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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".
Kiri-sute gomen translates literally as "authorization to cut and leave [the body of the victim]." [ 2 ] Contrary to popular belief, this exact term did not originate in the Edo period . The real name used in historical sources is either uchi-sute ( 打捨 , "to strike and abandon") or burei-uchi ( 無礼打 , "to offend and strike") .
— Diogenes, Greek Cynic philosopher (323 BCE), asking for his body to be thrown outside the city wall for animals to eat "To the strongest." [8] [19] [note 7] ("Τῷ κρατίστῳ") — Alexander the Great, conqueror and king of Macedonia (c. 11 June 323 BCE), when asked to whom his vast empire should belong after his death
Akutagawa then writes his thought process on how he came to decide on the manner of his death. He does this in a straightforward calculated fashion. He states that he does not believe, unlike "the Westerners", that suicide is a sin. He decides to commit the act in the least painful way possible and researches each manner of death to find the ...
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 ...
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 ...
"Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by the Stranglers from the Black and White album (1978). (Death and Night and Blood is the phrase from Mishima's novel Confessions of a Mask) [320] "Forbidden Colours", a song on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto with lyrics by David Sylvian (1983).