打ち首獄門
うちくびごくもん
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
打ち首 is read as うちくび (uchikubi) and means decapitation.
うちくび
uchikubi
うちくびごくもん
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)