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File: Martyrdom-of-Nagasaki-Painting-1622.png

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Artist
Japanese artist likely of the Jesuit Painting School in Japan. He was probably an eyewitness and exiled from Japan
Unidentified painter  
 
Description 17th-century painting with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or anonymous artist
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or anonymous artist"
label QS:Lpt,"Não identificado, Não especificado, Não mencionado, Não atribuído, UnknownUnknown ou artista anonymous"
and missing location and year.
Description
English: This painting depicts the mass killing at Nagasaki in 1622, when more than 55 Christians were executed. It became known as the Great Genna Martyrdom. The victims included Europeans, Japanese, and Koreans. Missionaries are tied to stakes in a fire pit; samurai men with swords are decapitating Christian families. The crowd included Europeans, Chinese, and Africans, as well as Japanese. The precise details suggest that it was painted by an eyewitness. The trees in back are reminiscent of those on Japanese screen paintings, and this work may originally have been mounted as a scroll or screen.
日本語: 元和大殉教図。長崎（1622年）。この絵は「26聖人の殉教」ではなく「元和の大殉教」で、1622年9月10日(元和8年8月5日）に長崎の西坂でカトリックのキリスト教徒55名が火刑と斬首によって処刑、殉教したというシーンです。(26聖人は1597年、豊臣秀吉の命による）。
Date 1622
date QS:P571,+1622-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium painting
Source/Photographer Patrimonio del Fondo Edifici di Culto, amministrato dal Ministero dell’Interno, on loan to Chiesa del SS. nome di Gesù, Rome. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/martyrdom-of-nagasaki-1622/DQFLAKHCh1uePQ

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Christian 'Great Genna Martyrdom' of Nagasaki in 1622.

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martyrdom

Christian martyr

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