Summary
An analysis of the historical absence of summary executions of samurai by daimyo.
Samurai Justice and the Code of Honor
Highlights
The Code of Honor
There is no historical evidence of any daimyo executing a Japanese samurai without a formal trial. Such an act would be considered contrary to the established code of honor, and any samurai facing such a sentence would have likely chosen to end their own life before an execution could occur.
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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 before the execution could take place.