Jonathan Clements
Christ's Samurai
The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion
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THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND MARTIN SCORSESE'S FILM SILENCE, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SHUSAKO ENDO.'A concise and lucid account of a unique period in Japan's history' Japan Times'History writing at its best' Fortean TimesIn 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast as…
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THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND MARTIN SCORSESE'S FILM SILENCE, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY SHUSAKO ENDO.'A concise and lucid account of a unique period in Japan's history' Japan Times'History writing at its best' Fortean TimesIn 1638, the ruler of Japan ordered a crusade against his own subjects, a holocaust upon the men, women and children of a doomsday cult. The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms. The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers claiming to have the blessing of an alien god had bested trained samurai in combat and proclaimed that fires in the sky would soon bring about the end of the world. The Shogun called old soldiers out of retirement for one last battle before peace could be declared in Japan. For there to be an end to war, he said, the Christians would have to die.This is a true story.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4721-3741-8
- EAN: 9781472137418
- Produktnummer: 19250276
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.7 cm 374 g
- Gewicht: 374
Über den Autor
Jonathan Clements is the author of many books on East Asian history, including biographies of Empress Wu, Admiral Togo, the statesman Prince Saionji and Coxinga, the Japanese-born 'pirate king'. He divides his time between London, England and Jyväskylä, Finland. His website is schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com
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