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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 ...
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Pages in category "Suicides by seppuku" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Akamatsu Mitsusuke;
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.
The code of the Shinsengumi, famously created by Hijikata Toshizō, included five articles, prohibiting deviation from the samurai code , leaving the Shinsengumi, raising money privately, taking part in others' litigation, and engaging in private fights. The penalty for breaking any rule was seppuku. In addition, if the leader of a unit was ...
Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in a court Wednesday of carrying babies they knew would not survive and continuing pregnancies that put their health in ...
Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku [2]) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi.The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.