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“Yes, from this angle I see a pointy head, prominent teeth. Looks something like that #rightist_politician,’” responded Hiotoko, highly amused.
He gazed at the rock awhile and muttered, “I wonder if #Valignano saw this rock when he arrived at #Kuchinotsu 430 years ago.”
“Let’s see, what would it have looked like then? The neck area got cracked by all the wave erosion, so we got the town office to plug it with cement. But one day, that head’s gonna fall off.”
As he listened, Hikaru saw a vision of lava spurting from a crater, merging into the form of a giant who attacked a country village and scudded into the sea.
“That boulder is actually once a pair of twin boulders. The smaller one had already lost its head when I was born . . . See it?” She pointed to a boulder closer to the shore.
As they chatted, the woman told them about her diner nearby. Hiotoko said, “We were just getting hungry! Have you got fish caught around here?”
When she said, “We’ve got some big arakabu today,” they started walking toward her café. “Maybe kasago rock fish would be easier to eat? Kasago is . . .”
Hikaru interjected, “I’m fine with kasago.”
The diner was only forty or fifty meters away, but they slowly walked through the tidal wind.
As the woman lit the burner under the miso soup and prepared the stewed arakabu, Hiotoko asked her, “Do you have a problem with your leg?”
“Yeah, I have a #cerebral_contusion.” She began to relate her long trial. “One day, I was driving down the road in a big rain when I was hit by a #landslide. My car slid into the sea with me in it. My head was hit so hard, I lost consciousness. Lucky for me, it was ebb tide. I was lifted onto the shore.”
“That was very fortunate, wasn’t it?”
“That’s not the end. I was rushed to the peninsula medical center and saved by #brain_surgery. When I came to, I had a fist-sized hole in my head.” She parted her frizzy hair to touch the crown of her head.
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“Because #Nagasaki was under attack by the #Fukahori_family and no longer safe.
#Valignano understood the essence of the #Renaissance_Humanism, and had a deep understanding of different cultures. When he came into contact with Japanese people, he immediately saw the #potential_for_education and worked hard to educate Japanese youths.
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The #Tensho_boy_ambassadors were the fruit of his efforts.
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The purpose of dispatching them was to show the world to the Japanese people, who were locked in #ethnocentrism; at the same time, he wanted the people of the imperial powers to know that this race living at ‘the end of the earth’ possessed a civilization that equaled those of ancient #Greece_and_Rome.”
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Hikaru jogged his memory. “#Valignano? I heard that name when we first went to Mrs. Fukahori’s house in January.
Wasn’t he the Italian priest who learned that after #Xavier, Christian propagation in the hands of two aggressive #Iberian_countries had caused serious problems? He completely rewrote #Jesuit missionary policy, right?”
Hikaru wondered aloud, “Why did Valignano land at #Kuchinotsu in #Minami_Simabara instead of #Nagasaki?”
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“Huh! What did #Valignano do?”
“Emphasizing respect for Japanese morals and customs, he founded a great number of #seminarios and #collegios—middle schools and colleges, respectively.
In October 1581, he told priests to keep #feudal_lords at a distance, to provide no military assistance.”
“Maybe he foresaw the #ordeals_to_come.”
“He saw it was just a matter of time before he turned against the church.” Hiotoko drew closer. “When Satsuma surrendered, however, #Hideyoshi’s punishment was unusually lenient. The intelligence and unity he had seen among the #Christians warned him that they would be the major roadblock to subjugating the whole country.”
“Hideyoshi’s lack of communication with the Portuguese priests concerning the ships he needed to invade Korea seemed to be the decisive one.”
During Hiotoko’s animated explanation, Mrs. Fukahori poured tea into his cup and took a chance to insert, “Don’t forget that the European denominations exported their squabbles to Japan.
During the #boy_ambassadors’ stay in #Rome, a new #pope was installed. The Jesuit-leaning pope was replaced by a Franciscan. Seasoned in global missions, the #Jesuits had carefully obeyed Hideyoshi’s prohibition of overt evangelism. The #Franciscans flouted his orders. Hideyoshi saw their defiance as a brazen challenge to his authority.”
She sighed, “The #struggle_between_Catholics_and_Protestants is key. The Protestant powers of England and Holland convinced Hideyoshi of the territorial ambitions of Catholic Portugal and Spain. Hideyoshi, looking for a chance to #ban_Christianity, found it with the #San_Fillippe case. With the killing of #twenty_six_saints, the #persecution was on.”
“San Fillipe?” The Spanish merchant ship drifted ashore to Tosa in southern Japan, right?”
“Correct. When Hideyoshi’s men boarded, they found not only piles of valuable goods and weapons but soldiers and seven priests. Hideyoshi confiscated the goods and captured the men as ‘pirates who had come to take over Japan.’”
Wiping running sweat, Hiotoko walked briskly as he continued. “The true intent of #Valignano’s #policy_of_adaptation was to reach the masses directly by developing welfare services and education, to support the #independent_growth of the #Japanese_church.
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“But see, we can’t be stuck on our modern notions of who would have made the #best_envoys. Those boys, whom #Valignano called the churches’ ‘#first_ears_of_rice,’ were #second_generation_Christians. They had not reached the age of #consciously_choosing_their_own_religion.
“Yes, from this angle I see a pointy head, prominent teeth. Looks something like that #rightist_politician,’” responded Hiotoko, highly amused.
He gazed at the rock awhile and muttered, “I wonder if #Valignano saw this rock when he arrived at #Kuchinotsu 430 years ago.”
“#Valignano? I heard that name when we first went to Mrs. F’s house. Wasn’t he the Italian priest who learned that after #Xavier, #Christian_propagation in the hands of 2 #Iberian_countries had caused serious problems?
He completely rewrote #Jesuit_missionary_policy, right?”
It’s a small harbor, probably a submerged #crater. #Portuguese merchant ships used the port for a long time because of the depth of the water. About 430 years ago, #Valignano, a new #El_Visitatore, arrived at #Kuchinotsu.
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@AlibabaRDC Effectivement, pour nous Jésuite, être missionnaire en orient c’est entre dans la grande tradition des illustres serviteurs de Dieu tels que #FrançoisXavier, #MateoRicci, #Valignano,etc.
“So #Valignano wanted to turn Japanese boys into Westerners.”
“No, his deepest desire was to cultivate persons who understood both #East_and_West.
To #propagate_Christian_concepts, understanding Western thinking was insufficient.
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