キリスト教徒 | [キリストきょうと, kirisuto kyouto] (n) Christians #13,678 [Add to Longdo] |
宗門改;宗門改め | [しゅうもんあらため, shuumon'aratame] (n) Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
踏み絵(P);踏絵 | [ふみえ, fumie] (n) tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
俵責め | [たわらぜめ, tawarazeme] (n) Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians) [Add to Longdo] |