Many daimyo were forced to relinquish their samurai status and forfeit their hereditary territories, or were compelled to profess faith in Buddhism or Shinto (compulsory conversion), ushering in a period of anti-Christian edicts and persecution of Christianity.
多くの大名が改易、もしくは仏教か神道への改宗を余儀なくされ（強制改宗）、キリスト教の禁教と迫害の時代に入っていった。