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In the English dub of Princess Mononoke, Jigo the monk says that a bad bowl of soup "tastes like donkey piss". Would a Japanese person have been aware of donkeys in the the late Muromachi period of Japan (approximately 1336 to 1573) ?

by /u/Garrus37 in /r/AskHistorians

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