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Suicidal honor : General Nogi and the writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki /

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 juns...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bargen, Doris G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo