Hari-kari, or "the happy dispatch," was a Japanese method of execution. When an ollicial of rank was condemned to death, a sword was sent to him. He took leave of his family, performed certain religious rites, and then plunged the sword into his bowels, drawing it down and across. If a gentleman had been insulted, he would commit harikari oil the doorstep of his enemy, who, by the Japanese code of honour, was i compelled to do the same.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 99, 29 April 1933, Page 6 (Supplement)
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