I'd say his mom was the one who suffered.
https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Dan Carlin’s Super Nova in the East is a very interesting history and explanation of Japan.
Free, half way down, posted in reverse order for some reason.
Did the Japanese pick up execution by crucifixion from the Portugese missionaries? It’s not as if they did not have any number of excruciatingly cruel methods themselves.
Hey, cultural appropriation and all that....