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+1 It's not like blind people have no appreciation for decoration. They can feel textures and woven patterns. Maybe they like to idly play with the fur on the costumes or beadwork. Doesn't explain dyed / colour coordinated outfits, but there's no reason blind people couldn't appreciate decorations based on texture.

Some of the clothing have hanging metallic items to create sound so people know they are there. "Blind" does not always have to mean "sees nothing but darkness 24/7". There are a lot of people designated as blind who can see color, light vs dark, and/or shadows/movement. Color coordination and color ornamentation can be appreciated by people who cannot see but can perceive colors and light, as an example.

Their parents can tell quickly that the children are able to "go to mother" or "go to father" without mother or father having to make any noise. Having been blind their entire lives, they can tell when someone is acting in a way that suggests they have information that you don't.

It's not explained at all, you could however speculate that is just one of those traditions that have been handed down for generations. It would certainly have helped if the writers invented some kind of "ancient songs" or similar to explain how they still know that this paint is not just used to look badass for the viewers, because right now it looks like it's one of the several blatant oversights.

Edit: I think there was a scent or smell in the war paint which identifies them as a same team so they don't kill each other in the fight.

Edit: #2 The war paint (dirt) seems to be a "hidden tribes" thing. It would smell of "home", work like all rituals as a psychological-preparation trigger, it'd make grabbing your face harder, and the grittiness also signals to anyone on the home who grabs you that you are on their side.

The breed of the dog is a Leonberger.

Yes

Yes. Humans have lost their sight, but animals appear to remain unaffected. A common saying in horseback riding, when teaching someone new, is to give the animal more control instead of pulling every which-way on the reins. This shows you trust the animal to not fall over, as the horse has been able to do their entire life.

If you act afraid, the animal will be afraid. You pass your emotions on to the animal. It makes a lot of sense if a horse has sight, because a horse will usually wander towards home... or can be taught where home is, and to get back there.

I'm honestly more surprised that more horses, or other animals, aren't used more frequently in the show. You have dogs for scent, but what about this super-natural abilities to sense emotions from great distances, to smell, and more? So that can negate the need for dogs, but they are used.

No. That is why they don't. And that is also why the sailboat left for Haniwa and Kofun is so revolutionary.

Yes, but it would involve some form of echolocation. Daniel Kish (born in 1966) lost his eyes to cancer when he was 13 months old, and developed the use of echolocation in early childhood, and has helped around 500 blind children develop the same ability. But this ability only works in short ranges, so wouldn't be applicable to archery.

Edit#2 It makes sense to have a bowyer contingent in an army. Mediaeval longbowmen were used to send up huge showers of arrows that rained down vertically on the opposition. They didn't need to be closely aimed, just to reach a general area. Crossbows too make sense if you think of them in aggregate as raking fire.

The uniforms should look like a patchwork quilt of various colors. Even if, as supposed below, there's a tar or waterproofing or boiling in iron kettles, it wouldn't be applied to all pieces of clothing in a uniform, and wouldn't even be evenly distributed on single pieces of armor like vests! Making it more ridiculous, our heroes, both sighted and not, do not have black uniforms! Also a consideration, both soldiers on both sides are dressed in black uniforms, which probably saved a lot of money in filming fight scenes, because the actors and stuntpeople can switch sides from shot to shot, without changing.

Because they are an army, they have their uniforms from the same source. The "black paint" (or "substance") used for the clothes can have some usefull ability (is waterproof, thickening, etc.) and is not known to be black. Tar as an example.

Edit#2 as above. Also... Leather armour tends to be "boiled" leather. Hot water makes it thicken and stiffen around a mould. Iron tends to blacken leather. If it was processed in iron vats, or shaped on iron moulds, it could come out blackened.

It's a TV show.

Edit#2 They are actually quite often dirty. Look at the queen's bed-quilt gown. And her feathery white gown - without putting in a spoiler, watch the asymmetrical staining.

Marilee Talkington (Souter Bex) is legally blind as she has "cone-rod dystrophy." She's the only one I know for sure

Edit: Bree Klauser (Matal) is "low vision/legally blind." In an interview, she referenced there being others who are legally blind on set (cast, onset advisor), but didn't mention anyone specific.

But, not all the characters are blind, and the existence of sight in the exceptions is a key part of the plot

stevie wonders here

No