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A kaishakunin (Japanese: 介錯人, lit. ' assist mistake person ' ) is a man appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku , Japanese ritual suicide , at the moment of agony. The role played by the kaishakunin is called kaishaku .
Kaishaku (介錯) is a group of two manga artists consisting of Hitoshi Ota and Terumasa Shichinohe. The name comes from Kaishakunin (介錯人), an appointed second person whose duty it is to decapitate one who commits seppuku - ritual suicide by disembowelment.
The kaishakunin was usually, but not always, a friend. If a defeated warrior had fought honourably and well, an opponent who wanted to salute his bravery would volunteer to act as his kaishakunin. In the Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo wrote: From ages past it has been considered an ill-omen by samurai to be requested as kaishaku. The reason for ...
He traveled to the General's house, and acted as kaishakunin, second, in his brother-in-law's act of seppuku. Unlike several of his co-conspirators, Takeshita survived through the events of August 15, and, as of 1968, was the head of the Command and General Staff college, a general in the Land Self-Defense Forces .
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.)
Hiroyasu Koga (Japanese: 古賀浩靖 Koga Hiroyasu, born 15 August 1947) is a former Tatenokai member and kaishakunin responsible for the decapitations of Yukio Mishima and Masakatsu Morita during their seppuku on November 25, 1970. He studied law at Kanagawa University and intended to become a lawyer.
[247] [248] [n] [o] Nevertheless, after Mishima's seppuku, Morita knelt and stabbed himself in the abdomen and Koga acted as kaishakunin again. [252] Another traditional element of the suicide ritual was the composition of death poems by the Tatenokai members prior to their entry into the headquarters. [253]
Lone Wolf and Cub (Japanese: 子連れ狼, Hepburn: Kozure Ōkami, "Wolf taking along his child") is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima.