Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki)
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Suwa Shrine is the major Shinto shrine of Nagasaki, Japan, and one of the major locations of the Nagasaki Kunchi, originally celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and now celebrated on
The shrine complex stands at the top of a long staircase.
The Suwa Shrine, Meiji period
Koma-inu at the shrine
Festival of Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Meiji Period
Kirishitan
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The Japanese term Kirishitan, from Portuguese cristão, meaning "Christian", referred to Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used in Japanese texts as a historiographic term for Catholics in Japan i
Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki)
…population in Japan, and had destroyed many of the former Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. The Tokugawa Shogunate had taken power and reversed its friendly policy towards Christianity. The government had begun forcing Christians to reconvert to the Japanese religions of Buddhism and Shinto. It was thought that establishing a major…
Japanese Christians in Portuguese costume, 16th–17th century.
A Jesuit with a samurai, circa 1600.
Kirishitan book in Japanese, 16th century.
Netsuke depicting Christ, 17th century, Japan.