Artifacts related to Christianity: Jesuit Missionaries and Belief under Prohibition
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Fumie (Image to trample on): Christ (Pieta), Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, Edo period, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 16
March 19, 2013 (Tue) - May 6, 2013 (Mon)Xavier arrived in Japan in 1549. After him, many missionaries came to Japan, and the number of Christians increased. At its peak, this number is said to have reached 400,000. Until Christianity was prohibited in Japan in the early 17th century, Western information and culture was brought to Japan, while information about Japan was circulated in the West. In this way, Japan and the West were connected.
Current exhibit includes:
Madonna and Child, Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, 16th - 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Christ, Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, 16th - 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Relatione del Viaggio, et Arrivo in Europa et Roma de Prencipi Giapponesi ("Concerning the Voyage of Four Young Japanese Men to Rome"), Published in Reggio, Italy, Dated 1585 (Important Cultural Property)
Madonna (Madonna of the Thumb), Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, Italy, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Fumie (Image to trample on): Christ (Pieta), Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office, Edo period, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Maria Kannon, Dehua ware Formerly preserved by Nagasaki Magistrate's Office (seized at Uragami, Nagasaki prefecture, in 1856), Ming-Qing dynasty, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)