Hidden Christians

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kakure_Kirishitan
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Edo_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hidden Christians
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
Japanese
Portuguese
gptkbp:location gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:notableFor oral transmission of prayers
adapted Christian rituals to avoid detection
baptism by laypersons
celebrated feasts in secret
hid religious icons as household objects
no ordained clergy for centuries
used statues resembling Kannon as Virgin Mary
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Japanese_Christians
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Tokugawa_shogunate
gptkbp:population small, declining
gptkbp:practicedInSecret true
gptkbp:practicedSyncretismWith gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Shinto
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nagasaki
gptkb:Francis_Xavier
gptkb:Oura_Church
gptkb:Amakusa_Islands
gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_Japan
gptkb:Goto_Islands
gptkb:Hidden_Christian_Sites_in_the_Nagasaki_Region
gptkb:Hirado
gptkb:Omura
gptkb:Shimabara_Rebellion
gptkb:Fumi-e
gptkb:Kirishitan
gptkb:Urakami
gptkb:Christian_martyrs_of_Japan
gptkb:Ikitsuki_Island
gptkb:Kakure_Kirishitan_villages
gptkb:Kirishitan_ban
gptkb:Oranda_Shokan_(Dutch_Trading_Post)
gptkb:Prohibition_of_Christianity_in_Japan
gptkb:Sotome
Jesuit missionaries
Hidden Christian artifacts
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:resurfacedAfter gptkb:Meiji_Restoration
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Hidden_Christian_Sites_in_the_Nagasaki_Region
gptkbp:usedHiddenSymbols true
gptkbp:usedOratio prayers in Latin and Portuguese
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amakusa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6