Japan - Voluntary Hara Kiri
Black and white lantern slide slide of a man kneeling and holding the blade of a samurai sword wrapped in cloth with the point against his stomach region in the style of Hara Kiri. Part of Box 157 Japan Boswell Collection. Slide number 22 Seppuku, stomach-cutting') is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai
Picture No
10902963
Media ID
44911608
Size
4816px x 3829px
(8.1MB)
Credit
©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
Source
Lantern slide
Date
circa 1890s
