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1:Title:
Theft
A singing girl's theft. |
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2:Title:
Robbers' party
Division amongst a robbers' party. |
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3:Title:
Gamble
Gambling |
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4:Title:
Buying one's place on the market
Installing the marcket.
This was regarded as a crime to cause a distress of people. |
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5:Title:
Conspiracy in the gynecee
A secret plan in the back room of a Daimiyo or lord's residence. |
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6:Title:
Adultress tormenting her step-child
Hectoring her step-child. |
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7:Title:
Bandits
Amusement of bandit |
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8:Title:
Emperor's partisan in anxiety
Patriotic anxiety of a poor royalist.
Before the Japanese revolution in 1867 many patriotic royalists had risen in several provinces of the country against the feudal system of shogun, and having regarded as a rebellion the capital punishment was often inflicted on them. |
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9:Title:
Tools for capturing criminals |
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10:Title:
Execution ground
Execution-ground of Kotenshihara at Sondin |
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11:Title:
Arrest: woman
Arresting a criminal. |
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12:Title:
Arrest: woman
Arresting a criminal. |
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13:Title:
Arrest: suspect criminals
Arresting the criminals. |
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14:Title:
Arrest: suspect criminals
The modes of arresting the criminals. |
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15:Title:
Arrest: suspect criminals
Arresting the criminals. |
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16:Title:
Arrest: suspect criminals
Arresting the criminals. |
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17:Title:
Arrest: suspect criminals
Arresting the criminals. |
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18:Title:
Handcuff
The immoral daughter send her parents on punishing her secret relation with handcuffs. |
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19:Title:
Confiscation
Confiscating or seizing the properties of a person for crime committed. |
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20:Title:
Watchhouse
A watchhouse supported by the citizens of ward. |
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21:Title:
Watchhouse: chains and ropes
A place of arresting the criminals in a great watchhuose.
Before the criminals should be send to gaol, they were wrrested in this place a night or four days in order to judge and decide upon their crimes. |
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22:Title:
Examination at the Watchhouse
Temporary examination of the criminals in great watchhouse. |
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23:Title:
Gaol
The outside view of the gate fo gaol. |
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24:Title:
Techniques for binding
The several modes of binding |
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25:Title:
Prison
The view of prison. |
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26:Title:
Arrest of a migthy criminal
Arresting a criminal. If a criminal was brave and mighty, so that he could be arrested by common policemen would inclose him with the ladders while they were fighting against him. |
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27:Title:
Prison
The interior view of prison. |
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28:Title:
Prisoners
Sending out the prisoners from by call of the superintendent office, or the bar. |
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29:Title:
Tribunal
Suprintendent office, the bar. |
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30:Title:
Investigation
Investigation by torture to extort a confession. |
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31:Title:
Suspension
Examination by torture to extort confession. |
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32:Title:
Press: legs
Punishment by torture extort conffesion.
Each stone was weighted over a hundred pounds. Siting up into the five stones on the legs of criminals was at the lightest degree of torture. A seat of criminal was trade with a row of the five pieces of wood, which was traingled at its upper past. |
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33:Title:
Investigation
Investigation by torture to extort a confession.
This was called shrimp's or box' torture from forcing the bodies of suspects by binding them. Sometimes the suspects were beaten if they refused to confess. |
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34:Title:
Dead man walk (basket) ??
(…) or tired by torture |
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35:Title:
Tattooes
The several kinds of strikes tatooed in the skin of arm with ink. |
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36:Title:
Deportation: departure
Transportation or banishment to a penal island. |
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37:Title:
Fastened criminals exposed to public view
The punishment of exposing the criminals to public view.
The priests who were breaking the commendements of Buddha mainly executed to. |
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38:Title:
Flogging with a stick
Flogging as a punishment.
A criminal was beaten from 50 to 100 in number about the exterior gate of gaol, exposed to the public. |
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39:Title:
Decapitation
Capital punishment. |
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40:Title:
Decapitation (after)
Putting away after finishing the capital punishment. |
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41:Title:
Sewing the Head
Punishment at sewing the neck of a criminal exposed to the public.
A criminal was put in a box, burried in the ground. The blood taken from the skin of his neck with knife was danbed on the bamboo saws, with which once was aditted the saw. After finishing this exposure for three days he should be put to death by starving. |
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42:Title:
Suicide: hara-kiri
Suicide by cutting open abdomen as a punishment, only inflicted on Samurai, or all persons formerly privileged to wear two swords. |
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43:Title:
Execution ground: procession
Leading the prisoners to an execution ground, Kotsukahasa or Sudugamosu. |
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44:Title:
Heads: exposition
The scaffold on which the heads of ciminals were exposed to the public. |
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45:Title:
Testing the edge on corpses
Examinating the edge of a sword on the corpse of a criminal: as soon as the capital punishment had finished, this was made as punishment over the latter, finally cut into pieces. |
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46:Title:
Stake
Punishment by burning alive the condemned at the stake |
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47:Title:
Execution ground after the execution
Putting away after finishing the previous punishment. |
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48:Title:
Crucifixion and spear
Punishment by crucifixion and spearing |
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49:Title:
Crucifixion and spear
taking away for third day after finishing the punishment by crucifixion and spearing. |
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50:Title:
Execution ground
Execution ground at Sudsugamosi at Shinogawa |
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51:Title:
Prison
Modern police office. |
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52:Title:
Police station
Modern prison. |
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53:Title:
Prison: guard
Modern prison |
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54:Title:
Tribunal
Modern court of justice |
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55:Title:
Prisoners
Modern convict |
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56:Title:
Hanging drop gallows
Modern Hanging stood |
