Ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death
or Hara Takashi born March 15, 1856, Morioka, Japan died Nov. 4, 1921, Tokyo Prime minister of Japan (1918-21) and cofounder of one of Japan's first political parties, the Rikken Seiykai. Hara lowered the property qualifications for voting, thus enlarging the electorate to include small landholders, who supported the Seiykai. He attempted to reduce the power of the military, which led to his assassination by a right-wing fanatic
The lower abdomen The center of life energy, physical and spiritual Often used as a synonym for "guts", courage All movement must originate from this point
One's center of mass, located about 2" below the navel Traditionally this was thought to be the location of the spirit/mind/(source of ki) Aikido techniques should be executed as much as possible from or through one's hara
born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S. died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. O'Hara developed the objective, straightforward style he used in his fiction while working as a critic and reporter in New York City. His works stand as a social history of upwardly mobile Americans of the 1920s through the 1940s. Among them are the popular novels Appointment in Samarra (1934); Butterfield 8 (1935; film, 1960); Pal Joey (1940), adapted as a musical; Ten North Frederick (1955; film, 1958); and From the Terrace (1958; film, 1960)
born Jan. 31, 1905, Pottsville, Pa., U.S. died April 11, 1970, Princeton, N.J. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. O'Hara developed the objective, straightforward style he used in his fiction while working as a critic and reporter in New York City. His works stand as a social history of upwardly mobile Americans of the 1920s through the 1940s. Among them are the popular novels Appointment in Samarra (1934); Butterfield 8 (1935; film, 1960); Pal Joey (1940), adapted as a musical; Ten North Frederick (1955; film, 1958); and From the Terrace (1958; film, 1960)