So, some interesting things I learned doing basic casual research in reaction to this:
Historically, Europeans have been caricatured as Tengu in Japan due to their comperatively big noses. Here, for instance, is a caricature of US Commodore Matthew Perry, who ended Japanese isolationism via gunboat diplomacy in 1854:
imageSpeaking of which, while the first Jews to settle in Japan were Americans immigrating subsequently in 1861, the classical Tengu had already emerged by the 14th Century, and are believed to be a syncretism of the Chinese comet-demons known as sky-dogs (tiāngŏu), which are the origin of the name (whereas the sky-dogs themselves became known as amakitsune, sky foxes), as well as possibly the Hindu bird-man guardian spirit Garuda, with local tradition, with some aspects and satire of the Shugendo mountain-monks thrown in for good measure.