#amakusashiro — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #amakusashiro, aggregated by home.social.
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Was the Shimabara Rebellion a peasant uprising or a Christian holy war? This month’s Living Past revisits a brutal reckoning that still echoes through Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/history/christianity-japanese-history-massacre/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #edoperiod #tokugawashogunate #christianity #kyushu #amakusashiro #missionaries
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Missionaries brought Christianity to Japan in the mid-1500s. Less than a century later, tens of thousands were slaughtered in a conflict between the shogunate and the devout. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/20/japan/history/edo-period-christianity-revolt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #edoperiod #tokugawashogunate #christianity #kyushu #amakusashiro #missionaries