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    Kakure Kirishitan (Japanese: 隠れキリシタン, lit. 'hidden Christians') is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at...
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    word kirishitan 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...
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  • Catholics went underground, becoming hidden Christians (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan), while others died. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity...
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    (Kakure Kirishitans) who were present in the area since the 16th century, centered in the village of Imamura. They were one of the very few Kakure Kirishitan...
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    the oral history of the local Christian (Kirishitan) communities, both Kakure Kirishitan and Hanare Kirishitan. As of 2002, there are 68,617 Catholics...
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    modern times becoming known as the "hidden Christians" (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan). These secret believers would often conceal Christian iconography...
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    Christianity in Japan, and the park encompasses numerous areas related to Kakure Kirishitan. The park was established as the Unzen National Park in 1934 and,...
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  • (1637–1638) against the Tokugawa shogunate. These are now called the Kakure Kirishitan, or "hidden Christians". The pre-production phase of the filmmaking...
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    exhibits relating to the Shimabara Rebellion and Kakure kirishitan ('hidden Christians'). Kirishitan Christianity in Japan 市政だより天草 No.194 [Amakusa City...
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    Catholics went underground, becoming hidden Christians (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan), while others died. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity...
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  • sent to 17th-century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion...
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    England and Wales, various dates Martyrs of Japan, 1597-1639, (see also Kakure Kirishitan) Francis Taylor, 1621 Vietnamese Martyrs, 1625 - 1886 Magdalene of...
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    Tokugawa Religion, p. 51. Bolitho, p. 228. Dejima Haibutsu kishaku Kakure Kirishitan History of the Catholic Church in Japan Bellah, Robert N. (1957)....
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    Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    perform the e-fumi yet continue to practice their beliefs secretly (Kakure Kirishitan); there were some 20,000 secret Christians in Japan when Christianity...
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    Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    Japan. Some Christians survived by going underground, the so-called Kakure Kirishitan. Soon thereafter, the Portuguese were permanently expelled. Members...
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    A depiction of Madonna and Child in a 19th-century Kakure Kirishitan Japanese woodcut...
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    in Nagasaki, formed underground communities and came to be called Kakure Kirishitan. All contact with the outside world became strictly regulated by the...
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    Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    Davao Del Norte Ignacia del Espiritu Santo Jerónima de la Asunción Kakure Kirishitan Martha de San Bernardo, the first Filipino nun Martyrs of Japan Pedro...
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  • converts moved underground into a crypto-Christian group called kakure kirishitan or "hidden Christians". Crypto-Christian crosses and graves, camouflaged...
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    Theravada Buddhism. Some Portuguese and Latin prayers are retained by the Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) of Japan, who recite it without understanding...
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  • Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    Catholics went underground, becoming hidden Christians (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan), while others lost their lives. Only after the Meiji Restoration...
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    Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    Early modern French Revolution Revolt in the Vendée Martyrs of Japan Kakure Kirishitan Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam Modern Constantinople...
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    Christianity was forbidden still for the locals, those rediscovered Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) were persecuted by the then central governments...
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    had a population of around 150,000 residents. The city also held Kakure Kirishitan, or "Hidden Christians" in Japan, forced from Nagasaki into internment...
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