A Christian samurai
Subtitle: the trials of Baba Bunkō
By: William J. Farge, SJ ; Foreword by Kevin M. Doak
Contributors: Doak, Kevin Michael, writer of foreword
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813228518
Subjects: Social conditions; History; Christianity; Catholic church; Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Deus restored; title: Tokugawa Christianity; title: Popular games and monster stories; title: Raindrops falling in the forest; title: Baba Bunkō's political and social dissent; title: The decline of Tokugawa neo-Confucianism; title: Baba Bunkō's literary heritage; title: Kabuki actors, monks, and courtesans; title: The breakdown of social order; title: The Christian question; title: Contemporary Edo: an album of one hundred monsters by Baba Bunkō.