Seppuku by high-ranking samurai including daimyo was committed on the property of the azukarinin (guarantor ), whereas the act would be performed in the garden of the azukarinin for lower ranking samurai , and in jail for those of even lower status . 切腹の場所は、大名クラスの身分をはじめとする上級武士の場合は預かり人(切腹人の身柄を預かる人)の邸内、やや身分が劣る場合は預かり人の邸宅の庭先、さらに身分が劣る場合は牢屋の中とされた。