'Jikken': the Unknown Samurai Rite of Collecting the Beheaded Heads of His Enemies

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It was one of the bloodiest battles of the 17th century in Japan. In Sekigahara, where the Tokugawa clan fought against an alliance in favor of the Toyotomi clan, it was necessary to lament between 30,000 and 50,000 casualties. A shuddering bloodbath that saw their zenith when the sharps returned to their sheaths. After the contention, the samurai gathered the heads of the enemies whom they had defeated and ordered their servants to wash them, c…