The Kakure Kirishitan of Japan: A Study of Their Development, Beliefs, and Rituals to the Present Day Book

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	Preface and acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	The historical background to the Kakure faith	27
3	The organization of the Kakure communities and their relationship to Catholicism	55
4	The origins and uses of the Kakure gozensama	82
5	Christian martyrs and the sacred places of the Kakure Kirishitan	111
6	The Kakure worship calendar and the role of prayer	138
7	The structure of Kakure worship and the significance of the communal meal	156
8	The spirit world and the Kakure Kirishitan	174
9	Death, ancestors and the Kakure Kirishitan	192
10	The Kakure in Context	210
App. 1	Ninth Register of surviving Christian families: Hirado 1689	228
App. 2	Report on the secret Christians of Amakusa: 1806	231
	Notes	233
	Bibliography	257
	Japanese Character List	279
	Index	289