Cheers Rob, and your post is a good one too. Thanks for the link. You may be aware of my NHK World TV show, Ninja Truth...You can see most of the series On Line, On Demand.
If I'm not mistaken at least Japanese crucifixion was a bit less brutal than Roman one since they would spear the poor fellow instead of having him slowly suffocate due to chest muscles spasm.
Yes, in Japan they were put on a double cross beamed crucifix, tied spreadeagled, then stabbed with spears, not just to kill, but to inflict as much pain as possible. The details about this are included in the article "The Six Death Penalties Of Old Japan" ...See https://samuraihistoryculture.substack.com/p/the-six-death-penalties-of-old-japan
First, the wrists, upper arms, ankles, chest, and waist were tied with rope to a cross lying on the ground, and the criminals’ clothes were stripped off and tied in a bundle around the waist. The main post was raised and set vertically in a hole in the ground. A platform to support the weight of a man's body was positioned at the groin area and for women, under the feet. As such, men were crucified in a spread-eagle position, and women were affixed in a cross-shaped position.
The process and method of death were completely different from Western styled crucifixion and was in fact an execution by spear.
At the inspector's signal, two samurai with spears lined up on either side of the raised crucifixion pillar, the spear pierced the prisoner from his right-side rib cage to his left shoulder (the tip of the spear should officially protrude about 30cm from the shoulder), then pierced from the left side to the right shoulder, and the same procedure was repeated alternating between left and right. The prisoner usually died after the second or third piercing, mainly due to excessive bleeding or traumatic shock, but this was repeated about 30 times after death. To prevent blood from staining the spear shaft, the spear was twisted each time it was thrust through the body, and wiped off with straw. The clothing at the waist absorbed much of the blood too. The intestines and other internal organs were dug out from the wounds, resulting in a gruesome scene.
Fun post - this is a great story. Hatano Hideharu's death and its fallout inspired a bunch of local legends in and around Tanba Province, which were later adapted by kōdan oral storytellers, and even later came into the orbit of 'ninja' history. I wrote about one of them in some length a while back: https://open.substack.com/pub/criticalninjatheory/p/manabe-rokuro-the-ninja-who-wasnt?r=7j99t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Cheers Rob, and your post is a good one too. Thanks for the link. You may be aware of my NHK World TV show, Ninja Truth...You can see most of the series On Line, On Demand.
To my embarrassment, I wasn't. I'll check it out!
Let me know what you think...
If I'm not mistaken at least Japanese crucifixion was a bit less brutal than Roman one since they would spear the poor fellow instead of having him slowly suffocate due to chest muscles spasm.
Yes, in Japan they were put on a double cross beamed crucifix, tied spreadeagled, then stabbed with spears, not just to kill, but to inflict as much pain as possible. The details about this are included in the article "The Six Death Penalties Of Old Japan" ...See https://samuraihistoryculture.substack.com/p/the-six-death-penalties-of-old-japan
First, the wrists, upper arms, ankles, chest, and waist were tied with rope to a cross lying on the ground, and the criminals’ clothes were stripped off and tied in a bundle around the waist. The main post was raised and set vertically in a hole in the ground. A platform to support the weight of a man's body was positioned at the groin area and for women, under the feet. As such, men were crucified in a spread-eagle position, and women were affixed in a cross-shaped position.
The process and method of death were completely different from Western styled crucifixion and was in fact an execution by spear.
At the inspector's signal, two samurai with spears lined up on either side of the raised crucifixion pillar, the spear pierced the prisoner from his right-side rib cage to his left shoulder (the tip of the spear should officially protrude about 30cm from the shoulder), then pierced from the left side to the right shoulder, and the same procedure was repeated alternating between left and right. The prisoner usually died after the second or third piercing, mainly due to excessive bleeding or traumatic shock, but this was repeated about 30 times after death. To prevent blood from staining the spear shaft, the spear was twisted each time it was thrust through the body, and wiped off with straw. The clothing at the waist absorbed much of the blood too. The intestines and other internal organs were dug out from the wounds, resulting in a gruesome scene.
Well xD at least you were out quicker.
Yes, you got "hang out” for a while ....