SHQ - New to the group

#3526 [2013-09-24 15:55:06]

New to the group

by pilgrimscribe

Hello All,

I am not exactly a new member, but it's been about 8 years since I was a part of your community. I return in need of as much historical assistance y'all can provide.

I am a writer and back then I had written a story that took place in 1866, the end of the Meiji restoration. But now I find myself returning to this story and re-writing it with a beginning in 1863-64. It is on its way to being my creative writing thesis and as such I want to capture more of this amazing and very interesting time.

I want more of a focus on those who were involved, mostly from Satsuma and Choshu. Kido Koin and Kawakami Gensai being two of the supporting characters.

I look forward to reading your post and posting my own entries and such

See ya around

Sarah

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#3530 [2013-09-24 19:51:58]

Re: [SHQ] New to the group

by aisaquacks

Hi Sarah - I'm not sure what kind of info you need or what assistance I can provide, but I have a lot of stuff up on Kido Koin/Katsura Kogoro up at http://red-bird.org/meiji2 . (I have recently updated the archive to include some information I picked up from another text I acquired a few years bcak.)

If you have a particular need to understand Choshu - I can also recommend you pick up Thomas Hubers, " The Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan" which really is just about Choshu - specifically covering Shoin, Kido, Takasugi, Genzui, and other political factions within Choshu.

Hope this helps...

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Sarah LoBue <pilgrimscribe@...> wrote:

Hello All,
I am not exactly a new member, but it's been about 8 years since I was a part of your community. I return in need of as much historical assistance y'all can provide.

I am a writer and back then I had written a story that took place in 1866, the end of the Meiji restoration. But now I find myself returning to this story and re-writing it with a beginning in 1863-64. It is on its way to being my creative writing thesis and as such I want to capture more of this amazing and very interesting time.

I want more of a focus on those who were involved, mostly from Satsuma and Choshu. Kido Koin and Kawakami Gensai being two of the supporting characters.

I look forward to reading your post and posting my own entries and such

See ya around
Sarah

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