Linguistically Speaking

Auguste Rodin, "The Thinker"

Michael Nichols (National Geographic), "Frodo"

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"[Japanese] women have their own ritual suicide, jigai. Here, the wife of Onodera Junai, one of the Forty-seven Ronin, prepares for her suicide; note the legs tied together, a female feature of seppuku to ensure a 'decent' posture in death." (Wikipedia: On Seppuku)