Phaedra, Did not the practice require not only that one ceremoniously knife onself in the abdomen, but the knife had to be drawn through the entrails, slicing as it went through a specific pattern and then somewhere near the end a close friend was to chop off the head with a sword before death occured via the knife??? Seems like I saw a representation of this in the movie "Shogun" and then later in a very old b&w Japanese art film. Grusome!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
PSavage wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rachel Cogent <cogent@GNTECH.NET> > > > Seppuku? > > Please translate. > > Seppuku is an anchient Japanese suicide custom, still practiced > today, appropriate when one is judged dishonorable or to have > failed in some important pursuit that involves shame or loss of face. > One commits seppuku by knifing one's self in the abdomen. > Ouch! > Phaedra |
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