The many meanings of iconoclasm: Warrior and Christian temple-shrine destruction in late sixteenth century Japan
The conversion of certain warlords in Kyushu, Japan, (1560–1580 CE) represents one of the most important breakthroughs for Christianity in the early modern world, and it was accompanied by striking acts of destruction of the local sacred sites and objects. Yet shrine and temple destruction had alrea...
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Brill Academic Publishers
2020
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