Murder of the King - Ousatsugai

Japanese: 王殺害 - おうさつがい
Murder of the King - Ousatsugai

...In the broad sense, it refers to any illegal killing, but in the narrow sense, it means killing for political reasons. The fact that such cases can be traced back to the emergence of political power is evident from the fact that regicides exist in all cultures, both past and present, both in the East and the West. The question of whether or not to kill a dictator or tyrant for political or religious reasons, such as the assassination of Caesar in ancient Rome, was a topic of debate in European political thought, known as the debate over the monarchy.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "kingmurder" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広義には非合法の殺害一般をさすが,狭義には政治的な理由から行われる殺人を意味する。このような事例が古く政治権力の出現にまでさかのぼりうることは王殺害regicideが古今東西をとわず各文化圏に存在することからもわかる。古代ローマのカエサル暗殺のように独裁者・暴君を政治的・宗教的理由から殺害することの可否は,暴君放伐論(モナルコマキ)として,ヨーロッパ政治思想のひとつの論点でもあった。…

※「王殺害」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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