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Christian Sorcerers on Trial - Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident (Paperback)
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Christian Sorcerers on Trial - Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident (Paperback)
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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 men dabbled in
divination; the third was a doctor who collected books in Chinese
on Western learning and Christianity. This was a startling
development. No one in Japan had been identified and punished as a
Christian for more than a century, and now, avowed devotees of the
proscribed sect had appeared in the very heart of the realm. Just
decades before the arrival of Perry's black ships and the fall of
the Tokugawa shogunate, the incident reignited fears of Christians
as evil sorcerers, plotting to undermine society and overthrow the
country. Christian Sorcerers on Trial offers annotated translations
of a range of sources on this sensational event, from the 1827
arrest of the alleged Christians through the case's afterlife. The
protagonists' testimonies relate with striking detail their life
histories, practices, and motivations. The record of deliberations
in Edo and communications between Osaka and Edo officials
illuminate the operation of the Tokugawa system of criminal
justice. Retellings of the incident show how the story was
transmitted and received. Translated and put in context by Fumiko
Miyazaki, Kate Wildman Nakai, and Mark Teeuwen, the sources provide
students and scholars alike with an extraordinarily rich picture of
late Edo social life, religious practices, and judicial procedures.
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