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At that moment the kaishaku, who, still crouching by his side, had been keenly watching his every movement, sprang to his feet, poised his sword for a second in the air; there was a flash, a heavy, ugly thud, a crashing fall; with one blow the head had been severed from the body.
The jisei, or death poem, of Kuroki Hiroshi, a Japanese sailor who died in a Kaiten suicide torpedo accident on 7 September 1944. It reads: "This brave man, so filled with love for his country that he finds it difficult to die, is calling out to his friends and about to die".
He had been condemned to death but given permission to kill himself; when he hesitated to do so, his wife stabbed herself first and handed the dagger to him. [note 15] "Strike here! Level your rage against the womb which gave birth to such a monster." [8] — Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero (23 March 59 AD), to her murderer
Armoured samurai with sword and dagger, c.1860 Because the right was defined as a part of self defence, kiri-sute gomen had a set of tight rules. The strike had to follow immediately after the offence, meaning that the striker could not attack someone for a past grievance or after a substantial amount of time.
Legend has it that he wrote one last message before being hospitalized prior to his death, says Disney historian Jim Korkis. Titled “TV Projects In Production: Ready for Production or Possible ...
A Note to a Certain Old Friend (或旧友へ送る手記, Aru Kyūyū e Okuru Shuki) is the title of the suicide note left by the famed Japanese short story writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. [1] This was the last thing Akutagawa wrote before he committed suicide at the age of 35 in 1927. [ 1 ]
Naomi Judd's autopsy report officially confirmed her cause of death -- she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.According to the Williamson County, Tennessee, Medical Examiner's Office, the ...
It’s never easy to say goodbye to a beloved character. But the festive funeral in Part 3 of Netflix’s Family Reunion certainly helped soften the blow. Arguably the most touching of the eight ...