Nanbanji Temple Rise and Fall Chronicle

A popular anti-Christian book compiled in the mid-Edo period. One volume. The editor is unknown. It is thought to have been compiled by a scholar who served the shogunate and feudal domain system, using anti-Christian books and traditions that appeared in the 1660s when the shogunate strengthened its ban on Christianity as material. The source material was the "Kirishitan Kongenki," also by an unknown author, which includes world geography information by Nishikawa Joken (1648-1724), so it is estimated to have been compiled in the late 18th century. Other works in the same genre include "Nanbanji Monogatari" and "Kirishitan Shumon Raichou Jikki," which reflect some historical facts, but are insignificant as historical documents. However, it became widely known through a woodblock print edition (1868) by the evil-busting monk Ugai Tetsujo (also known as Kiyu Dojin) of the late Edo period, and is also included in series such as the Shiseki Shuran.

[Arudo Ebisawa]

"The Chronicles of the Rise and Fall of Nanbanji Temple: Myozen Mondo" by Ebisawa Yudo (Heibonsha, Toyo Bunko)

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江戸中期に編された反キリシタン俗説書。一巻。編者不詳。幕府がキリシタン禁制を強化した1660年代に現れた排耶(はいや)書や伝承に材料を得て幕藩体制に奉仕する御用学者の編になると思われる。種本は同じく著者不詳の『切支丹根元記(キリシタンこんげんき)』で、西川如見(じょけん)（1648―1724）による世界地理知識を加えているから、18世紀初期を下る時期の編と推定される。同系に属するものに『南蛮寺物語』『切支丹宗門来朝実記』などがあり、若干史実を反映しているが、史書としては取るに足りない。しかし、幕末の破邪僧養鸕徹定(うがいてつじょう)（杞憂(きゆう)道人）による木活字本（1868）で広く知られるようになり、『史籍集覧』などの叢書(そうしょ)類にも収められている。

［海老沢有道］

『海老沢有道著『南蛮寺興廃記・妙貞問答』（平凡社・東洋文庫）』

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