The Mimizuka , which was renamed from Hanazuka , is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the sliced noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians, as well as those of Ming Chinese troops, taken as war trophies during the Japanese invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598. The monument enshrines the severed noses of at least 38,000 Koreans and over 30,000 Chinese killed during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasions.
Mimizuka from the side (2023)
18th century painting of Hokoji Temple by Maruyama Ōkyo. Mimizuka can be seen in front of it (right)
Mimizuka from the front
Stone monument in front of Mimizuka
Rhinotomy is mutilation, usually amputation, of the nose. It was a means of judicial punishment throughout the world, particularly for sexual transgressions, but in the case of adultery often applied only to women.
Man without nose and hands, c. 1910
Print of Hindu scene: Shurpanakha (blue woman in foreground) has had her nose cut off by Lakshmana (with sword).