Hidden Christians of Nagasaki
E642407
The Hidden Christians of Nagasaki were Japanese Catholics who secretly maintained their faith and religious practices for centuries under severe persecution and bans on Christianity.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic community
ⓘ
persecuted minority ⓘ religious community ⓘ |
| afterEvent | went underground following the Shimabara Rebellion ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Hidden Christians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Underground Christians of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfEmergence |
ban on Christianity in Japan
ⓘ
persecution of Christians in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | inspiration for UNESCO World Heritage Site "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region" ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| distinctiveFeature |
maintenance of faith without clergy for centuries
ⓘ
syncretism with Japanese folk religion and Buddhism ⓘ use of disguised Christian images ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Catholic missionaries after Japan reopened in the 19th century ⓘ |
| endTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| faced |
execution
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exile ⓘ forced apostasy ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| heritageRegion |
Goto Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ikitsuki Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotome region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Edo period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ early Meiji period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese literature about Christian persecution
ⓘ
Shusaku Endo's novel "Silence" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
persecuted under early Meiji government
ⓘ
prohibited religion under Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainPractice |
baptism administered by lay believers
ⓘ
oral transmission of doctrine and prayers ⓘ recitation of orasho (prayers derived from Latin and Portuguese) ⓘ secret Mass-like gatherings without priests ⓘ veneration of Mary disguised as Kannon ⓘ |
| nativeName | Kakure Kirishitan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Shimabara Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining in 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ |
| practicedInSecret | true ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kirishitan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagasaki Catholic martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| startTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| transition | many rejoined the Roman Catholic Church after legalization of Christianity in 1873 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.