[ANSTHRLD] HELP!! I think I'm turning Japanese!

kobrien at texas.net kobrien at texas.net
Tue Dec 7 10:27:10 PST 2004


> You can start with
> http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/otherasian.shtml#japanese
> but I would end with Solvieg's Name Construction in Mediaeval Japan.

Solveig actually has a basic article out on this page.  It's at:

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/

Under "K" she lists <Kagemasa> in this article.


The name your submitter wants, <Kamakura Kagemasa> seems to best fit the 
standard Japanese construction of:

     [family name] [nanori]

(A nanori is a type of given name.  See Solveig's article or her book for 
more info.)

So, Solveig's article doc's <Kagemasa> as a nanori.  Now all that's needed 
is support for <Kamakura> as a family name.

I have Solveig's book, but it's at home.  If we can doc the name from that, 
you don't require photocopies since it's on the "No Photocopy" list.

If anyone does enough name consulting to hit Japanese names on a regular 
basis, I can't recommend enough that you get a copy of Solveig's book _Name 
Construction in Mediaeval Japan_, cited by Magnus above.  It's available via 
Potboiler Press (Box 30171, Columbia, MO 65205).  I have the email address 
for contacting Potboiler Press and can look it up if anyone needs it.  The 
current edition is the 6th edition of her book and I'm finding it much 
easier to use than the older 2nd edition, which I purchased several years 
ago.  It also has bunches of more names.

Mari




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