The Okamoto Daihachi Incident

Japanese: 岡本大八事件 - おかもとだいはちじけん

In 1609, Arima Harunobu sank the Portuguese ship Nossa Senhora da Graça (also known as Madre de Deus) in Nagasaki, and as a reward he wanted to regain his former territory. To that end, he approached Okamoto Daihachi, a vassal of Honda Masazumi, a powerful aide to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and offered him a bribe. When the truth of the matter was revealed, Daihachi uncovered Harunobu's attempted assassination of the Nagasaki magistrate, and in 1612 Daihachi was burned at the stake and Harunobu was stripped of his title. As both were Christians, this became the fuse that led to the issuance of the ban on Christianity.
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Japanese:

1609年ポルトガル船ノッサ・セニョーラ・ダ・グラサ号（一名マードレ・デ・デウス号）を長崎で撃沈した有馬晴信は，恩賞として旧領回復を望んだ。ために徳川家康側近の有力者本多正純の家臣岡本大八に近づき賄賂(わいろ)を贈った。事が露顕した大八は逆に晴信の長崎奉行暗殺未遂をあばき，1612年大八は火刑，晴信は除封された。両者ともキリシタンであったところから，禁教令発布の導火線となった。
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