Note 18 — NOTES, AUTHORITIES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS
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Footnote 18:
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M.E. pp. 180-192, 419. For the origin and meaning of hara-kiri, see T.J., pp. 199-201; Mitford's Tales of Old Japan, Vol. I., Appendix; Adams's History of Japan, story of Shimadzŭ.