User:Hauntmaster

As an amusement park financial analyst and part time haunted attraction designer, I found myself in Japan in the middle 90's helping to cost out, design and install many Western style 'dark rides' and 'haunted houses' in cities such as Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Yokohama, and Tokyo. Along the way I acquired the language both through practical application on a daily basis and from classwork at the University Of Kyoto. I met my wife Aiko there and from her developed a love for the rich cultural tradition and history of Japan, particularly the pre-modern era and the Sengoku in particular. I indulged my new love with several undergraduate courses in history at Kyoto U. My Japanese co-workers have called me 'Hauntmaster' for several years, so I thought that would be as good an ID as any!

Right now, I'm back in the USA for work related reasons, away from my wife and with a lot of extra time. I hope to use some of this extra time to help flesh out some of the Wiki articles dealing with the Sengoku and maybe even add some of my own (once I learn how to format and code!).

What I'm Working On
Right now, I'm reading the Chiba-ki, a chronicle of one of the minor but important clans of eastern Japan circa 1100-1600, the Chiba in Shimosa. I'm looking for Sengoku articles that involve them in order to add some facts that probably aren't in Western books.