Masazumi

Hello everyone, and good day to all.

My name, is of course, Ramal. I have Japanese ancestry through my father's family. His great grand-father, Hiroki Masazumi immigrated to Canada, to apparently, avoid a marriage to a woman whom he did not love.

He settled in north-western NorthWest Territories (very very large territory) and started a family there, in the town of Fort Good Hope.

I was not aware of my Japanese ancestry, but it made a-lot of sense to me as I've always carried a strong interest in the Japanese culture, more specifically, the Samurai.

I was hoping I can be directed to a source that could possibly shed some light on the Masazumi family name. I've tried web searching at a couple search engines, but didn't find anything I don't already know, which isn't much.

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Regards.....Ramal





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If you have the spondoolicks to spend and an interest in REALLY early Japanese
armour, e-bay has something for you.

A rare -- VERY VERY VERY RARE -- book called "Nihon Jôdai no Katchû" (Japan's
Ancient Armour), written by the noble and godlike historian and armour
researcher Suenaga dai-sensei, is up for sale.

I have a copy -- one of the two or three in the US, I think. (Mine was once the
property of the Imperial Naval Academy Library, but that was in another world).

The book details all the armour bits excavated from kofun up to 1944, when the
book was published. Moreover, the book is full of photos of the full-sized
reproductions of the armour made by Suenaga.

Most of the print run, as I understand it, was bombed out of existence, so this
is a goldmine to find one here. If you're interested in pre-800 armour, you MUST
have this book.

It is E-bay auction item 3909701273. Check it out.

Tony