Collection of Resulting Papers
Collection of papers resulting from the project:
The Marega Collection in the Vatican Library: A Comprehensive Study
Discovered in the Vatican Library in 2011, the Marega Collection contains documents related to Christians and descendants of Christians (ruizoku), including the documents managed by Usuki Domain’s Office of Religious Affairs, as well as Marega’s own research material, and is of particularly high academic value historically and culturally. This book was compiled to disseminate the results of research on various subjects that were found during the process of making the information resources freely available to the public to utilize the materials and communicate their potential to a broad audience.
Part I focuses on the task of transforming the Marega Collection into an information resource and on Father Marega’s own research; Part II examines the results of research on materials related to Christians and descendants of Christians in Bungo Province. The two subjects are interconnected, and further research developments are expected as a result of progress made in the respective studies. This book is the first step in this endeavor.
Edited by Kazuo Ōtomo and Naohiro Ōta
Published by the Marega Project, National Institute for the Humanities
February 18, 2022
ISBN978-4-87592-207-0
Introduction: Aims of the Book and Introduction of Papers
Kazuo Ōtomo
Part I: Preparation of the Marega Collection Database and Father Marega’s Research
- Archival History of the Marega Collection in the Vatican Library
Delio Vania Proverbio/Translation: Akiko Harada and Chizuru Watanabe - Survey and Preservation of the Marega Collection and Development of an Information Resource
Mutsumi Aoki, Naohiro Ōta, and Kazuo Ōtomo - Methods of Surveying Ancient Documents in the Marega Collection
Angela Núñez Gaitán/Translation: Ryō Yugami - Overall Structure of the Marega Collection in the Vatican Library
Kazuo Ōtomo - Father Mario Marega in the Tracks of Early Christians in Bungo: The Formation of the Marega Collection and Its Background
Silvio Vita - Mario Marega’s Writings and Their Historical Context
Silvio Vita - Missionary Collection and Arrangement of Documents on the Control of Christians: Analysis of the Marega Catalog
Jun Takami - Mario Marega’s Survey of Historic Christian Sites, 1937–1938
Yusuke Tanaka - Marega’s Research and Materials Preservation Seen in Documents Related to Marega Stored in the Salesian University Library
Ryō Yugami
Part II: Research on Documents Related to Christians and Descendants of Christians in Bungo Province
- Policy on the Prohibition of Christianity and Public Control in Usuki Domain
Akihiro Satō - The Southern Barbarian Oaths of 1635 and Prohibition of Christianity in Usuki Domain
Yūji Ōtsu - The Bungo Kuzure Crackdown and the System for Investigating Descendants of Christians
Yukihiro Ōhashi - Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs and the Control of Christians
Yukinori Mino - Aspects of Document Management in the Usuki Domain Office of Religious Affairs: Focus on Storage Bags, Memoranda of Contents, and Preservation Formats
Naohiro Ōta - Early Modern Samurai Society and the Control of Christians: Considering Descendants of Christians Throughout the Usuki Domain
Yukinori Mino - The Descendants of Christians and Village Society: The Usuki Domain as a Case Study
Yukihiro Ōhashi - Marital Status of Female Descendants of Christians in the Village Society of Usuki Domain, Bungo Province
Yūko Shimizu - Development of the System for Descendants of Christians in the Domains of Bungo Province
Akihiro Satō - Prohibition of Christianity and Temples in Usuki Domain
Nariaki Sakurai - Temples and Descendants of Christians in Notsu, Ōno District, Bungo Province
Sanae Murai - A Study on the Control of Christians in 1868: Focus on the Shūmon Aratame Investigations on Religious Affiliation
Jun’ichi Miyama - Number and Distribution of Christians in Usuki Domain
Yoshito Hirai