Strengthening of Japan's Ban on Christianity

Name: Strengthening of Japan's Ban on Christianity
Start: 1614

Type Event Region Asia Time 1614

In 1614 Tokugawa Ieyasu issued an edict banning Christianity nationwide, expelling missionaries and destroying churches, later escalating into system…

Timeline

1614Sunpu Castle · Shizuoka CityTokugawa Ieyasu issued the ban edict, declaring Christianity a heretical sect, forbidding Japanese belief and European proselytizing, and demanding converts recant or leave Japan.
1614Nagasaki · Nagasaki CityThe shogunate expelled missionaries and demolished churches in Nagasaki, Kyoto, Osaka and elsewhere; some Japanese Christians were sent to Macau or Manila, and the ban was implemented nationwide.

Sources

キリシタン禁制令 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E7%A6%81%E5%88%B6%E4%BB%A4
Kirishitan https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kirishitan