Light beating - karukitaki

...corporal punishment (corporal punishment) in which the criminal was hit on the shoulders, back, and buttocks with a broomstick (two pieces of bamboo wrapped in hemp cloth and wrapped with straw, about 58 cm long). Depending on the number of hits, the punishment was divided into 50 hits (light hits) and 100 hits (heavy hits). This was only imposed on commoner men, and did not apply to samurai or monks, and for women, the punishment was changed to katairo (detention in prison)....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "light hitting" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…箒尻（ほうきじり）(竹片2本を麻苧（まお）で包み，その上にこよりを巻いた長さ58cmほどのもの)で罪囚の肩，背，臀（しり）を打つ身体刑(肉刑)。打つ回数によって五十敲(敲，軽敲（かるきたたき）)と百敲(重敲)の別があった。庶民男子にのみ科し，武士･僧侶には適用せず，女子については過怠牢（かたいろう）の刑に換えた。…

※「軽敲」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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