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The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface & Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
The Kakure Kirishitan: their nomenclature and
location
Aims of the study
Some theoretical and methodological
considerations
The Japanese religious background to the
Kakure faith
Sources and previous work on the Kakure Kirishitan
Structure of the study
CHAPTER 2 The historical background to the Kakure faith
The beginnings of Christianity on Ikitsuki
Martyrdom as ideal and reality
The martyrs of Nakae no shima
Social and religious control under the Tokugawa
bakufu
The \'Shōhō Persecution\' and its consequences
From senpuku to kakure
CHAPTER 3 The organization of the Kakure communities and their relationship to Catholicism
The organization among the \'calendar grouping\' of the Kakure
The organization of the Kakure of Ikitsuki
The sacraments and the role of the Kakure ojiyaku
The Kakure and Catholicism
CHAPTER 4 The origins and uses of the Kakure gozensama
The nature of popular Catholicism
Kamisama and the Ikitsuki gozensama
The holy pictures and medals: their sources, symbolism and function
The preservation and display of the gozensama
Catholicism, Japanese religion and the gozensama
CHAPTER 5 Christian martyrs and the sacred places of the Kakure Kirishitan
From martyr\'s grave to Shintō shrine
Martyrs and mythology: the cult of Bastian-sama
Veneration through preservation: the sacred places of Ikitsuki
Kakure shrine-visiting in Neshiko, Yamada and Takero
The Kakure holy places and their relationship to Japanese religion
CHAPTER 6 The Kakure worship calendar and the role of prayer
The Kakure liturgical year and the Ikitsuki calendars
Prayer and the Kakure
The kamiyose prayers
The intentions of the Kakure prayers
CHAPTER 7 The structure of Kakure worship and the significance of the communal meal
The Oyashiki-sama ceremony of Ichibu
The Hattai-sama and Oyorokobi ceremonies of Yamada
The structure of Kakure worship and the Shintō naorai
Kakure worship: Mass or matsuri?
CHAPTER 8 The spirit world and the Kakure Kirishitan
Luck and taboo among the Kakure Kirishitan
Curses, divination and the Kakure
Kakure rituals of purification and exorcism
Devils, kami and Catholics
CHAPTER 9 Death, ancestors and the Kakure Kirishitan
Funeral practices among the Kakure
Ancestor worship in Japanese religion
The veneration of martyrs as ancestral kami: the example of Antō-sama
The ancestors and the Kakure \'pantheon\'
CHAPTER 10 The Kakure in context
Christianity in the \'mudswamp\' and the Kakure faith
The characteristics of the Kakure faith
The Kakure in context
The Kakure faith – syncretism or synthesis?
APPENDIX 1: Ninth Register of Surviving Christian Families: Hirado 1689
APPENDIX 2: Report on the Christians of Amakusa: 1806
Notes
Bibliography
Japanese Character List of important proper names and technical terms
INDEX