When this japanese peasant met the first foreigners (I think they were Dutch) during the national isolation period, he thought they were Tengu, which are these weird creatures that live in forests and confuse people who walk through their territoties. (http://www.gihyo.co.jp/magazine/SD/cover/1996/96feb.html).
I think this peasant was really impressed by the foreign noses..
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