[PDF.92sr] Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki

Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki

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 | #2187990 in Books |  2006-09-30 |  2006-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.10 x6.40l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Following His Lord Into Death|By Harako Meshi|Doris Bargen's latest book, Suicidal Honor, is an investigation of General Maresuke Nogi's suicide in 1912 Japan. On 30 July of that year, the Emperor Meiji died. On September 13, General Nogi committed an outlawed form of ritual suicide, called "junshi", during the emperor's funeral procession in order to "follow his lord into de

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 junshi ("following one’s lord into death"). The violence of their double suicide shocked the nation. What had impelled the general and his wife, on the th...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ogai and Natsume Soseki   |  Doris G. Bargen. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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