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Seppuku: A History Of Samurai Suicide, Paperback / softback Book

Seppuku: A History Of Samurai Suicide Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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A collection of thrilling samurai tales tracing the history of seppuku from ancient times to the twentieth century.

The history of seppuku -- Japanese ritual suicide by cutting the stomach, sometimes referred to as hara-kiri -- spans a millennium, and came to be favoured by samurai as an honourable 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 swashbuckling tales from history and literature.

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