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' abdomen/belly cutting ', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour , but was also practised by other Japanese people during the Shōwa era [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (particularly officers near the end of World War II ) to restore honour for ...
Although navel exposure has become a recent trend in fashion in Japan, annual Heso Matsuri ("belly button festivals") [246] have been held in Japan since the late 1960s. The tradition of the Hokkaido Heso Odori ("belly button dance") began in 1968. [247] Dancers make their heso ("belly button") into a face, using paint, special costumes, and ...
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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. [citation needed]
In some seppuku rituals, no disembowelment occurs. The condemned person merely moves the tantō, or, sometimes, a wooden stick or fan, across his stomach, followed by a beheading by the kaishakunin. In this variation, the kaishakunin becomes in effect the executioner, and seppuku becomes effectively a beheading.
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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A listing of individuals who have committed Japanese ritual suicide, called seppuku ... Pages in category "Suicides by seppuku"
In the Song of Songs, a book in the Hebrew Bible, there are allusions to exotic things in nature, with frequent interweaving of nature with erotic imagery. In Solomon 's lavish praise of his love – the country girl, Sulaimi – the navel is mentioned as follows: "thy navel is like a round goblet , which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a ...