Hosokawa Tadaoki
Voluntary death by drowning was a common form of ritual or honour suicide. The religious context of thirty-three Jōdo Shinshū adherents at the funeral of Abbot Jitsunyo in 1525 was faith in Amida Buddha and belief in rebirth in his Pure land, but male "seppuku" did not have a specifically religious context. By way of contrast, the religious beliefs of Hosokawa Gracia, the Christian wife of "daimyō" Hosokawa Tadaoki, prevented her from committing suicide.