現うつつ責ぜめ

noun

sleep deprivation (Edo-period torture)

Archaic term for a torture method used in the Edo period, involving forced sleep deprivation.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの拷ごう問もんには「現うつ責つぜめ」と呼よばれる睡すい眠みん妨ぼう害がいがあった。

  Among the torture methods of the Edo period was one called 'utsutsu-zeme', a form of sleep deprivation.