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35 Samurai Seppuku Images and Stock Photos

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Staged version of the Japanese ritual suicide known as Seppuku or Hara-Kiri, circa 1885. The warrior in white plunges a knife into his belly, while...

Samurai commiting seppuku , ca. 1880.

Samurai commiting seppuku

Konishi Yukinaga Japanese samurai and daimyo under the command of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history . In 1587,...

preparations of harakiri (seppuku), japanese ritual suicide - samurai seppuku stock illustrations

Preparations of harakiri (Seppuku), Japanese ritual suicide

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak_ vendetta, or the Genroku Ak_ incident took place in Japan at...

Japan: 'Taibi' (Epilogue of Chushingura or the Tale of the 47 Ronin). Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832), c. 1815

Japanese form of ritual suicide. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht de Mandelslo . Seventeenth-century German adventurer,...

Seppuku (harakiri) a Japanese form of ritual suicide 1727

Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai bushido honour...

Japan: Following military defeat, General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit <i>seppuku</i> or ritual suicide with a <i>tanto</i> dagger. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), c. 1880

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak_ vendetta, or the Genroku Ak_ incident took place in Japan at...

Japan: Chushingura / 47 Ronin: Kira Kozuke-no-Suke Yoshinaka (right) insults Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori (centre) in front of the latter's wife. Katsukawa Shunsho (1726-1793), c.1785

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak_ vendetta, or the Genroku Ak_ incident took place in Japan at...

Japan: 'Juichidanme'. Members of the 47 Ronin breaking into Lord Kira's compound. Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832), c. 1815

Japanese gentleman preparing to perform Hara-kiri, a form of seppuku . Dated 19th Century.

Japanese gentleman preparing to perform Hara-kiri.

Japanese films Samurai with sword - scene from the movie 'Harakiri' ; director: Masaki Kobayashi - 1962 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japanese films Samurai with sword - scene from the movie 'Harakiri' (Seppuku); director: Masaki Kobayashi - 1962 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

Illustration depicting Seppuku 'stomach- or abdomen-cutting,' is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.

Illustration depicting Seppuku

Japanese films Swordplay of the samurai - scene from the movie 'Harakiri' ; director: Masaki Kobayashi - 1962 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japanese films Swordplay of the samurai - scene from the movie 'Harakiri' (Seppuku); director: Masaki Kobayashi - 1962 - Vintage property of ullstein bild

Japan: Seppuku - ritual suicide of a samurai in front of his daymo according to the bushido behavior prescriptions. Wood carving, no date

Japan: Seppuku - ritual suicide (harakiri) of a samurai in front of his daymo (duke) according to the bushido behavior prescriptions. wood carving, no date

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin are 50 exposed original drawings in pencil and color digitally made by the artist Emanuele Tenderini,...

At the Museum of Oriental art in Turin (MAO) are 50 exposed...

Akechi Mitsuhide , samurai and betrayer of Oda Nobunaga. Hanging scroll painting, c. 1613. Akechi Mitsuhide, nicknamed Jubei or called Koreto Hyuga...

Akechi Mitsuhide...

Portrait of far-right Japanese author Yukio Mishima is displayed during the memorial ceremony for the 40th anniversary of his shocking samurai-style...

JAPAN-LIFESTYLE-LITERATURE-MISHIMA

suicide by sword silhouette - samurai seppuku stock illustrations

Suicide by Sword Silhouette

Cave at the Hojo ancestral cemetery at Tosho-ji temple, This is the site of the dramatic end of the shogunate established by Yoritomo. When Kamakura...

A cave at the Hojo ancestral cemetery at Tosho-ji temple

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak_ vendetta, or the Genroku Ak_ incident took place in Japan at...

Japan: Actor Onoe Kikugor™ IV as Amakawaya's samurai wife Osono, from the series 'Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai'. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), 1864

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Ak_ vendetta, or the Genroku Ak_ incident took place in Japan at...

Japan: Portrait of Yato Uemonshichii Norikane of the '47 Ronin'. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797Ð1861), 1852-1853

Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was...

Japan: Toyotomi Hideyori, son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper, 14 7/16 x 9 1/3 in. , Prints, Tosh_sai Sharaku , In this portrait, one of...

Harakiri, poster, , Polish poster art, 1962.

Portrait of far-right Japanese author Yukio Mishima is displayed during the memorial ceremony for the 40th anniversary of his shocking samurai-style...

A portrait of far-right Japanese author

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