Seppuku San story by John Luther Long. Though both Long's story and Puccini's opera predate Hearn's use of the term "jigai", the term has been used in relation to western japonisme which is the influence of Japanese culture on the western arts. While the voluntary seppuku described above is the best known form, in practice the most common form of seppuku was obligatory seppuku, used as a form of capital punishment for disgraced samurai, especially for those who committed a serious offence such as rape, robbery, corruption, unprovoked murder or treason. The samurai were generally told of their offense in full
The Warriors of Spider believe Spider is the name of God and the Santos, a mix of Christian and Mexican beliefs, who call God Haysoos, are all about warfare and following what they interpret God is telling them what to do. The Warriors of Spider The Warriors of Spider is the first book in the Spider Trilogy, written by W. Michael Gear and first published in 1988. The story is set roughly 600 years in the future, sometime between 2600 and 2700. This book contains much of the same themes as the Forbidden Borders trilogy of worshiping God though experience. The human race consists