Seppuku the head could, both metaphorically and literally, rest in its owner's hands. Those who did not belong to the samurai caste were never ordered or expected to carry out seppuku. Samurai generally could carry out the act only with permission. Sometimes a "daimyō" was called upon to perform seppuku as the basis of a peace agreement. This weakened the defeated clan so that resistance effectively ceased. Toyotomi Hideyoshi used an enemy's suicide in this way on several occasions, the most dramatic of which effectively ended a dynasty of "daimyōs". When the Hōjō were defeated at Odawara in 1590, Hideyoshi insisted
Samurai Warriors 2 series. However, Sasaki Kojirō and Shibata Katsuie, who were unplayable special bodyguards in the original "Samurai Warriors 2", are now playable characters in "Samurai Warriors 2 Empires" with special movesets. Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends (戦国無双2 猛将伝: Sengoku Musou 2 Moushouden) was first released on August 23, 2007 in Japan for the PlayStation 2. It is the fifth "Xtreme Legends" expansion by Koei, and also the first and only "Xtreme Legends" expansion since "" to be released after "Empires" (Other "Xtreme Legends" expansions are released shortly after the release of the original game). It shares the same achievements with the