[SOLVED] Help with JAPANESE NAMES for Ii Naomasa's vanguard !

[oliver.japan]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to re-create the sashimonos of the vanguard of Ii Nanomasa's red devils, commanded by Kimata Morikatsu.  

An excellent starting point is the series of posts by evalerio on Samurai Archives:
http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638&sid=b9bc94c080aa81cc83855ef65db1a2dc

I also found the following plate in "The Ii Clan" by Martin Jones, published by Daisho Publications in 1996:



However, I'm not really sure how to write properly in Japanese the names from this plate ... could anyone please help ?  

OKAMOTO Hansuke -> 岡本半介 (I am almost sure about this one)
NAKAMURA Taroemon -> 中村太郎右衛門 ?
SEKIGUCHI Kaemon -> 関口嘉右衛門 ?
NODA Shinkuro -> 野田 ? ? ?

If the esteemed jimbibbly reads this post, I'm sure you could be of great help!  

Many thanks in advance.
Oliver

[oliver.japan]

Caught them all!

For those interested :
The first two names were correct ; the third one I had the spelling of Kaemon wrong (see correct spelling below), and finally got Shinkurô as well:

OKAMOTO Hansuke 岡本半介
NAKAMURA Tarôemon 中村太郎右衛門
SEKIGUCHI Kaemon 関口何右衛門
NODA Shinkurô 野田新九郎

Although I do not have the original source, the last 3 names are confirmed as being part of the Ii vanguard in the enclosed link:
http://www.geocities.jp/huckbeinboxer/ii.html

木俣守勝
土佐守、清三郎。家康の直臣であったが、家康の下を離れて明智光秀に仕える。明智家での活躍が家康の耳に入り帰参。天正十年、武田旧臣の懐柔のために奔走。さらに北条家と若神子対陣の講和の使者になった井伊直政を補佐。家康の命により附家老となる。守勝を通じて徳川家に属した者は井伊直政に附けられ、「井伊の赤備え」になった。守勝の功績により、井伊家に重点的に配置されたのだ。天正十一年一月、家康が信州高遠の押さえに甲斐、信濃の軍勢に動員をかけた時、井伊家の「同心の物主」として守勝を挙げ、これを指揮するよう命じた。赤備え先鋒木俣隊八百人は、徳川全軍の攻めの要となるため、井伊家の選りすぐりの勇士を揃えていた。なかでも関口何右衛門、野田新九郎、中村太郎右衛門は守勝をよく補佐したという。

Apologies for the rather obscure topic - moderators can now remove the entire post !

[OSHIROmodels]

I'll keep it for reference 

cheers

James

[carabus03]

It's a great help as I am building a Ii clan so thank you for the information