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Coco (やよい Yayoi), is based off of Japanese haniwa, which were hollow clay figures typically placed on top of burial mounds during the Kofun period.
She’s not a coconut or a cookie, despite her name.
Coco (やよい Yayoi), is based off of Japanese haniwa, which were hollow clay figures typically placed on top of burial mounds during the Kofun period.
She’s not a coconut or a cookie, despite her name.
Additional info:
• I said Kofun period because that was when they were most prevalent. However, the origin of haniwa is dated to be from end of the Yayoi period, hence Coco’s Japanese name.
• Haniwa range in a variety of shapes from plain cylinders, to houses, to animals.
• I said Kofun period because that was when they were most prevalent. However, the origin of haniwa is dated to be from end of the Yayoi period, hence Coco’s Japanese name.
• Haniwa range in a variety of shapes from plain cylinders, to houses, to animals.
• The purpose of placing haniwa on burial mounds is unclear, but there’s speculations they may have been used to signify wealth or for protection.
• The Gyroids in old AC games were also based off of haniwa (they’re straight up called はにわ (haniwa)). In ACNH, we have Lloid!
• The Gyroids in old AC games were also based off of haniwa (they’re straight up called はにわ (haniwa)). In ACNH, we have Lloid!
