Sawing - sawing

Japanese: 鋸挽 - のこぎりびき

It was one of the punishments from the Sengoku to Edo period. It was considered the most severe form of capital punishment, and in the Edo period it was imposed on those who murdered their master. The Kojikata Osadamegaki states that the inmate would be paraded around for one day, have a sword cut into both shoulders, and have their blood smeared on a bamboo saw, and be left standing nearby for two days, and if anyone wished to be executed, they could be executed. In the end, the inmate was executed by crucifixion. From the Sengoku to the early Edo period, the inmate was actually killed by being chopped to death with a saw, but it gradually became a formality and became a kind of public display before crucifixion. The place for displaying was the square at the south end of Nihonbashi Bridge, where the inmate was placed in a hole-sharpened box, hung with a shackle, and exposed to the public by fastening a nail to the box. The expropriation of fields, houses, and household goods was also added to this. It was abolished in July 1869 (Meiji 2).

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Japanese:

戦国～江戸時代の刑罰の一つ。死刑のなかでも極刑とされ，江戸時代には主殺に対して科せられた。『公事方御定書』には，「1日引廻のうえ，両肩に刀目を入れ，竹のこぎりにその血をつけ，そばに立てたまま2日間さらし，ひくことを希望する者があればひかせる」とあり，最終的には磔によって処刑する。戦国時代より江戸時代の初期にかけては，実際にのこぎりでひき殺していたが，次第に形式化し，磔の前に行う一種の晒刑となっていった。晒場は日本橋南詰めの広場で，受刑者を穴晒箱に入れて首かせをかけ，釘締めにしてさらした。なお，これには田畑，家屋敷，家財の闕所が付加された。明治2 (1869) 年7月廃止された。

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