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  2. Seppuku - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Kaishakunin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Criminal punishment in Edo-period Japan - Wikipedia

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    For crimes requiring moderate punishment, convicts could be sent to work at labor camps such as the one on Ishikawa-jima in Edo Bay.More serious acts could result in being sent to work in the gold mine on the island of Sado.

  5. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    International: The Convention on the Political Rights of Women was approved by the United Nations General Assembly during the 409th plenary meeting, on 20 December 1952, and adopted on 31 March 1953. The Convention's purpose is to codify a basic international standard for women's political rights.

  6. Liberal women withhold sex, shave heads to protest Trump win ...

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    "Stop dating men, stop having sex with men, stop talking to men, divorce your husbands, leave your f--king boyfriends, leave them," a TikTokker said. ... Liberal women withhold sex, shave heads to ...

  7. Yamanami Keisuke - Wikipedia

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    After Yamanami returned to Mibu, he was ordered to commit seppuku. He asked Okita to serve as his second, or kaishakunin. There is also a theory that Kondo asked Okita to serve as Yamanami's second out of respect for Yamanami. (The second was usually a close friend or family member.)

  8. Category:Suicides by seppuku - Wikipedia

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    Seppuku from Meiji period to present (24 P) Pages in category "Suicides by seppuku" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.

  9. Assemblywomen - Wikipedia

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    The ascent of women in political power in Assemblywomen is yet another commentary on what Aristophanes saw as the shameful effeminacy of the men currently in power in Athens. The fact that women in this instance could enter the assembly and successfully pass as men was a commentary on politicians being indistinguishable from women in costume. [6]