junshi

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(thing) by QXZ (1.7 wk) (print)   (I like it!) Wed May 30 2001 at 20:06:03
The samurai practice of following one's master into death by committing seppuku. This custom was outlawed by the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1600's.

A samurai considered himself to be already dead as soon as he became a retainer. As such, when his master died a samurai had no reason to continue living.

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