Suicide methods method of suicide, practiced mostly in the medieval era, though some isolated cases appear in modern times. For example, Yukio Mishima died by seppuku in 1970 after a failed "coup d'état" intended to restore full power to the Japanese emperor. Unlike other methods of suicide, this was regarded as a way of preserving one's honor. The ritual is part of "bushido", the code of the "samurai". As originally performed solely by an individual, it was an extremely painful method by which to die. Dressed ceremonially, with his sword placed in front of him and sometimes seated on special cloth, the
Mishima Island, Yamaguchi the Imperial Japanese Navy. The island is home to the rare and criticallyendangered Mishima breed of Japanese native cattle, which was declared a Japanese National Treasure in 1928, and is one of two remaining breeds of Japanese native cattle – the other being the Kuchinoshima breed on Kuchinoshima island in the Tokara Islands. The island is the source of Mishima clay, a dark red basaltic clay high in iron, with low plasticity, which was one of the three types of clay used to make Hagi ware. Mishima Island, Yamaguchi Mishima, , is an island in the Hagi Archipelago, in Yamaguchi