Monthly Archives: June 2015

Seppuku ~ Part One of a series on ritual suicide with particular reference to Samurai Culture

Posted on June 1, 2015 by dykiegirl

Seppuku (‘stomach-cutting’, ‘abdomen-cutting’) is a form of Japanese ritual suicide of  by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for people of the Samurai class. (1) Part of the Samurai bushido honour code, seppuku was used either voluntarily by samurai to die with honour rather than … Continue reading →

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Hangaku Gozen ~ Lady Hangaku ~ onna-bugeisha

Posted on June 1, 2015 by dykiegirl

Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) was a female warrior Samurai, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature. The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the … Continue reading →

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