The Power of Trophies

People have always been drawn to human body parts, whether as tools of faith or conquest. Scalping is an evolution of an older tradition of bringing home their entire heads. A japanese feudal lord named toy tomi hida yoshi demanded that his soldiers prove their loyalty by bringing back severed noses and ears. In the city of kioto, there is a place called mimi zuka, which means ear mound. It's estimated that nearly forty thousand human ears and noses are buried inside.