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A Christian Samurai / 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. Tōdai Edo hyaku bakemono.
- Baba, Bunkō.
- Baba, Bunkō, 1718-1759.
- Catholic church--Japan--History.
- Catholic church.
- Christianity--Japan--History.
- Christianity.
- Japan--Social conditions--1600-1868.
- Japan.
- Japan--Church history--To 1868.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The Catholic University of America Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2852-2
- OCLC:
- 953459008
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