Four Japanese texts have been translated for the first time, and they describe how the samurai carried out ritual samurai […] ...

Four texts that discuss how the samurai carried out Seppuku, a ritual death in which a fellow samurai would usually behead ...

TOKYO – An outlandish contest daring participants to impersonate Japanese samurai writhing in pain after “seppuku” – ritual suicide – has been called off after criticism that it was in ...