TO FOLLOW MASTER
JAPANESE AND HARA KIRI |
An ancient and tragic Japanese custom was revived when Hisayoshi Otsuka, a 26-year-old student of Tokyo, threw himself in front of a train and was killed. Otsuka left a note explaining that he wished to follow his beloved teacher into the other world and serve him there. The object of the student’s devotion was Dr. Shinkichi Uesugi, late professor of law at the Tokyo Imperial University. Dr. Uesugi was in his later years an extreme reactionary, and Otsuka’s death is a revival of just such ancient customs as Dr. Uesugi advocated. In very ancient times the Emperor’s chief subjects were buried alive with him. and the practice of loyal retainers taking their own lives persisted for centuries.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 19
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124TO FOLLOW MASTER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 19
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