HARI-KARI.
Hari-kari, or “ the happy despatch, was a Japanese method of execution. When an official 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 insalted, he would commit hari-kari on the door-step of his enemy ; who, bythe Japanese cod« of honour, was compelled to do the same. Only old-fashioned persons perform the “happy despatch” nowadays in Japan ; it has been shelved along with many other old customs of that empire.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2483, 31 May 1909, Page 3
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