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<tr><td>{{History Degree}}</td></tr>

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<tr><td>{{Advanced Japanese}}</td></tr>

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<tr><td>{{Studied in Japan}}</td></tr>

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LordAmeth (紫水晶殿) is a bit obsessed with Japan, Ryukyu, and increasingly with the wider region of East/SE Asia and the Pacific. 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.

LordAmeth (紫水晶殿) is a bit obsessed with Japan, Ryukyu, and increasingly with the wider region of East/SE Asia and the Pacific. 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. Please don't mind the weird name - we all picked weird handles back in the early days of the Internet, and on some platforms (such as this one) we just haven't changed to a new one...

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, devoting the vast majority of his waking hours during that year to improving his Japanese language skills. After some various adventures elsewhere in Japan, New York, and elsewhere, he earned a second MA, in Art History, from the University of Hawaii, and is now pursuing a PhD at UC Santa Barbara.

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, devoting the vast majority of his waking hours during that year to improving his Japanese language skills. After some various adventures elsewhere in Japan, New York, and elsewhere, he earned a second MA, in Art History, from the University of Hawaii, and is now pursuing a PhD at UC Santa Barbara.

*History of [[Okinawa]]

*History of [[Okinawa]]

*[[Satsuma han]]

*[[Satsuma han]]

*[[Kabuki]], [[Noh]], [[Bunraku]]

*[[Kabuki]] and [[Noh]]

*[[Ukiyo-e]] and wider [[Edo period]] art

*[[Ukiyo-e]] and wider [[Edo period]] art

==Projects==

==Projects==

My main projects right now on the Wiki are to continue adding information from things I'm reading anyway (for classes, for research, etc.), and from gallery labels and the like at museums and historical sites I visit. The Wiki thus grows organically and haphazardly, in bricolage fashion... And not, I am afraid, in any coordinated fashion focusing on the most major/significant topics, or on those [http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages|pages most linked to that haven't been created yet]. We'll get there eventually, though...

My main projects right now on the Wiki are to continue adding information from things I'm reading anyway (for classes, for research, etc.), and from gallery labels and the like at museums and historical sites I visit. The Wiki thus grows organically and haphazardly, in bricolage fashion... and not, I am afraid, in any coordinated fashion focusing on the most major/significant topics, or on those [http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Special:WantedPages|pages most linked to that haven't been created yet]. We'll get there eventually, though...

*[[User:LordAmeth/Notes]]

*[[User:LordAmeth/Notes]]