Yeah this seems like the kind of punishment that was also common in the west in 1800-1900.

I remember my parents still talking of getting hit with a ruler in the 50s tho the practice was technically forbidden since 1860 or so.

I'm not sure when it was formally banned but my dad talks about boys in his school getting "slippered" and that was in the 60s, so caning was gone but you could still hit kids with slightly less painful objects.

And throwing the heavy wooden blackboard rubber at boys who were goofing around or not listening was also considered completely normal