junshi
Sign in to saveright|250px|thumb|A woodblock print depicting the wife of Onodera Junai, one of the [[forty-seven rōnin. She prepares herself to follow her husband into death.]]
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right|250px|thumb|A woodblock print depicting the wife of Onodera Junai, one of the [[forty-seven rōnin. She prepares herself to follow her husband into death.]]
refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing suicide for the death of their lord.
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