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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".
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.
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 ]
However, Disney made an impact in another (little-known) way, as well. Legend has it that he wrote one last message before being hospitalized prior to his death, says Disney historian Jim Korkis ...
After her death, the woman returned as a vengeful spirit, or onryō. As an onryō, she covers her mouth with a cloth mask (often specified as a surgical mask), or in some iterations, a hand fan or handkerchief. [1] She carries a sharp instrument with her, which has been described as a knife, a machete, a scythe, or a large pair of scissors. [7]
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 ...
Sound of Death Note is a soundtrack featuring music from the first Death Note film composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai. It was released on June 17, 2006, by VAP. [75] Sound of Death Note the Last name is the soundtrack from the second Death Note film, Death Note the Last name. It was released on November 2, 2006. [76]