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Seppuku as judicial punishment was abolished in 1873, shortly after the Meiji Restoration, but voluntary seppuku did not completely die out. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 31 ] Dozens of people are known to have committed seppuku since then, [ 36 ] [ 34 ] [ 37 ] including General Nogi Maresuke and his wife on the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, and numerous ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Seppuku from Meiji era to present" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
But Mishima knew that Morita had a girlfriend and still hoped he might live. Just before his seppuku, Mishima tried one more time to dissuade him, saying "Morita, you must live, not die." [247] [248] [n] [o] Nevertheless, after Mishima's seppuku, Morita knelt and stabbed himself in the abdomen and Koga acted as kaishakunin again. [252]
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Mikinosuke's grave is located at the Engyō temple, situated behind that of Honda Tadatoki and its inscription reads "Miyamoto Mikinosuke, adoptive son of Miyamoto Musashi: Having served Tadatoki and committed seppuku in front of his master's grave, a native of Ise, and adoptive son of Musashi, aged twenty-three." Right behind his grave Miyata ...
Some time after the Zenzaiya incident he tried to escape the Shinsengumi, despite the regulation against deserters. As a result, he committed seppuku with Okita as his kaishakunin on March 20 (lunar calendar February 23), 1865.
Pages in category "Seppuku from Meiji period to present" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.