Heavy hitting - heavy hitting

Japanese: 重敲 - じゅうたたき
Heavy hitting - heavy hitting
〘Noun〙 A type of punishment in the Edo period. It meant hitting the criminal on the shoulders, back, and buttocks 100 times with a whip . In Edo, the prison guards carried out this punishment in front of the prison gates in Kodenmacho. It began during the reign of the eighth shogun, Yoshimune. *Edict Tenpo Shusei-100, March 1794 (Kansei 6): "For the time being, the following punishments are to be imposed on those who gamble: heavy beatings."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 江戸時代の刑罰の一種。罪人の肩、背、尻を鞭(むち)で一〇〇回打つこと。江戸では牢屋同心が小伝馬町の牢屋の門前で執行した。八代将軍吉宗時代にはじまる。※御触書天保集成‐一〇〇・寛政六年(1794)三月「博奕御仕置御定之内当分左之通、博奕打候もの 重敲」

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