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  2. Sakura Sōgorō - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Criminal punishment in Edo-period Japan - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Edo period police - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Edo society - Wikipedia

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    Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa Shogunate as a new feudal government of Japan with himself as the shōgun. However, Ieyasu was especially wary of social mobility given that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of his peers and a kampaku (Imperial Regent) whom he replaced, was born into a low caste and rose to become Japan's most powerful political figure of the ...

  6. Ritsuryō - Wikipedia

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    Ritsuryō (律令, Japanese: [ɾitsɯɾʲoː]) is the historical legal system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Feudal Japan. The political system in accord to Ritsuryō is called "Ritsuryō-sei" (律令制). Kyaku (格) are amendments of Ritsuryō, Shiki (式) are enactments.

  7. Judge blocks alleged confession of Ohio dad charged with ...

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    Chad Doerman, 33, was arrested last summer after his three young sons were shot and a young girl was seen running in the street screaming that her father “was killing everyone,” authorities said.

  8. Man gets life sentence for killing his 3 young sons at their ...

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    A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year. A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad ...

  9. List of massacres in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Two of the three - Yang Ning and Wang Liang – fled to China where they were arrested. Yang was executed and Wang sentenced to life imprisonment. The third, Wei Wei, was arrested in Japan and was held on death row until finally executed in December 2019. 18 - 20 September 2004 Ōmuta murders: Omuta, Fukuoka: Kitamura-gumi 4