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Word: kamiya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...servants, lifting the coffin lid,, were startled by something more ominous than a mere grinning skeleton, which might have seemed appropriate. The coffin contained instead a handsome disemboweling knife beautifully encased in a white leather scabbard and resting on a ceremonial tray. By this expensive present the Kamiya Keiseisha (Opposition Party) pointedly conveyed to the Premier their opinion that he is a perjurer and ought to commit harakiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gruesome Gift | 11/22/1926 | See Source »

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