Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Source material:
* Odori-keiyō Edo-e no Sakae (by Toyokuni Utagawa III) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Odori_Keiy%C5%8D_Edo-e_no_sakae_by_Toyokuni_III.jpg
* Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (unknown author, public domain) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kikugor%C5%8D_Onoe_VI_as_Ume%C5%8D-maru.jpg
* Shichinosuke Nakamura II (by Pete Souza) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renjishi_by_Heisei_Nakamura-za_during_the_APEC_Summit_week.jpg
* Sketches of Tokyo Life - Page 28 and 275 of THE REVOLVING STAGE (HALF-ROUND) (by Jukichi Inouye) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sketches_of_Tokyo_Life_-_Page_28.png and commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_REVOLVING-STAGE._(1910)_-_illustration_-_page_275.png
* Scene from Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (by Savannah Rivka) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bunraku_scene_from_Date_Musume_Koi_no_Higanoko_(%E4%BC%8A%E9%81%94%E5%A8%98%E6%81%8B%E7%B7%8B%E9%B9%BF%E5%AD%90)_depicting_Yaoya_Oshichi_climbing_the_tower_(225).jpg
* Kurogo behind actors (unknown author, public domain) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurogo.jpg
* Page from volume 6 of the 15-volume Hokusai Manga (by Katsushika Hokusai, Modifications made by AMorozov) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hokusai-sketches---hokusai-manga-vol6-crop.jpg
* Man Posing In Game Cosplay (by cottonbro studio) pexels.com/video/man-posing-in-game-cosplay-7792630
* Mural de perro Xoloitzcuintle en el Aeropuerto internacional de la ciudad de México por el artista streetartmujam (by Ferfive) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xolotl_en_Aeropuerto.jpg
* Vasija de perro (by Dorieo) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vasija_de_perro._Cultura_Colima.JPG
* Aztec Stone Jaguar Head [mislabeled - it is a dog head] (by Gary Todd) flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/9756316984
* Chinese Crested Dog (by sannse) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Crested_Dog_600.jpg
* Overjapon of manteau van zijden brokaat (by Rijksmuseum) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overjapon_of_manteau_van_zijden_brokaat,_met_een_cr%C3%A8mekleurig_fond_waarop_veelkleurige_zijden,_gouden_en_zilveren_bloemen_zijn_geweven,_BK-NM-8432-A.jpg
* Trash to Dress (by Ttakhwiri) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trash_to_Dress.jpg
* Tales Cotta (by Josué Lima) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tales_Cotta.jpg
* Xiaolunhua motif from the diyi of Ming and Song dynasty empresses (by Gyuligula2) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xiaolunhua_motif_from_diyi.png
* Dragon robe of Chinese Emperor Qianlong (by Dr. Meierhofer) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drachenrobe-Qianlong.JPG
* Chinese summer court robe (by Haa900) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_summer_court_robe_(%27dragon_robe%27),_c._1890s,_silk_gauze_couched_in_gold_thread,_East-West_Center.jpg
* Fragment of a Rank Badge (donated by John Pierpont Morgan) collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18131105
* reishi mushrooms (by frankenstoen) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jreishi2.jpg
* Laughing Kookaburra perched on a Silver Wattle (by JJ Harrison) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dacelo_novaeguineae_waterworks_-_edit.jpg
* Black 2.0 (by Stuart Semple) stuartsemple.com/project/black-v1-0-beta-worlds-mattest-flattest-black-art-material

Also if you want a little Kabuki crash course, this video here sums it up nicely: youtube.com/watch?v=EHEBzd_eHA8

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Some fact checks:
- Master Kohga's design was inspired by Japan's Bon Odori dance and temple festivals, according to Lead Artists Manabu Takehara (Creating a Champion, page 327).
- I have no idea whether or not Xolo dogs were the real inspiration for Rauru/Zonai, but their look was just so strikingly similar that I couldn't resist =P The first picture however is actually a Chinese Crested Dog (related but different breed) because I couldn't find a license-free(!) good pic of a white-haired Xolo. They do have white hair tho, just not that much.
- Plutonium actually glows orange. There ARE a lot of other minerals that glow green/blue tho, but none of them are deadly unless you throw them at people real hard.
- The "horse" part is just a funny coincidence. Nintendo couldn't have stolen the design because Centaurworld (2021) came out way later than Breath of the Wild (2017)
- Black 2.0 by Stuart Semple is real and it really does look like an IRL graphics glitch. If you want to know the origin behind the beef between the artist Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor, here's your info: up.picr.de/49431673ns.png