EA--Christiancentury

Housekeeping : 

Housekeeping Monday—Film Wednesday: Exam #2 Friday: Draft due—in-class Peer Review Monday 21st: “Everyday Religion” Wed: Polished draft to me (electronically) April 15/16 (T/W): Islam in America Announcements?

Premodern Japan : 

Premodern Japan The Christian Century Arrival of Christianity Expulsion of Christianity The Tokugawa Era

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity 1549-1639 (90 years) Francis Xavier (Jesuits) Sengoku (“Country at War”) Attractions of Christianity Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity 1549-1639 (90 years) Francis Xavier (Jesuits) Worked to convert the elites Sengoku (“Country at War”) Attractions of Christianity Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity 1549-1639 (90 years) Francis Xavier (Jesuits) Worked to convert the elites Sengoku (“Country at War”) Civil war, little unity Buddhism > politically suspect Attractions of Christianity Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity Sengoku (“Country at War”) Civil war, little unity Buddhism > politically suspect Attractions of Christianity Political Outsiders (unconnected) Unified front (until Franciscans) Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity Sengoku (“Country at War”) Civil war, little unity Buddhism > politically suspect Attractions of Christianity Political Outsiders (unconnected) Unified front (until Franciscans) Elite classes > strict loyalty, moral code Masses > salvation Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity Sengoku (“Country at War”) Civil war, little unity Buddhism > politically suspect Attractions of Christianity Political Outsiders (unconnected) Unified front (until Franciscans) Elite classes > strict loyalty, moral code Masses > salvation Economic incentives (“black ships”) Drawbacks

Arrival of Christianity : 

Arrival of Christianity Attractions of Christianity Political Outsiders (unconnected) Unified front (until Franciscans) Economic incentives (“black ships”) Elite classes > strict loyalty, moral code Masses > salvation Drawbacks foreignness Staffing issues, ethnocentrism

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Primary Figures Shimabara Revolt (1637-38) 1640s differences

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Primary Figures Nobunaga (1534-82) anti-Buddhist Destroyed Mt. Hiei in 1571

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Primary Figures Nobunaga (1534-82) anti-Buddhist Destroyed Mt. Hiei in 1571 Hideyoshi (1536-98) Expulsion Order (never enforced)

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Primary Figures Nobunaga (1534-82) anti-Buddhist Destroyed Mt. Hiei in 1571 Hideyoshi (1536-98) Expulsion Order (never enforced) Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) Expelled missionaries (bloodlessly—1614) Buddhist piety, Confucian politics Successors martyred Christians Hunted down foreign priests

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) Expelled missionaries (bloodlessly—1614) Buddhist piety, Confucian politics Successors martyred Christians Hunted down foreign priests Shimabara Revolt (1637-38) Economic motives > politically threatening

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) Expelled missionaries (bloodlessly—1614) Buddhist piety, Confucian politics Successors martyred Christians Hunted down foreign priests Shimabara Revolt (1637-38) Economic motives > politically threatening 1639 Exclusion order Aimed at Portuguese (1640 ship destruction)

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity Shimabara Revolt (1637-38) Economic motives > politically threatening 1639 Exclusion order Aimed at Portuguese (1640 ship destruction) 1640s differences Japan more unified Christianity as politically disruptive

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity 1640s differences Japan more unified Christianity as politically disruptive “Sakoku” (“Closed Country”) Buddhist temple membership, “5-family Associations” (social control)

Expulsion of Christianity : 

Expulsion of Christianity 1640s differences Japan more unified Christianity as politically disruptive “Sakoku” (“Closed Country”) Buddhist temple membership, “5-family Associations” (social control) Kyushu region—Secret Christians

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era 1600-1867 Centralized Authority > modern nation Primary Structures “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era 1600-1867 Centralized Authority > modern nation Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era 1600-1867 Centralized Authority > modern nation Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant Buddhist temples > social control “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era 1600-1867 Centralized Authority > modern nation Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant Buddhist temples > social control Confucian ideology > state loyalty Sanctioned political order “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant Buddhist temples > social control Confucian ideology > state loyalty Sanctioned political order “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.) Shinto as the Native Japanese tradition, better than Buddhism/Conf (“realistic”)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant Buddhist temples > social control Confucian ideology > state loyalty Sanctioned political order “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.) Shinto as the Native Japanese tradition, better than Buddhism/Conf (“realistic”) Religious (reinstate Shinto)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era Primary Structures 4 classes: noble, farmer, artisan, merchant Buddhist temples > social control Confucian ideology > state loyalty Sanctioned political order “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.) Shinto as the Native Japanese tradition, better than Buddhism/Conf (“realistic”) Religious (reinstate Shinto) Cultural (Japanese arts/aesthetics)

Tokugawa Era : 

Tokugawa Era “Restoration Shinto” (17th-19th c.) Shinto as the Native Japanese tradition, better than Buddhism/Conf (“realistic”) Religious (reinstate Shinto) Cultural (Japanese arts/aesthetics) Political (reinstate the emperor)