Sunday, February 5, 2023

The Nihon Nijuroko Seijin

Otherwise known as the 26 Martyrs of Japan - were executed in 1597 by crucifixion on the orders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

This was after the San Felipe incident of 1596, where the Spanish ship was shipwrecked in Urado on the Japanese island of Shikoku.

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