The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs and Rituals to the Present Day

by StephenTurnbull (Author), Stephen Turnbull (Author)

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  Paperback
  2016

  $64.35

  First major study in English of the Japanese 'hidden' Christians - the Kakure Kirishitan, who chose to remain separate from the Catholic Church when religious toleration was granted in 1873 - and the development of the faith and rituals from the 16th century to the present day.