Seppuku
A History of Samurai Suicide
ISBN-13: 9781568365862
Contributor(s): Andrew Rankin
Subject: Asian History
Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books
Publication Date: 18-10-2018
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£16.99
About the book
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.