The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1601–1700
2 works
c. 1614–1650
Japanese
The hidden Christians of Japan and their persecutors
Edicts of expulsion, apostasy registers, and the fumi-e images that suspects were required to tread on, alongside the prayers hidden communities memorised for seven generations.
transmitted orally from the 17th century; written down later
Japanese
Tenchi Hajimari no Koto
The hidden Christians of Japan
The Christian story as it survived two centuries of secrecy without priests or books — creation, the nativity, and the passion, mingled with Buddhist and folk elements.
2 of 1774 works