This is a depiction of the martyrdom of a christian that occured during the persecutions.

This is an original reward notice telling people how much money they will recieve if depending on the importance of the christians that they turn in. It says that one can recieve 500 silver coins for a preist and 300 silver coins for a religious brother. It also states that a person will still recieve money if they themselves are christian and that if it comes out that they have hidden one of the people they are looking for they there family and even their whole clan will be punished. They is says everyone should obey.

This is a Shumon Aratame register. It has certification of membership in a Buddhist temple. It is one of the last. The names in the register are of public officers of Nagasaki. Everyone was forced to be a registered member of a Buddhist temple when christianity was outlawed.

These are Maria canon. Canons are typical buddhist icons but hidden and underground christians could use them to whorship Mary and still not be overtly christian.

This is the backside of a miror used by hidden christians on the Goto Islands.

When Europeans heard of the persecutions of christians in Japan these renderings were made.

They depict a litany of tourtures that happened at the hot springs.

One can see the people that didn't renounce their faith being thrown over cliffs and tourtured in hot springs.


This is another perspective of the statue memorializing martyrs.

This is the bone of St. Francis Xavier. The box contains his cloak.

Here is the back fo the wall of the 26 martyr memorial on the way out of the museum.


Here is a canon in Nagasaki that can be seen from the 26 martyrs museum. One can see how the Maria canon could be hidden so that worshipers could pray to mary but keep it secret. The figures are very simliar.



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