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On of the many smaller jizo statues at the site of the Kotukappara execution grounds.
Minami Senju has a long history of notable events, many of them rather nasty. One place that stands out is the Kotsukappara (also called Kozukappara) execution grounds, one of three such places in Tokyo that was in use during the Edo era (one of the others was Nishikigamori, near present-day Shinagawa, at the opposite corner of the city, and the third was Owada, near the far-western suburb of Hachioji).
According to traditional geomancy practices, the north-east was supposedly the direction that evil influences came in from, and since this neighborhood was directly north-east from the palace, many of the city's undesirable (but still necessary) fixtures were placed here. In addition to the execution grounds, this neighborhood is where the Yoshiwara red-light district was designated. Arakawa and Taito Wards were also home to large Burakumin neighborhoods (as evidenced by the many traditional leather goods shops still around today), although I don't know if that was by official decree or by necessity (the area around the Shinagawa execution grounds also had a sizable Burakumin population, with a large slaughterhouse still located between the high-rise office buildings surrounding the station).
This execution ground was in use from 1651 (right at the changeover between the 3rd and 4th Tokugawa shoguns) until probably about 1871 (during the Meiji era, when the government was trying to convince western nations to lift their unequal treaties). It has been estimated that as many as 200,000 people were executed here during that time.
The execution grounds are very likely the source of the names of the nearby Namida-bashi (Bridge of Tears) and Kotsu-dori (Bone street).
During the late 1700s, medical pioneers Genpaku Sugita, Jun'an Nakagawa and Hoshu Katsuragawa (whose home in Chuo Ward near Tsukiji has an historical marker that I've photographed here) came here to conduct dissections while researching their historic medical textbook, Kaitai Shinsho, a translation of the Dutch Tafel Anatomie.
In 1741, a 3-meter tall stone Buddha was placed to pacify and watch over the souls of the thousands of prisoners that had died here. Although the statue survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which hit close to Tokyo, it was badly damaged by the Great Eastern Earthquake in March 2011. One arm of the statue (which had been built in sections that fit together) dropped off, and the upper body was shifted to the side, coming dangerously close to toppling over completely. It was completely disassembled shortly afterwards, and after lengthy restoration work was re-assembled in late 2012.
Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833, oil on canvas, 246 x 297 cm (The National Gallery, London)
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Malachi Farrell 'The Dark Side of Things' including 'La Gégène' and 'Nature morte' 2007-2010, Musée d'art contemporain Val-de-Marne, MAC / VAL, (Museum of Contemporary Art), Paris
'Nature morte' refers to the execution of the Rosenbergs in 1953. 'La Gégène' refers to the torture by electricity, practiced by the French on its prisoners in Indochine.
A TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 PHOTO PROVIDED BY ISNA, A SEMI-OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY This picture provided by ISNA, a semi-official news agency, taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 shows Maryam Hosseinzadeh, right, and her husband Abdolghani, left, removing the noose from the neck of blindfolded Bilal who was convicted of murdering their son Abdollah in the northern city of Nour, Iran. Bilal who was convicted of killing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, was pardoned by the victim's family moments before being executed. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
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The Church Of Sant Felip Neri was used as an execution wall during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Today we can still see the gunshots on the wall.
The square and the church were both constructed over a Medieval Cemetery.
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This room contains 131 nooses hanging from the ceiling, representing the 131 government opponents who were executed under apartheid South Africa's antiterrorism laws.
The government claimed that many other political prisoners had committed suicide. It is well known and accepted now that many were tortured to death.
Executions through shots in the back of the neck were carried out at an earthen wall or in a ditch. In the fall of 1944 the SS shot 92 Soviet officers, members of a resistance organization.
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prisoners who could not be waited upon for the gas chamber were executed here at once. what you see is the black bullet obsorbig panels.
A TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014 PHOTO PROVIDED BY ISNA, A SEMI-OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY This picture provided by ISNA, a semi-official news agency, taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 shows Maryam Hosseinzadeh, right, and her husband Abdolghani, left, removing the noose from the neck of blindfolded Bilal who was convicted of murdering their son Abdollah in the northern city of Nour, Iran. Bilal who was convicted of killing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, was pardoned by the victim's family moments before being executed. (AP Photo/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
From 1831 to the 1860's Public Executions of those sentenced to death took place on the front steps of Shire Hall on High Pavement. The scaffold used to be constructed over the main steps at the front of the building. The stone squares plug gaps that took the beams of the scaffold.
On 8th August 1844 William Saville aged 29 was hung here. He lived in the nearby town of Arnold. He murdered his Wife and three children using a razor in Colwick Woods. There was such revulsion at his crime that thousands crammed into High Pavement to watch him hang at 8am prompt. The numbers of spectators was so high that some reports recount that the doors of some of the nearby buildings were close to being burst open.
A panic set in the crowd. (Pickpockets have been blamed). The crowd moved down High Pavement towards the Weekday Cross. When the crowd reached the top of Garners Hill people fell down the steps. 13 people were suffocated to death and hundreds more injured.
There used to be a memorial to those that were suffocated and crushed on Garner's Hill that day. However the memorial has gone. Garner's Hill too has now gone as a result of the Nottingham Contemporary being built.
In the face of inevitable death, the prisoners behaved with calm dignity. They were shot singly or in pairs in the back of the head. The place of execution was the yard between Blocks 10 and 11, which was sealed off by two walls.
Here there was a wall, specially painted black, built of wood, sand and insulating board. At the foot of the wall, sand was sprinkled to soak up the blood of the victims. This wall was known as the “Wall of Death” or “Black Wall”.
Fort Santiago in Intramuros is also referred to as the Walled City of Manila. It is one of the most historic site that’s built during the Spanish era. This was the time when the Philippines was still under the Spanish Government as defensive fortress designed to protect the newly formed city of Manila. Jose Rizal our National hero was imprisoned at the Fort Santiago before his execution in 1896.
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This memorial takes the form of a glass pillow resting on a polished glass disk. It is intended to remember all those who were executed near this spot, with particular reference to the seven famous figures who were beheaded here and three army deserters shot by firing squad. Around the disk are the words--
Close to this site were executed:
William, Lord Hastings 1483
Queen Anne Boleyn 1536
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1541
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford 1542
Queen Katherine Howard 1542
Lady Jane Grey 1554
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex 1601
Highlander Farquhar Shaw 19 July 1743
Highlander Samuel Macpherson 19 July 1743
Highlander Malcolm Macpherson 19 July 1743