Christian
In Japan, the term kirishitan (written in Edo period documents Ji Li Zhi Dan , Qie Zhi Dan , and in modern Japanese histories as kirishitan), from Portuguese cristao, referred to Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries before the religion was banned by the Tokugawa shogunate. Today, Christians are referred to in Standard Japanese as kirisutoJiao Tu , Kirisuto-kyoto or the English-derived term kurisuchiyan kurisuchan.
When was the term kirishitan used by the Japanese?
16th and 17th centuries
In Japan, the term kirishitan (written in Edo period documents Ji Li Zhi Dan , Qie Zhi Dan , and in modern Japanese histories as kirishitan), from Portuguese cristao, referred to Roman Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries before the religion was banned by the Tokugawa shogunate.
kirishitan