Kakure Kirishitan

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Kakure Kirishitan were clandestine Japanese Christians who secretly maintained Catholic beliefs and practices during centuries of persecution following the 17th-century ban on Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese Christian community
religious group
afterEvent some continued as Hanare Kirishitan
some rejoined the Roman Catholic Church
cause persecution of Christians in Japan
country Japan
culturalSignificance example of religious crypto-practice
syncretism between Christianity and Japanese folk religion
denomination Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
etymology Japanese term meaning "hidden Christians"
heritageStatus influenced UNESCO World Heritage listing of Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
historicalPeriod Edo period
Tokugawa shogunate
inception after the Tokugawa ban on Christianity
languageOfPrayers Japanese
Portuguese-derived words
corrupted Latin
leaderRole conducted baptisms
preserved oral liturgy
leaderTitle chokata
mizukata
legalStatus illegal during Edo period
mainBelief veneration of Catholic saints
veneration of Jesus Christ
veneration of the Virgin Mary
nativeLabel 隠れキリシタン
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
opposedBy Japanese authorities enforcing anti-Christian edicts
Tokugawa shogunate
otherName Hidden Catholics
Hidden Christians
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
practicedIn Amakusa Islands
Goto Islands
Ikitsuki Island
Nagasaki Prefecture
Shimabara Peninsula
practices ancestor-style veneration of Christian figures
baptism by lay leaders
oral transmission of prayers
secret worship in private homes
use of disguised religious images
relatedTo Japanese Catholic Church
Kakure Kirishitan sites in Nagasaki region
Shimabara Rebellion
religion Christianity
socialOrganization hereditary religious leaders
lay confraternities
startTime 17th century
transitionAfter Meiji Restoration
usedObject Maria Kannon statues
hidden crosses
household altars

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Catholic community of Nagasaki knownAs Kakure Kirishitan
Urakami Cathedral associatedWith Kakure Kirishitan
Urakami associatedWith hidden Christians of Japan
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian period appliesToGroup Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian period relatedConcept Kakure Kirishitan
Kakure Kirishitan otherName Hidden Christians
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Kakure Kirishitan nativeLabel 隠れキリシタン
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki nativeName Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki alternativeName Hidden Christians
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki alternativeName Underground Christians of Japan
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Amakusa region associatedWith Hidden Christians
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian sites associatedWith Hidden Christians in Japan
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian sites associatedWith Kakure Kirishitan
Amakusa Shirō associatedWith Hidden Christians of Japan
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Amakusa churches associatedWith Kakure Kirishitan