How to Make "Colored" Japanese Counter-Reformation Saints: A Study of an Iconographic Anomaly

The 1627 beatification of the twenty-six martyrs of Japan was a major milestone in the history of the Church and especially for the missionary orders. These martyrs were the first officially recognized saints from the newly "discovered" lands. However, while the majority of the twenty-six...

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Main Author: Omata Rappō, Hitomi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2017, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-225
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Iconography
B modern period
B Race
B Mission
B Japanese martyrs
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