Engraving: ritual "seppuku" (""harakiri"") suicide. The performer is seated cross-legged on a mat, cutting his belly with a sword, blood and intestines flowing out. Behind him, right, an assistant holding swords; left, a priest holding a box.
Engraving: ritual "seppuku" (""harakiri"") suicide. The performer is seated cross-legged on a mat, cutting his belly with a sword, blood and intestines flowing out. Behind him, right, an assistant holding swords; left, a priest holding a box.
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seppuku ﾀﾚ ﾊ｢harakiri ﾊ｢ ﾀﾚ ､
Scanned from
Montanus, Arnoldus. "Gedenkwaerdige Gesantschappen Der Oost-Indische Maetschappy Aen De Kaisaren Van Japan" (...). Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1669, p. 93. (Jap. 2558 D 1)
