Christian Sorcerers on Trial : : Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident /

Christian Sorcerers on Trial : : Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident / / ed. by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Fumiko Miyazaki.

In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the “pernicious creed” of Christianity. Middle-aged widows, the women made a living as mediums, healers, and fortune-tellers. Two of the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Miyazaki, Fumiko,
Nakai, Kate Wildman,
Teeuwen, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 16 b&w figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • KYOTO MAP KEY
  • OSAKA MAP KEY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TRANSLATION STRATEGIES
  • MAIN PROTAGONISTS
  • Part I. TESTIMONIES
  • Part II. THE JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCESS
  • Part III. RUMORS AND RETELLINGS
  • Appendix 1. Mitsugi’s 1822 Arrest
  • Appendix 2. Disposition of the Proscribed Books
  • Appendix 3. Manuscript Versions of the Keihan Kirishitan Incident Dossier
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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