I seldom read the post. But I had marked my calendar because somebody in
the list mentioned it a month or so ago. Musashimaru was looking quite
dapper in a white shirt and tie. He observed the amateurs who were
demonstrating some techniques and movements. I think the crowd enjoyed the
matches with the children that ended the demonstration. It was not a nice
day in D.C, cloudy, breezy, chilly, so I didn't stay around for the second
demonstration at 5pm.
But I did get to chitchat with another member of the list whose name I have
already forgotten ("short term memory is the first thing to go"). I was
hoping to get a chance for an autograph, but Musashimaru was kept just out
of reach by whoever was running the show.
What turned out to be the highlight of the day for me though was finding a
volume of prints that follow each chapter of the "Genji Monogatari", now
I'll have to go and read the whole book again.
At 08:53 4/3/2004 -0700, you wrote:
I'm sure most of you caught this, but in case anyone didn't: