Sakai incident
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The Sakai incident was a diplomatic incident that occurred on March 8, 1868, in Bakumatsu period Japan involving the deaths of eleven French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sak
Monument to the Tosa samurai at Myōkoku-ji in Sakai
Seppuku
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Seppuku, also called harakiri, is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honor, but was also practiced by other Japanese peop
Sakai incident
…help mediate the French demands, but Parkes was not sympathetic. On March 16, Miura, his deputy Nishimura Sahei and 28 men were sentenced to death by seppuku. However, fearing that executing all troop members would further inflame anti-foreign sentiment Iwakura Tomomi, Sanjō Sanetomi and others instructed…
Staged seppuku with ritual attire and kaishakunin assistant, 1897
Samurai about to perform seppuku
A tantō prepared for seppuku
The wife of Onodera Junai, one of the forty-seven rōnin, prepares for her suicide; note the legs tied together, a feature of female seppuku to ensure a decent posture in death