Staged Seppuku Harakiri Ceremony - Japan

A (thankfully) staged Seppuku or Harakiri ceremony (from the late Edo period) of ritual suicide. A Japanese man has opened a cut in his abdomen in front of two witnesses. As soon as the blood begins to flow, a relative or friend (a second') will cut off his head to prevent him from suffering

Abdomen Attendant Behead Decapitation Disembowelment Hara Harakiri Hari Kari Kiri Prevent Relative Samurai Selected Seppuku Staged Suffer Suffering Suicide Tanto Tsuka Witnesses

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