Kirishitan
Sign in to saveThe Japanese term , from Portuguese cristão (cf. Kristang), meaning "Christian", referred to Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used in Japanese texts as a historiographic term for Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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- Kirishitan吉利支丹, 切支丹, キリシタン
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- Japanese Christians in Portuguese costume, 16th–17th century.
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- Portuguese and Spanish missionaries
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- Japan, Philippines (exiled population)
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- History
- Background
- Line of demarcations between Portugal and Spain
- Propagation strategy
- Early policy toward Catholicism
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Christian ''daimyōs''
- Expansion
- Tokugawa response
- Later persecution
- Rediscovery and return
- Kirishitan grave in Minamishimabara
- Notable Kirishitans
- Kirishitan ''daimyōs''
- Other
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- Further reading
- External links
The Japanese term , from Portuguese cristão (cf. Kristang), meaning "Christian", referred to Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used in Japanese texts as a historiographic term for Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Modern Japanese has several words for "Christian", of which the most common are the noun form キリスト教徒, and also クリスチャン. The Japanese word キリシタン is used primarily in Japanese texts for the early history of Roman Catholicism in Japan, or in relation to Kakure Kirishitan, hidden Christians. However, English sources on histories of Japan generally use the term "Christian" without distinction.