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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 ...
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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.
The belly button is unique to each individual due to it being a scar, and various general forms have been classified by medical practitioners. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ further explanation needed ] Outie : A navel consisting of the umbilical tip protruding past the periumbilical skin is an outie.
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.
Belly dancers often have navel piercings or insert sequins into their navels to make it look attractive when they perform. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Not only them, many young everyday women also have them to add a charm to their navels. [ 45 ]
“A belly button piercing, or navel piercing, is a piercing around the rim of skin outside of your navel in the lower middle of your stomach, traditionally on the top ‘lip,’” Jim Kelly ...
A listing of individuals who have committed Japanese ritual suicide, called seppuku. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...