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Seppuku Paradigm was created in 2005.
Harakiri is a less respectful name for Seppuku
'Seppuku' refers to a form of ritual suicide.
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"Seppuku" is a form of ritual suicide that was practiced by the samurai and daimyo in Japan. Sometimes seppuku was used as a form of judicial punishment.
Samurai would commit Seppuku to avoid disgrace and dishonour upon them, their families and their country.
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Harakiri means literally 'cutting the belly'. It is a colloquial and considered somewhat vulgar term for 'Seppuku, a ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai men in the traditional Japanese society. Women samurai needed special approval for committing seppuku. The practice of committing seppuku at the death of one's master is known as tsuifuku though the ritual is basically the same. Seppuku ( lit."belly-cutting") is better known in English as harakiri and is written with the same kanji (traditional characters) as seppuku but in reverse order with an okurigana.
Seppuku is a type of ritual suicide that is performed in order to allow a samurai to die an honorable death rather than be tortured or captured by an enemy.
Lessons in Seppuku - 2009 Taking Out the Trash 1-1 was released on: USA: 8 August 2009
Lessons in Seppuku - 2009 The Flat Tire 1-2 was released on: USA: 30 August 2009