Christian Japan

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Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum and Monument March 27 2022 various 17 36 35 129000.jpegNesnadCC BY 4.0people/index.html, people/paul-miki.html, routes/martyrs.html, routes/nagasaki.html, sites/26-martyrs-monument.html
Kirishitan yashiki.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainpeople/giuseppe-chiara.html, people/index.html
Montanus-Ferreira-SawanoChuan.jpgWolfgangMichelCC0people/ferreira.html, people/index.html
Fumi-e Ceremony of Treading on Crucifix by JH Moore 1789.jpganonymous (J.H. Moore)Public domainarticles/fumie.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html
Martyrdom-of-Nagasaki-Painting-1622.pngUnidentified painterPublic domainpeople/index.html, people/sebastiao-kimura.html
Petro Kasui Kibe statue.jpgMuyo(会話)CC BY-SA 3.0people/index.html, people/kibe.html
Notice board with anti christian edict 1682 BM.jpgZunkirCC BY-SA 4.0articles/ban-lifted-1873.html
Biwa-Hoshi-71-Shokunin-Uta-Awase-Picture-Scroll.pngUnknown authorPublic domainpeople/index.html, people/lorenzo-ryosai.html
Maria Kannon.jpgIwanafish at English WikipediaPublic domainarticles/discovery-1865.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html, articles/hidden-christians.html
Oura Church 1864.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainarticles/discovery-1865.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html
Oura Cathedral 20180623.jpgHoujyou-MinoriCC0articles/discovery-1865.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html
Ridel - Ma captivité dans les prisons de Séoul, 1901 (page 53 crop).jpgunknown, Adrien-Charles Launay (?)Public domainpeople/index.html, people/petitjean.html
Arte da lingua, decoração, folha de rosto.pngNot stated (see source page)Public domainpeople/index.html, people/joao-rodrigues-tsuzu.html
Madonna of the Thumb (Tokyo National Museum).jpgUnidentified painterPublic domainpeople/index.html, people/sidotti.html
Stele of Petitjean 1865 DSCN0663 20100903.JPGOgiyoshisanPublic domainarticles/discovery-1865.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html
Tanzan Shrine 1.jpgBradBeattie at English WikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0people/index.html, people/tonomine-monks.html
Urakami Cathedral destroyed by atomic bomb.pngUnknown authorPublic domainarticles/atomic-bomb-urakami-1945.html, articles/hand-to-hand.html
Memorial service at the Urakami Roman Cathoric Cathedral.jpgNagasaki City Office (長崎市役所)Public domainarticles/hand-to-hand.html
Franciscus de Xabier.jpgNot stated (see source page)Public domainarticles/hand-to-hand.html, people/francis-xavier.html, people/index.html
Douzaki Church in Nagasaki.JPGSapphire123CC BY-SA 3.0routes/goto.html, sites/dozaki.html
Gen-na kirisitan iseki Dec25 2021.jpegNesnadCC BY 4.0sites/edo-martyrs.html
江上天主堂.JPGIndiana joCC BY-SA 4.0routes.html, routes/goto.html, sites/egami.html
Fumie in Museum for Hidden Christians of Japan in Former Latin Seminary.JPGそらみみCC BY-SA 3.0today.html
Inside of Oura Church - panoramio (4).jpgMasoud AkbariCC BY-SA 3.0articles/discovery-1865.html, chapters/discovery-and-exile.html, index.html, objects/oura-santa-maria.html, people/index.html, people/sugimoto-yuri.html
Oura church stained glass windows 2014.jpgNesnadCC BY-SA 3.0chapters/modern-church.html, index.html, objects/japanese-church-stained-glass.html
Franciscus de Xabier.jpgNot stated (see source page)Public domainchapters/christian-century.html, index.html, objects/xavier-portrait-kobe.html
C-1011 E0175941.jpg東京国立博物館CC BY 4.0chapters/hidden-centuries.html, index.html, objects/fumie-christ-tnm.html
ColBase C-600 (Tokyo National Museum)Tokyo National Museum, via ColBaseColBase Terms of Use (Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use 2.0, compatible with CC BY 4.0)chapters/discovery-and-exile.html, chapters/hidden-centuries.html, index.html, objects/maria-kannon.html
Oura Church 1864.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainchapters/discovery-and-exile.html, chapters/modern-church.html, index.html, objects/oura-as-built-1865.html
Urakami Cathedral taken before the atomic bombing.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainchapters/after-the-bomb.html, chapters/modern-church.html, index.html, objects/urakami-cathedral-prewar.html
Destroyed Urakami Cathedral - Spring 1946 - Yamahata Yōsuke.pngYamahata YōsukePublic domainchapters/after-the-bomb.html, index.html, objects/urakami-ruins-1945-1958.html
Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki (3700411789).jpgJoshBerglund19CC BY 2.0chapters/after-the-bomb.html, index.html, objects/hibaku-maria.html
121223 Urakami Cathedral Nagasaki Japan01s.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5chapters/after-the-bomb.html, index.html, objects/urakami-cathedral-rebuilt.html
Nanban-Screens-by-Kano-Naizen-c1600.pngKanō NaizenPublic domainindex.html, objects/nanban-byobu-kobe.html
Remains of Hara castle as seen from the sea.JPGNot stated (see source page)CC BY-SA 3.0routes/amakusa.html, sites/hara-castle.html
大浦天主堂 - panoramio.jpgkajikawaCC BY 3.0today.html
Hirado Catholic Church 1.jpgTottiCC BY-SA 4.0routes/hirado.html, sites/hirado-xavier.html
Former Gorin Church(backside).jpgIndiana joCC BY-SA 4.0routes/goto.html, sites/hisaka.html
HiradoJapan-RiceTerraces.jpgBryanmackinnonCC BY 4.0routes.html, routes/hirado.html, sites/ikitsuki.html, today.html
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Terukuni-chō, Kagoshima) VLux5 hdsr 01.jpgHyppolyte de Saint-RambertCC BY 4.0sites/kagoshima-xavier.html
Kashiragashima Church.JPGけんみんたろうCC BY-SA 3.0routes/goto.html, sites/kashiragashima.html
黒島天主堂(2023年1月).jpgそのだ かずきCC BY-SA 4.0routes/hirado.html, sites/kuroshima.html
戻橋 Modoribashi Bridge (52598156473).jpgnobu3withfoxy from Iga,Mie, JapanCC BY 2.0sites/kyoto-26.html
Genna junkyo.jpg歴史愛好家の一人CC BY-SA 4.0sites/kyoto-great.html
Maria Kannon.jpgIwanafish at English WikipediaPublic domaintoday.html
Martyrdom-of-Nagasaki-Painting-1622.pngUnidentified painterPublic domainmartyrs.html, routes.html, routes/martyrs.html
Juan Gotoh's mausoleum.jpgJuan GotohCC BY 3.0sites/mizusawa-juan.html
如己堂 - panoramio.jpgSATcatypeCC BY-SA 3.0people/index.html, people/nagai-takashi.html, routes/nagasaki.html, sites/nagai-nyokodo.html
Nakaenoshima-4.jpgIndiana joCC BY-SA 4.0routes/hirado.html, sites/nakaenoshima.html
Nozaki Island2010B.jpgぱちょぴ(投稿者)撮影CC BY-SA 3.0routes/goto.html, sites/nozaki.html
Maximilian Bartosz- Chorfenster (Entwurfskizzen für die Pfarrkirche zu den 26 Gekreuzigten in Tabira, Japan).jpgMaximilian BartoszCC BY-SA 3.0objects/japanese-church-stained-glass.html
Fumi-e Ceremony of Treading on Crucifix by JH Moore 1789.jpganonymous (J.H. Moore)Public domainobjects/fumie-christ-tnm.html
E-fumi - KONB11-360-4302.jpgNot stated (see source page)Public domainobjects/fumie-christ-tnm.html
旧五輪教会内部.jpgIndiana joCC BY-SA 4.0objects/japanese-church-stained-glass.html
Kashiragashima Church (inside) 02.jpgIndiana joCC BY-SA 4.0objects/japanese-church-stained-glass.html
Kobe city museum01 1920.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5objects/xavier-portrait-kobe.html
C-605 E0183328.jpg東京国立博物館CC BY 4.0objects/maria-kannon.html
C-613 E0183363.jpg東京国立博物館CC BY 4.0objects/maria-kannon.html
Nanban-Screens-by-Kano-Naizen-c1600.pngKanō NaizenPublic domainchapters/christian-century.html, objects/nanban-byobu-kobe.html, timeline.html
Altar of Oura Church - panoramio.jpgMasoud AkbariCC BY-SA 3.0objects/oura-santa-maria.html
Stele of centennial of the Christians' discovery.JPGそらみみCC BY-SA 3.0objects/oura-santa-maria.html
Sculpture of Saint Mary in front of Oura Church.jpgそらみみCC BY-SA 3.0objects/oura-santa-maria.html
Oura Church Nagasaki Japan01s5.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5objects/oura-as-built-1865.html
Sculpture of Bishop Petitjean in Oura Church.jpgそらみみCC BY-SA 3.0objects/oura-as-built-1865.html
The inside of Tabira Catholic Church.jpgSTA3816CC BY-SA 3.0objects/japanese-church-stained-glass.html
Sunday church among Urakami Cathedral construction 1911.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainobjects/urakami-cathedral-prewar.html
Urakami Cathedral under construction, September 1912.jpgUnknown authorPublic domainobjects/urakami-cathedral-prewar.html
Urakami Cathedral destroyed by atomic bomb.pngUnknown authorPublic domainobjects/urakami-ruins-1945-1958.html
200321 Urakami Cathedral Nagasaki Japan05s3.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5objects/urakami-cathedral-rebuilt.html
Belfry of Urakami Cathedral 20220602.jpgMarine-BlueCC BY-SA 4.0objects/urakami-ruins-1945-1958.html
Statues, Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki - Jun 28, 2009.jpgJoshBerglund19CC BY 2.0objects/hibaku-maria.html
Stone Wall of Urakami Cathedral.jpgHoujyou-MinoriCC0objects/urakami-cathedral-rebuilt.html
浦上天主堂の遺壁02.jpgぱちょぴ(投稿者)撮影CC BY-SA 3.0objects/urakami-ruins-1945-1958.html
Oita otomo sorin at jingujiura.jpg大分帰省中CC BY-SA 3.0sites/oita-funai.html
Ono Church in Nagasaki.JPGSapphire123CC BY-SA 3.0routes/nagasaki.html, sites/ono.html
Osaka-jo Hall in 201408.JPGMc681CC BY-SA 4.0sites/osaka-martyrs.html
Oura Church in Nagasaki, 20240814 0839 3201.jpgJakub HałunCC BY 4.0routes/nagasaki.html, sites/oura.html
Altar Francis Xavier Gesu.jpgJastrowPublic domainsites/rome-gesu.html
Japanese Embassy Fresco Quirinal Palace.pngFresco frieze by painters under Agostino Tassi, Giovanni Lanfranco and Carlo SaraceniPublic domainsites/rome-tensho-embassy.html
SakitsuCatholicChurch.jpgSTA3816CC BY 3.0routes.html, routes/amakusa.html, sites/sakitsu.html
St. domingo church museum entrance.jpgDoctorDoughnutCC BY-SA 4.0routes/nagasaki.html, sites/santo-domingo.html
Ohhashi sendai01s3872.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5sites/sendai-hirosegawa.html
Shitsu church 2009AP.jpgぱちょぴ(投稿者)撮影CC BY-SA 3.0routes/nagasaki.html, sites/sotome.html
Otometoge Saint Mary's Church 20170503-1.jpgそらみみCC BY-SA 4.0articles/urakami-yonban-kuzure.html, sites/tsuwano.html
Kanazawa Catholic Church.JPGAbasaaPublic domainsites/ukon-kanazawa.html
Takatsukishiroato.2.jpg沢庵師匠CC BY-SA 4.0routes/martyrs.html, sites/ukon-takatsuki.html
140322 Unzen Onsen Jigoku Unzen Nagasaki pref Japan13o.JPG663highlandCC BY 2.5routes/amakusa.html, sites/unzen.html
200321 Urakami Cathedral Nagasaki Japan01bs.jpg663highlandCC BY 2.5routes.html, routes/nagasaki.html, sites/urakami-village.html, sites/urakami.html
Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church.JPGWiki708 at Japanese WikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0sites/yamaguchi-xavier.html