yuzuflavour:one note on the costume: uesugi kenshin is one of yuzu’s favourite historical figures, a
yuzuflavour:one note on the costume: uesugi kenshin is one of yuzu’s favourite historical figures, and a warrior from the sengoku period. there is a famous theory that kenshin was AFAB. paintings tended to depict kenshin as more androgynous, leaning towards feminine, kenshin never married, never had a consort, but did adopt children. there is also evidence kenshin might’ve died from uterine cancer – some japanese academics support this theory, others don’t think there is enough in the records to say. either way, in popular culture nowadays kenshin is known as something of an androgynous historical figure, and yuzu has reflected this so well in his choice of costume. in other words, king said fuck the gender binary -- source link