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'''Ishikozume''' (Japanese 石子詰め) was a ritual method of execution performed in ancient Japan by the [[Yamabushi]], hermetic practitioners of the [[Shugendō]] religion. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by [[lapidation]] (death by stoning).<ref>{{ cite journal |last=Earhart |first=H. Byron |date=August 1966 |title=Ishikozume Ritual Execution in Japanese Religion, Especially in Shugendō |journal=Numen |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=116–127 |doi=10.1163/156852766X00077 |jstor=3269418}}</ref> |
'''Ishikozume''' (Japanese 石子詰め) was a ritual method of execution performed in ancient Japan by the [[Yamabushi]], hermetic practitioners of the [[Shugendō]] religion. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by [[lapidation]] (death by stoning).<ref>{{ cite journal |last=Earhart |first=H. Byron |authorlink=H. Byron Earhart|date=August 1966 |title=Ishikozume Ritual Execution in Japanese Religion, Especially in Shugendō |journal=Numen |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=116–127 |doi=10.1163/156852766X00077 |jstor=3269418}}</ref> |
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Ishikozume (Japanese 石子詰め) was a ritual method of execution performed in ancient Japan by the Yamabushi, hermetic practitioners of the Shugendō religion. The ritual is characterized by waist high burial in earth followed by lapidation (death by stoning).[1]
References
- ^ Earhart, H. Byron (August 1966). "Ishikozume Ritual Execution in Japanese Religion, Especially in Shugendō". Numen. 13 (1): 116–127. doi:10.1163/156852766X00077. JSTOR 3269418.
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