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Does Sensei Sakai have an ancestor who was samurai?
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 22:15 -0700
by tru2gzus
Quite the subject line I know. When I saw this auction (SAMURAI Old documents : Tadakatsu Sakai : Edo period) and saw the Sakai name I couldn't resist. Maybe Stan could translate some for us (I'm assuming he can, not 100% sure). A really cool item for sure!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 23:09 -0700
by Stan Sakai
It looks like this Sakai spells his name differently than my family.
My mother is descended from samurai, so I do have samurai blood in me. My father's side is peasant. The story is that my maternal grandfather was against them getting married because of the difference in social classes, and not because my mother was a Japanese national and my father was an American in Japan with the occupation forces after WW2.
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 8:47 -0700
by tru2gzus
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing Stan!
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:41 -0700
by Powder
Wow thats really cool! I wondered the same thing. Good to know.