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
#tokugawashogunate — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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Rethinking Sakoku: Soichi Suzuki on Japan’s ‘Closed Country’ as a Strategy for Survival
Japan’s Edo-period (1600-1868) sakoku (鎖国) policy, often translated as “national seclusion,” ha…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1403865/rethinking-sakoku-soichi-suzuki-on-japans-closed-country-as-a-strategy-for-survival/ Rethinking Sakoku: Soichi Suzuki on Japan’s ‘Closed Country’ as a Strategy for Survival ##visitjapanjp #DanielManning #EdoPeriod #history #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #KakureKirishitan #news #Sakoku #SoichiSuzuki #TokugawaIemitsu #TokugawaShogunate #ToyotomiHideyoshi Japan’s Edo-period (1600-1868) sakoku (鎖国) policy, often translated as “national seclusion,” has long been portrayed as a symbol of Japan’s isolati
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Monuments of plastic models found throughout the city of Shizuoka showcase its model-making industry, which traces its roots to skilled craftsmen of the Tokugawa shogunate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/06/japan/society/shizuoka-plastic-modeling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #shizuoka #plastic #shinkansen #sengokuperiod #tokugawashogunate #localgovernment #education #manufacturing
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Headline in English: “Historic globe of the Earth, made around the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, found in attic of a home in Kicuchi City”
Those without strong nihongo skills can use an online translator to read the article at the following link
https://www.tku.co.jp/news/?news_id=20230207-00000015&fbclid=IwAR3MCmwHhAVBYuMsZ5_pmNDFktJjB14wpLOmH7tR_uNlfqyEaTBNWJeEmD4