The Mimizuka (耳塚, "Ear Mound" or "Ear Tomb"), which was renamed from Hanazuka (鼻塚, "Nose Mound"), is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the...

Broader, related topics Headhunting Human trophy collecting Medical torture Mimizuka War crimes committed by the United States Rottman, Gordon (2008). US Army...

Japanese tombs containing amputated noses from Korean soldiers and civilians Mimizuka, the best-known such shrine, containing at least 38,000 noses Political...

Buddha" of Hideyoshi, where they remain today under the wrong name of mimizuka or "ear mound". During the Azuchi-Momoyama period and thanks to the introduction...

Yoshimitsu The front shrine and main hall Roof Ema Toyotomi Hideyoshi Mimizuka: a nose tomb containing the noses of Korean and Chinese people killed during...

A gorintō on top of the Mimizuka with Siddhaṃ inscriptions...

were collected and brought back to Japan, where they were placed in the Mimizuka monument in Kyoto. As of 2024[update], it still stands. In North America...

attraction, the grassy burial mound that bears the erroneous name of the Mimizuka, the 'Mound of Ears'.". Hwangseoksan Fortress consisted of extensive walls...

over historic military confrontations still affect modern relations. The Mimizuka monument near Kyoto enshrining the mutilated body parts of at least 38...

University Press. pp. 324. ISBN 0-8047-1895-4. The Great Mirror of Male Love. "Mimizuka, meaning "ear tomb", was the place Toyotomi Hideyoshi buried the ears taken...

around 38,000 Korean people (specifically their noses) from the nose tomb Mimizuka in Kyoto. These noses were cut off the faces of people during the Japanese...

some 38,000 Koreans as trophies (a common samurai practice) and built the Mimizuka monument in Kyōto. The long war reduced the productive capacity of farmlands...

9661167°E / 35.0619472; 133.9661167 circular 34m dia x 6.5m high Miwayama No.3 Mimizuka (耳塚) 35°3′41.03″N 133°57′57.44″E / 35.0613972°N 133.9659556°E / 35.0613972;...

A great number of both types of kubizuka still exist throughout Japan. Mimizuka (耳塚, ear mound, an alteration of the original hanazuka 鼻塚, nose mound )...

Kyoto Bridges in Kyoto Sanjō Ōhashi Kyoto International Conference Center Mimizuka Ryozen Kannon Museums in Kyoto Hosomi Museum Kitamura Museum Koryo Museum...

District, Tokushima Mimasaka Province Mimasaka, Okayama Mimata, Miyazaki Mimizuka Minabe, Wakayama Minabegawa, Wakayama Minakata Kumagusu Minakuchi, Shiga...

Honnō-ji). Hompa Hongwan-ji. Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji. Hōkō-ji (方広寺, Hōkō-ji). Mimizuka. Kōdai-ji (高台寺, Kōdai-ji), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺...