Nose tomb
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Nose tombs (鼻の墓) are tombs that contain human noses that were severed from Koreans and brought back to Japan as trophies during the Japanese invasions of Korea in the late 16th century.[1] War trophies were a part of Japanese tradition at the time and samurai warriors were often paid according to how many they collected.
One such nose tomb was discovered in 1983 in Okayama near Osaka. This tomb held the severed and pickled noses of approximately 20,000 dead Koreans which were eventually returned to Korea in 1992 and cremated. A similar tomb still exists today in Kyoto called the Ear Mound.[2] These tombs which are considered examples of the atrocities committed by the Japanese against Koreans are one of several causes for continued anti-Japanese sentiment amongst the Korean people.
