It defeated forces under Terazawa Katakata before its leader, the sixteen-year old Masuda Shiro, was captured and beheaded.
Causes of this rebellion included a policy of killing peasants unable to pay their taxes by making them wear a straw coat and lighting them on fire, a punishment known as "raincoat dancing." Members of this revolt were put to death if they refused to step on images of Christ or the Virgin Mary called fumies [foo-me-ays]. Its flag depicted two angels worshiping the Eucharist, and it was based out of Hara Castle. After this revolt was suppressed, the victorious general issued an edict prohibiting ships from Portugal. It defeated forces under Terazawa Katakata before its leader, the sixteen-year old Masuda Shiro, was captured and beheaded. For fifteen points, name this 1637 to 1638 rebellion of Japanese Roman Catholics.
Causes of this rebellion included a policy of killing peasants unable to pay their taxes by making them wear a straw coat and lighting them on fire, a punishment known as "raincoat dancing.
{Shimabara} Rebellion