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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 .
Women of feudal Japan (4 C) 0–9. 13th-century Japanese people (3 C, 19 P) 14th-century Japanese people (5 C, 20 P) 15th-century Japanese people (4 C, 17 P)
Another notable one was located at Suzugamori in Shinagawa. Both sites are still sparsely commemorated in situ with memorial plaques and tombstones. [citation needed] The shogunate executed criminals in various ways: Boiling to death [1] Execution by burning [2] Crucifixion for killing a parent, husband etc. [citation needed]
During the Edo period (1603–1868), the Tokugawa shogunate formed a centralized feudal government. [1] Samurai warriors who once protected Japan from foreign enemies and fought each other for supremacy became the new police and internal security force. [2] Their new job would be to ensure civil peace, which they accomplished for over 250 years ...
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]
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An Ohio judge has barred incriminating statements from a man who police have said confessed to killing his three young sons, ruling that authorities violated his constitutional rights after they ...
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.