Just a question about the pronunciation of names.
We know the word "nobu" (as in Oda NOBUnaga) is pronounced as
"Shin" in Uesugi KenSHIN and Takeda SHINgen. So why don't
people say Oda SHINxxxx or Uesugi xxxxNOBU, Takeda NOBUxxxx?
(btw Shingen's father was NOBUtora, same word).
I guess it's bcz Kenshin and Shingen got these names from the
temple (as their monk name), so people rather use the more
"Chinese-like" pronunciation instead of the Japanese original
sounds. Or are there some other reasons?
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