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Kiuchi Sōgorō (木内 惣五郎), also known as Sakura Sōgorō (佐倉 惣五郎) (1605 – September 1653) was a legendary Japanese farmer whose real family name was Kiuchi. He is said to have appealed directly to the shōgun in 1652 when he was serving as a headman of one of the villages in the Sakura Domain .
Farmers would often kill their second or third sons. Daughters were usually spared, as they could be married off, sold off as servants or prostitutes, or sent off to become geishas. [91] Mabiki persisted in the 19th century and early 20th century. [92] According to one estimate, at least 97% of homicide victims in Japan in 1900 were newborns. [93]
Ashigaru wearing armor and jingasa firing tanegashima (Japanese matchlocks). Ashigaru (足軽, "light of foot") were infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan.The first known reference to ashigaru was in the 14th century, [1] but it was during the Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi period) that the use of ashigaru became prevalent by various warring factions.
Vanlandingham was arrested on Nov. 22 and charged with cruelty to livestock animals, a jail felony in Texas. She was released the same day on a $5,000 bond. If convicted, she could face up to two ...
A 34-year-old Texas man who was arrested after a string of homicides is believed to have first fatally shot his parents before killing four other people in another county, authorities said Wednesday.
The suspect’s mother has also been charged, Texas cops said. Man accused of killing ex’s sleeping 12-year-old is arrested at border, Texas cops say Skip to main content
A popular but fictional story says that in 1596, Kotarō was responsible for the death of Hattori Hanzō, a famous ninja in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had tracked him down in the Inland Sea, but Kotarō has succeeded in luring him into a small channel, where a tide trapped the Tokugawa gunboats and his men then set fire to the channel ...
The gun used in one of those incidents has been linked to the 2022 homicides of two people in Pennsylvania. "It's a tragedy for everyone," said longtime Vermont prosecutor and retired legislator ...