Ubasute (姥捨て, "abandoning an old woman", also called obasute and sometimes oyasute 親捨て "abandoning a parent") is a mythical practice of senicide in Japan...

directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Both films explore the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die...

name by Shichirō Fukazawa. The film explores the legendary practice of ubasute, in which elderly people were carried to a mountain and abandoned to die...

themselves off a high cliff in ritual suicide once they reach the age of 72. Ubasute Euthanasia Thalaikoothal Weibull, Lauritz Ulrik Absalon (1996). Scandia...

of Inuit senicide was in 1939. According to legends a practice called Ubasute (姥捨, 'abandoning an old woman') was performed in Japan in the distant past...

novel's publication, and the place has long been associated with death; ubasute may have been practiced there into the nineteenth century, and the forest...

津輕地方とチエホフ [Tsugaru chihō to chiehofu] Tsugaru Region and Chekhov 1938 姥捨 [Ubasute] Putting Granny Out to Die 1938 O'Brien 右大臣実朝 [Udaijinsanetomo] Sanetomo...

and/or broke rules of brothels prior to death. Jōgan-ji (Nakano, Tokyo) Ubasute O'Connell, Jim (28 October 2008). "The 'Throw-Away Temple'". Jim O’Connell...

die Sarco pod Senicide Suicide tourism Terminal sedation Terry Wallis Ubasute - The concept of an infirm or elderly relative sacrificing themselves in...

station is named after nearby Mt. Ubasute, which in turn is named after the possibly mythical practice of ubasute, abandoning elderly relatives in the...