Do we have any Korean fans, or fans who have studied Korean?
If so you may want to give this book a shot this summer
T`a ollala kom :
Siba Ryot`aro changp`yon sosol
Soul-si : Ch`anghae
ISBN: 8979196563 (v.1) 8979196571 (v. 2) 897919658X (v. 3)
8979196555 (set)
the book is a translation of Shiba Ryotaro's Moeyoken
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Serizawa Kamo donated 2 related Hijikata related photos he
took
please visit this page and scroll to the bottom
http://www.shinsengumihq.com/photos3.htm
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http://www.shinsengumihq.com/bibliography2.htm
**you can use the ISBNs to find the books for sale on google.co.jp**
lists only a fraction of the books printed (in chronological order)
on the Shinsengumi---many books printed post 2004 Taiga drama are
mostly re-hashed info from older books (this complaint is on many
Japanese messageboards)
books which are incredibly valuable are:
Hijikata Toshizo shashinshu ISBN: 4404023030
(Pictorial works)
Okita Soji, Hijikata Toshizo, Sakamoto Ryoma no tegami
ISBN: 4404015062
(CORRESPONDENCES)
sometimes you've read the opinions and really what you need is to
get to the very SOURCE of the information---this is a book which
should be used by future western Shinsengumi researchers!
Kin-gendaishi no kyo to jitsu shippai wa shippai ni shite shippai ni
arazu : rekishi no kyokasho ni kakarenakatta samuraitachi
ISBN: 4413030788
(FICTION) but what interests me are the main charas:
Hijikata, Iwakura Tomomi and a man named GEROLD ECKELMANN?
I think "Eckelmann" is a German name