 The next year she attempted arson, thinking she could meet him again if another fire occurred.She was caught by the police and burnt at the stake in Suzugamori for her crimes.The magistrate at her trial, though knowing she was sixteen years old, asked her, ”You must be fifteen years old, aren't you?” At the time, boys and girls under the age of sixteen were not subject to the death penalty, and since strict family registration systems were not yet widely implemented, confirmation of age by a bureaucrat was sufficient.