Shimanagashi

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Shimanagashi (Japanese: 島流し) is a form of punishment where people are banished to small islands.^{[citation needed]} It was created during the feudal period in Japan, where political offenders were often sent away and confined on the island of Sado in the Sea of Japan.

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