教区司祭荒木トマスに関する未刊書翰について(岸英司名誉教授追悼記念号)

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In this small report, I'm presenting 4 inedited letters regarding the priest Araki Thomas, also known as Pedro Antonio. He was ordained as a priest in Rome about 1610. He then returned to Japan as an ordained priest in 1615, but he was caught by the office of the Governor of Nagasaki in August of 1619, and soon afterwards abandoned Christianity. Since his apostasy, worked for the Governor ever. Later, he returned to the faith and died as a Christianty martyr in 1646, according to a Dutch document. One of these 4 letters was written by the Vice-Provincial of the Society of Jesus in Japan to Araki Thomas when he was still a seminarist in Rome in 1608. The second letter date 3 January 1614 (correctly 1615), Araki wrote to Claudio Aquaviva, the General of the Society of Jesus. The third letter dated 16 October 1632, Araki wrote to Pieter Nuyts, the formerly head of the Dutch factory in Taiwan, but at that time emprisoned in Kawachinoura. The last letter was sent by Pieter Nuyts to Cornelis Neyenroode, captain of the Dutch factory at Hirado. In this report, I examine and analyze the background and meaning of these letters.