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
Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, known in Japan as is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo through their development subsidiary, Omega Force. It is a spin-off of "Samurai Warriors 4", part of the "Samurai Warriors" series, which in turn is a spin-off of the long-running "Dynasty Warriors" series, both of which are also hack and slash games. It was released on November 23, 2016 in Japan to coincide with the airing of the climax episode of the ongoing NHK TV taiga drama "Sanada Maru". It was released in North America and Europe in