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Moriyoshi Nikaidō
Moriyoshi Nikaidō (二階堂盛義, Nikaidō Moriyoshi) was the 7th head of the Nikaidō clan who served as the daimyo over Mutsu Province during the late Sengoku period. He married Onamihime and notably sent his son to be the Ashina clan's hostage.
Summary
The Nobunaga's Ambition series are strategy games set in the Sengoku period, so Moriyoshi Nikaidō was included as early as Nobunaga no Yabō: Haōden with a neutral facial expression. However in June 2002, in reference to Teruyuki Nikaidō's sharp expression in Nobunaga no Yabō: Ranseiki, we'd see Moriyoshi Nikaidō with this ridiculous, exaggerated, shocked expression in Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōtenroku.
Naturally, this amused players as his strange eyes and open mouth had made him look like a madman. As a result, search results for “Moriyoshi Nikaidō” were flooded with this portrait and some 2channel users would emulate the portrait using AA. From there, users started playing around with the artwork, and began throwing conveniently-sized fried shrimp (エビフライ, ebi furai) into his mouth.
Text artwork
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Notes
- Yes, this is the origin of Nue Houjuu's association with fried shrimp.
External links
- Nikaidō Moriyoshi on the 2ch AA Illustration Project
- Nikaidō Moriyoshi on Pixiv Encyclopedia
- Nikaidō Moriyoshi on Niconico Encyclopedia
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