Kakure Kirishitan

E642406

Japanese Christian community religious group

Kakure Kirishitan were clandestine Japanese Christians who secretly maintained Catholic beliefs and practices during centuries of persecution following the 17th-century ban on Christianity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kakure Kirishitan canonical	2
hidden Christians of Japan	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese Christian community ⓘ religious group ⓘ
afterEvent	some continued as Hanare Kirishitan ⓘ some rejoined the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
cause	persecution of Christians in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	example of religious crypto-practice ⓘ syncretism between Christianity and Japanese folk religion ⓘ
denomination	Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology	Japanese term meaning "hidden Christians" ⓘ
heritageStatus	influenced UNESCO World Heritage listing of Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	after the Tokugawa ban on Christianity ⓘ
languageOfPrayers	Japanese ⓘ Portuguese-derived words ⓘ corrupted Latin ⓘ
leaderRole	conducted baptisms ⓘ preserved oral liturgy ⓘ
leaderTitle	chokata NERFINISHED ⓘ mizukata ⓘ
legalStatus	illegal during Edo period ⓘ
mainBelief	veneration of Catholic saints ⓘ veneration of Jesus Christ ⓘ veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
nativeLabel	隠れキリシタン NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Japanese authorities enforcing anti-Christian edicts ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherName	Hidden Catholics NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidden Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedIn	Amakusa Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Goto Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Ikitsuki Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimabara Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
practices	ancestor-style veneration of Christian figures ⓘ baptism by lay leaders ⓘ oral transmission of prayers ⓘ secret worship in private homes ⓘ use of disguised religious images ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Kakure Kirishitan sites in Nagasaki region ⓘ Shimabara Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
socialOrganization	hereditary religious leaders ⓘ lay confraternities ⓘ
startTime	17th century ⓘ
transitionAfter	Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedObject	Maria Kannon statues ⓘ hidden crosses ⓘ household altars ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic community of Nagasaki → knownAs → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ

Urakami Cathedral → associatedWith → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ

Urakami → associatedWith → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ

this entity surface form: hidden Christians of Japan