Under the national policy of banning Christianity, the Edo bakufu tried to capture Christian missionaries and believers across the country without fail, force them to convert to Buddhism, and execute those who refused to change their faith.
江戸幕府はキリスト教禁止を国策とし、全国でキリスト教宣教師・信徒を徹底的に捕縛、仏教へ強制改宗させ、改宗しないものは処刑する政策をとった。