junshi

Practices such as junshi, sympathetic suicide on the death of one's master, were outlawed.

Slugger O'Toole Belfast Gonzo 2009

Practices such as junshi, sympathetic suicide on the death of one's master, were outlawed.

Slugger O'Toole 2009

Practices such as junshi, sympathetic suicide on the death of one's master, were outlawed.

Slugger O'Toole 2009

Practices such as junshi, sympathetic suicide on the death of one's master, were outlawed.

Slugger O'Toole 2009

Nominally, the practice of compulsory junshi ceased from that date, * but voluntary junshi continued to find occasional observance until modern times.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Two events specially memorable in this reign were the transfer of the shrine of the Sun goddess to Ise, where it has remained ever since, and the abolition of the custom of junshi, or following in death.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

At the same time a prohibition of junshi (following in death) was issued in these terms:

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

With the rise of the military power there gradually came into existence another custom of junshi, or following one's lord in death, -- suicide by the sword.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

In 1664 the shogunate issued an edict proclaiming that the family of any person performing junshi should be punished; and the shogunate was in earnest.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The custom of junshi represents but one aspect of Japanese loyalty: there were other customs equally, if not even more, significant, -- for example, the custom of military suicide, not as junshi, but as a self-inflicted penalty exacted by the traditions of samurai discipline.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877