Anti-Christian sentiment in Japan

founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

thumb|A picture of Jesus used to reveal practicing Catholic Church|Catholics and sympathizers thumb|A picture of the Virgin Mary

Japanese politician (born 1942)

conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion

1860 assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke

Japanese philosopher (1856–1944)

Japanese philosopher (1782-1863)

Spanish shipwreck in Japan with political consequences

Japanese scholar

1612 conspiracy in Japan