市し中ちゅう引ひき回まわし

noun

parading a criminal through town before execution (Edo period)

Historical term for a public shaming and punishment ritual of the Edo period, where a condemned criminal was paraded through the streets before execution. Often referenced in historical dramas or literature.

See also: 引き回し

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、重じゅう罪ざい人にんは市し中ちゅう引ひき回まわしの上うえ、処しょ刑けいされた。

  In the Edo period, serious criminals were paraded through town and then executed.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで市し中ちゅう引ひき回まわしの場ば面めんを見みたことがある。

  I've seen a scene of a criminal being paraded through town in a period drama.