AW: reading japanese first names

[Mark Nornes]

Shees. Such a ridiculous naming system. Designed to muck with  
historians' heads!

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On Jan 23, 2007, at 8:39 PM, Roland Domenig wrote:

> Namiki Shinsaku in his authoritative "Purokino zenshi" gives the  
> name as Uemura.
> In the 1976 edition of Kinema Junpo's "Nihon eiga kantoku zenshu"  
> the entry written by Tanikawa Yoshio also gives Uemura Shukichi and  
> states that his birth name was Uemura Osamu (or Shu) written with a  
> different character (???) which supports the reading Uemura. But  
> with Japanese names you never know.
>
> Roland Domenig
> Institute of East Asian Studies
> Vienna University
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu im Auftrag von Mark  
> Nornes
> Gesendet: Mi 24.01.2007 01:38
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Re: reading japanese first names
>
> In my book, I used Kamimura Shukichi. I confirmed this with Makino
> Mamoru, and I think I saw it in rubi once.
>
> Kamimura was one of the key members of Prokino, and seemed to have
> had a historical bent. He was one of the first to write the
> movement's history....back when it was still going on.
>
> Markus
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> On Jan 22, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Mathieu Capel wrote:
>
>> Dear Kinejapan members,
>>
>> Sorry for using the kinejapan network for a such a small matter, but
>> working by now on Prokino, I had to translate a small part of a text
>> by a man called Uemura (the article is called Prokino Newsreel no
>> katsudo), but am still wondering how to read his first name :
>> ????
>> Can someone help for this little task ?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mathieu Capel
>> Paris
>>
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