Otaiya: Japan's Hidden Christians [digital video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Whelan, Christal, producer, author, film director, narrator.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 34 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

In the sixteenth century Portuguese Catholic missionaries introduced Christianity to Japan. The religion flourished for about fifty years, but by 1614 the Tokugawa government issued an edict that outlawed Christianity and expelled the missionaries from Japan. About 150,000 believers went underground and continued to practice their religion in secret.

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Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Portuguese.

Japanese.

Religious persecution.

Missionaries.

Rites and ceremonies.

Christianity.

Cultural change and history.