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This astonishing book charts the history and practice of ritual samurai suicide from ancient times until the 20th century through primary sources, both literary and historical, many of them never before translated into English. The author has worked from documents such as medieval war tales, records of the samurai domains, and execution handbooks. The book benefits from an extensive introduction, footnotes, and bibliography, but is written also to appeal to the general reader. It is divided into four basic sections: History to 1600 looks at cases of ritual suicide taken from historical texts from the 8th to the 17th century. The Seppuku Ritual draws on previously untranslated seppuku manuals from the 18th and 19th centuries to explain the correct procedure and etiquette, as well as the different stomach-cutting procedures, types of swords, attire, location, and even the refreshments served at the seppuku ceremony. History after 1600 focuses on famed cases up to and including the 20th century, and Paradigms offers a selection of short quotations from authors and commentators down the centuries that sum up Japanese and non-Japanese attitudes to seppuku. „As for when to die, make sure you are one step ahead of everyone else. Never pull back from the brink. But be aware that there are times when you should die, and times when you should not. Die at the right moment and you will be a hero. Die at the wrong moment, and you will die like a dog”. (Izawa Nagahide, The Warrior s Code, 1725)

Seppuku – A History of Samurai Suicide de Andrew Rankin descarcă cartea. Seppuku: A History of Samurai Suicide by Andrew Rankin Write a review Paperback (Reprint) $16.95 Paperback $16.95 eBook $13.99 View All Available Formats & Editions SHIP THIS ITEM Qualifies for Free Shipping Usually ships within 6 days Instant Purchase PICK UP IN STORE Check Availability at Nearby Stores Available within 2 business hours Overview Paperback $16.95 6 Used from $12.50 11 New from $11.55 This astonishing book charts the history and practice of ritual samurai suicide from ancient times until the 20th century through primary sources, both literary and historical, many of them never before translated into English. The author has worked from documents such as medieval war tales, The 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 Author Andrew Rankin traces the origins of seppuku in ancient myth, and guides us from the death of legendary warrior Minamoto no Tametomo in 1170 to the celebrated ritual suicide of General Nogi Maresuke in 1912. In between are countless examples of heroic courage, loyalty, and sacrifice. Seppuku is famous as a form of suicide by which samurai took responsibility and showed their sincerity. However, the reality did not generally match up to the legend, as seppuku changed in In the famous tale of the 47 ronin who committed seppuku after avenging their late lord, the ronin did not actually cut their stomachs; they were beheaded after a symbolic ceremony. The belly-cutting version preserves their reputations – and makes a better story! Image: Courtesy of Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History. Seppuku was a ritual form of suicide used by samurai warriors to avoid surrender or atone for a shameful act. What were their painful final moments really like? Citation Information Articleof history, (Illustrations not seen,)—Megan Hahn Fraser, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Lib. Rankin, Andrew. Seppuku: A History of Samurai Suicide, Kodansha, dist. by Oxford Univ. 2011, 255p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9784770031426. $24.95. HIST A study of over 800 years of the Japanese practice of ritual suicide by disembowel- The ideal samurai was supposed to follow an unwritten code of conduct, later formalized as Bushidō, which held bravery, honour, and personal loyalty above life itself; ritual suicide by disembowelment ( seppuku) was institutionalized as a respected alternative to dishonour or defeat. The proper method for committing the act was to plunge a Book by Andrew Rankin. By Brian Bethune October 5, 2011. In 1581, the Japanese lord Kikkawa Tsuneie, who had agreed to surrender his besieged castle if he was allowed to commit suicide Seppuku – A History of Samurai Suicide de Andrew Rankin descarcă cartea pdf, epub, mobi. The 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 Seppuku: a history of samurai suicide, Andrew Rankin (book review) Kathleen McCallister William & Mary, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/librariespubs Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation This first comprehensive history in English of Japanese ritual suicide offers both action-packed stories that read like fiction, and invaluable scholarship – now in paperback.This impeccably researched survey looks at seppuku (or hara-kiri, as it’s more commonly known outside Japan) from ancient to modern times. Here, for the first time in English, is a book that charts the history of seppuku from ancientSaigō’s suicide became an established part of Japanese history only in the early 1900s, with the rise of bushidō as a national ideology. By contrast, in the 1870s and 1880s, the story of Saigō’s suicide was just one of many fantastic accounts of his demise, which also included legends that he ascended to Mars or escaped to Russia. The ideal samurai was supposed to follow an unwritten code of conduct, later formalized as Bushidō, which held bravery, honour, and personal loyalty above life itself; ritual suicide by disembowelment ( seppuku) was institutionalized as a respected alternative to dishonour or defeat. After the Tokugawa shogunate enforced peace on Japan in 1603, it used seppuku as an upper-class death penalty—enemies would be ordered to do it—but smoothed its edges. The condemned had barely toThe book „Sepukku: history of samurai suicide” explores a morbidly multi-colored spectrum of a suicide tradition within the Japanese martial way; through expanding into the whole of the Japanese way of life it shows us that perhaps it is not suicide that we are looking at, but rather a spiritual tool used by different people of high birth in order to transition from this ego-driven, pain The 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 This first comprehensive history in English of Japanese ritual suicide offers both action-packed stories that read like fiction, and invaluable scholarship – now in paperback. This impeccably researched survey looks at seppuku (or hara-kiri, as it’s more commonly known outside Japan) from ancient to modern times.