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Woodblock print of Samura committing Seppuku scene

The Loser’s Big Stage

The previous article on seppuku was met with a lot of responses, so I would like to write a follow-up. As mentioned, seppuku initially was not something one did to take responsibility for a mistake, but was done in order to follow a deceased master to death or to kill Read More

Harakiri - Samurai cutting his own belly

Seppuku – why did the samurai cut their own stomachs?

Seppuku was a practice only if you were samurai, and it was considered a method in which one died with honor.

But why did the samurai, in the name of “dying an honorable death” choose such a method?