A vision betrayed : the Jesuits in Japan and China, 1542-1742 / Andrew C. Ross.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Japan and China before the expansion of the Iberian sea-borne empires -- Francis Xavier and the mission to Japan -- Alessandro Valignano -- Christian century in Japan, 1549-1650 to the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 1598 -- Christian century in Japan, 1549-1650 to the coming of the "closed land" -- Matteo Ricci and the road to Beijing -- Christian priest and Confucian intellectual -- China mission under Schall and Verbiest -- the Pope, the Bourbon Kings and the Kangxi Emperor -- Whence came the vision?

Fumie : Kakure Kirishitan  踏絵 :  かくれキリシタン  /  Kataoka Yakichi  片岡弥吉.

絵踏関係年表:p126-129.

Cover title also in Latin: Historia ecclesiae Japoniae martyrum sanguine foecundatae

Originally published: Hatsubaimoto Kabushiki Kaisha Seiunsha 発売元株式会社星雲社,  ©1979
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Kirishito-ki und Sayō-yoroku : japanische Dokumente zur Missionsgeschichte des 17. Jahrhunderts / Ins deutsche Übertragen von Gustav Voss, S.J., und Hubert Cieslik, S.J., mit einem Vorwort von Professor Dr. Naojiro Murakami.

"Tabelle der oft zitierten Literatur": pages v-vi.
Translation of: Kirishito-ki  契利斯督記 and Sayō-yoroku 査祅余祿.

Local access. dig.pdf. [Voss-Cieslik-Kirishito-Ki und Sayo-Yoroku.pdf]

The samurai and the cross : the Jesuit enterprise in early modern Japan / M. Antoni J Ucerler, SJ.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Re-inventing Christianity -- 1. Aristotle and Aquinas Come to Japan -- 2. Japanese Cases of Conscience -- 3. Jesuit Casuistry: From Rome to Nagasaki -- Part II: Re-imagining the Enterprise -- 4. The Politics of Accommodation -- 5. Alonso Sánchez and his 'Empresa de China' -- 6. The Cross, the Sword, and 'Just War' -- 7. Gómez versus Sánchez: 'Compel Them to Enter'? -- Part III: Re-interpreting 'Reason of State' -- 8. Jesuit Debates on Japanese 'Reason of State' -- 9. The Mechanics of Jesuit Obedience -- 10. Japanese Reactions to Christian 'Reason of State' -- 11. The End of the Missionary 'Enterprise' -- 12. 'Temporal' or 'Spiritual Conquest'? -- Epilogue: Some Further Reflections -- Appendices -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Select Glossary of Names and Terms -- Index

M. Antoni J. Ucerler examines how the Jesuit missionaries sought new ways to communicate their faith in an unfamiliar linguistic, cultural, and religious environment--and how they sought to ""re-invent"" Christianity in the context of samurai Japan. Based on little-known primary sources in various languages, The Samurai and the Cross explores the moral and political debates over religion, law, and ""reason of state"" that took place on both the European and the Japanese side --Pub. note 1

 This book explores the encounter of Christianity and premodern Japan in the wider context of global history. The first part examines how the Jesuit missionaries sought new ways to communicate their faith in an unfamiliar linguistic, cultural, and religious environment. Their aim was to 're-invent' Christianity in the context of samurai Japan. They developed an original 'moral casuistry' or 'cases of conscience' that responded to the specific dilemmas faced by Japanese Christians. The second part situates the European missionary 'enterprise' in East Asia within multiple political contexts. China and Japan resisted the presence both of foreigners and their beliefs. The Spanish Jesuit Alonso Sánchez argued for military intervention in China to guarantee the freedom to preach. This provoked a fierce debate in Europe, South America, and East Asia. The principles of 'just war' and the 'law of nations' formulated by the School of Salamanca were employed to argue both for and against compelling the Chinese to accept the missionaries. The third part turns back to Japan, where the Jesuits were facing persecution in the midst of civil war. They debated whether they could intervene in military conflicts by providing advice and arms to Japanese Christian lords to protect local communities. Some even advocated for the establishment of a 'Christian republic' or civil protectorate. In 1614 the shogunate prohibited Christianity amidst rumours of foreign plots to conquer Japan. But more than the fear of armed invasions, it was the ideological threat-or 'spiritual conquest'-that the Edo shogunate feared the most.--Pub. note 2

Inscribed by author.

Dig. file (epub) local access only: Ucerler-Samurai and the Cross.epub 

Another copy O'Neill Library

Senpuku Kirishitan : Edo jidai no kinkyō seisaku to minshū  潜伏キリシタン :  江戶時代の禁教政策と民衆 / Ōhashi Yukihiro  大橋幸泰.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-249) and index.

Local access dig.pdf. [Ohashi-Senpuku Kirishitan.pdf]

幕藩体制下の禁教政策により、厳しく弾圧されてきたキリスト教徒=キリシタンは、江戸幕府が倒れ、明治新政府下では信仰の自由が認められ、解放された――。一般にこのように思われている「日本社会の近代化」は、歴史の真実といえるだろうか。そもそも、「キリシタン」とは何なのか。従来のような「ひとつの村が、近世初期から明治まで、ひたすら信仰を守り続けた隠れキリシタン」といった平板な理解に再考を促す。
例えば、非キリシタンであったにもかかわらず、領主の苛政への反発から一揆を起こした民衆を「切支丹」として弾圧した事例や、一方で、藩内のキリシタンの存在を隠すために、問題行動を起こさないキリシタン百姓を藩が黙認していた事例、また、キリスト教とはかけ離れた民間信仰でありながら「切支丹」とされた事例などを取り上げる。これらの事例を見ていくと、西欧語の訳語である「宗教」の名で人々の信仰が管理・統制されるようになった近代が、近世よりも解放されているとはいいきれないという。
「キリシタン」をめぐる宗教政策の変化と実態を丹念に探り、近世における宗教観、歴史と宗教のかかわりに新しい視野を提供する。

Women religious leaders in Japan's Christian century, 1549-1650 / Haruko Nawata Ward.

"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-382) and index.

Nuns -- Hibiya Monica (c. 1549-c. 1577) : virgem of Sakai -- Naitō Julia (c. 1566-28 March 1627) : superiora -- The Beatas of Manila (1615-56) : visionaries -- Witches -- Ōtomo-Nata Jezebel (d. 15 February 1587) : priestess of Hachiman -- Marriage and divorce in Catholic Japan : -- Ōtomo Sōrin and his marital conflict -- Jezebel the Witch -- Jezebel versus the church (1577-1587) -- Women catechists -- Hosokawa Tama Gracia (1563-25 August 1600) : scholar-teacher -- The women catechists -- Tama Gracia in the network of women against abuse -- Releasing Kirishitan women apostles from captivity -- Sisters -- Justa of Nagasaki and the sisters of the Misericórdia -- Elder women of the Marian Confrarias.

Local access dig.pdf. [Ward-Women Japan's Christian Century.pdf]

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