The name Mimizuka became common after Razan HAYASHI called it 'Mimizuka' in his book "Toyotomi Hideyoshi Fu" (a biography of Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) because severing noses was, he thought, too barbaric. |
しかし林羅山がその著書『豊臣秀吉譜』の中で鼻そぎでは野蛮だというので「耳塚」と書いて以降、耳塚という呼称が広まったようである。 |