right in a slicing motion. The practice of committing seppuku at the death of one’s master, known as oibara (?? or ???, the kun’yomi or Japanese reading) or tsuifuku (??, the on’yomi or Chinese reading), follows a similar ritual. Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Similar Posts: IRAN: Sakineh Mohammadi