Kakure Kirishitan

E642406

Kakure Kirishitan were clandestine Japanese Christians who secretly maintained Catholic beliefs and practices during centuries of persecution following the 17th-century ban on Christianity.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese Christian community ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
afterEvent some continued as Hanare Kirishitan ⓘ
some rejoined the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
cause persecution of Christians in Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of religious crypto-practice ⓘ
syncretism between Christianity and Japanese folk religion ⓘ
denomination Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
etymology Japanese term meaning "hidden Christians" ⓘ
heritageStatus influenced UNESCO World Heritage listing of Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region ⓘ
historicalPeriod Edo period ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
inception after the Tokugawa ban on Christianity ⓘ
languageOfPrayers Japanese ⓘ
Portuguese-derived words ⓘ
corrupted Latin ⓘ
leaderRole conducted baptisms ⓘ
preserved oral liturgy ⓘ
leaderTitle chokata ⓘ
mizukata ⓘ
legalStatus illegal during Edo period ⓘ
mainBelief veneration of Catholic saints ⓘ
veneration of Jesus Christ ⓘ
veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
nativeLabel 隠れキリシタン ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
opposedBy Japanese authorities enforcing anti-Christian edicts ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
otherName Hidden Catholics ⓘ
Hidden Christians ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
practicedIn Amakusa Islands ⓘ
Goto Islands ⓘ
Ikitsuki Island ⓘ
Nagasaki Prefecture ⓘ
Shimabara Peninsula ⓘ
practices ancestor-style veneration of Christian figures ⓘ
baptism by lay leaders ⓘ
oral transmission of prayers ⓘ
secret worship in private homes ⓘ
use of disguised religious images ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese Catholic Church ⓘ
Kakure Kirishitan sites in Nagasaki region ⓘ
Shimabara Rebellion ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
socialOrganization hereditary religious leaders ⓘ
lay confraternities ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
transitionAfter Meiji Restoration ⓘ
usedObject Maria Kannon statues ⓘ
hidden crosses ⓘ
household altars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic community of Nagasaki → knownAs → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Urakami Cathedral → associatedWith → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Urakami → associatedWith → hidden Christians of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian period → appliesToGroup → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Hidden Christian period → relatedConcept → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Kakure Kirishitan → otherName → Hidden Christians ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Kakure Kirishitan → nativeLabel → 隠れキリシタン ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki → nativeName → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki → alternativeName → Hidden Christians ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christians of Nagasaki → alternativeName → Underground Christians of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Amakusa region → associatedWith → Hidden Christians ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian sites → associatedWith → Hidden Christians in Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Hidden Christian sites → associatedWith → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ
Amakusa Shirō → associatedWith → Hidden Christians of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kakure Kirishitan
Amakusa churches → associatedWith → Kakure Kirishitan ⓘ