Arima Yoshisada (Japanese :有馬義貞) was a Japanese daimyo from Hizen. He lived during the Sengoku period. He was the son and successor of Arima Haruzumi and the father of Kirishitan daimyo Arima Harunobu. [1] [2] He was the 12th head of the Arima clan. [3]
In 1563,Yoshisada formed a partnership with the Portuguese and the Jesuits due to the goods they brought to the domain. In 1576,Yoshisada converted to Christianity,along with some of his subjects. [4] He was given the bapstimal name Don Andre. [5]
Takeda Shingen was daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai",he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period,and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a poor area with little arable land and no access to the sea,but he became one of Japan's leading daimyo. His skills are highly esteemed and on par with Mōri Motonari.
Kitaarima was a town located in Minamitakaki District,Nagasaki Prefecture,Japan.
The Japanese term Kirishitan,from Portuguese cristão,meaning "Christian",referred to Catholic Christians in Japanese and is used in Japanese texts as a historiographic term for Catholics in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Takeda Clan was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Takeda Shingen,one of the most famous rulers of the period.
Gaspar Coelho was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He replaced Francisco Cabral as the Superior and Vice-Provincial of the Jesuit mission in Japan during the late 16th century. He catalyzed the disfavor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi against the Jesuit mission in Japan in 1587.
Arima Haruzumi was a Japanese feudal lord in the Sengoku period.
Arima Harunobu was a Japanese samurai lord who was the daimyo of Shimabara Domain and the head of the Hizen-Arima clan from Hizen Province. In his early years,he was a retainer of Ryūzōji clan.
Ōmura Sumitada was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in the mid-16th century. Following his baptism,he became known as "Dom Bartolomeu". Sumitada is also known as the lord who opened the port of Nagasaki to foreign trade.
Shimabara Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Originally known as Hinoe Domain,its administrative center was initially established at Hinoe Castle in Minamishimabara,Nagasaki Prefecture. However,it was later relocated to Shimabara Castle in Shimabara,Nagasaki Prefecture. The domain was governed by various fudai daimyō clans,including the Koriki clan and the Fukōzu-Matsudaira clan.
Arima Naozumi was a Japanese samurai lord who was daimyo of Shimabara Domain and head of the Hizen-Arima clan.
The Hizen-Arima clan is a Japanese samurai family. From 1695 until 1871 they ruled the Maruoka Domain as daimyo. They were appointed Viscount after the Meiji Restoration.
Ryūzōji Takanobu was a Japanese daimyō in Hizen Province during the Sengoku period. Takanobu was the head of the Ryūzōji clan.
The Hara Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Minami-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara,Nagasaki Prefecture Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1938.
The Hinoe Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Kita-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara,Nagasaki Prefecture Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.
Christian missionaries arrived in Japan with Francis Xavier and the Jesuits in the 1540s and briefly flourished,with over 100,000 converts,including many daimyōs in Kyushu. It soon met resistance from the highest office holders of Japan. Emperor Ōgimachi issued edicts to ban Catholicism in 1565 and 1568,but to little effect. Beginning in 1587,with imperial regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ban on Jesuit missionaries,Christianity was repressed as a threat to national unity. After the Tokugawa shogunate banned Christianity in 1620 it ceased to exist publicly. Many Catholics went underground,becoming hidden Christians,while others died. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity re-established in Japan.
Arima (有馬) is a Japanese surname.
The Okamoto Daihachi incident (岡本大八事件) of 1612 refers to the exposure of the intrigues involving the Japanese Christian daimyō and retainers of the early Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. The conspiracy - motivated by the Christian daimyōArima Harunobu's desire to retake Arima lands in Hizen that were lost in the Sengoku wars - did much to shake the confidence that the Tokugawa regime placed on its Christian subjects,and was attributed as one of the reasons the Tokugawa eventually took an anti-Christian stance,which culminated in the persecution of Christians throughout the country.
Maruoka Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was based at Maruoka Castle in eastern Echizen Province in what is now the Maruoka neighbourhood of modern-day Sakai,Fukui. It was ruled during its history by the Honda clan,and subsequently by the Arima clan.
Bairin-ji (梅林寺) is a Rinzai temple in Kurume,Fukuoka Prefecture,Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Kōnanzan (江南山). It is known as a representative training dojo temple of the Myōshin-ji school.
Ōmura Sumiyori was the second lord of the Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province. He is the grandson of Ōmura Sumitada.