In fact, since Shadows takes place more than 300 years before WW2, the figure almost certainly isn't a direct reference to the Sanno Shrine's gate. There's no denying the torii used in the figure ...

In line with this, Ubisoft has added a message into the game that asks players not to climb on torii gates. Despite that, there's no actual consequence for doing so, unlike with being desynced for ...

The shrine's torii gate lost one of its pillars due to the nuclear blast, but, alongside some nearby trees, it still stands in the city today. In Japan, torii gates mark the entrance to a Shintō ...

PureArts unveiled the statue in September, and to my eye it looked entirely innocuous: Funko-esque takes on Yasuke and Naoe, the co-leads in Assassin's Creed Shadows, posed near a partial torii gate.