...The regulations were restrictive for the time, with restrictions on the number of times it could be used and the age of the victim. It is said that harsh torture was used from the Middle Ages to the early modern period, but the Shogunate law of the late Edo period specified four methods: whipping (binding), stone-holding (abacus torture), shrimp torture, and hanging torture. Of these, only hanging torture was specifically called torture and was applied only to serious crimes, while the other three were called romon (prison torture) to distinguish them. *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ebi-Seki" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その回数制限や対象者の年齢制限など,当時にあって規定は抑制的なものである。中世から近世初期には過酷な拷問が行われたと伝えられるが,江戸時代後期の幕府法は,方法を笞打(むちうち)(縛敲(しばりたたき)),石抱(いしだき)(算盤責(そろばんぜめ)),海老責(えびぜめ)および釣責(つるしぜめ)の4種とした。このうち釣責のみを拷問と特称して重い犯罪に限り適用し,他の3者は牢問(ろうもん∥ろうどい)と呼んで区別する。… ※「海老責」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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