Seppuku: A History of Samurai Suicide

by Andrew Rankin

Book Overview

The history of seppuku - Japanese ritual suicide by cutting the stomach, sometimes referred to as hara-kiri - spans a millennium, and came to be favored by samurai as an honorable 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. Author Andrew Rankin takes us from the first recorded incident...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568365861
• ISBN13: 9781568365862
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.2"