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GF: Let me get this out here and I can tell you better, 'cause I brought these things. [Retrieves documents] I can't remember all that so see, this is the Asahi Shinbun. I went back to Japan, but one of my closest relatives, he's a bonsan. And he's the one that studied all this, and... oh my God, I got all kinds of papers here. I didn't get these... where was that now? You got time? [Laughs]

DG: Sure.

GF: It's kind of... I should have put this together. 686. That goes way, well, that's when the emperor was there, and we came down here to... about 200 years ago. We're talking way back there.

DG: Okay, so 1600?

GF: 16 -- yeah.

DG: 1700?

GF: I had that, but I guess I didn't bring that with me. Anyway, oh, here we are. 600, 686, 729, 748. Oh, that's way back.

DG: Okay, that's, that was in the real...

GF: Way back. Real samurai when they used to --

DG: Feudal days.

GF: See, we came back. This is from Prince Nagaya and wife Princess Yoshihiba, committed suicide.

DG: And that was what year?

GF: That was in the... let's see. Nagaya, 729.

DG: Oh, Heian period.

GF: So long time ago, yeah. And the remainder of the Nagaya clan had supposed to exile to Oshima Island. That's where --

DG: Oh. That's how far back you went, to Oshima.

GF: Yeah, that's Oshima Island. Name was changed to --

DG: Well then that, that's almost before the real samurai days.

GF: Oh, way back. When they wore those funny kinda things on their head?

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