Introduction: When we think of the Japanese culture of cutting the abdomen, we will think of a sentence that Sekiya often says in a funny way in "Love Apartment": "I will cut the abdomen for you in minutes." Of course, although this is the plot of a funny TV series, in reality, Japan does have a tradition of "cutting one's abdomen and committing suicide".
Although it is said that the thought of this act of cutting oneself in the abdomen will feel very bloody and will make people feel chilling. Then many people will wonder, why would the Japanese samurai choose to kill themselves by cutting their stomachs? Don't we often say that "it is better to die than to live"?
The origin of Japan's suicide by cutting off its abdomen
This brings us to the origin of Japan's "cut belly" culture, which actually originated from a family called the Fujiwara family, which was a very large family in Japan at that time, and Fujiwara Yoshi, one of the families, did a lot of unconscionable things.
In 989, many Japanese officers and soldiers went to arrest Fujiwara Yoshi, but when they arrived at Fujiwara's house, Fujiwara Yoshi had already committed suicide by cutting his abdomen, and also used the tip of a knife to pick out the internal organs and throw them at the officers and soldiers. The thought of this scene really made people feel creepy and you can imagine how the officers and soldiers who saw all this felt at that time.
After this incident, Japan defined "cutting one's abdomen and committing suicide" as an act of self-denial, and then slowly became a noble act of Japanese samurai to maintain their reputation in order to maintain their dignity or atone for their sins.
Therefore, suicide by cutting one's abdomen has become the noblest way for Japanese samurai to die, so some people will wonder why they chose to commit suicide by cutting their abdomen instead of being in other parts of the body. Because, japanese people and even people in many countries believe that people's souls live in the belly.
When we look at the Japanese belly cutting culture, we think, why do Japanese samurai basically have such courage. Don't they think about the preciousness of life? In fact, the Japanese are deeply influenced by the spirit of Bushido.
They usually prepare a lot of things before cutting their abdomen, and they also do a long psychological construction, for example, they will write some of their own impressions and songs for their imminent death. And you will also wear your most gorgeous clothes. When everything was ready, they would sit down and prepare to open their clothes to expose their abdomen and stab decisively. It can be said that it takes a lot of courage.
In the early years, Japan has been invading other countries, and there is no country to invade Japan, in fact, there are two reasons, the first Is that Japan is originally a small island country, with no resources and geographical advantages; the second is that they have seen the madness of the Japanese, when the invaders come, the Japanese will desperately resist.
The invaders generally do not want to exterminate the native people, but through colonization, they fully control a country for their own use. At that time, MacArthur controlled the Japanese emperor in a colonial way, and the Japanese emperor system was very respected, MacArthur controlled the emperor, and used the emperor to indirectly control Japan.
The Japanese emperor was very guilty for his actions in World War II, and Japan ended in defeat and surrender, but he did not choose to kill himself. At that time, MacArthur was not to blame the japanese emperor for controlling him.
When MacArthur said to the Emperor in an insulting tone, "You have been defeated, shouldn't you, as the Emperor, apologize to all the Japanese people?" The Japanese emperor replied with only four words: "There is nothing that can be done." ”
Although the Japanese Emperor knew that this was an extreme insult to him, he could only listen. If the emperor had committed suicide by cutting his stomach, Japan would have been leaderless, and the Japanese emperor system was still highly respected at that time. If he dies, Japan will really fall apart.
Of course, MacArthur did not really want the emperor to commit suicide, but only wanted to insult him, and he also needed to control Japan by controlling the emperor. The Japanese emperor accepted this insult in exchange for absolution of his crimes in World War II. In fact, one is to whitewash, the other is to control Japan, each taking what it needs, it can be said that it is willing.
If the Japanese emperor had committed suicide for the sake of dignity, Japan would have been left to the united States, and he would have been forced to live with humiliation and thus be exempted from war crimes, which was the best outcome. In the face of MacArthur's question, he could only utter those four words very roguely.
Conclusion: In this way, Emperor Hirohito eventually lived to the age of 88 and died of cancer. Because of the absolution of responsibility for war crimes at that time, this gave the Japanese the opportunity to falsify history privately. So much so that they still don't admit the crimes they suffered, and they beautify their country in their history books, which is really a bit brazen.