Ooka's Judgement - Ooka Sabaki

Japanese: 大岡裁き - おおおかさばき

A fair and compassionate ruling or judgment.

[Example] What is a person? time when Even in this day and age, I am happy with Ooka's judgment. From the child's dispute to the interest in dragging the stone Jizo to the court, the logic of three parties losing one ryo, and the trick of skinning and execution are all things that I am interested in no matter how old the time. [Nomura Kodo * Zenigata Heiji Confessions | 1955]

[Origin] The storytelling, screenplays, and novels generally known as "Ooka Seidan" are based on the story of Ooka, a famous magistrate in the mid-Edo period. Tadashi just phase Suke ( Etc. Ecchi before Zenno Guardian paper Although most of these stories have no connection to the real-life Ōoka Tadasuke, the series gained immense popularity among the general public and became the origin of Japanese mystery novels.

Source : Dictionary of Idioms and Proverbs About Dictionary of Idioms and Proverbs Information

Japanese:

公正で人情味のある裁定・判決のこと。

[使用例] 人は何時いつの世にも、大岡裁きを喜ぶものである。子争いに始まって、石地蔵をお白洲に引出す興味、三方一両損の論理、皮剝ぎ獄門のトリックは、何時になっても変らない興味である［野村胡堂＊銭形平次打明け話｜1955］

[由来] 一般に「大岡政談」という名前で呼ばれている講談や脚本・小説などで、江戸中期の名奉行といわれた大岡忠ただ相すけ（越えち前ぜんの守かみ）が下す判決のこと。その多くは、実在の大岡忠相とは関係がありませんが、一連の物語は庶民から大きな人気を博し、日本のミステリの源流となりました。

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