sixteenth-century

oyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 (1536/7–1598)1 and Kitanomandokoro 北政所 (1549–1624)2 adopted a daughter, Gō 豪 (1574–1634), and raised her as their biological child in Osaka castle. Hideyoshi himself referred to Gō as his "beloved child" (hizō no ko 秘蔵の子),3 and she kept in contact with her parents even after she left home for marriage. Among the other adopted children of Hideyoshi, Gō's life story contains one event of significant historical importance: in her early thirties, Gō converted to Christianity. The fact that a daughter of Hideyoshi, the man who issued the first anti-Christian policy in Japan, became a Christian is remarkable, and in this essay, I examine when and how Gō became interested in the newly arrived religion that was banned by her father. The historical sources that directly recorded Gō's life story are not abundant. However, Jesuit missionaries wrote about her conversion, and the descriptions of her relatives and acquaintances are rich and detailed enough to trace the path of Gō's life. To begin with, we have glimpses of her early experiences in Osaka both before and after the enforcement of the anti-Christian decree. When the Jesuits arrived in Osaka in 1583, Christianity became something of a "vogue" in the castle with the presence of Christian lady attendants and catechists, including Kyōgoku Maria 京极マリア (d. 1618). In response to the anti-Christian edict, Jesuit missionaries consulted Gō's mother, who tried to persuade Hideyoshi to reverse his decision. Then, in the following year, Gō married Ukita Hideie 宇喜多秀家 (1572–1655) of Bizen 备前, and left the Toyotomi house. Her husband and mother-in-law in Bizen were supporters of Christianity, and the area began to have many Christian converts thanks to the understanding and support of Gō's new family. Finally, while she stayed at her mother Kitanomandokoro's residence in Kyoto after the battle of Sekigahara 関ヶ原, she converted to Christianity under the influence of a woman catechist, and was given the Christian name, Maria. Being a Christian, she eventually moved to her biological family's house

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