really active on Wikipedia for several years, and isn't sure how that will continue in the future as he gets more and more involved here. Please do feel free to check out his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LordAmeth user page] over there.
He's been really active on Wikipedia for several years, and isn't sure how that will continue in the future as he gets more and more involved here. Please do feel free to check out his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LordAmeth user page] over there.
He has been active on Samurai Archives since June 2007, and is an editor for the Samurai-Archives Journal of Japanese History.
He first became active on Samurai Archives in June 2007, though he took quite some time off from it, returning in February 2009.
==Interests and Specialties==
==Interests and Specialties==
*[[Kabuki]], [[Noh]], [[Bunraku]]
*[[Kabuki]], [[Noh]], [[Bunraku]]
*[[Ukiyo-e]] and wider [[Edo period]] art
*[[Ukiyo-e]] and wider [[Edo period]] art
*Regional histories of individual clans or domains.
*Regional histories of individual clans or domains.
Though there are a great many central and major topics not covered, he also feels that there are subjects like those relating to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu]] which will never get covered if he doesn't do it, so please do not mind him if he does after all go off on some random direction.
Though there are a great many central and major topics not covered, he also feels that there are subjects like those relating to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu]] which will never get covered if he doesn't do it, so please do not mind him if he does after all go off on some random direction.
He has been working to flesh out the Timeline pages as well, primarily because it's quick easy work. His dates and events come almost exclusively from 「新詳日本史」, published by 浜島書店, though the source is not cited on the Timeline pages。If any event seems suspicious, please do not hesitate to call him out on a mistranslation; he's far from fluent, and still working on it.
He has been working to flesh out the Timeline pages as well, primarily because it's quick easy work. His dates and events come almost exclusively from 「新詳日本史」, published by 浜島書店, though the source is not cited on the Timeline pages. If any event seems suspicious, please do not hesitate to call him out on a mistranslation; he's far from fluent, and still working on it.
In addition, he is copying and pasting from Wikipedia those articles which are purely his own work. He will sometimes, if something's not covered on Wikipedia, write a new article and post it on both Wikis.
In addition, he is copying and pasting from Wikipedia those articles which are purely his own work. He will sometimes, if something's not covered on Wikipedia, write a new article and post it on both Wikis.