For   10   points,   identify   this   religious   profession   whose   members   were persecuted   following   Francis   Xavier's   missionary   work   in   Japan.
The   weather   expert   Jinpei   Suda   convinces   one   character   of   this   profession   that   the Akadake   volcano   will   explode   before   they   both   die   in   anticipation   of   the   disaster.   In   one   novel, Mitsuko   Naruse   seduces   Otsu   who   would   adopt   this    (+)    profession   before   leaving   it   to   spread   ashes over   the   Ganges   river.   In   another   novel   by   that   same   author,   the   protagonist   who   recently   arrived in   Japan   is   introduced   to   a   Jiisama   and   a   group   of   Tossama,   before   being   betrayed   by   Kichijiro. That   novel   is   set   during   the    (*)   Shimabara   rebellion,   mostly   led   by   people   of   this   profession.   Sebastian Rodrigues   holds   this   profession   in   a   novel   that   concludes   with   him   stomping   on   an   e-fumi.   That   novel   by Shusaku   Endo   is    Silence .   For   10   points,   identify   this   religious   profession   whose   members   were persecuted   following   Francis   Xavier's   missionary   work   in   Japan.
The   weather   expert   Jinpei   Suda   convinces   one   character   of   this   profession   that   the Akadake   volcano   will   explode   before   they   both   die   in   anticipation   of   the   disaster.   
Catholic    priests    [accept   “ missionaries ”   since   technically   Sebastian   Rodrigues   is   one   as   well as   a   priest]