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Re: Minifigs=Mongols?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:21:40 GMT
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Jeff Stembel wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > Oh, there's also fish (though Karim pointed out to me
> > that the "fish" on the Ninja buildings are actually supposed to be
> > stylized dolphins),
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> Are you sure? They look like Carp to me. Besides, Dolphins don't have scales!
The Ninja stuff is clearly influenced in part by Nagoya Castle, which
has decorative elements which are dolphins, even though they are scaled.
Take a look at some of the following links:
Home page: http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~narita/castle/
Overview of Nagoya Castle:
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~narita/castle/castle1.html
Detail of the dolphins:
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~narita/castle/1998/part4.html
Here is a text excerpt from the above:
The photograph of the right is the donjon of The Nagoya castle.
The original Nagoya Castle, surmounted by its resplendent golden
dolphins, was burned to
ashes.
The golden dolphins (fabulous dolphin-like fish) called "shachihoko".
More than ten years
later, in 1959, the main donjon, the small donjon, the abutments of a
bridge, and the main
gate were reconstructed.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) research, I came to the same determination. I have some enlargements of these decorations on my Ninja web page: (URL) history section starts at: (URL) It is not yet complete, and may have some mistakes, but gives you an idea of what I'm trying (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Are you sure? They look like Carp to me. Besides, Dolphins don't have scales! (...) Gotta put them cow-catchers to good use, eh? :) Jeff (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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