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Four texts that discuss how the samurai carried out Seppuku, a ritual death in which a fellow samurai would usually behead another, have been translated into English for the first time. While the ...

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Shōgun showrunners Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks and director Jonathan van Tulleken lay the groundwork for the seppuku scene early in Episode 1. During the meeting between Lord Yoshii Toranaga and the ...

Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...