- A
kaishakunin (****anese: 介錯人, lit. '****ist
mistake person') is a man
appointed to
behead an
individual who has
performed seppuku, ****anese
ritual suicide...
- such as with the
seppuku of
Minamoto no Yorimasa, the
practice of a
kaishakunin had not yet emerged; thus, the rite was
considered far more painful....
- Koga Hiroyasu, born 15
August 1947) is a
former Tatenokai member and
kaishakunin responsible for the
decapitations of
Yukio Mishima and
Masakatsu Morita...
-
against deserters. As a result, he
committed seppuku with
Okita as his
kaishakunin on
March 20 (lunar
calendar February 23), 1865.
There are
several speculations...
-
samurai slices into
their stomach with a sword,
their ****istant, the
kaishakunin, is
tasked with
immediately carrying out a
mercy kill –
typically by...
-
knelt and
stabbed himself in the
abdomen and Koga
again performed the
kaishakunin duty.
Masayoshi Koga,
Masahiro Ogawa, and
Hiroyasu Koga, who were tried...
-
Beppu Shinsuke downhill to find a
place to
commit seppuku.
Serving as
kaishakunin,
Beppu cut off Saigō's head and hid it to
prevent it from
being found...
-
Matsudaira Nobuyasu was
forced to
commit suicide (seppuku), his
beheader (
kaishakunin)
Amagata Michitsuna used a Muramasa. In
spite of
these unfortunate incidents...
- deserters. As a result, he
committed seppuku with
Okita Sōji as his
Kaishakunin on
March 20 (lunar
calendar February 23), 1865; and
Hijikata took over...
-
Stiles (comparing the
young Alpha and his best
friend respectively to a
kaishakunin and a samurai) in a
Seppuku ritual. When
Stiles feels he has no other...
