Suicidal honor : General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki /
On September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral, General Nogi Maresuke committed ritual suicide by seppuku (disembowelment). It was an act of delayed atonement that paid a debt of honor incurred thirty-five years earlier. The revered military hero's wife joined in his act of juns...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2006. |
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