page_title: Martyrs of Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Martyrs of Japan
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Märtyrer von Nagasaki (1597), Stich von Wolfgang Kilian, Augsburg (1581-1663)
context_page_description: The Martyrs of Japan were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.
  More than 400 martyrs of Japan have been recognized with beatification by the Catholic Church, and 42 have been canonized as saints.
context_section_description: The Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本の殉教者, Hepburn: Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.
  More than 400 martyrs of Japan have been recognized with beatification by the Catholic Church, and 42 have been canonized as saints.
caption: The 26 Martyrs of Japan at Nagasaki. (1628 engraving)
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