All About Names

Placeholder for now

This page is currently a placeholder for a future fact-filled page which will deal with names. In particular:

Given names, Imi-na, child-names, etc.

The various elements of a person's name, how they were used

Last Names and other last names

What is a Sei (姓), an Uji (氏), and how were they used

Titles and Pronouns

The use of honorary titles, the system they were based on, the use of pronouns such as O-yakata (お館), Kita-no-Kata (北の方), etc.

Name Changes

The reasons that the same person might be referred to by various different names and words in historical documents

Of course I also need to know how to make this look reasonably acceptable. :-( Please feel free to vist the new guestbook and leave a comment.

What else is available?

The homepage where it all starts.
The kamon page which describes Nobunaga's several family symbols.
The Family Tree pages show the roots of the Oda clan and begin to spell out how Nobunaga comes on the scene.
The "Everything Else" page which hosts a few legends and various Nobunaga tales.
The "About" page which describes why I started this site in the first place a couple of years ago.
A gif file of the "Song of Atsumori", which Nobunaga recited on several occasions including before the Battle of Okehazuma.