Persecution of Christians in Japan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Japan

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause	Political control Fear of foreign influence Suppression of Western religion
gptkbp:endDate	19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Persecution of Christians in Japan
gptkbp:legalStatus	Christianity banned Christianity legalized in 1873
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:method	gptkb:Exile gptkb:Torture Execution Fumi-e (stepping on Christian images) Forced apostasy
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Sakoku_policy gptkb:Shimabara_Rebellion Fumi-e practice Martyrdom of 26 Christians in Nagasaki
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Martyrs_of_Japan gptkb:Pedro_Bautista gptkb:Saint_Paul_Miki gptkb:Francisco_Pacheco gptkb:Saint_Lorenzo_Ruiz gptkb:Gaspar_Coelho gptkb:Charles_Spinola gptkb:Julian_Nakaura gptkb:Takayama_Ukon gptkb:Christovao_Ferreira gptkb:Giovanni_Battista_Sidotti Pedro Kibe Thomas Tsugi John Baptist Yamasaki Sebastião Kimura
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:Tokugawa_shogunate gptkb:Toyotomi_Hideyoshi
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Nagasaki gptkb:Edo_period gptkb:Christianity_in_Japan gptkb:Kakure_Kirishitan gptkb:Shimabara_Peninsula gptkb:Hidden_Christian_Sites_in_the_Nagasaki_Region_(UNESCO_World_Heritage) Japanese martyrs
gptkbp:relatedWork	gptkb:Silence_(novel) Hidden Christians Museum Silence (film) The 26 Martyrs Museum
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Hidden_Christians_(Kakure_Kirishitan) Suppression of Christianity
gptkbp:startDate	16th century
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Jesuits gptkb:Catholics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Edict_of_Expulsion_(Japan,_1614) gptkb:Nagasaki_Christians
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7