i’m having a hard time finding who took this photo. it’s either felice beato or kusakabe kimbei.

  • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    AFAIK theres no difference. “Harakiri” was just what the nobility called it condescendingly when poor people did it. It’s not a verb vs noun thing.

    The subject being a samurai means they would probably employ a kaishaku to retain their honour. The role of kaishaku was given to someone skilled and trusted, because they had to cut as much as possible in a single blow without beheading the subject thus destroying their honour.