The Tiger and the Turtle: Samurai Invasion of Korea
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The remains of at least 38 thousand severed human noses are buried on a hill in the city of kioto, Japan. The nose mounds were shipped back to japan as war trophies during one of the most devastating conflicts east asia has ever seen. Historian stephen turnbull once called it kioto's least mentioned and most often avoided tourist attraction. It is just another quiet shrine in an ancient city filled with quiet shrines.
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