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Seppuku (切腹, lit. ' cutting [the] belly '), also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. ' abdomen/belly cutting ', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.
In any case, the kaishakunin will always keep eye contact with the samurai performing seppuku, and waiting for his cut (kiri) through his abdomen (hara). When the samurai actually performs the seppuku , and after he returns the dagger ( tantō ) back to its place, the kaishakunin steps forward, letting the katana drop straight through the back ...
The Japanese tradition of seppuku is a well known example of highly ritualized suicide, within a wider cultural world of norms and symbolism. However, reported examples of suicides exist, in which a person performed disembowelment on himself or herself, without any ambient culture of approved, or expected, suicide.
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Although navel exposure has become a recent trend in fashion in Japan, annual Heso Matsuri ("belly button festivals") [247] have been held in Japan since the late 1960s. The tradition of the Hokkaido Heso Odori ("belly button dance") began in 1968. [248] Dancers make their heso ("belly button") into a face, using paint, special costumes, and ...
According to the Bushido Shoshinshu (the "Code of the Warrior"), a samurai was supposed to commit seppuku (also harakiri, "belly cutting", a form of ritual suicide) upon the loss of his master. [6] [7] One who chose not to honor the code was "on his own" and was meant to suffer great shame.
A listing of individuals who have committed Japanese ritual suicide, called seppuku. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...
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