Takayama Ukon

Timeline

1. 1573–1587Harima · Hyōgo PrefectureTakayama Ukon held domains in Harima and elsewhere, was baptized into Catholicism in the 1580s, pursued a policy of protecting Christianity within his lands, and associated with Sengoku figures such as Ishida Mitsunari.
2. 1587–1614Various parts of Japan · JapanHe lost his domain under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's anti-Christian edict, thereafter lodging with Kato Kiyomasa, Hosokawa Tadaoki, and others, and in the 1610s continued to hold to his faith and shelter missionaries.
3. 1614–1615Manila · Metro ManilaAfter Tokugawa Ieyasu issued the anti-Christian edict in 1614, Takayama Ukon and a group of Japanese Christians were expelled; he arrived in Manila in 1615 and died of illness soon after, later recognized posthumously by the papacy as a martyr.