Junshi (殉死; "following the lord in death", sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity") refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing suicide for the death of their lord. == Background == The practice is described by Chinese chronicles, describing the inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago, going as far back as the third century, according to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, where more than a hundred servants were said to follow Queen Himiko in death.
Junshi (殉死; "following the lord in death", sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity") refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing suicide for the death of their lord. == Background == The practice is described by Chinese chronicles, describing the inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago, going as far back as the third century, according to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, where more than a hundred servants were said to follow Queen Himiko in death.
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