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For Disney-club’s contest 23, Historical Disney;
Ronin Hood. According to ballads sung long-ago and in medieval times and fore-ward told, a heroic, good archer-thief called Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor; so in short, Ronin Hood is the same except for the historical twist of the right time but the wrong place, medieval Japan.

I was quickly flipping through medieval Japan, and I found out about the Kamakura Period (1185-1333 AD). Around the Kamakura Period, the samurai-class was rising as well as military technology and etc. which to me, seemed like a very nice time for a rogue hero to help out the poor; Due to the samurai’s previous lack of archery skills, Yabusame　流鏑馬, a traditional Japanese archery on horseback was also developed (influenced outfit); Kyudo 弓道 is another traditional Japanese archery (which Ronin Hood is super-skilled at, so he can particularly pull off a sniper-like aim with his head not looking forward, and his head was not a drawing error) Ronin浪人 was also term used for master-less samurai (who were the Japanese knights) and literally means “wave man” like someone socially adrift; they were commonly thieves, crime bosses, mercenaries or doing other no good things with very few & rare still living to their samurai code of honor like the 47 Ronin (and maybe Ronin Hood).

I choose to put Robin Hood as a fictional Japanese character because all in all, the hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor can happen at many different times at many different places: yes, unfortunately there may/will be unfairness between the rich and poor, though fortunately as Robin or Ronin Hood taught us: To do good, you may have to do some bad things (like robbing) for the right reasons.

Note: painted with watercolor and a red color-pencil for the feather; I might draw the counterpart Maid Marian for him later (thedodobirdsong.deviantart.com… . Ronin Hood alternative name may have been Ronin Kyudo, too—cheesy.

Description
For Disney-club’s contest 23, Historical Disney;
Ronin Hood. According to ballads sung long-ago and in medieval times and fore-ward told, a heroic, good archer-thief called Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor; so in short, Ronin Hood is the same except for the historical twist of the right time but the wrong place, medieval Japan.

I was quickly flipping through medieval Japan, and I found out about the Kamakura Period (1185-1333 AD). Around the Kamakura Period, the samurai-class was rising as well as military technology and etc. which to me, seemed like a very nice time for a rogue hero to help out the poor; Due to the samurai’s previous lack of archery skills, Yabusame　流鏑馬, a traditional Japanese archery on horseback was also developed (influenced outfit); Kyudo 弓道 is another traditional Japanese archery (which Ronin Hood is super-skilled at, so he can particularly pull off a sniper-like aim with his head not looking forward, and his head was not a drawing error) Ronin浪人 was also term used for master-less samurai (who were the Japanese knights) and literally means “wave man” like someone socially adrift; they were commonly thieves, crime bosses, mercenaries or doing other no good things with very few & rare still living to their samurai code of honor like the 47 Ronin (and maybe Ronin Hood).

I choose to put Robin Hood as a fictional Japanese character because all in all, the hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor can happen at many different times at many different places: yes, unfortunately there may/will be unfairness between the rich and poor, though fortunately as Robin or Ronin Hood taught us: To do good, you may have to do some bad things (like robbing) for the right reasons.

Note: painted with watercolor and a red color-pencil for the feather; I might draw the counterpart Maid Marian for him later (thedodobirdsong.deviantart.com… . Ronin Hood alternative name may have been Ronin Kyudo, too—cheesy.