天草の今富集落｜「Orasho―kokorotabi」（Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region）

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天草の今富集落

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Kakure Kirishitan

［Kakure Kirishitan］ Kakure Kirishitan (underground Christian) refers to those who did not return to Catholicism even after the lifting of the edicts banning Christianity in the 19th century but continued to follow the unique beliefs developed during the forbidden period.

Senpuku Kirishitan

［Senpuku Kirishitan］ Senpuku Kirishitan (hidden Christians) lived ostensibly as Buddhists during the ban on Christianity but secretly carried on their faith.

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今富集落のかくれキリシタンの風習

天草の今富集落では明治になってからもカトリックに復帰せず、先祖から伝わる儀式を行った
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一年中見られる玄関のしめ縄

﨑津集落や今富集落を歩いていて気づくのが、玄関に飾られているしめ縄。一年中外さないのはなぜ？