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*Nine hundred cases of [[love suicides]] in Kyoto and Osaka in 1703-1704 alone. - Ikegami, Bonds of Civility, 317.
*Nine hundred cases of [[love suicides]] in Kyoto and Osaka in 1703-1704 alone. - Ikegami, Bonds of Civility, 317.
*Love suicides are called ''shinjû'' (心中) popularly, but appear in official & legal records as ''aitai jini'' (相対死に). - Amy Stanley, 89.
*In aftermath of [[1616]] bans on Christianity, loads of Japanese converts who had simply adopted Christianity at the orders of their lord renounced the religion. A written oath was required in many cases. Christianity enjoyed numbers around 300,000 in Japan at its peak around [[1615]], but by the late 1630s was reduced to only ''[[kakure Kirishitan]]'' pockets. - Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagements, 47.
*In aftermath of [[1616]] bans on Christianity, loads of Japanese converts who had simply adopted Christianity at the orders of their lord renounced the religion. A written oath was required in many cases. Christianity enjoyed numbers around 300,000 in Japan at its peak around [[1615]], but by the late 1630s was reduced to only ''[[kakure Kirishitan]]'' pockets. - Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagements, 47.