Burning - Kazai

Japanese: 火罪 - かざい

Also called hiaburi (burning by fire) or fukenei (burning execution). A type of punishment in the Edo period. Criminals were burned to death. Although hiaburi itself had been practiced since the Sengoku period, it was not until the Edo period that it was established as hojin (burning punishment). According to the Kojikata Osadamaki, this could only be imposed on those who committed arson, and their execution would be carried out after parading them around Kozukahara (Senju) or Suzugamori (Shinagawa), but if they were local, they could be sent to the place where they set fire. In addition, hojin always included the confiscation of fields, houses, and belongings, and parading them around, and the burned bodies were left exposed for three days and two nights, just like in the case of gokumon.

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Japanese:

火焙 (ひあぶり) ，焚刑 (ふんけい) ともいう。江戸時代の刑罰の一つ。罪人を火であぶって死にいたらしめること。火焙そのものは戦国時代より行われていたが，火罪として整えられたのは江戸時代に入ってからである。『公事方御定書』によると，これが科せられるのは火付け (放火) を行なった者のみであり，その処刑は引廻 (ひきまわし) のうえ，小塚原 (千住) ，あるいは鈴ヶ森 (品川) において行うが，在方の場合は火付けした場所へ送ってすることもあるとしている。また，火罪には必ず田畑，家屋敷，家財の没収と引廻とが付加され，その焚骸は獄門と同様そのままにして3日2夜さらされた。

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