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
Dynasty Warriors of Koei, "Samurai Warriors" ("Sengoku Musou" in Japan) series, was introduced in 2004. Instead of the Three Kingdoms era, the series uses Japan's Sengoku period. As a result, the game's roster consists of characters from that era, while having gameplay similar to that of Dynasty Warriors. The game would be followed by "Samurai Warriors 2" in 2006, "Samurai Warriors 3" in 2009, and "Samurai Warriors 4" in 2014 as well as numerous other spin-off titles. As with the original series, "Samurai Warriors" also has the "Xtreme Legends" and "Empires" expansions, with the former beginning on the first game and the