Kirishitanshuramento

Japanese: きりしたんしゅらめんと
Kirishitanshuramento

...It is said that the origin of this practice dates back to 1614 (Keicho 19), when the head of the Christian ministry, Okubo Tadachika, tortured believers with straw bags in Kyoto, forcing them to renounce their faith by 'izakorobe' (The Tale of Christianity), and taking a 'Ukenin' (sign of acceptance). From 1635 (Kan'ei 12), a written document called the 'Nanban oath' or 'Kirishitanshuramento' was collected in Kyoto, Nagasaki, and other places. This document was in the form of converts swearing to renounce their faith to Deus or Santa Maria, and had a psychological effect of discouraging false converts....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kiritanshuramento" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…起源は1614年(慶長19)キリシタン総奉行大久保忠隣が京都で信者を俵責めにした際,〈いざころべ〉(《吉利支丹物語》)と棄教を強要して請人(うけにん)手形をとったのが始めといわれる。35年(寛永12)から京都や長崎などで〈南蛮誓詞〉または〈きりしたんしゅらめんと〉とよばれる転書物(かきもの)が徴収された。この書物は転宗者がデウスやサンタ・マリアに棄教を誓う形式をもち,偽装転宗者を挫折させる心理的効果をあげた。…

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