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'Hoichi-the-Earless', 1912. Hoichi a blind minstrel with a gift for the biwa (lute) is bewitched by ghosts, protected by a priest with kanji characters of the Heart Sutra apart from his ears which are ripped from his head. From "Myths & Legends of Japan", by F. Harland Davis. [George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1912] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)