Mimizuka
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May 20, 2023 visit (Updated because “Food Fanatic” wanted to throw shade at me personally) Oblivious? You’re the one using political buzzwords like genocide to describe a conflict 400 years ago. I’m Catholic and thousands of Catholics were martyred by Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa and later by feudal Korea. You don’t see me whining about it and calling the current people of Korea and Japan genocide supporters now and forever. I gave a review of the temple up the street that deifies Hideyoshi 2 stars because of what he did to Christians and the Koreans. But holding hatred in your heart for an event 4 centuries ago benefits no one and only drags on. Seriously this is not a hard concept to grasp. I lived along side Japanese and Korean people for over a year and they’re some of nicest and friendliest people I know. You’re accusations against them is baseless. Grow up…) During the Imjin War, Japanese soldier took the noses of 38,000 Korean and 30,000 Chinese that were killed. The remains are enshrined here. I am neither Korean or Japanese, so I approach this controversial place with neutrality. It’s a historical monument with the remains of people who are long dead. Joseon and Feudal Japan no longer exist. Try to look at this place as a reminder of history and not as a 400 year old grudge.
HedgeHodge “HodgePodge”
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「耳塚(鼻塚)」 この塚は、16世紀末、天下を統一した豊臣秀吉がさらに大陸にも支配の手を伸ばそうとして、朝鮮半島に侵攻したいわゆる文禄・慶長の役(朝鮮史では、壬辰・丁酉の倭乱、1592~1598)にかかる遺跡である。 秀吉配下の武将は、古来一般の戦功のしるしである首級のかわりに、朝鮮軍民男女の鼻や耳をそぎ、塩漬けにして日本へ持ち帰った。それらは秀吉の命によりこの地に埋められ、供養の儀がもたれたという。これが伝えられる「耳塚(鼻塚)」のはじまりである。 「耳塚(鼻塚)」は、史跡「御土居」などとともに京都に現存する豊臣秀吉の遺構の一つであり、塚の上に建つ五輪の石塔は、その形状がすでに寛永2年(1643)の古絵図にみとめられ、塚の築成から程ないころの創建と思われる。 秀吉が惹き起こしたこの戦争は、朝鮮半島における人々の根強い抵抗によって敗退に終わったが、戦役が遺したこの「耳塚(鼻塚)」は、戦乱下に被った朝鮮民衆の受難を、歴史の遺訓として。いまに伝えている。 京都市 "Ear Mound (Nose Mound)" This mound is a ruin related to the Bunroku-Keicho War (known in Korean history as the Imjin-Jeongyou War, 1592-1598), when Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had unified Japan at the end of the 16th century, invaded the Korean Peninsula in an attempt to extend his rule to the continent. Instead of the traditional heads that have been a common sign of military achievement since ancient times, Hideyoshi's military commanders cut off the noses and ears of Korean military and civilian men and women, pickled them, and brought them back to Japan. By order of Hideyoshi, they were buried here and a memorial service was held. This is the origin of the so-called "Ear Mound (Nose Mound)". The "Mimizuka (Hosezuka)" is one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's remains that still remain in Kyoto, along with the historic site "Odoi," and the shape of the five-ringed stone tower that stands on top of the mound was already recognized in an old drawing from 1643, and it is thought to have been built shortly after the construction of the mound. The war that Hideyoshi instigated ended in defeat due to the persistent resistance of the people of the Korean Peninsula, but the "Mimizuka (Hosezuka)" left behind by the campaign continues to convey to us today as a historical lesson the suffering that the Korean people suffered during the war.
Hiroshi Kyoto
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A quiet monument located in a creepy sleepy town. It is not a monument of great achievement but a monument of how someone cannot sleep well at night and needed the Buddhist monks help to pacify the Korean and Chinese victims. That’s why the monument was built in the first place. A unifier of Japan yes but at the sacrifice of many others.
Alan Lye
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임진왜란때 조선인의 코를 잘라 그 숫자로 전공을 인정받았기 때문에 그 당시에 일본으로 보내온 코들을 모아놓은 무덤 입니다. 임진왜란을 일으킨 도요토미 히데요시를 모시는 도요쿠니 신사 정면 대로변에 커다랗게 자리잡고 있습니다. 조선인의 시체를 자신의 공이라며, 전범을 모시는 신사 정면 좌측편에 위치해 놓은것을 보면... 야만적이라고 해야 할까요... 유적이라고 치부하기엔 우리 조상들의 슬픔과 원혼이 담겨있기에 그럴수가 없는 서글픈 장소 입니다. 신사라면 들어가서 한번씩은 들어가 소원을 빌고 나오는데, 도요쿠니 신사는 그 의미를 모르는 상태에서 늦은 시간에 도착해 다행히 그러지 못했네요. 제 무식함 때문에 조선을 피로 물들인 전범의 신사에 참배를 드릴뻔 했음을 고백합니다. 가깝지만 먼나라를 느닷없이 만나게 된 순간, 마냥 정취를 즐길수만은 없음과 역사에 대한 지식의 소중함을 다시한번 느낌니다. 교토를 관광하시는 관광객들은 한번쯤은 코무덤에 들러 위로의 기도를 드리는 시간을 갖어보시면 좋겠다... 생각해 봅니다. 밑의 차영훈 리뷰어님의 글도 꼭 한번 읽어 보세요.^^
뿡핑룡아빠
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非常的巨大供養塔! 好像日韓之間的屠殺,看到有人拿花去祭拜! 1592年,日本豐臣秀吉侵略朝鮮,明朝萬曆帝發兵支援朝鮮。這場戰爭一直持續到1598年豐臣秀吉死後才結束。在萬曆朝鮮戰爭期間,根據日本的傳統習慣,將朝鮮和明朝陣亡的將領首級獻給主將請功,這就是首實檢;而對於陣亡的朝鮮和明朝普通士兵則將耳朵或鼻子割了下來,用鹽醃制後獻給主將請功。 耳塚於慶長二年(1597年)開始建造,同年9月28日對施餓鬼進行供養。相國寺住持西笑承兌依據豐臣秀吉的意圖,大集京都五山的僧眾,舉行了盛大的供養大會。 耳塚底部是一個古墳狀的土丘,上面是一個五輪塔,周圍建有石柵欄。最早,這個墓叫做「鼻塚」。後來,由於日本儒學學者林羅山在其所著的《豐臣秀吉譜》中稱之為「耳塚」,此後「耳塚」一名廣為流傳。耳塚中大約埋有二十多萬人的鼻子或耳朵,其中共有朝鮮人耳鼻185738,明朝人耳鼻29014。 日本在明治三十一年(1898年)曾修葺耳塚,並在耳塚附近建立了「耳塚修營供養碑」。昭和四十四年(1968年)4月12日,日本政府以「方廣寺石壘和石塔」為名義,將耳塚指定為國家史跡。然而,此地成為觀光景點引起了不少在日朝鮮人的抗議和不滿。
Yonton Kormar
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豊国神社門前にある史跡で鼻塚とも呼ばれる。豊臣秀吉の朝鮮出兵(文禄・慶長の役1592年~1598年)のうち、慶長の役で戦功の証として討取った朝鮮・明国兵の耳や鼻を削ぎ持ち帰ったものを葬った塚。約20000人の耳が埋葬されている。 It is a historic site in front of the Toyokuni Shrine gate and is also called Nozuka. Of the Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dispatch to Korea (the role of Bunroku and Keicho from 1592 to 1598), the mound where the ears and nose of the Korean and Ming dynasty soldiers who were defeated as proof of military service in the role of Keicho were scraped and brought back. .. About 20,000 ears are buried.
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533-1 Chayacho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
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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.
attractions: Rengeō-in (Sanjūsangen-dō) Temple, Kenninji Temple, Kyoto National Museum, Rokuharamitsuji Temple, Otani Hombyo Temple (Mausoleum of Shinran), Kyoto Kimono Rental MOCOMOCO Kiyomizu-dera, Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple, Shosei-en Garden, Toyokuni Shrine, Kyoto Century Hotel, restaurants: Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu - Kyoto Station, Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu (Kiyomizu Gojozaka), Honke Daiichi Asahi Honten, Shinpuku Saikan - Main Shop, Wagyu Sukiyaki Kyoto Chikarayama Kyoto Station Front Store, Lorimer Kyoto, KIMONO TEA CEREMONY MAIKOYA at GION KIYOMIZU, Japanese Noodle ISSUN BOUSHI, Gyoza no Ohsho - Shichijo Karasuma, Kyoto Beer Lab

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