打うち首くび獄ごく門もん

noun

beheading and head display

Historical punishment of the Edo period: after beheading, the head was mounted on a pike and displayed in front of the prison as a warning.

• 打うち首くび獄ごく門もんは江え戸ど時じ代だいの刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつだった。

  Beheading and head display was one of the punishments in the Edo period.