Pulling (pulling) - Pulling

Japanese: 引廻し(引回し) - ひきまわし

A type of additional punishment in which a prison official paraded the criminal, or the head or corpse of an executed criminal, through the city for public viewing. Exposing the criminal to the public was meant to set an example, and to demonstrate power by showing the public that the criminal had been arrested and executed. Parade punishment was not stipulated in the Ritsuryo Code, but appears to have arisen during the Heian period. It was standardized that leaders of rebellions and other serious criminals would be beheaded by parading their heads through the capital with spears on them. This was called "crossing the main road" or "crossing the capital."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

刑務の役人が罪人を引き連れ，もしくは処刑した罪人の首，遺骸を持って，市中を練り歩いて衆人にさらす刑罰で，付加刑の一種。罪人を衆にさらして見せしめにするとともに，確実に罪人を逮捕，処刑した事実を衆に示して，権力を誇示する意味があった。引廻しの刑は，律令法にはその規定がなく，平安時代に入って起こったらしく，反乱の首領その他の重罪犯を斬刑に処して，これを梟首（きようしゆ）するに先立って，首を矛先に貫いて洛中を練り歩くことが定式化して，当時これを〈大路（おおじ）を渡す〉〈都を渡す〉などと称した。

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