#samurai dandy

[maybevillage]

i really love the okami designs

[okamimythology]

Samurai Dandy

I used to think that Samurai Dandy was simply the remnant of the "Westerner's Peninsula" that had been cut out of Sei-an. (Western flair: why not?) Turns out that trendy Christian samurai really did enjoy Elizabethan fashion, though, and really did wear those ruff collars, and sometimes other aspects of English clothing design.

I learned this in my Japanese Literature class yesterday, after which my professor showed us this picture, and I had a minor freak-out.

Look familiar?

[jupiterplanetpower]

There is no fanart or appreciation anywhere for the Samurai Dandy---a side character in Okami. And by side character...I mean SUPER side character. Like....he doesn't have a name, just a reference to his Western aristocratic collar. But...but...he's...so cute..! He's one of the cutest guys in Okami! I wish he had a bigger role..!