In the spirit of Japanese Bushido, the act of "cutting the abdomen" cannot be ignored, and they believe that it is an honor to go to righteousness. Although the abdomen is very painful, in fact, this pain is also deliberately caused.
The person who cuts the abdomen should use more than one knife to cut open his abdomen. Because it was too terrible to remove the internal organs, the way to cut the abdomen was finally modified, and it was cut by the abdominal cutter himself.
After the first knife cuts the abdomen, a friend or trusted courtier immediately makes up a knife and cuts off the head of the abdomen cutter. This kind of person who comes to take on the act of repairing the knife is called the intermediary, and it is a great honor to be the intermediary. Abdominal incision is not the only formal suicide method in Japan;
In the widely circulated method of suicide in Japan, "abdominal cutting", the person who was found to be the assistant of the abdominal cutter to behead him at the most painful moment is called "the wrong person."
The wrong person is generally a relative or friend of a person who commits suicide by caesarean section. If a samurai loses a battle but loses gloriously, his opponent may voluntarily act as the wrong person in order to pay tribute to his courage. The procedure for abdominal incision, which is usually assisted by the wrong person, is as follows: The person who commits suicide by cutting his abdomen wears a solemn costume and places the knife used to cut the abdomen directly in front of him. The knife may be padded with a special cloth. Samurai would make psychological preparations for death, such as writing poems called sentences of death. When he and the assistant next to him are ready, the belly cutter will uncover the kimono he is wearing, pick up the knife, and stab himself in the abdomen.
The cutter first cuts from left to right, and then makes a second knife slightly upwards to allow his intestines to overflow. When the second knife is cut, the wrong person holds the head, that is, swings the knife to the neck of the person who cuts the abdomen, and needs to cut off the head with a clean and neat knife. Because this knife is very precise, the wrong person is generally a master of swordsmanship, if the knife is not sharp enough, the angle and strength of the knife are not correct, it will lead to the suicide of the head can not be cut off. The cutter will agree in advance with the wrong person on when to complete the decapitation.
After the surrender of the Japanese army invading China, the abdomen was cut off, and it was all killed with guns: