A book by Kazuto Hongo that provides important perspectives on Japanese history. - Title: The Final History of Japan - Author: Kazuto Hongo - Price: 946 yen - Publisher: Fusosha Unraveling the unknown history of "death"! Beheadings, seppuku, vengeful spirits... Why did Japan develop its unique "ways of dying"? ● Minamoto no Yoshiie humiliated his hated enemy by having him step on his severed head. ● Where do the executed heads go? ● Imai Shiro swallowing his sword, the Kamo clan's mass suicide... the tragic deaths of samurai. ● Why didn't the plague come to Japan? ● Even if there were commoners' corpses, no one grieved? The sensibilities of the aristocracy seen in the "Meigetsuki" (Diary of a Bright Moon). ● Sugawara no Michizane, who was exiled after losing a political struggle and became a vengeful spirit. ● The mysteries surrounding the names of emperors who met tragic deaths. ● Mummies were sold as a panacea in Japan. ● The big differences in values regarding "death" between then and now. It is a beautiful item, but it has been stored at home. The obi (paper band) is not included. Thank you for looking.