SCA Household Name Registration

[Samejima Masatoshi]

Greetings!

I'm looking at the slow process of forming a Japanese based Household here in Lochac. I'd like to register a household name if possible (well aware it's not required), and while I'm a moderately competent herald, I'm struggling to find good documentable examples of formats to use. Does anyone have any references they can point me at?

Many thanks!

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Sept 14, 2018 2:34:19 GMT -5 Samejima Masatoshi said:

I'm looking at the slow process of forming a Japanese based Household here in Lochac. I'd like to register a household name if possible (well aware it's not required), and while I'm a moderately competent herald, I'm struggling to find good documentable examples of formats to use. Does anyone have any references they can point me at?

Well, starting from the inimitable Wikipedia's page of Japanese clans, maybe Stephen Turnbull's The Samurai Sourcebook or William Newell's Ancestors.

Keep in mind that since households have no official existence in the Society, any names or heraldry you register for your household will actually be registered as alternates for you personally. So make sure you pick something you like!