Japan: A man with swollen testicles. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century.

Long ago, a man with massive testicles reportedly made a living as a sideshow attraction at Mount Satta, on the old Tokaido Road near the city of Shizuoka. His scrotum is said to have measured about a metre across. The Kaikidan Ekotoba is a mid-19th century handscroll that profiles 33 legendary monsters and human oddities, mostly from the Kyushu region of Japan, but with several from other countries, including China, Russia and Korea. The document, whose author is unknown, is in the possession of the Fukuoka City Museum.

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