Additionally, the domain limited the executions to a certain time of the year, and established a practice called 'shikeibishin' where the major officials, including the feudal lords, behave themselves on those days due to the shame of having a death sentence within the territory. |
また、同藩では死刑執行の日を毎年一定の時期に限定し、その日は領内から死刑を出したことを恥じるとして藩主以下主だった役人が謹慎をする「死刑日慎」という慣例を定めた。 |