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==Origin of the Samurai Archives==

==Origin of the Samurai Archives==

Starting sometime in late August or Early September 1999, the Samurai Archives Japanese history page was developed by C.E. West and F.W. Seal. R. Noelle, a friend of West's, was trying his hand at running a web server over his cable internet connection from his apartment, and offered to host a website.  West, remembering the utter lack of useful internet sources on Japanese history during his thesis on Oda Nobunaga in 1997, thought that a Japanese history website would be a neat idea.  At the time, Seal was more interested in WWII history, and declined for a time, but soon came around, diving in with a vengeance, as Japanese history was a long time interest of his.  Seal wrote the bulk of the original biographies, much of this work done during the year 2000.  The first handful of slim biographies that were uploaded to the website were taken from notes originally researched by C.E. West during the summer of 1998 during slow periods at work while he was working for Maui Divers in Honolulu, HI.  Most of this initial research came from [[Warrior Rule in Japan]] by Marius Jensen.

Starting sometime in late 1999<ref>The exact date the website first went online is lost to the mists of history; the first verifiable date is September 2nd, 1999</ref>, the Samurai Archives Japanese history page was developed by C.E. West and F.W. Seal. R. Noelle, a friend of West's, was trying his hand at running a web server over his cable internet connection from his apartment, and offered to host a website.  West, remembering the utter lack of useful internet sources on Japanese history during his thesis on Oda Nobunaga in 1997, thought that a Japanese history website would be a neat idea.  At the time, Seal was more interested in WWII history, and declined for a time, but soon came around, diving in with a vengeance, as Japanese history was a long time interest of his.  Seal wrote the bulk of the original biographies, much of this work done during the year 2000.  The first handful of slim biographies that were uploaded to the website were taken from notes originally researched by C.E. West during the summer of 1998 during slow periods at work while he was working for Maui Divers in Honolulu, HI.  Most of this initial research came from [[Warrior Rule in Japan]] by Marius Jensen.

==The Original Plan==

==The Original Plan==