Fabian (English spelling)

Japanese: ハビアン（英語表記）Fabian

A Japanese Jesuit priest from the Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period. He was commonly known as Fukansai Banian. The name Banian is a common spiritual name for Christians, and there were others who called themselves that. The most famous is Fukansai Banian, but his background is unclear. One theory is that he was born in Wakasa in 1565, became a Christian around 11th year of Tensho (83), joined the Society of Jesus in 14th year of the same year, studied at a seminary in Osaka and a college in Nagasaki, and became an Iruman (Iruman). He wrote the preface as the editor of the Amakusa version of the Romanized version of The Tale of the Heike in 1922, and later worked on adjusting the translation of the Christian version. He returned to Kyoto in 1603 and wrote Myozen Mondo, in which he preached Christian doctrine and criticized Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In the same year, he debated with Hayashi Razan, but shortly thereafter renounced his faith and in 1620 (Genna 6), he wrote "Hadaiusu" (Destruction of Christianity), in which he rejected Christianity.

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Japanese:

安土桃山～江戸時代初期の日本人イエズス会士。通称，不干斎巴鼻庵。ハビアンの名称はキリシタンの一般的霊名で，ほかにもそう称した者がいる。著名なのは不干斎巴鼻庵であるが，その経歴は明確ではない。一説には永禄8 (1565) 年若狭で生れ，天正 11 (83) 年頃キリシタンとなり，同 14年イエズス会に入り，大坂のセミナリオ，長崎のコレジヨで学びイルマン (伊留満)になったという。文禄1 (92) 年の天草版ローマ字本『平家の物語』の編者として序文を書き，その後キリシタン版の訳文調整にあたった。慶長8 (1603) 年京都に戻り，『妙貞問答』を著わし，キリスト教の教理を説き，神道，儒教，仏教を批判。同 11年林羅山と論争したが，その後まもなく棄教，元和6 (20) 年『破提宇子 (はだいうす) 』を著わし，キリスト教を排撃した。

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