From TAIKO by YOSHIKAWA Eiji

Page 172
"This is heaven's will!"  With a shout, he took his sword and disembowelled himself on the spot.

Page 357
To the ordinary samurai, there could be no higher duty than to die for his lord.  The ninja, 
however, thought quite differently.  They held life dear.  They had to return alive, regardless of 
the shame or hardships they had to suffer.  For even if a man was able to enter into enemy 
territory and collect some valuable information, it did not good at all if he did not return to 
his home province alive.  Therefore, if a ninja died in enemy territory, it was a dog's death, no 
matter how glorious the circumstances might have been.
(this follows an exchange in which two enemy ninja allow each other to escape without a scratch)

Page 645
"Is sugar poisonous?" Nobunaga asked.
"If it isn't a poison, it certainly isn't healthful, either," Soshitsu answered.  "Foods from the 
barbarian lands are thick and rich, while our Japanese foods have a blander taste.  These cakes 
are much sweeter than our dried persimmons or rice cakes.  Once you get a taste for sugar, you 
won't be satisfied with our own sweets anymore."

Page 808
Now, as was his habit, he peacefully closed his eyes and placed himself in a postiion where the 
world was neither enemy or ally.  Extricating himself from earthly inconsistencies, he himself 
became the heart of the universe and listened for the declaration of heaven's will.

Page 857
Nobuo nodded his approval.  But then he heaved a great sigh.  Regardless of their crimes, to have 
executed three senior advisers who had been at his side for many years was a merciless act.  Such 
brutality, of course, had also been in Nobunaga's blood.  But in Nobunaga's case it was born of 
passion and imbued with great significance.  Nobunaga's evil and violence were seen as drastic but 
necessary remedies for the ills of the times; Nobuo's actions, however, arose from nothing more 
than his own petty emotions.

Page 194
To think that a man
Has but fifty years to live under heaven.
Surely this world
Is nothing but a vain dream.
Living but one life,
Is there anything that does not decay.

Examples of exceptional and impacting attitudes towards death displayed by characters in TAIKO:
-BOOK 2, The Lord with the Blackened Teeth
 Nobunaga before his first battle, horribly outnumbered and determined to die.
-BOOK 4, Funeral for the Living
 Nagamasa gives a funeral for himself and his family before the castle is stormed.
-BOOK 9, A True Friend
 Katsuie tells his soldiers:  "Express you farewells to your hearts' content.  Reciting poems 
  wouldn't be at all amiss."