SCA Asian Personae Survey

The SCA Asian Persona Survey is a collection of names, locations, and contact information for SCAdians playing personae that hail from the parts of Asia farthest removed from Europe: China, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, or the Mongol Empire. Because there are already plenty of email groups in existence, this will not be used in that capacity. It is primarily to foster a sense of community and solidarity among those of us who play personae out of the mainstream of traditional SCA culture. Some entries are written in fully italicized, non-bold font. These individuals have been collected from various online locations, and have not actually spoken with me. Their entries include no contact information, and are included largely to give an indication of our true numbers. If you know these individuals, please encourage them to contact me with any additional information they wish to include. The email addresses listed below are all posted with permission from the relevant individual. I will not add contact information unless explicitly given permission to do so. I have munged the email address to annoy spambots, so you will need to convert them back to a usable format.

Please email any information, suggestions, or comments to spearweasel- du - yahoo - daut kaum. If you want to provide information to your local group about this, here is a flyer in PDF format.

Updated June 25, 2008 - 175 entries so far!

Annotated Links List - Useful Resources for the SCA Asian Persona

Tousando - The SCA Japanese forum par excellence

Wodeford Hall - Saionji no Hanae's site, with excellent garbing resources

Mokurai's Temple - A good start for Japanese monastic personae

SCA-JML - SCA Japan Yahoogroup

SCA-China - SCA China Yahoogroup

SCA-India - SCA India Yahoogroup

Mongol - SCA Mongol Yahoogroup

Sengoku Daimyo - Anthony J. Bryant's definitive website, a one-stop resource for all things premodern Japanese

China History Forum - Non-SCA China forum, still very useful

SCA Japanese Membership Map - Otagiri's map of Japanese persona

Clan Yama Kaminari - Large samurai clan website, many useful resources

SCA Silk Road LJ Community - LJ community for the same audience as this website

Kyoto Costume Museum in Japan - Excellent Japanese garbing resources

Æthelmearc

Logan Latta De Kent (DWEED - du - mandtinsurance.com), Otters’ Keep of the Barony of the Rhydderich_Hael (Buffalo, NY); I speak a little Japanese & would like to know if anyone else speaks the language. I try to keep most of my activities related to the oriental persona & have been trying to have a Japanese name passed for a while. I look forward to hearing from everyone.

Lord Avarga Chagadaai (Avarga.chagadaai-at-gmail-dot-com), Rhydderich Hael (Buffalo, NY); Mongolia circa ~1300. Interests include cooking/cuisine, armor, brewing, and costuming. Website: The Silver Horde

Lady Yang SuGyong (lyanna96 - du - yahoo - daut - kaum); Korean personae searching through Europe (and trying unsuccessfully to fit in) during the Koryo Dynasty (ca. 936-1389). My personal website has all of my contact info, so I’ll just pass that along. It’s http://www.geocities.com/lyanna96/warmor.html

Lady Ogawa Inume(ogawa.no.inume du gmail daut kaum), Misty Highlands (North-Central WV); Currently in Misty Highlands, AEthelmearc but moving to Eldormere next year.

Sir Ogami Akira (ogamibusho- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Region Four (Bufallo, MY); Daimyo of Clan Yama Kaminari

Date Saburou Yukiie (christopher- du - kabutographics - daut kaum), Rhydderich Hael /Beau Fleuve (Niagara Falls, NY); Persona Website

Lady Minamoto no Taikawa Saiaiko (saiaikogozen- du - yahoo - daut kaum), no location listed; "Squired to Sir Ogami Akira. Persona is loosely based on bushi, Tomoe Gozen, and zenni, Eshun of the Heian period", Website: "Red Geta"

Ansteorra

Yao Daiyu (ky_rogue - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Shire of Seawinds (Corpus Christi, TX); "My persona is a Tang Dynasty Chinese. I chose the dynasty because I see it as the Chinese Renaissance".

Kinoshita Zenjirou Yoshimitsu, Steppes, (Dallas, TX)

Ishikame Housenka, aka "Yamaneko" (qara0 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Canton of Westgate (Houston, TX); Daughter of An Tir no Ishikame no Snood-hime Sakurai Sakami (raviachekov - du - yahoo daut kaum), Barony of Namron (Norman, OK);

Fujiwara Kintarou Takaharu (mattfmcti - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX); "Fujiwara-dono originally hails from Himeji Province, but has spent the last couple of years on assignment in Hokkaido as the Junior Assistant Clerk for the Upkeep of the Shrines and Temples of Hokkaido."

Liah Mei Jan (ladymaggie - du - justinanimator - daut kaum), Barony of the Steppes (Dallas, TX); "From Guang Zhau. The Tang are in control of the government right now. I, as is custom when coming to a western land, have taken a Western name". AKA Maggie MacPherson

Sunayna Vindisani (austintribal - du - aol - daut kaum), Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX); "Sunayna is the daughter of a wealthy textile merchant, and enjoys draping herself in clothing finery from around the world (depending on what her father can import, of course.) She enjoys reading, music, dance performance, and frequents the Hindu temple to worship as often as she can."

Lord Souma no Taro Tatsu'aki (curtis.blackburn- du - gmail - daut kaum), Skorragardr (Shawnee, OK); Early Kamakura Japan

Abe no Atsuko, Skorragardr (Shawnee, OK); Early Kamakura Japan; Late Heian Japan

Kamaitachi no Kansuke (spearweasel- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX); Kansuke's SCA Page

Yagyu Masamori Nobunaga (jakecurda- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Elfsea (Fort Worth, TX); "My persona is a court jester, or male Geisha as some would better put it, of the late Heian period......My persona has seen the beginings of the Samurai and the rise of the Minamotto....I come from a bit back-water family based in Yagyu-mura."

Uesugi Kingoro Katanori, Bjornsborg (San Antonio, TX);

Lady Ishikawa Masako, Eldern Hills (Lawton, OK); Court lady of Heian Japan, Tribe.net site

Takayama Aki no Tsuru, Bonwicke (Lubbock, TX)

Master Jin Liu Chang, Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX)

Kenichi Tsubame, Brad Leah (Wichita Falls, TX)

Lord Belgutei Batar, Mooneschadowe (Stillwater, OK)

Lord Kugara of Moonschadowe, Mooneschadowe (Stillwater, OK)

Ikijima Katsutoshi, Northkeep (Tulsa, OK)

Lord Toshiro Koi, Bonwicke (Lubbock, TX)

Lord Chiang Ti Lung, Bonwicke (Lubbock, TX)

Odawara Taro Yoshinobu, Elfsea (Fort Worth, TX)

Iji Shiroinami, Gate's Edge (Houston, TX)

Tora no Ansteorra, Gate's Edge (Houston, TX)

Tarquin Gateslayer, Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX)

Tatsumi Tomoko, Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX)

Kuragari Kagemasa, Raven's Fort (Huntsville, TX)

Mungentuya, Tír Medóin (Temple, TX)

An Tir

Nakagawa Sukeie (SilverChatelaine - du - aol - daut kaum), Canton of Silverhart (Kootenai Co. ID); I was born during the Sengoku, in the lands control by Oda Nobuhide. I served Oda Nobunaga during his succession in 1549, converted to Christian on the same year and I was present when he entered Kyoto and installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki as Shogun (November 7, 1568). In the same year I departed with Jesuit Monks to the western world in search of knowledge of my new found faith. I am now a resident of the Barony of Weldsmere, Kingdom of An Tir were I serve as Chatelain and teach westerners of my culture.

HLady Tomyris, aka "Tamiras Nomadikos" to Westerners (freewaydiva - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of Madrone ( Seattle , WA); 5th C. Hun near Lake Baikal. Involved in textiles (embroidery, appliqué, accessories) and cooking.

Azida Khatun (stasiwa - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Aquaterra (Everett, WA); I am doing a 14th century Turkoman persona. This persona dances and rides. I do the costuming for Turkoman, and will eventually get into the cuisine.

Arqai Ne'urin (arqai_n - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Dragon's Laire (Kitsap County, WA); I am charged by His Majesty Kublai, Khan of Khans to establish an embassy to the west for the purposes of exchange of trade and culture to our mutual benifit. I am most recently returned from military expeditions into the southwest of the Empire where my siege team assisted in the conquest of the regions cities for His Majesty Hulegu, Ilkhan of Persia.

Asha, Barony of Borealis (Edmonton, AB); Rajasthan, Akbar Era (late 16th Century)

Hiroda Kenshin (agentsalix - du - gmail - daut kaum), Principality of Avacal, Barony of Montengarde (Calgary, AB);

Buntaro Nobunaka (etherlord - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of Three Mountains (Multnomah, Clackamas, and Hood River Counties, OR); "I am squired to Sir Olin Ulfredsson. I have a Japanese persona born in the eleventh century. My main interests are Japanese armor making and I dabble in woodworking".

Li Ke-lin (firesinger5 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Stromgard (Battle Ground, WA); I perform T'ang Dynasty songs in Chinese. We do not fight, but are bards. We are a merchant on the Silk Road who fell in love with a scholar's daughter in Chang-An (745 AD).

Long Ru (firesinger5 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Stromgard (Battle Ground, WA); Buddhist minister who is translating sutras from the Chinese. We do not fight, but are bards. We are a merchant on the Silk Road who fell in love with a scholar's daughter in Chang-An (745 AD).

Lady Komatsu no Ayame (haleylicious - du - gmail - daut kaum), Shire of Lionsdale, Principality of Tir Righ (Chilliwack, B.C.); "Born during the time of the Uprising of the Kamakura Shogunate. She is of noble birthright, but she was raised in the ways of both the bushi and the kuge courts. Ayame enjoys many pastimes including (but not limited to) : Kumihimo braiding, poetry, Ayudo and practicing her Zen meditations in her daily life".

Ogedei (Ogedei - du - shaw.ca), Principality of Avacal, Barony of Montengarde (Calgary, AB); "Mongolian, 12th century, around the height of the empire. Squired to His Excellency Ritter Albrecht von Rugen"

Tora Taka, no province listed; co-leader of the Black Tigers rapier fighting group

Lady Ishikame Kikyou (snoodlady- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Shire of Grimwith (Pend O'Reille and Stevens Counties, WA); Snood no Hime

Artemisia

His Excellency Uggedei Bahadur Mighan Nidun, Artemisia

Yamamoto Shintaro Ujiyori, Barony of Sentinels' Keep (Missoula, MT)

Atenveldt

Lord Temur Maghad Gubiyan (TemurKhana - du - cox daut net), Barony of Twin Moons (Phoenix, AZ); My persona is early 13th century(b.1200-1205 CE). I've lived long enough to witness the glory of mongol warfare, but too honest for the politics of Karakorum. I was sent West as an emissary and spy, but it was really a banishment...
Yoshiharu Nomura (yoshihiru_nomura - DU - netzero - daut kaum), Barony March of Mons Tonitrus (Sierra Vista, AZ); "I'm a Japanese persona and was the first Asian persona in the barony."

Arashi Tetsuko (mstsangela - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Twin Moons (Phoenix, AZ); 13th century wandering swordswoman, aka Dona Maestra Angela Sara Maria Diaz de Valdes, OL, OPel, Baronial Historian of Twin Moons in the Kingdom of Atenveldt

Mitsuhide Shinjiro (mgjii - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of Atenveldt (Phoenix, AZ); AKA "Reoga"

Yagyu Tametomo (roninpenguin- du - gmail - daut kaum), Barony of Atenveldt (Phoenix, AZ);

Asma Begum (deccanibegum- du - gmail - daut kaum), College of Brymstonne (ASU/Tempe, AZ); 16th century Indian, from the Deccani sultanate of Golconda

Atlantia

Kanamori no Tatsume (enirei - du - aol - daut - kaum) and (seven_add1 - du - aol - daut - kaum), Storvik (Washington DC); A Japanese child adopted by a German merchant woman who owns the court title of Baroness. Haven't thought much farther into it than that.

Minowara Kiritsubo (ekoogler1 - du - comcast daut net), Barony of Dun Carraig (Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties, MD); "Momoyama period persona, Daughter of a minor Daimyo. Interests include Japanese research, particularly the arts and architecture, cooking (recent feasts have been mostly Mongol, Japanese, Chinese and Middle Eastern, and am currently working on a translated version of the Japanese 17th c. work, "Ryori Monogotari" with Ii-dono and Aine-hime, and Dame Hauviette d'Anjou)."

Takeda Sanjuichiro Akimasa (sigrune- du - aol - daut kaum), Barony of Stierbach (Central VA); "Portrays mid-late 16th century samurai from Okimizu Han in Kai. Interests include reserch into nihonto, japanese armor, heraldry, clothing, and cooking". US Japanese Historical Reenactment Society

Ii Saburou Katsumori (tatsushu - du - gmail - daut kaum), Barony of Stierbach (Central VA); US Japanese Historical Reenactment Society

Abe no Akirakeiko, Barony of Stierbach (Central VA); US Japanese Historical Reenactment Society, wife of Ii Saburou Katsumori

Date no Genshiro Toshinobu (mooers - du - cox.net), Barony of Marinus (SE Virginia); "I portray a mid 1500s country samurai family from Shinano province, growing up near Agematsu and thus lived near the famous battlefields near Kawanakajima before taking religious orders. It is my honor to be a hatamoto bushin to the great Daimyo, Baron Sir Ogami Akira of Clan Yama Kaminari."

Caid

Lord Katayama Hiromoto (Mrkszoo - du - AOL - daut kaum), Shire of Al-Sahid (Apple Valley, Ca); 13th Century hereditary vassal to the Shimazu of Satsuma, Kyushu defender against invading Mongolian hordes.

Asakura no Mashi (mneumark- du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of Altavia (San Fernando Valley); "11th century Japanese potter", runs the Potters Guild of Caid

Salomon ben Ysaque Abolafia (evans.knight- du - gmail - daut kaum), Kingdom of Caid (Los Angeles, CA); "Sephardic Jew of the Paradesi Community in India. His grandparents immigrated to India from Spain after the Inquisition. He is a second generation Indian-born Jew"

Calontir

Gengetsu no Kiyoshi (mykul13 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Shire of the Crescent Moon (Topeka, Kansas); Late 16th century Japanese

Lady Dawn/Una (dos) (dawnuna - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Shire of Ivory Keep (Hannibal, MO); My persona is from Lahore India during the reign of King Akbar approx. 1556 to 1605.

Yamashiro Kato (Kato - du - shireofcrescentmoon - daut - aurg), Shire of Crescent Moon (Topeka, KS); Southern Japan, mid-13th Century around the time of the Mongol Invasions

Sir Saito Jiro no Bitchu (saito - du - madisontelco - daut kaum), Barony of Three Rivers (St. Louis, MO); I do both a samurai and a Monk persona. Personal website - Saito's Dojo

Ise no Kusunoki Kametsuru (Ise - du - madisontelco - daut kaum), Barony of Three Rivers (St. Louis, MO); Wife of Sir Saito Jiro no Bitchu

Akitsuki Yoshimitsu (rhoward - du - dwx daut kaum), Barony of Coeur d'Ennui (Des Moines, IA); "Mid-/late- 1500s bushi originating from northern Kyushu, Japan"

Damayanti, no location listed; "A Northshield expatriate living in Calontir. My primary interest area is late Timurid India(1400-1550 approx)."

Ki no Kotori (tace - du - mchsi daut kaum), Deodar (Dubuque, Iowa); "My persona is 11th century Japanese, living towards the end of the Heian era, although I'm also interested in other periods of Japanese history as well. My chief interests are in Japanese language and literature, especially poetry and nikki bungaku (diary literature) and learning about women's everyday lives."

Abe no Tarou Hideaki (tace - du - mchsi daut kaum), Deodar (Dubuque, IA); 11th Century Japanese courtier

Drachenwald

Ealdormere

Khadaajin Bayar (dracodl - du - primus - daut - ca), Canton of Ard Chreag, Barony of Septentria (Eastern end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada); I'm a humble Mongolian lady, from the 13th C, originally a Spanish girl, daughter of a merchant in the Silk Road, abducted by Mongols and now living as one. Currently undergoing a quest to join the Silver Horde. Interested in textiles, written and spoken Mongolian language and general crafts.

Kato Tatsuko (smittentrek - du - yahoo.ca), Barony of Ramshaven (Ontario, Canada); Muromachi Period, approximately late 1400's. Haven't figured the rest out yet!

Agnese "Inez" Rusconi (ms_m2you - du - yahoo - daut - ca), Kingdom of Ealdormere; I'm from Ealdormere and while I do not have an Asian persona, I am a SCAdian scholar in period Asian culture. My areas of interest are European and African trade with Asia (particularly Japan, Philipines and Indonesia), slavery, women's history, sexuality, sex trade. Currently I am working with another Ealdormeran on researching period Japanese falconry (I tracked down a thesis for her that was published in Japan in 2004 - now to find a translator). I'm a regular at the Toronto Japan Foundation Library. http://www.jftor.org/ If you are ever in Toronto, you should check it out.

Yoshikuri Nagayori, Barony of Ramshaven (Ontario, Canada)

East

Mei the Faire (queenmarcie - du - yahoo - daut - com), Canton of Brokenbridge (Brooklyn, NY); Early Tang dynasty Chinese. Occasionally seen as a mercenary archer wandering in Europe.

Lady Kananbala (bdamour - du - nycap.rr.com), Barony of Concordia of the Snows (Albany, NY); I have accompanied my father, an artist, to the court of Akbar the Great, in his new capital of Fatehpur Sikri, India. We have made this journey from the Rajput lands around the year 1580.

Lord Kawaguchi no Ryutaro (agrossma07 - du - yahoo - daut - kaum), Barony of Carolingia (Somerville, MA); "Nambokucho period. beyond that, I still need to decide"

Katari no Minazuki, Barony of Carillion (Ocean, Monmouth and Mercer County, NJ); Japanese persona, http://katnboots.livejournal.com/

Fujimoto Saburo Masumune (jeff_suzuki - du - yahoo - daut - kaum) Barony of the Bridge, Carolingia (Boston, MA); I was converted to Christianity by the Jesuits, and journeyed to Rome to study for the priesthood. He is currently meditating on whether he was truly called to the priesthood.

Matsushita Kaede (jenwilly - du - gmail - daut - kaum), Barony of Concordia of the Snows (Albany, NY); "From Sakai circa 1550."

Kaneki Ryuto Akimutsu (sokkaiya23 - du - gmail - daut - kaum), Province of Malagentia (S. Maine); Goshi no Uroko " A farmer turned samurai when gifted the rank by the emperor for my devotion and skill at protecting my valley. The lithe and swift fish of the river hold special signifigance to my clan. Thus the Uroko, or the fish scale."

Li Kung Lo (richie - du - bardwire - daut - kaum), Canton of Aschehyrst in the Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA); "Son of 12th-13th century mandarin by way of a Turkoman slave".

Sugawara Norie (booknerd9 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA);

Lord Honda Saburou Taremitsu (oy2001 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Shire of Quintavia (Worcester, MA); "Man-At-Arms to Sir Aonghaus Maclabhruinn of Brus. A 16th century samurai of middling status and Buddhist pretensions", personal website

Imagawa Mitsunari Ukyo (kensai.ukyo - du - gmail - daut kaum), Panther Vale (Hardwick VT); "Born in 1540, Suruga Province".

Lord Kataura Hachirou, Barony of Stonemarche (Amherst, NH); "Squire to Sir Ogami Akira, Clan Yama Kaminari, Head of Ni Yama Household. Persona is Samurai from late Sengoku period."

Kirsa (Chibi_Yuri - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Garnison du Dragonet (Montreal, QC); Mongol

Guyuk (gmartin1982 - du - gmail - daut kaum), Garnison du Dragonet (Montreal, QC); Mongol

Matsuyama Mokurai (mokurai - du - destinyslobster - daut kaum), Shire of Eisental, East. (Pennsburg, PA); "16th C. Soto Zen biku (monk) of Musashi province, currently residing in temporary quarters at Tenryuji Temple in the capital, Kyoto", Website: Mokurai's Temple

Lord Shi Hua Fu (fu - du - tao.merseine.nu), Carolingia (Boston, MA); "Son of a Jewish merchant in Kaifeng, China"

Syr Yesungge Altan (Yesungge- du - eastlink.ca), Canton of Distant Shore (Great Village, Nova Scotia); Mongol

Sir Tanaka Raiko (Sirtanaka- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Rusted Woodlands (Orange, Rockland and Sullivan Counties in New York and Bergen, Passaic and Sussex Counties in New Jersey); LJ: http://sirtanaka.livejournal - daut kaum/

Mimei Saru Kadoori (zohrahelenia- du - mac - daut kaum), Barony of Dragonship Haven (Southwestern CT); Heian period

Sakurai Kenjiro Takamori (veejay124- du - hotmail - daut kaum), Shire of Ar n'Eilean Ne {Newfoundland, Canada); Image of Sakurai and his daughter in garb

Sakurai Michiko - Referred to at "Samurai Eye for the SCA Guy"; daughter of Sakurai Kenjiro Takamori

Lakshmi Amman of Sri Ranganatha, Carolingia (Boston, MA); "Devadasi serving in the Sri Ranganatha Temple, Vijayanagara Empire - c. 1550 South India, near the modern city of Mysore, in the modern state of Karnataka", Lakshmi's India Resources

Irayari Vairavi (baital- du - gmail - daut kaum), Carolingia (Boston, MA); "Poet and Tutor at the Court of the Pandyan kings, c. 1275-1320 South
India, Tirunelveli, in the modern Indian state of Tamil Nadu", Personal SCA Website

Fujin (Lady) Biya sama (aisinbiya- du - gmail - daut kaum), Crown Province Ostgardr (Brooklyn, New York); "Bohai Jurchen shamaness born 1205 in Liaoning province on a quest to find a sacred white parrot while healing the minds and souls of 1230s Jurchens and Chinese in the wake of the Mongol Hordes; 2nd is Jianzhou Jurchen shamaness sent by lord Aisin-gioro Nurgaci to the West to learn of any threats the European envoys to the Ming courts might have against him. Arrived 1590 in Dublin and 1596 in London to Elizabeth's court.", Guildmistress to the Company of Medieval Aviculturists, as well as a personal website

Kurokamakiri, The Lady of the Black Mantis, Southern Region;

Sir Koga Yoshitsune, Barony of Concordia of the Snows (NY);

Tadatsune, Barony of Concordia of the Snows (NY); Persona Website

Yeh-Liu Targai, Canton of Lion's End (NYC, NY); Fencing Marshall for Canton of Lions End

Master Kobayashi Yutaka, Barony of Carolingia (Boston, MA);

Gleann Abhann

Ogawa no Ryugo Uchiharu (jmgwilson@gmail.com), Grey Niche (Memphis, TN);

Ashikaga Hiromoto (quantimkat- du - aol - daut kaum), Shire of Troll Fen (Lafayette, LA); "Early 14th century samurai daimyo from Kyoto outskirts"

Ashikaga Kimiko (taoofkim- du - aol - daut kaum), Shire of Troll Fen (Lafayette, LA); "Early 14th century court lady in Kyoto with hidden Ainu ancestry"

Lochac

Dimitrii Borodinskii (borodinskii - du - optusnet.com.au), Barony of River Haven (Queensland, Australia); 15th Century Russian, heavily influenced by Mongol Rule

Asfridhr Ulfvidhardottir (quokkaqueen - du - hotmail.com) Barony of Stormhold (Melbourne, Australia); I study pre-1600 contacts between Europe and Korea, and am interested in Korean textiles. For more information, see http://pearl.livejournal.com/tag/korea

Meridies

Ming the Mongol or Ming the Merciless (Rbeckish - du - msn - daut - com), Shire of Arenal (Pensacola, FL); Ming was born in the year 1200. Current Knight’s Marshall of Arenal

Takeda Sakura (Takeda.Sakura - du - yahoo - daut - com), Shire of Crimson River (Clarksville, TN); My persona is a Japanese ceramicist from the upper warrior caste during the Muromachi period. I am apprenticed to Mistress Gwynith ferch Arthur, I study everything to do with the Arts, particularly pottery and Japanese mon. I am an art teacher in the mundane world. My Website is on everything I am doing with my persona as well as information to help others with Japanese Personas: http://takedasakura.livejournal.com

Duchess Deirdre inghen ui Thirghneanain (mutlu_aile - du - hotmail - daut - kaum), Sol Haven/Shire of Sol Haven (Conyers, GA); 7th century Kuchean (Kucha). Interested in Central Asian Dance, Central Asian Costuming and Islamic Ceramics.

Uesugi no Ryujuichiro Uchiyasu (ninjalikereflex @ - du - yahoo - daut - kaum), Incipient Shire of Redewolfden (Murray, KY); I study Japanese naming practices and title usage.

Lord Khatagu Ebugen, called Khatagudai (icbhod - du - comcast - daut net), Shire of Glaedenfeld (Nashville, TN); "I am squired to Sir Ludwig Grun of House Lindwurm. Khatagudai is the commander of a 1000 (Ming Begi). I can be contacted for those interested in Combat Archery and SCA Unit Tactics."

Lady Madhavi of Jaisalmer (madrun.74 - du - gmail - daut kaum), Shire of Glaedenfeld (Nashville, TN); "I am apprenticed to Mistress Maysun al-Rasheeqa of House Herava. Madhavi is the daughter of a minor thakur from the Golden Fortress of Jaisalmer, and studies cooking and costuming."

Kitemitsu Takeda; Tousando

Middle

Tan Po (shih_tan_po - du - yahoo - daut - kaum), Midlands (Illinois); I am Squired to Master Chen Yung Ho. I have one man-at-arms, a Mongol named Boshin. Historically, my persona was born in a small village near the Song mountain in Honan Province, China in the latter half of the 13th century. He was orphaned and entered into temple life at the 'Young Forest Temple' at a young age. His name given to him by the monks roughly translates as 'deeply changes color in face'. This is what happens to me when I fight. When the Mongols gained control over the area, Tan Po set out on a pilgrimage to visit the place of the Buddha's enlightenment. Along the way he joined an envoy being sent by the Khan to Rome.

Kabiri Dalihab (kitsune_no_yuri - du - dumontradio - daut kaum), Barony of Rivenstar; Chinese Hmong, of the Green tribe (Lao region of southern China), 14th century Merchant/ Monk of House Delta Prasinos

Tatsukawa no Sarumaru Chisato -- shichi-i (phantom_dragon_99 - du - yahoo - daut - com), Barony of the Cleftlands (Cleveland, OH); I am a late Muromachi jidai (specifically 1550's) samurai. I actively pursue study in all areas of medieval Japanese culture and arts, from those martial, to practical, to artistic. These include: Kenjutsu, jujutsu, kimono making, Geta making, scroll mounting, and renga.

Hattori Tsukime (tsukime_is_not_shunrai - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Illiton (Peoria, IL); Heian period dancer and warrior

Hattori Fuyutsukime (moonflake1978 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Illiton (Peoria, IL); Japanese Pirate during the Heian Era.

Ryuzoji Kenshin (kenshin AT 4th DOT com), Marche of Alderford, Barony of Brendoken (Stark and Carroll Counties, OH); "I am a wandering archer and swordsman of the Sengoku Jidai, currently serving Daimyo Alexander of Hawkwood as his Archery Champion."

Saburou Tadamori (Intellectual - du - japan - daut kaum), Barony of Shattered Crystal (Belleville, IL); "I am a jinja protector turned fighter in the Sino-Japanese wars who threw away his honor after refusing to commit seppuku, and now serves as a yojinbo-for-hire on the silk road in China."

Kamiizumi Jirou Munenori (munenori - du - comcast daut net) - Barony of Roaring Wastes (Detroit, MI); "Japanese, late Sengoku era (last quarter of the 16th C.) Born to a small landholder in Dewa province, took up service with another minor lord shortly before Hideyoshi's ascent"

Li Jing (shirasaya - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of the Cleftlands (Cleveland, OH); "Minor noble residing in Chang'an during Wu Zetian's reign, 680s". A.K.A. Kashmavati se Jaisalmer, called Eshva, "Hindu Tevaratiyar (temple dancer) from Jaisalmer in the 1580s"

Iwamatsu Akiro (SlvrCrest- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Northwoods/Clan MacEoghain (Burton, MI);

Date Rokurou Yoshimitsu (daterokurouyoshimitsu- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Strikkenwoode (Sullivan, IN); Persona web site

Sanada no Katsuyuki (banditt_adams- du - myway - daut kaum), No Home Province; Photo in Ashigaru Outfit

Shi Shenhua (shishenhua_sca- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Al Ja'far (Lebanon, IN); Ming Dynasty merchant family

Shi Shikai, Al Ja'far (Lebanon, IN); Ming Dynasty merchant family

Shi Chan-Ping, Al Ja'far (Lebanon, IN); Ming Dynasty merchant family

Nissan Maxima, no location listed (Chicago area); House Clovenshield website

Obata Kenjirou Torashi - Referred to at "Samurai Eye for the SCA Guy"

Master Chen Yung Ho; Referred by Liu Bing Nan Jue, of Kingdom of the West

Northshield

Chiaki "thousand autumn" (nailz007 AT gmail.com), Barony of Nordskogen (St. Paul, MN); Heian era - daughter of mid-ranking govener who would rather listen to the samurai's stories of battles than those of court intrigues.

Kitakaze Tatsu Raito, Barony of Jararvellir (Madison, WI); Japanese

Fujiwara No Nagamochi (gacarlisle81 - du - aol - daut kaum), Canton of Coille Stormeil (Tomah, WI); "I'm kuge from the Capital. You mean to tell me there's civilization outside these city walls? Must be fairly rustic."

Lord Kita Jiru Toramasa (Toramassa- du - gmail - daut kaum), Shire of Korsvag (Moorhead, MN); "I don't have much of a persona history, I mostly like to hit folks with sticks. My name is 1600's give or take."

Aramanthra the Vicious -- Mongol, referred by Eyja Bassadóttir, of Northshield

Kou Toshikage -- Japanese, referred by Eyja Bassadóttir, of Northshield

Murasaki -- Japanese, referred by Eyja Bassadóttir, of Northshield

Outlands

Zheng TienWen (beth.blomquist - du - gmail - daut - com), Caerthe (Denver, CO); LJ - http://khittee.livejournal.com, Ming Dynasty Chinese persona, I am currently working on costuming, poetry and trying to research what life would be like in 16th century China. (Also known by my Welsh persona Tangwystl Angharad verch Rhys or Tanwen)

Minamoto-no-Masashiga-no-RasshuMaru (cennedym - du - yahoo - dot - com), Outlands (Steamboat Springs, CO); Kamakura,Japan, 1263-1317. Currently Warmaster of the tribe of the Black Sons, and Defender of the Clan of The Black Company, an honorable and horrible band of mercenaries.

Sabakutani Ujimoto (mapadoo1 - du - hotmail - daut kaum), al-Barran (Albuquerque, NM); I portray an Onmyoji of no importance.

Diana of the Tulips (dianatulips - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Caer Galen (Boulder, CO); I am a turkic tribe woman who has been hired by the chinese to fight the northern invaders for them. I am currently posted in a northern chinese city and the Tang dynasty is in control.

Senseki Yoichirou Takamoshi (takamoshi - du - hotmail - daut kaum), Barony of Caerthe (Denver, CO); Squire to Baron Sir Ogami Akira, Daimyo of Clan Yama Kaminari. My persona is late sixteenth century.

Yumi (charmed3x3 - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Fontaine Dans Sable (Farmington, NM); Japanese persona, still in development. Student to Master J. Balthazar Tegero (OP)

O Sun-sin (xzoomy - du - earthlink.net), Barony of Unser Hafen (Larimer/Logan/Morgan/Weld County, CO); Korean of the Koryu Era, fka "Colb'an the Lutemaker"

Duchess Mina (BLokey - du - Frontieroil-chey - daut kaum), Barony of Dragonsspine (Colorado Springs, CO); "AKA Duchess Zinoviia Mikulina’doch Korabelnikova zhena. My persona is from the city of Chang’an, Tang Dynasty, China. I am currently working on a year long persona quest and will publish my results in the spring of 2008."

Otagiri Tatsuzou, Barony of Dragonsspine (Colorado Springs, CO); Owner of Tousando, Squire to Sir Nicholas de Kane

Lord Corvo de Lucia (corvodiluce- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Barony of Caerthe, College of Scola Metallorum (Lakewood, CO); Mongolian, 14th century. "Unit commander for Kublai Khan, responsible for cleaning up the Chinese resistance. Also a priest in the service of Beg-tse, the God of Swords (Mongolian Buddhist tradition)."

Furukusu Masahide (masahide - du - summerscauldron - daut kaum), Barony of Caerthe (Northglenn, CO); "Sengoku era Japanese. Having left Nihon to alleviate certain frictions within my family, I have found myself in the Kingdom of the Outlands." Personal SCA Website

Trimaris

Taran Saraev (fox42 - du - linuxmail - daut org), Barony of Darkwater (Orlando, FL); Mongol 13-14th century at the height of the empire. Interested in period nomadic life and the cultural/knowledge exchanges via the Pax Mongolia! Concentration on The Mongolian Steppes, China, and Russia.

Takanoshita, Kingdom of Trimaris; Wayward squire to Sir Takamatsu

Katchushi Yasaki, Barony of Marcaster (Pinellas County, FL); "I am a heavy fighter and armourer, and a deputy marshal."

Lalita Dasa (lalitadasa - du - gmail - daut kaum), Barony of Sea March (Palm Beach County, FL); "Gupta Empire India, 6th Century Ganika (courtesan de luxe) in the city of Patalaputra", SCA Persona Website

Lady Uesugi Yamaneko (majora120690 - du - aol - daut kaum), Shire of Amurgorod (Ocala Florida); "16th century Japanese female samurai and Norse Horse Equestrian"

Lord Hidekatsu No Tora Atsumoro (Gwydionjoshy - du - aol - daut kaum), Shire of Amurgorod (Marion and Levy County, FL); "I am a 16th century Samurai in the service of House Takamatsu (Man at Arms)".

Lord Matsumura Yoshi (mastercarter - du - comcast.net), Shire of Castlemere (Jacksonville, FL); "I am a 14-15th century Samurai in service to my Lord Sir Takamatsu, and the great kingdom of Trimaris".

Subadai Bahvgai Bahadur (subadai - du - gru.net), Barony of AnCrosaire (Gainesville, FL); Early 13th century Mongol, House Asgard

Chedai Negai (robsmackhead - du - mac - daut kaum) no home group; Mongol, House Asgard, squired to Sir Bytor of the West Isles (Tampa Area)

Hasekura Masashige (vns2112- du - yahoo - daut kaum), Darkwater;

Jagatei, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

Ochigin, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

Hyrrokin, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

Shobin Kai, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

Arinaga Yoshiakira, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

Takamatsu Sadamitsu no kami Tadayoshi, location unspecified; Listed at House Asgard website

West

Arslan Chagatai (deganawidah - du - gmail - daut - kaum), Stronghold of the Warrior's Gate, Palatine Barony of the Far West (South Korea); "Being a Korean linguist in Korea, I plan to be a Mongol who lives in Korea, since it was a part of the Mongol Empire for a time."

Baron Liu Bing Nan Jue (bliuAF - du - gmail - daut kaum), Barony of Rivenoak (Chico, CA); Chinese from Manchuria who is in service to Aisin-gioro Nurgaci. I am the Master of the Bai He Bang (Clan/House of the White Crane)

Hosokawa Sanosuke (jason.dunham - du - yahoo - daut kaum), Principality of Cynagua;

Saionji no Hanae (wodeford- du - yahoo - daut kaum), aka "Makiwara", Principality of the Mists; Website - Wodeford Hall

Hosokawa Yukiko-Hime (eo- du - elizabethandesign - daut kaum), Bettany Wood/Cynagua; Website - Elizabethan Design

Yata - Referred to at "Samurai Eye for the SCA Guy"