Issengiri - One-sen-kiri

Japanese: 一銭切 - いっせんぎり
Issengiri - One-sen-kiri

Punishment in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. This word appears in the prohibitions on battlefields issued by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and stipulates that anyone who commits acts of violence or disorder should be punished by "cutting one sen." There are two theories about the content of this law since the Edo period. One is the theory of Arai Hakuseki, which says that it meant that even stealing one sen, or one mon, would be punished by death. The other is the theory of Ise Sadatake, which understands that "kiri" means limit, and that when fines are collected, even one sen is searched for and all assets are confiscated. Even today, it is unclear which version is correct, but from the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period, a strict punishment policy was seen under the wartime system, and such punishments were foretold to maintain discipline, especially on the battlefield.

[Yoshiro Hiramatsu]

"The Promulgation of Historical Legislation and its Promulgation Ceremony" by Shuko Miura (included in Studies of Legal History, 1919, Iwanami Shoten)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

安土(あづち)桃山時代の刑罰。織田信長や豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉が出した戦陣の禁制にみえる語で、乱暴、狼藉(ろうぜき)などを働いた者は「一銭切たるべし」と定めている。その内容については江戸時代から2説ある。その一つは新井白石(あらいはくせき)の説で、たとえ1銭すなわち1文(もん)盗んでも死刑に処することを意味した、とする。その二は伊勢貞丈(いせさだたけ)の説で、「切」は限りを意味とし、過料銭すなわち罰金を取り上げる場合、1文までも探して全財産を没収することと理解している。現代においてもいずれが正しいかは一定していないが、戦国時代から安土桃山時代にかけては、戦時体制のもとで厳罰主義がみられ、とくに戦陣においては規律を保つためにこのような刑罰を予告したのである。

[平松義郎]

『三浦周行著「歴代法制の公布と其公布式」(『法制史の研究』所収・1919・岩波書店)』

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