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190103-0012-PP - Seppuku

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Studio Meiji 1890s Unknown

A dramatized studio scene representing a samurai (in white kimono) committing seppuku (切腹), ritual suicide by disembowelment.

Behind him stands the kaishakunin (介錯人) with raised sword, ready to behead him at the moment of his ultimate agony.

Tachiai (立ち会い) witnesses are observing the ceremony.

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