Issun

Issun is a character that appears in 1 games

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Issun, "A.K.A. The Wondering Artist" is Amaterasu friend, and guide throughout the game Okami.

Issun, A.K.A" The Wondering Artist" is Amaterasu’s friend, and guide throughout the game Okami. Issun serves as a helpful friend to the goddess Amaterasu as he speaks for her when needed and aids her with certain tasks (mostly).
He teams up with Amaterasu to recover the 13 Celestial Brush techniques so that he may steal them for himself. Astheadventure passes on Issun ends up aiding Amaterasu in the battle with Orochi and many other great foes, and over the course of the story, he learns the meaning of friendship and trust.

This tiny creature was taking a nap in Sakuya's shirt on his journey to master the principles of calligraphy. That journey took a detour when he decided that he liked Kamiki Village--he has resided there ever since. The villagers may consider him ill-mannered, but he is one of the top calligraphers in the land.

Issun is part ofthe poncle-tribefrom the small cityPonctaninside a tree trunk. This is based on the Ainu* folklore about the koropokkuru, a race of small people that were thought to have lived on their land long before them.
His nameand stature arebased on the main character in theJapanese fairy taleof the same name, Issun-bōshi (The One-Inch Boy, though better known as "Little One Inch"). Issun share many similarities with Issun-bōshi, among being no more than an inch tall. They both felt uncomfortable in their given surroundings and therefore traveled out to seek adventure which ended in great glory and fame.

*The indigenous ethnic group to Hokkaido, Japan