Goto Juan

Date of birth and death unknown. Oshu Christian in the early Edo period. He was the third son of Iwabuchi Omi no Kami Hidenobu, the lord of the castle in Fujisawa, Higashiiwai County, Mutsu Province (Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture), and his childhood name was Matagoro. When the main family was destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he went to Goto in Nagasaki, where he was baptized and called Goto Joan (Juan). On the recommendation of Tanaka Shosuke, who had traveled to Mexico, he became a vassal of Date Masamune in 1611 (Keicho 16), and was given 1,200 koku of land in Fukuhara, Miwakemori, Mizusawa Town, Isawa County (Miwakemori, Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City). He played an active role as a central figure in the Oshu Christian movement, and despite Masamune's order to renounce his faith, he continued to keep his faith. He was exiled from the end of 1623 (Genwa 9) to the beginning of 1624 (Kan'ei 1) and fled to the Nanbu Domain, and his whereabouts after that are unknown. Today, the "Juan Weir," which was built to divert water from the Isawa River, remains in Fukuhara.

[Kentaro Miyazaki March 19, 2018]

"History of Christianity in the Tohoku Region" by Urakawa Kazusaburo (1957, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / 1968, Gannando Shoten) " "Exploring the Ancient Christians of Oshu - The Path of Goto Juan" by Tsukasa Azuma Masao (1981, Yaegake Shobo)

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生没年不詳。江戸前期の奥州キリシタン。陸奥(むつ)国東磐井(いわい)郡藤沢（岩手県一関市）の城主岩淵近江守(いわぶちおうみのかみ)秀信の三男で、幼名を又五郎と称した。豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)による本家滅亡の際、長崎の五島に行き、洗礼を受けて五島ジョアン（寿庵）と称した。メキシコへ渡った田中勝介(たなかしょうすけ)の推薦により1611年（慶長16）伊達政宗(だてまさむね)の臣下となり、胆沢(いさわ)郡水沢町見分森(みわけもり)の福原(ふくはら)（奥州(おうしゅう)市水沢(みずさわ)区見分森）の地に1200石をはんだ。奥州キリシタンの中心人物として活躍し、政宗の棄教命令も退け、信仰を守り通した。1623年（元和9）の暮れから1624年（寛永1）の初頭、追放の身となり、南部(なんぶ)藩に去り、その後の消息は不明である。現在福原の地に胆沢川から引いた「寿庵堰(ぜき)」が残っている。

［宮崎賢太郎　2018年3月19日］

『浦川和三郎著『東北キリシタン史』（1957・日本学術振興会／1968・巌南堂書店）』▽『司東真雄著『奥羽古キリシタン探訪――後藤寿庵の軌跡』（1981・八重岳書房）』

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