e/Tsurushi

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has gloss	eng: Tsurushi , or "reverse hanging", was a Japanese torture technique used in the 17th century in order to have Christians ("Kirishitan") recant their faith. Both Japanese and Western Christians are known to have been submitted to the torture. As the tortured was held by the feet with a rope, one of the hands would be held tight with a rope, but another would be left hanging freely, so that a sign could be made by the tortured that he was willing to recant.
lexicalization	eng: Tsurushi
instance of	c/Asian instruments of torture

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