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Ry that includes the suicides of Shibata Katsuie Sen no Riky and Toyotomi Hidetsugu up to the seppuku of General Nogi Maresuke in Drawing on never before translated medieval war tales samurai clan documents and execution handbooks Rankin also provides a fascinating look at the seppuku ritual itself explaining the correct protocol and etiuette for seppuku different stomach cutting procedures types of swords attire location even what kinds of refreshment should be served at the seppuku ceremony The book ends with a collection of uotations from authors. A scholarly work on the subject and practice of seppuku in Japanese society the book is a good compilation and update on if not as thorough an examination of the whys and wherefores of this rather uniue style and ritual of suicide found nowhere else which involves notions of honour service loyalty and other like virtues of excellence melding with death poems sharp swords white mats fights and powerplay ichimonji jumonji self disembowelment junshi bushido and the kaishaku duty of decapitation by single blow of a sword
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Seppuku By Andrew RankThe history of seppuku Japanese ritual suicide by cutting the stomach sometimes referred to as hara kiri spans a millennium and came to be favored by samurai as an honorable form of death Here for the first time in English is a book that charts the history of seppuku from ancient times to the twentieth century through a collection of swashbuckling tales from history and literature Author Andrew Rankin takes us from the first recorded incident of seppuku by the goddess Aomi in the eighth century through the golden age of seppuku in the sixteenth centu. This little book is surprisingly enjoyable considering the subject matter Rankin is a rather witty writer and a knowledgeable one too