Re: The Moose

[abe@kaleida.com (Masumi Abe)]

I don't know much about Tsukuba-san, but that sounds very possible.

I also thought about the possibility of the meaning "second coming of
Futabayama (Futa = So)" from Musashi Area (Kanto) or Musashigawa-beya.

-Masumi

At  9:11 AM 10/18/94 -0700, Mitsuhiro Kawase wrote:
>This occurred to me while reading Abe-san's comments on Musoyama's
>shikona. Given that he is from Ibaragi-ken, wouldn't it be possible
>that his name actually refers to Tsukuba-san (Mt. Tsukuba)?
>"Musoyama" as written in chinese characters can be interpreted
>as "Twin Peaks of Musashi (Kanto)", which would make sense as
>Tsukuba-san. Of course, double- and triple- entendre are possible.
>
>Tsukuba-san, by the way, is a double-crested peak in Ibaragi-ken which
>used to be prominent on the eastern horizon of Tokyo before the city
>got built up and the air quality deteriorated. Some of Hiroshige's
>woodprints depict this mountain as seen from Edo (Tokyo).
>
>- Mitsuhiro Kawase, U. Washington
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