Summary
An overview regarding the legal procedures and codes of honor surrounding the execution of Japanese samurai by daimyo.
Historical Perspective on Samurai Trials
Highlights
Execution and Honor
There is no historical evidence of any daimyo executing a Japanese samurai without a formal trial. This practice would have violated the established code of honor, and any samurai facing such an arbitrary sentence would have been expected to perform seppuku.
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Original text
There is no record of any daimyo executing a Japanese samurai without a trial. For such an act is contrary to the code of honor; had anyone been subjected to such a sentence, they would have ended their own life.