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need to finish it by 2pm LOL

Read Chapter 2 (letter of Sebastian Rodrigues). Sailing from Macao to Japan. Landing in Japan. Main themes starting to come out now. Meeting the Japanese Christians.

Read Chapter 1 (letter of Sebastian Rodrigues). In Macao getting ready to go to Japan. Talk about the painting of Christ we talked about in class. I like the style, so nice to read an actual novel instead of a philosophy book for once. Interested to see how Kichijirō’s role plays out. Like the depiction of the early modern orient.

Read the prologue. Reveals Christóvão Ferriera’s apostasy instantly. Talk about faith, martyrdom, and torture at the hands of the Japanese. Wish the intro stuff would talk about what parts exactly are or aren’t fiction. Can’t remember if Christóvão is a real person or not. Have a feeling this will be a sad read.

Read the translators note by the Irishman William
Johnston. Lot of historical context, shows a good about of cruelty from the Japanese authorities. Talk about how to Christianize Japan & what is required for that, then and now. Controversy amongst protestants in Japan at the Novel’s release.

Have to read this for my theology class. I'm excited. Read the foreword by Martin Scorsese. Decent. I prefer 40 pages on historical context and whatnot for the intro stuff, but then again this is the most modern book I've read in a while (1960s). Need to remember to look up the Gospel of Judas to. Lots of rabbit holes to go down.

For classss