He was the last missionary to infiltrate Japan, where Christianity was banned. He was born in Sicily, Italy. He landed alone on Yakushima Island in October 1708 (5th year of the Hoei Era) under the orders of Pope Clement XI (reigned 1700-1721), dressed in traditional Japanese clothing and carrying a sword, but was immediately captured and sent to Nagasaki. He was then sent to Edo the following autumn in 1709, where he was imprisoned in a Christian house in Koishikawa, where he died of an illness in October 5th year of the Shotoku Era. Arai Hakuseki, a Confucian scholar who was an aide to the Shogun and who interrogated him, wrote a book on world geography called "Sairan Igen" (1713) and "Seiyo Kibun" (a record of the 1715 period, published in 1882) based on the interrogations. Although Sidotti was not able to achieve his original goal of spreading Christianity in Japan, it was an opportunity to open up the horizons of the international world to Japan, which was under a policy of national isolation. [Mitsuo Tomikura February 16, 2018] [References] | | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
キリシタン禁制下の日本に潜入した最後の宣教師。イタリアのシチリア島に生まれる。ローマ教皇クレメンス11世Clemens Ⅺ(在位1700~1721)の命を受け、1708年(宝永5)10月和服帯刀の姿で屋久(やく)島に単身上陸、ただちに捕らえられて長崎に送られた。ついで翌1709年秋に江戸に送られて小石川のキリシタン屋敷に監禁されたまま、正徳(しょうとく)5年10月そこで病死した。将軍の補佐役で彼の取調べにあたった儒者新井白石(あらいはくせき)はその尋問をもとに、世界地理の書『采覧異言(さいらんいげん)』(1713)や『西洋紀聞』(取調べのようす、世界地理、キリスト教の3部からなる。1715年記。刊行は1882年)を書いている。シドッチは、日本にキリスト教を布教するという彼本来の目的は果たすことはできなかったが、鎖国下の日本に国際世界についての視野を開かせる一つの契機となった。 [冨倉光雄 2018年2月16日] [参照項目] | | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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