Yes, the ninja are pretty much all from kits of the Ninjago sets or the much older LEGO System sets from the early 1990s, but I did once purchase torso, legs, heads and even hats and swords that I could use to build different looking people to populate some as yet un-built world - though I have used all these figures in the dioramas I have built and shown you all in the past (click HERE).
Aside from purchasing clothing ranging from warrior to peasant to merchant to nobleman, I also tried to make women (use a triangular base to create a dress), and kids, who have shorter than usual legs. But the true key to making Japanese figures, are the faces on the heads.
This may seem like a whacked-out proposition, but the wrong facial expression completely destroys a LEGO minifig (Mini-figure) look. For example, LEGO made a few China-based sets, as well as samurai and ninja sets... it would surprise you, but there is indeed a facial difference between the two. A big difference.
But... even if you do have what appears to be a more Chinese-looking face, I've found the inclusion of a hat can alter that equation... you don't have to have every minifig facing the same direction when building a diorama.
Whatever...
I'm just saying that you can actually make LEGO minifigs with a decidedly Japanese look. Look at the topmost photo... the minifig in the middle (blue) - he looks Japanese. The face of the blacksmith beside him, not so much... is it the eyebrows?
Look at the clothing in the top photo BELOW: high school girl in sailor suit clothing and beside her - a CHINESE coat in green, but the eyebrows...
A key dress feature is also the wrap around obi belts - complete with a dagger tucked in the waist...
Anyhow...Here are some of the minifigures - obviously I have a created sets based on FEUDAL Japan:
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
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