Women of the samurai class also committedritual suicide, called jigai, but, instead of slicing the abdomen, they slashed their throats with a short sword or dagger. ... Obligatory seppuku refers to the method of capital punishment for samurai to spare them the disgrace of being beheaded by a common executioner.
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Women of the samurai class also committedritual suicide, called jigai, but, instead of slicing the abdomen, they slashed their throats with a short sword or dagger. ... Obligatory seppuku refers to the method of capital punishment for samurai to spare them the disgrace of being beheaded by a common executioner.