Mystery of 600-year-old Japanese mummified ‘dragon’ solved

The ‘dragon’ is actually a Japanese marten (Picture: Shosoin Treasure House via Pen News)The mystery of a 600-year-old mummified creature that looks like dragon has been solved.The remains are part of a collection at the Japanese royal family’s Shosoin Treasure House in Nara.It’s thought they were found in 1429, by the shogun, Yoshinori Ashikaga, during a visit to Nara’s Todaiji temple.
At the time, a monk at the temple recorded that as Ashikaga cut a piece from th