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The REAL Usagi Yojimbo?

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This samurai helm is at the Metropolitan Museum of art in New York City. I had to take this picture when I saw it!

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Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I love the Metro.
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Well that is quite interesting....does the rabbit have symbolic nature in Japan, I wonder.
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Well I don't know for sure about Japan, but in china DO NOT EAT THE WHITE RABBIT CANDY.


It makes you go all funny, you know what I mean vern?
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Don't eat the white rabbit candy if it's not fresh-- the stale stuff will have your fillings. The fresh soft ones are quite nice.

I know that there's the legendary moon-rabbit, and there's the calendrical rabbit. It could be that the previous owner of this particular melon-protector used a rabbit on his flag, and liked rabbits in general. Also, I know I'D be distracted fighting him with those creepy little eyes staring at me-- it might just be he wanted to screw with the head of any opponent ("He doesn't look so tough. Thrust! Why a rabbit, though? Dodge! What kind of freak has a rabbit.... Parry! ...On his kabuto? I've never heard of anyone else... ah, crap, there goes my arm.")
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that's so cool.
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Indeed.

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Indeed, that is cool. And yes, those eyes would creep me out if I were fighting the guy wearing the helmet. Perhaps we'll see Usagi in a battle helmet with a creepy human head on top of it.
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Post by Leonardo-san »

Very cool!
I was just there in October, as part of a vacation, and saw that very same thing!
I too, took a picture of it, thinking instantly of Usagi.
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There were a lot of great things on display there at the Met. The equestrian displays were great fun for me.
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