(485) Martyrdom 1622 [英借文]
- 作者: Art Data
- 出版社/メーカー: トレヴィル
- 発売日: 1994/09
- メディア: ペーパーバック
This painting depicts the great martyrdom in Nagasaki in 1622. Over 55 Christians were killed in this tragic event.
Martyrs are not the whole of the truth of history, for sufficient consideration must also be given to the logic of their persecutors.
The Tokugawa shogunate finally decided to ban Catholicism. The reasons are said in the statement on the "Expulsion of all missionaries from Japan"「伴天連追放之文（バテレン追放の文→バテレン追放令）」, issued in 1614 under the name of second shogun Hidetada (ruled 1605-1623). It was considered the first official statement of a comprehensive control of Kirishitan. It claimed that
1. the Christians were bringing disorder to Japanese society
2. and that their followers "contravene (to break a law or rule) governmental regulations,
There were also other reasons.The shogunate was concerned about a possible invasion by the Iberian colonial powers, which had previously occurred in the New World and the Philippines.
But I am still terrified of the persecutors’ cruelness when I see this painting.
Pic. Martyrdom 1622
In this painting we see missionary priests tied to the stake, and put into a fire pit.
Pic. fire pit
Depicted at the foreground of the painting are Japanese men beheading Japanese Christians.
Pic. Beheading
The painting was painted by an eyewitness. It may have been made in Macau by an artist from the Jesuit Painting School in Japan.
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