Talk:Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki/@comment-29842981-20161104154515

Hey there! I just went to the TKRB x Sakamoto Ryoma collaboration exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum yesterday and luckily got into the talk show.

According to the designer talking, Nitaka-sensei's design of Mutsunokami is based of a dragon, which I believe inspired from Ryoma's name. If my memory does not fail me, the "ears" on his hair were supposed to resemble dragon ears and his brows dragon horns.

Aside of that, he was designed to be carrying the image of the sea, along with a curious personality that holds a very deep interest in new things and the outside world while retaining a traditional look. Of course, Ryoma's influence is shown again here.

The reason his blade is straight is because in that era, swords were used more to stab than to slash, therefore straight blades are most preferable and efficient.

Other stuffs I picked up:

Mutsunokami's original hamon before it was burned away is called "Kobushigata Chouji" (拳型丁子） hamon.

Ryoma wrote a letter to his brother (and family) boasting about Yoshiyuki's katana and about how Yoshiyuki was as fine as Awataguchi Yoshimitsu's masterpieces.

I recorded the whole session and I'm still trying to get more info, but some of them should already be out on twitter. Feel free to correct me if my info is wrong here ;v;)9