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'''Ishikozume''' was a ritual execution performed in ancient Japan by the [[Yamabushi]] - practitioners of [[Shugendō]]. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by [[lapidation]] (death by stoning). This caused extreme pain
'''Ishikozume''' was a ritual execution performed in ancient Japan by the [[Yamabushi]] - practitioners of [[Shugendō]]. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by [[lapidation]] (death by stoning). This caused extreme pain.


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Ishikozume was a ritual execution performed in ancient Japan by the Yamabushi - practitioners of Shugendō. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by lapidation (death by stoning). This caused extreme pain.