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Amakusa Shiro

Japanese samurai

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role in Shimabara Rebellion

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    In Japan: The enforcement of national seclusion

    …and the prohibition of Christianity, Amakusa Shiro, a Christian masterless samurai (rōnin), led an uprising of peasants and Christians in the Shimabara Peninsula of Kyushu. For five months they put up a fierce fight before their defeat by the bakufu army. The bakufu having been hard-pressed to quell the rebellion,…

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