Farge, William J.,

A Christian samurai : the trials of Baba Bunkō / William J. Farge, SJ ; Foreword by Kevin M. Doak. - Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xxv, 300 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Deus restored -- Tokugawa Christianity -- Popular games and monster stories -- Raindrops falling in the forest -- Baba Bunkō's political and social dissent -- The decline of Tokugawa neo-Confucianism -- Baba Bunkō's literary heritage -- Kabuki actors, monks, and courtesans -- The breakdown of social order -- The Christian question -- Contemporary Edo: an album of one hundred monsters by Baba Bunkō.



9780813228525


Catholic Church--History.--Japan


Church history.


Electronic Books.

BR1306 / .C475 2016