She shares her name with the Japanese god of wind, Fūjin.
The names of Natsuki's parasites are Fujin and Raijin (named after the Japanese gods of Wind and Thunder).
Fūjin | Fujin | ''Fūjin-raijin-zu'' by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, with Raijin | #Fujin |
Edea is one of three character concepts, along with Fujin and Raijin, to have been created before Final Fantasy VIII.
He turned to historical fiction in his later years, with the novel Hosokawa Garashiya fujin (1949–1950), based on the life of the famous Christian convert Hosokawa Gracia.
Various other artistic influences from the Silk Road can be found in Asia, one of the most striking being that of the Greek Wind God Boreas, transiting through Central Asia and China to become the Japanese Shinto wind god Fūjin.
Tokyo: Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Française du Japon, Hachette Fujin Gahōsha (アシェット婦人画報社).