Siraj Davis

  MAR 12, 2015 Republished from IMemc news:  https://imemc.org/article/70874/ This Collective Consciousness music creation is dedicated to the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees worldwide and is simply titled, ‘We Will Return.’ The creation is a multi-lingual amalgam also aimed at raising awareness of Palestinian refugees’ plight in consequence to an absence of citizenship rights in their country of refuge. It is showcased in Arabic/English with subtitle translations and also filmed on location in Gaza Camp, Jordan by Siraj Davis and Belal Omar. Ali Mousa Zubidi and Yaser Al Haddad at Trio Productions ( https://www.facebook.com/TRIOProductionsJO Jordan ) remade the music beat donated by Yazeed Abu Darwish of DZK Productions, recorded the vocals in the studio, and helped create the footage at the expense of Collective Consciousness. The Prafessa at Go Hard Entertainment of Anderson, South Carolina ( https://myspace.com/prafessa2 ) aided in this brilliant creation’s develo...

  Republished from Ammon News: https://en.ammonnews.net/article/23374 [23-10-2013 11:02 AM] Ammon News - By Siraj Davis Gaza Camp near the tourist district of Jerash's Roman ruins in the country of Jordan, is a refugee camp teeming with Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, who began fleeing to this safe location in 1967. It is the worst Palestinian refugee UNRWA camp in Jordan with an antiquated sewage which occasionally overflows into the cramped alleys and streets near children, dilapidated houses without roofs and doors, a plethora of old solar heated trash accompanied by decaying animal carcasses in the streets, a dearth of public transportation and recreational facilities, and polluted water. The rates of disease, birth rate, school out rate, and unemployment rates are very high. The inhabitants are underprivileged as some do not possess the ability to travel abroad, can not own vehicles or property,require a financial sponsor for education past the tenth grade, are excluded...

This is the grave of Tangaku Fujita, my ancestor, and famous Confucian scholar, teacher, and doctor. It is in the Gekkyoin Buddhist temple with other family, created by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and directly below Emperor Suko's family graves in  Fushimi Ward, Kyoto The property belongs to the Fushimi No Miya Royal Imperial family today. Only family can enter. 宮内庁京都事務所 (Imperial Household Agency Kyoto Office) Tangaku Fujita was born in Tokushima, lived in Osaka , and finally settled down in Fushimi, Kyoto, opening his own school, after accepting the invitation of Governor Honjo Michitsura to be his personal advisor and doctor, inside the Fushimi castle. Prior accepting this offer, Tangaku Fujita was a teacher at the famous Nujiyama Confucian School in Himeiji,  Hyogo His new employer, Governor Honjo Michitsura was the next to last in the venerable Takotomi clan lineage, descendants of Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the latter being the founder of Gifu, Japan.  Tangaku is...

My ancestor, Kageyama Sansaku Fusaaki, was a Metsuke for the Tokugawa family at the Osaka Mansion. A Metsuke was a Bakufu (government official), that investigated and prosecuted corruption by the ruling family elites and performed counter-intelligence to prevent rebellions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metsuke My Kageyama ancestors' files are on display to the public at the online Tokushima University archives here, just enter Kageyama 蔭山 in the search bar: http://beedb.lib.tokushima-u.ac.jp/mylimedio/search/search-input.do;jsessionid=832fc48a20875f4c2e971b3473ef Family tree of my ancestors can be found in historian Akira Haruta book "Tangaku Fujita and Sanyo Rai," on page 31. https://www.kosho.or.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=288732274&fbclid=IwAR2Esa2jNvNy9vMf0tHA9TxTqZKWqPXjhUIJvCfAydcgRX9geuiZhXQf-DI #藤田 #蔭山 #目付 #徳川 #幕府 #蔭山三作房秋

 My ancestor #BunzaemonShigefusaKageyama, participated in the "very first" attack and confrontation during the famous #BattleofSekigahara. He represented #YoshishigeHachisuka, but fought directly under the command of #TodoTakatora and #FukushimaMasanori, on the left front flank of Tokugawa Ieyasu's army (circled on the map in one of the pictures) . https://sekigaharamap.com/seki-cyu/ This video at 8:35-9:10, shows this "very first attack" which shockingly and unexpectedly broke the lines of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Sekigahara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ks2xj17IjY The Battle of Sekigahara was the largest battle of Japan's feudal history, some consider the most important, as peace would last 250 years afterwards.  Though my ancestor Yozaemon Kageyama served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, under Masakatsu Hachisuka previously, his grandson, Bunzaemon would serve Tokugawa Ieyasu, under Yoshishige Hachisuka. Loyalty is never easy to decide, as some wrongly...