Shakuhachi

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'Shugyō Shakuhachi' rekishi-teki shōko no kenkyū hōmupēji - zen-shakuhachi.dk

**The "Ascetic Shakuhachi" Historical Evidence Research Web Pages**

Introduction & Guide to the Documentation & Critical Study of Ascetic, Non-Dualistic Shakuhachi Culture, East & West:
Historical Chronology, Philology, Etymology, Vocabulary, Terminology, Concepts, Ideology, Iconology & Practices

By Torsten Mukuteki Olafsson • トーステン無穴笛オーラフソン • デンマーク • Denmark

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Joseph Jennes on the Christian Persecutions
     During the Cruel Anti-Christian Dictatorships
     of the Hidetada and Iemitsu Shōguns,
     Early to Past the Middle Years of 17th Century Japan

Joseph Jennes, 1959: Book cover and title page

Selected passages from chapters 5 & 6 about the inquisition and torture methods:

"Martyrdom under the Rule of Hidetada" - pages 141-145:

"The Persecution extended to all parts of the Country" - pages 151-153

"New Methods of Extermination - Different kinds of Tortures" - pages 153-156:

"Investigation and Detection of Christians in Hiding" - pages 169-173

"Martyrdoms after the Closing of the Country" - pages 173-175

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