Fan-bellied

Japanese: 扇腹 - おうぎばら
Fan-bellied
〘 noun 〙 A type of punishment applied to samurai during the Edo period. The samurai would remove the fan that was placed on the sabō (military attendant) instead of a short sword, and the kaishakunin would then cut off his head from behind. ※Jōruri, Shobudaise Sogen (1754), Vol. 2 "When he should have been executed by hanging, his brother Tadamasa, out of compassion, decided to use the fan instead."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代、武士に適用された刑罰の一つ。三方(さんぼう)に短刀の代わりに載せた扇を取っていただくのを合図に、介錯人(かいしゃくにん)が背後から首を切る。※浄瑠璃・菖蒲前操弦（1754）二「縛り首討べき所、兄忠正が情を以て扇腹との御計ひ」

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