Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-227) and index.
Building the barbarian Kirishitan other and a sacred Japan -- Romans and demons: Kirishitan villains in Baterenki and Kirishitan monogatari -- Imagining the Kirishitan, Japan, and the world in Kirishitan shømon raichø jikki -- Conjurers and conquerors: the Kirishitan figure in other Late Edo discourses