Hekija kanken roku... manuscript

Collection — Volume: 1

Collection BC-2023-162: Hekija kanken roku... manuscript

Dates

Creation: not before 1861

Scope and Contents

Side-stitched manuscript of 24 leaves (some double-leaves), including four full-page illustrations, being a compendium of texts opposing the propagation of Christianity in Japan. Included are selections from Seiyō kibun by Arai Hakuseki, based on his conversations with Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti, Taiji jashū ron by Sessō Sōsai, Hekija kanken roku by Tetsujō Ukai, and an article from a Chinese newspaper published in 1861. The illustrations depict fumi-e, Christian imagery which suspected Japanese Christians were ordered to trample on. The texts were copied by Ohtomo Chikamitsu.

Creator

Chikamitsu, Ohtomo (Scribe, Person)
Ukai, Tetsujō, 1814-1891 (Title of work: Hekija kanken roku...) (Person)
Arai, Hakuseki, 1657-1725 (Title of work: Seiyō kibun...) (Person)
Sessō Sōsai, 1589-1649 (Title of work: Taiji jashū ron...) (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Biographical Notes

Japanese scholars. The authors Arai Hakuseki, a scholar and bureaucrat, Sessō Sōsai, a Rinzai Buddhist monk, and Tetsujō Ukai, a Jōdo Buddhist priest, opposed the propagation of Christianity in Japan.