 A late example is General Nogi Maresuke, hero of the Russo-Japanese War.As the Meiji emperor's funeral cortege was leaving the imperial palace in Tokyo, the country was jolted by the sensational news that Maresuke had committed suicide along with his wife.What made the news sensational was that Maresuke had disemboweled himself in the ancient samurai tradition of "junshi" to follow his lord in death.