ROMAN CHRISTIANITY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, PAGE 323
The many-sided story of Japanese Christianity.--One hundred years of
intercourse between Japan and Europe.--State of Japan at the
introduction of Portuguese Christianity.--Xavier and Anjiro.--Xavier at
Kiōto and in Bungo.--Nobunaga and the Buddhists.--High-water mark of
Christianity.--Hideyoshi and the invasion of Korea.--Kato and
Konishi.--Persecutions.--Arrival of the Spanish friars.--Their violation
of good faith.--Spirit of the Jesuits and Franciscans.--Crucifixion on
the bamboo cross.--Hidéyori.--Kato Kiyomasa.--The Dutch in the Eastern
seas.--Will Adams.--Iyéyasŭ suspects designs against the sovereignty
of Japan.--The Christian religion outlawed.--Hidétada follows up the
policy of Iyéyasŭ, excludes aliens, and shuts up the country.--The
uprising of the Christians at Shimabara in 1637.--Christianity buried
from sight.--Character of the missionaries and the form of the faith
introduced by them.--Noble lives and ideals.--The spirit of the
Inquisition in Japan.--Political animus and complexion.