Three tribes of barbarians

Japanese: 夷三族 - いさんぞく
Three tribes of barbarians

...The types of capital punishment included burning at the stake, boiling, dismemberment, amputation, beheading, crucifixion, and many other harsh punishments. Kishi was a public execution in the marketplace, and even relatives such as the three barbarian clans were sometimes executed. Flogging, a corporal punishment other than the five penalties, also existed from early times....

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Three Barbarian Tribes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…死刑の種類は,炮烙(ほうらく),焚(ふん)などの火刑をはじめ,烹(ほう)(かまゆで),車裂(また轘(かん)),支解(しかい)(四肢を断つ),腰斬(ようざん),磔(たく)(はりつけ),梟首(きようしゆ)(さらし首)など過酷なものも多い。棄市(きし)とは市場での公開処刑であり,また夷三族など親族まで死刑に処することもあった。五刑以外の身体刑として,鞭扑(べんぼく)(笞杖)刑もはやくから存在した。…

※「夷三族」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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