HARA-KIRI : SUICIDE OF THE SAMURAI
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HARA-KIRI IS A METHOD OF SUICIDE, OBLIGATORY OR VOLUNTARY, BY DISEMBOWELMENT, PRACTISED BY THE SAMURAI CLASS IN JAPAN; LATER ADOPTED BY ALL CLASSES AS IDEAL FORM OF SELF—DESTRUCTION. IT WAS DONE BY SELF-INFLICTED CUT ACROSS THE ABDOMEN WITH A DAGGER, FOLLOWED BY A SWORD STROKE BY ANOTHER HAND WHICH SEVERED THE HEAD FROM THE BODY. AS AN OBLIGATORY ACT, ABOLISHED IN 1868. ON THE DAY OF THE
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HARA-KIRI IS A METHOD OF SUICIDE, OBLIGATORY OR VOLUNTARY, BY DISEMBOWELMENT, PRACTISED BY THE SAMURAI CLASS IN JAPAN; LATER ADOPTED BY ALL CLASSES AS IDEAL FORM OF SELF—DESTRUCTION. IT WAS DONE BY SELF-INFLICTED CUT ACROSS THE ABDOMEN WITH A DAGGER, FOLLOWED BY A SWORD STROKE BY ANOTHER HAND WHICH SEVERED THE HEAD FROM THE BODY. AS AN OBLIGATORY ACT, ABOLISHED IN 1868. ON THE DAY OF THE