Or Harakiri - Seppuku

Seppuku was not about a love of death; it was about a desperate love of honor. In the world of the samurai, how you died was the ultimate statement of how you had lived. And in that final, terrible cut, a warrior could achieve something that transcended victory or defeat: an immortal, untouchable integrity.

The setting was often a temple garden or a courtyard. The condemned samurai, dressed in formal white robes (the color of death in Shinto), would be seated on two tatami mats. Behind him stood his kaishakunin (his "second"—a trusted friend or a skilled swordsman). seppuku or harakiri

In front of the samurai would be a small table ( kashidai ) holding a tantō (a short blade) wrapped in washi paper. Seppuku was not about a love of death;