Seppuku
- Resource Type
- Topic overview
- Authors
- Power, Patricia
- Source
- Religion and Violence : An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present. 2011, v. 3, p673-679.
- Subject
- Language
- English
Seppuku In its classical form seppuku (literally, 'cutting the stomach') is a highly ritualized, violent form of suicide by disembowelment. Meticulously executed and excruciatingly painful when performed in its totality, [...]