Stone hugging - Ishidaki

Japanese: 石抱 - いしだき
Stone hugging - Ishidaki
〘 noun 〙 One of the prison methods used in the Edo period. In order to make the suspect confess, he was made to sit on a pile of firewood or triangular wooden poles, and cut stones, each weighing about 12 kan (4.5 kilograms) , were placed on his lap. This was usually inflicted alternately with flogging . Stone-holding.

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代の牢問の一つ。被疑者に白状させるために、薪(たきぎ)あるいは三角柱にした木を数本並べた上にすわらせ、膝の上に一枚一二貫目（四五キログラム）ほどの切石を載せていくもの。普通、笞打(むちうち)と交互に科せられた。石抱かせ。

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