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Oda-sensei likes to create important characters that are based off real-life
people and/or folklore. The three old Admirals are based off characters from
[tale of Momotaro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D).

I'm curious to know if there is any in Japanese folklore on the two new
Admirals: \- Issho (or Isshou) is aka Fujitora (purple tiger) \- "Green Bull,"
which Doflamingo talks about in Chapter 713.

I tried googling but I got nothing except for [Metamorphic
Force](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_Force).

Does anyone have a clue or something about what animals (and story) these two
new admirals are based off of?


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What story are the two new admirals based off of?


The story of Momotaro may be related to the old believes of the onmyodo 陰陽道
Yin-Yang Worldview. The direction of bad influence, kimon, is in the ushi-tora
(bull tiger) direction. So one of the demons Momotaro is fighting has horns
and the other wears a tiger skin.

And the Monkey, Dog and Pheasant are animals in the zodiac, in the opposite
heavenly direction from the kimon 鬼門 . Another source for the oni's image is a
concept from China and Onmyōdō. The northeast direction was once termed the
kimon (鬼門, "demon gate"), and was considered an unlucky direction through
which evil spirits passed. Based on the assignment of the twelve zodiac
animals to the cardinal directions, the kimon was also known as the ushitora
(丑寅), or "Ox Tiger" direction, and the oni's bovine horns and cat-like fangs,
claws, and tiger-skin loincloth developed as a visual depiction of this term.


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Fujitora is clearly based off of
[Zatoichi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatoichi).

> Zatoichi at first seems a harmless blind anma (masseur) and bakuto (gambler)
> who roams around the country, making his living by chō-han (playing dice) as
> well as giving massages, performing acupuncture and on occasion, singing and
> playing music; however, secretly, he is also very highly skilled in
> swordsmanship, specifically Muraku-school kenjutsu and iaido and is equally
> skilled in the more general sword skills of Japan, as well as Sumo wrestling
> and kyujutsu

Nothing has been revealed about "Ryokugyu" as of this post.


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