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Japan: Following military defeat, General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit seppuku< / i> or ritual suicide with a tanto< / i> dagger. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), c. 1880

Seppuku (??, 'stomach-cutting') is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai bushido honour code, seppuku was either used voluntarily by samurai to die with honour rather than fall into the hands of their enemies (and likely suffer torture), or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them. The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade, traditionally a tanto, into the abdomen and moving the blade from left to right in a slicing motion.
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Japan: Following military defeat, General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit seppuku< / i> or ritual suicide with a tanto< / i> dagger. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), c. 1880
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Seppuku (??, 'stomach-cutting') is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai bushido honour code, seppuku was either used voluntarily by samurai to die with honour rather than fall into the hands of their enemies (and likely suffer torture), or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses, or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them. The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade, traditionally a tanto, into the abdomen and moving the blade from left to right in a slicing motion.
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3450 x 5035 px | 49.7 MB
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29.2 x 42.6 cm | 11.5 x 16.8 in (300 dpi)
Mots clés:
ARME • ARMES • ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART • ART, PEINTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • BOIS, GRAVURE SUR • CONTINENT ASIE • EPEE • GRAVURE SUR BOIS • GRAVURE TAILLE DOUCE • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • JAPON • JAPONAIS • JAPONAISE • MORT SUICIDE • ORNEMENT, JAPONAIS • PEINTURE • SAMOURAI • SUICIDE • SUICIDES • TABLEAU • TABLEAUX • TAILLE-DOUCE • TANTO • TECHNIQUE: GRAVURE SUR BOI • XYLOGRAPHIE