Antonio Harada

Japanese: 原田アントニオ - はらだ・あんとにお

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. Publisher of kokuji books based on Christian editions in the early Edo period. The only surviving publication is "Kontemutsumunchi," published in mid-April in 1610. The book has the Latin inscription "Harada Antonio Printing House, Kyoto," and is the only Christian edition published in Kyoto. The contents are a revised abridgement of the Romanized version printed by the Jesuits in 1616, but it appears to have been a reprint using wood type of the kokuji version printed by Nagasaki Goto, which was published around the same time. His background and relationship with the Jesuits are unknown. There is also a theory that he is the same person as Harada Hayato Antou-no-yo of Iyo Province in Shikoku, who appears in a reply to Pope Paul V's pardon visit in 1621. <References> "Research on Christian Editions," edited by Tenri Library

(Yasunagi Mie)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸前期,キリシタン版をもとにした国字本の出版者。現存する刊行書は,慶長15(1610)年4月中旬刊の『こんてむつすむん地』のみ。同書にはラテン文で「京都原田アントニオ印刷所」の記載があり,キリシタン版系の書物のうち,京都で出版された唯一のものである。内容は慶長1年イエズス会版ローマ字本の改訂抄本だが,この間に刊行された長崎後藤版国字本を,木活字により復刻したものらしい。経歴,イエズス会との関係などは未詳。1621年のパウロ5世の宥罪慰問に対する奉答文にみえる四国伊予国の原田隼人あんとうによを同一人物とみる説もある。<参考文献>天理図書館編『きりしたん版の研究』

(安永美恵)

出典　朝日日本歴史人物事典：（株）朝日新聞出版朝日日本歴史人物事典について　情報

<<: Paradise Nuts (English spelling)

>>: Parasol - Parasol (English spelling)