"The Origin of Christianity" - Kirishitankongenki

Japanese: 《切支丹根元記》 - きりしたんこんげんき
"The Origin of Christianity" - Kirishitankongenki

...Author unknown. This is a summary of the anti-Christian popular book "Kirishitan Gengenki," whose author and date of publication are unknown. The absurd world geography, including the Christian countries of Nanban, was rewritten in "Ka-i Tsusho Ko," written by Nishikawa Nyoken in 1695 (Genroku 8). This book was widely used by intellectuals in the Edo period, and was widely circulated as a book of factual writing to educate the masses.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kirishitan Gengenki" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…作者不詳。作者および成立年代不明の反キリシタンの俗説書《切支丹根元記》の大略を述べたもので,荒唐無稽な南蛮のキリシタン国等の世界地理は,1695年(元禄8)に西川如見が著した《華夷通商考》によって書き改められた。本書は江戸時代の知識人等の多く利用するところとなり,また実録風の民衆教化の書として大いに流布した。…

※「《切支丹根元記》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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