The standard scholarly study of Christianity's suppression in early Tokugawa Japan, covering the political and religious dimensions of the Shimabara Rebellion and the ideological grounds on which the shogunate treated Christian loyalty as inherently seditious.
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Harvard East Asian Monographs series study, long the standard academic reference on how the Tokugawa shogunate constructed and suppressed the image of Christianity, including the Shimabara Rebellion's place in that history. NotesHarvard East Asian Monographs series study, long the standard academic reference on how the Tokugawa shogunate constructed and suppressed the image of Christianity, including the Shimabara Rebellion's place in that history.
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AuthorGeorge Elison
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication Year1973
URLhttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674199620
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Japan directly: "suppression in early Tokugawa Japan, covering the political and religious dimensions of the Shimabara Rebellion and the ideological grounds on which the shogunate treated Christian loyalty as..."
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This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Wars & Conflicts, 16 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
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