The Order to Expel the Missionaries - Bateren Tsuiho Rei

Japanese: 伴天連追放令 - バテレンついほうれい

A law that stipulated the expulsion of Christian missionaries from the country. The five articles issued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyushu on June 19, 1587 (Tensho 15) stated that it was inappropriate for Christianity to be preached in Japan, a divine and Buddhist country, and that the missionaries were destroying Buddhism by forcing people to convert, and that they should leave the country within 20 days. However, the arrival of Portuguese ships was for business purposes, and merchants were not banned from traveling, suggesting an intention to maintain trade. The expulsion order, drawn up by Ishin Suden at the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1613, was promulgated in the name of Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, and became the basis of the shogunate's ban on Christianity throughout the Edo period. It is generally called the Bottenren expulsion document to distinguish it from the one from Toyotomi Hideyoshi's time.

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Japanese:

キリシタン宣教師の国外追放を定めた法令。1587年（天正15年）６月19日九州で豊臣秀吉が発令した５ヵ条は，神国・仏教国の日本でキリスト教が説かれることは不適当であるとし，宣教師は改宗を強制して仏法を破壊するものであるとして，20日間以内に国外に退去せよという内容であった。ただしポルトガル船の来航は商売のこととして商人の渡航を禁じておらず，貿易を維持しようとする意図がうかがえる。1613年徳川家康の命で以心崇伝(すうでん)が作成した追放令は，将軍徳川秀忠の名で公布され，江戸時代を通じて幕府のキリスト教禁制の基本となった。一般に伴天連追放文と称して豊臣秀吉の代のものと区別する。

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