Kakure Kirishitan
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Kakure Kirishitan is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at the start of the Edo period in the early 17th century due to Christianity's repression by the To
The Bodhisattva Kannon as the Virgin Mary, Tokyo National Museum.
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region is a group of twelve sites in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture relating to the history of Christianity in Japan. The Nagasaki churches are uniq
Kakure Kirishitan
…Crypto-Christianity Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Kakure nenbutsu, a form of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism secretly practiced on the Japanese island of Kyushu, during a period of religious persecution from…
Ōura Cathedral
Remains of Hara castle
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