Yubitsume (指詰め, "finger shortening") or otoshimae is a Japanese ritual to atone for offenses to another, a way to be punished or to show sincere apology...

organized fiefdom nature, and several unconventional ritual practices such as yubitsume, or amputation of the left little finger. Members are often portrayed...

tattooing. Bakuto were also responsible for introducing the tradition of yubitsume, or self-mutilation as a form of apology, to yakuza culture. Up until...

more easily than a katana. A tantō is also traditionally used in the yubitsume ritual (cutting off part of a finger as an act of submission or atonement)...

for various offenses is removal of parts of the little finger (known as yubitsume). It is a common joke that one should extend their little finger when...

him not to bring more anguish to their family. Instead, Ken performs yubitsume (the ceremonial yakuza apology by cutting off one's little finger). Before...

types of body modification, including large body irezumi tattoos and Yubitsume, the amputation of finger joints in penance to their superiors. Pearling...

blame for the recent deaths. Yoshihiro Kume, Sato's superior, attempts a yubitsume on him for Samantha's actions, but is called out by Hitoshi as the mole...

Seizu. To avoid a war with the Seizu, Nick and Kiyoshi perform an act of yubitsume as a form of apology to the patriarch of the Seizu. The severed fingertips...

the film that he is missing his leftmost two fingers, having performed yubitsume. "I guess he used to be a guy who can murder someone without a qualm,"...

ISBN 9780521792264. Bosmia AN, Griessenauer CJ, Tubbs RS (July 2014). "Yubitsume: ritualistic self-amputation of proximal digits among the Yakuza". Journal...

ring and pinkie fingers of his left hand, revealing he had committed yubitsume. Hanzo engages the Falconer Predator in single combat towards the end...

Clan-affiliated Shibata Family (柴田組, Shibata-gumi) in Yakuza 4. Carries out yubitsume at Arai's behest. After kidnapping Yasuko Saejima in order to question...

Ishikawa blows up his car. Ishikawa is severely beaten and told to commit yubitsume; however, he gets drunk, stabs boss Kawada and flees to Chieko before...

planning to form an alliance with Takigawa. Yato is compelled to perform yubitsume as an apology, and demands Okita do the same. Okita refuses, and he and...

gambling den. Since Ueda is a blood relative of Okubo's, Hirono commits yubitsume in apology to Okubo. Okubo accepts, but asks Yamamori to take Ueda into...

Agency's 1993 Police White Paper introduced a total of two notable cases of yubitsume, or finger cutting, and in these two cases, one was of a Kyokuryu-kai...

yakuza Otomo and Hayakawa demand the instigators should have to commit yubitsume, however, after a vote the Coalition agrees to let Matsumura handle discipline...

granddaughter, he decided to take her in. One of his hand is missing a pinky. (Yubitsume refers to finger-cutting. Among the yakuza, the cutting of one's pinky...