(history, collective, Christianity, literature, grammar, lexicography) prose, grammar and vocabulary literature written and printed by Portuguese Jesuits in Japan during the late 16th and early 17th century

detailed / familiar

early Japanese Christianity, from the Muromachi period

explanation

to explain

history / the study of history

printing blocks / edition, version / revision

version

a book / a script; a scenario / source; origin; root

Kakure Kirishitan (underground Japanese Catholic church during Edo period)