Seppuku by high-ranking samurai including daimyo was committed on the property of the azukarinin (guarantor), whereas the act would be performed in the garden of the azukarinin for lower ranking samurai, and in jail for those of even lower status.
切腹の場所は、大名クラスの身分をはじめとする上級武士の場合は預かり人（切腹人の身柄を預かる人）の邸内、やや身分が劣る場合は預かり人の邸宅の庭先、さらに身分が劣る場合は牢屋の中とされた。