Kakure Kirishitan (Japanese: 隠れキリシタン, lit. 'hidden Christians') is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at...

word kirishitan キリシタン is used primarily in Japanese texts for the early history of Roman Catholicism in Japan, or in relation to Kakure Kirishitan, hidden...

Catholics went underground, becoming hidden Christians (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan), while others died. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity...

modern times becoming known as the "hidden Christians" (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan). These secret believers would often conceal Christian iconography...

(Kakure Kirishitans) who were present in the area since the 16th century, centered in the village of Imamura. They were one of the very few Kakure Kirishitan...

Christianity in Japan, and the park encompasses numerous areas related to Kakure Kirishitan. The park was established as the Unzen National Park in 1934 and,...

(1637–1638) against the Tokugawa shogunate. These are now called the Kakure Kirishitan, or "hidden Christians". The pre-production phase of the filmmaking...

the oral history of the local Christian (Kirishitan) communities, both Kakure Kirishitan and Hanare Kirishitan. As of 2002, there are 68,617 Catholics...

Catholics went underground, becoming hidden Christians (隠れキリシタン, kakure kirishitan), while others died. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity...

England and Wales, various dates Martyrs of Japan, 1597-1639, (see also Kakure Kirishitan) Francis Taylor, 1621 Vietnamese Martyrs, 1625 - 1886 Magdalene of...