Welcome to Wodeford Hall

 

This is the home page of Lisa Joseph, known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as Lady Jehanne de Wodeford and Saionji no Hanae

Jehanne is a 13th century Anglo Norman woman from a manor in Wiltshire, England.  In the SCA, my interests are music, dance, clothing construction and archery. As you can see, I play plucked psaltery and symphonie, a type of early hurdy gurdy. I also play pennywhistle and enjoy singing. 

I discovered the SCA in the fall of 1995, in the Shire of Rusted Woodlands in the Kingdom of the East. Since 2002, I've lived in the Kingdom of the West, currently in the cradle of SCA civilization known as the
Province of the Mists. 
                      
 
                                                                                                                                        
An Argument for Authenticity

The Bard Thing: A rant

Clothing Photo Gallery

How to throw rocks really far: the fustibalus

Making a Sideless Surcote

Interesting and Useful Links

Original Poetry by Jehanne

Original Music by Jehanne

Thoughts On Persona

What's With All The Monkeys?

At the time little more than some new clothes and face powder, Lady Makiwara made her first appearance at a Japanese themed event in the East Kingdom in 2001. The elusive and mysterious poet from 13th century Heian-kyo (Kyoto) did not reappear again until Twelfth Night, 2003, half a world away in the West Kingdom. In the autumn of 2005, Makiwara revealed her real name: Saionji no Hanae. Her poetry and writings about the clothing of her country appear here as well.

Clothing and accessories:

A Brown Study: Tosenin's Kosode

An Informal Court Costume of Medieval Japan

Faking It: getting the look of Japanese textiles with stenciling or block printing

Hiogi: A Ceremonial Fan.

Kake-mamori - a traveler's amulet case

Karaginu Mo: Formal Court Costume of Medieval Japan

Kosode Made Simple

Samurai For The SCA Guy: A photo gallery

Sensu: Making A Folding Fan

Wimples and Zukin  by guest author Ki no Kotori.

Accoutrements for home and camp:

Honor, Harmony, Knowledge: a hanging scroll in Yamato-e style

The House of the Cheerful Monkeys - turning a wedge tent into a rustic Japanese pavilion

Kaga Chochin: creating a plausibly period Japanese lantern

Sugoroku table: an easy six-board chest for the carpentry impaired.

Poetry and other writings:

Heian Poetry Jam: The Poetic and Social History of Waka

Emaki: the illuminated manuscripts of medieval Japan

Original Poetry By Lady Makiwara

Tanka Challenge 2008 and 2009  and Tanka Challenge 2010

The editorial musings on a variety of subjects by She Who Sucks Least

The Japanese Thing: A Reasoned Response

Things They Never Told Me (Humor)

Taiko: speculation about early performance practice on Japanese drums and Practice taiko made from hardware store supplies.

Resources:

Online Resources for the Japanese Re-enactor  and A Bibliography from Saionji's Library

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me!

  Copyright 2010 Lisa A. Joseph.                                       Photos on this page courtesy of Kass McGann, Yoko Olsgaard and G. Richard Auklandus.