MATERIAL: Hand-Written/Painted
TYPE: Manuscript
DIMENSIONS: 10 X 12 1/2 inches (each volume, closed)
COMPONENTS: 4 volumes; 61 pages of names; housed in original envelope
NOTES: Rare set.
LANGUAGE
Language: Japanese
ITEM ID: 708
List of Names of Renounced Christians
DATE
Year: 1801
Decade: 1800s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Four-volume manuscript list of names of individuals who have renounced Christianity, in keeping with the Shogun’s laws against the religion. This shows how the Tokugawa government was trying to control the spread of Christianity.
Asia / Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
