| Mimizuka (tomb of ears) is a tomb where the ears of the killed persons in the Bunroku-Keicho War were said to be gathered and buried as the substitute of heads, because it was impossible to bring back the severed heads from overseas; it has the same meaning as Kubizuka. |
耳塚 豊臣秀吉による文禄・慶長の役の際、海を隔てて首しるしを持ち帰れないために、その代わりとして持ち帰った耳を集めて葬ったものと伝えられる塚で、首塚と同様の意味合いをもつ。 |