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A Christian samurai : the trials of Baba Bunkō / William J. Farge, SJ ; Foreword by Kevin M. Doak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farge, William J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baba, Bunkō, 1718-1759.
- Baba, Bunkō.
- Baba, Bunkō, 1718-1759. Tōdai Edo hyaku bakemono.
- Catholic Church--Japan--History.
- Catholic Church.
- Church history.
- History.
- Japan--Church history--To 1868.
- Japan.
- Japan--Social conditions--1600-1868.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 300 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Through a Close Critical Analysis of Baba Bunko's often humorous, but always biting, satirical essays a new picture of the hidden world of Christianity in eighteenth-century Japan emerges-a picture that contradicts the generally held belief among Western historians that the Catholic mission in Japan ended in failure. A Christian Samurai will surprise many readers when they discover that Christian moral teachings not only survived the long period of persecution but influenced Japanese society throughout the Tokugawa period. Bunko's bold assertion that a representation of the Eucharist would be more appropriate as a symbol for Japan than the coat of arms of the emperor or the insignia of the shogun would eventually lead to his arrest, trial, and execution. The legal proceedings against him reveal the government's embarrassment at the failure of its attempts to eliminate Christianity. The decadent state of Buddhism, the decline of Confucianism, and the popularity of the Yoshiwara "pleasure" quarters are some of the topics that illuminate this new history of early modern Japan and of the survival of Christianity. The first complete English translation of Baba Bunko's Contemporary Edo: An Album of One Hundred Monsters is included as an appendix. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Deus restored
- Tokugawa Christianity
- Popular games and monster stories
- Raindrops falling in the forest
- Baba Bunkō's political and social dissent
- The decline of Tokugawa neo-Confucianism
- Baba Bunkō's literary heritage
- Kabuki actors, monks, and courtesans
- The breakdown of social order
- The Christian question
- Contemporary Edo: an album of one hundred monsters by Baba Bunkō.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813228518
- 0813228514
- OCLC:
- 930447512
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