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Seppuku (harakiri) a Japanese form of ritual suicide 1727

Japanese form of ritual suicide. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo (1616–1644). seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Persia and India. Seppuku (cutting the abdomen, sometimes called harakiri) is a Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai..

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Seppuku (harakiri) a Japanese form of ritual suicide 1727

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Japanese form of ritual suicide. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo (1616–1644). seventeenth-century German adventurer, who wrote about his travels through Persia and India. Seppuku (cutting the abdomen, sometimes called harakiri) is a Japanese form of ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai..

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1727 • ARMS: SAMURAI SWORD • DAGGER • DAY • FOUR PEOPLE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HONOR • HORIZONTAL • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • INCIDENTAL PEOPLE • JAPAN: SAMURAI • JAPANESE CULTURE • JOHAN ALBRECHT DE MANDELSLO • KNEELING • OPEN • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PAGE • SAMURAI SWORD • SAMURAI WARRIOR • SAMURAI • SEPPUKU • STANDING • SUICIDE • TEXT • TRADITIONAL CLOTHING • VOYAGES MADE TO PERSIA AND INDIA • WESTERN SCRIPT