seppuku: see hara-kiri hara-kiri [Jap.,=belly-cutting], the traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, seppuku. It was practiced by the Japanese feudal warrior class in order to avoid falling into enemy hands.
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seppuku

or hara-kiri

Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment, practiced by members of the samurai class. Suicide by disembowelment was favoured because it was slow and painful and therefore demonstrated courage, self-control, and strong resolve. Voluntary seppuku was performed to avoid the dishonour of capture, show loyalty to one's lord by following him into death, protest against some policy of a superior, or atone for failure. Obligatory seppuku was a method of capital punishment for a samurai, who would be beheaded by a second once he had made an initial stab wound himself. Obligatory seppuku was abolished in 1873, but voluntary seppuku continued to occur. Notable 20th-century examples included those of army officer Nogi Maresuke and writer Yukio Mishima. See also bushido.

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Then, in a carefully staged event, Mishima committed seppuku, plunging a ceremonial dagger into his abdomen while, almost simultaneously, his assistant beheaded him.

Tamotsu Yato's nude male warriors of Japan by Nawrocki, Jim / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

A Japanese right-wing nationalist stabbed himself in the stomach Monday outside the parliament building in an apparent suicide attempt by ritual seppuku disembowelment, police said.

Nationalist stabs self outside Japan parliament by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

Teenagers held off the unremitting boredom of it all by break-dancing in groups while this reporter ruminated on whether volunteering to cover a never-ending pop concert held in a car park was a form of Seppuku.

A night of true blues but no rhythm with Akon by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)

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