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Tribute To Female Harakiri

by Shurayuki-hime

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1.
Her grip of the blade - pt 1 20:00
2.
Her grip of the blade - pt 2 20:00
3.
Cold steel pressed against flesh - pt 1 15:00
4.
Cold steel pressed against flesh - pt 2 15:00
5.
Blood flows, staining cotton - pt 1 20:00
6.
Blood flows, staining cotton - pt 2 20:00
7.
The ultimate finality - pt 1 10:00
8.
The ultimate finality - pt 2 10:00

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Shurayuki-hime
Tribute to Female Harakiri
Released by VOID WORSHIP 2016
x4 Cassette boxset with insert
Limited to 8 copies.

"A Japanese form of ritual suicide, the term "seppuku" derives from the two Sino-Japanese roots "setsu" and "puku".
It is also known as harakiri, a term more widely familiar outside Japan. In Japanese, the more formal seppuku is typically used in writing, while hahakiri, is used in speech.

Female ritual suicide, known as Jigai, was practiced by the wives of samurai who have committed seppuku or brought dishonor.
Some females belonging to samurai families committed suicide by cutting the arteries of the neck with one stroke.
The main purpose was to achive a quick and certain death in order to avoid capture.
Before committing suicide, a woman would often tie her knees together so her body would be found in a dignified pose, despite the convulsions of death.
Jigai, however, does not refer exclusively to this particular mode of suicide. Jigai was often done to preserve ones honor if a military defeat was imminent, so as to prevent rape.
Invading armies would often enter homes to find the lady of the house seated alone, facing away from the door. On approaching her, they would find that she had ended her life long before they reached her.

This release is a dedication to the works of the Japanese HNW artist "Female Harakiri" whose audio work spans through the years 2010 - 2014. Putting forth releases themed mostly around female suicide. The project came to its end, with the final release "Yukiko Okada" in January 2014.
"In a way it foretells her end and, at the same time, the wall that finish Female Harakiri"

All track recorded by Shurayuki-hime by reworking material of Female Harakiri, 9th December 2015"

Tape 1 features source material from "Thank You, Everyone. Thank You, God. Tomorrow I Will Be Better".
Tape 2 features source material from "Death Of Chizuko Mifune".
Tape 3 features source material from "Glorious Death".
Tape 4 features source material from "Dread".

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released January 31, 2016

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