獄ごく門もん台だい

noun

platform for displaying a decapitated head

Historical term for a stand used in public executions during the Edo period, where the severed head of a criminal was exhibited as a warning.

See also: 獄門

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、罪ざい人にんの首くびを獄ごく門もん台だいにさらすことがあった。

  In the Edo period, criminals' heads were sometimes displayed on a gokumondai.