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Word: narihisa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Japanese Embassy in Paris waxed exceedingly indignant over a report that the death of Prince Narihisa Kitashirakawa, who was recently killed in an automobile accident in France, necessitated some Japanese noble committing hara-kari -suicide. The late Prince was a brother-in-law of the Mikado, and, as the Councellor of the Embassy explained, the ancient rite of hara-kari is carried out by the Samurais only in the event of the death of the Mikado; lesser members of the royal family do not receive such homage. On April 29, 1909, Prince Kitashirakawa married the Mikado's second sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Hara-Kari | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

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