seppuku: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Euthanasia and assisted suicide: An in-depth review of relevant historical aspects. Oct 19, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Euthanasia and assisted suicide: An in-depth review of relevant historical aspects. Aug 25, 2026
Questions and answers added. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Euthanasia and assisted suicide: An in-depth review of relevant historical aspects. Aug 26, 2022
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Honorable Death: Samurai and Suicide in Feudal Japan. Jan 03, 2020
Media added. Sep 10, 2019
Corrected display issue. Oct 05, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Learn About Seppuku, a Form of Ritual Suicide. Jun 22, 2018
Add new Web site: Academia - The Stages of Seppuku. Mar 18, 2016
Add new Web site: The Samurai Archives - Seppuku. Mar 17, 2016
Article expanded and thoroughly revised. Nov 20, 2015
Media added. Feb 12, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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