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{{Short description|Tombs containing noses in Japan}} |
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[[File:Mimizuka2.jpg|thumb|[[Mimizuka]], a nose tomb (nominally for ears), in [[Kyoto]]]] |
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[[File:Siege-of-Busanjin-1592.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592]] |
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'''Nose tombs''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 鼻塚, はなづか, ''hanazuka'', {{Korean|hangul=코 무덤|rr=ko mudeom}}) are [[tomb]]s that contain [[human nose]]s or other body parts that were brought back to [[Japan]] as trophies during the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] in the late 16th century.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Diamond | first = Jared | title = The Japanese Roots (Part 1) | publisher = Association for Asia Research | date = 2004-10-27 | url = http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2348.html | access-date = 2010-10-26 | archive-date = 19 November 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101119160056/http://asianresearch.org/articles/2348.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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[[War trophies]] were a part of Japanese tradition at the time and [[samurai]] warriors were often paid according to how many they collected. It was the tradition to take the severed head of the enemy but the soldiers resorted to taking noses instead due to the impracticality of transporting them and the huge number of dead bodies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mimizuka|title=Mimizuka|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> |
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One such nose tomb was discovered in 1983 in [[Okayama]] near [[Osaka]]. This tomb held the [[Rhinotomy|severed]] and [[Pickling|pickled]] noses of approximately 20,000 dead Koreans which were eventually returned to Korea in 1992 and cremated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-09-23/news/9209231027_1_noses-lopped-koreans|title=20,000 Noses Of Koreans Being Returned By Japan|date=September 23, 1992|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|language=en|access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> A similar tomb still exists today in [[Kyoto]] called the [[Mimizuka]], literally "Ear Mound", although it contains noses and not ears.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZdHULQZptYC&dq=%22Nose+tomb%22+%2BJapan&pg=PA151 Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Most Influential Men and Women]</ref> The use of the term "ear" was suggested by the Confucian scholar [[Hayashi Razan]] as a [[euphemism]] since nose tomb was considered too barbaric.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bilateral Legacies in East and Southeast Asia|last=Ganesan|first=N.|date=2015|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|isbn=978-981-4620-41-3|location=Singapore|pages=27}}</ref> The noses in the Mimizuka Ear Mound were brought from Korea in barrels of brine and remained in the location for 400 years.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A World of Curiosities: Surprising, Interesting, and Downright Unbelievable Facts from Every Nation on the Planet|last=Oldale|first=John|date=2012|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-101-58040-0}}</ref> |
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In Japan, these tombs are considered relics by the few who are aware of them, but in Korea these tombs are very well known.<ref name="kristof">{{Cite news | last=Kristof | first=Nicholas D. | title=Japan, Korea and 1597: A Year That Lives in Infamy |
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| newspaper=The New York Times | publication-place=New York | date=September 14, 1997 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03EED71E39F937A2575AC0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | access-date=2010-05-28 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Thorpe | first = Norman | title = Mimizuka: A Shrine to Japanese Brutality in Korea | journal = Korea Journal | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 58–59 | date = 1972-04-01 | url = http://www.ekoreajournal.net/archive/detail.jsp?BACKFLAG=Y&VOLUMENO=12&BOOKNUM=4&PAPERNUM=8&SEASON=April&YEAR=1972 | access-date = 2010-05-28 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614020048/http://www.ekoreajournal.net/archive/detail.jsp?BACKFLAG=Y&VOLUMENO=12&BOOKNUM=4&PAPERNUM=8&SEASON=April&YEAR=1972 | archive-date = 2011-06-14 }}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Japan–Korea relations]] |
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* [[Human trophy collecting]] |
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==References== |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nose tomb}} |
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[[Category:Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)]] |
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[[Category:Human trophy collecting]] |
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[[Category:Nose]] |
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[[Category:Japanese war crimes in Korea]] |
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