The ritual of Hara-Kiri (also referred as Seppuku) caught my attention, and revealed some kind of code of honor I wasn’t familiar with.
This suicidal ritual of disembowelment was a attempt to restore honor to the condemn one and to his family. This ceremony was originally reserved for samurai, according to their code of honor, voluntarily suiciding rather than be caught by their enemies and be executed or tortured by them, that was kind of shameful. A notable case was the author and poet Yukio Mishima, unhappy with and unsettled by the direction post-war Japan had taken, he killed himself committing ritual suicide in 1970.
The act itself was very formal, almost liturgic and involved stabbing oneself in the belly, normally with a tantō (sometimes a wakizashi) short sword, plunging the blade into the left side of the abdomen, draw it laterally across to the right and then turning the blade upwards to ensure fatal wound. It is common to have a second performer in this mortal scene, a kaishakunin, a person appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, ending his suffering.
Hara-Kiri
Visceral Purity of Character
25.00€
Weight | 250 g |
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Color | White |
Fabric | 100% Cotton, 190gr |
Model | Unisex |
Printed in | Silk Screen, water-based ink |
Size Guide
Tshirt
XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL | |
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A (cm) | 47 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 |
B (cm) | 67 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 79 |