CHAPTER XI.
ROMAN CHRISTIANITY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, PAGE 323 The many-sided story of Japanese Christianity .-- One hundred years of intercourse between Japan and Europe .-- State of Japan at the introduction of Portuguese Christianity .-- Xavier and Anjiro .-- Xavier at Ki[=o]to and in Bungo .-- Nobunaga and the Buddhists .-- High-water mark of Christianity .-- Hideyoshi and the invasion of Korea .-- Kato and Konishi .-- Persecutions .-- Arrival of the Spanish friars .-- Their violation of good faith .-- Spirit of the Jesuits and Franciscans .-- Crucifixion on the bamboo cross .-- Hideyori .-- Kato Kiyomasa .-- The Dutch in the Eastern seas .-- Will Adams .-- Iyeyas[)u] suspects designs against the sovereignty of Japan .-- The Christian religion outlawed .-- Hidetada follows up the policy of Iyeyas[)u], excludes aliens, and shuts up the country .-- The uprising of the Christians at Shimabara in 1637 .-- Christianity buried from sight .-- Character of the missionaries and the form of the faith introduced by them .-- Noble lives and ideals .-- The spirit of the Inquisition in Japan .-- Political animus and complexion..