uneme-no-kami

Updated: May 2, 2025

But it is tolerably certain that the more atrocious episodes of the persecution were due to the individual ferocity of local governors or magistrates as in the case of Takenaka Uneme-no-Kami, who was compelled by the government to perform harakiri for abusing his powers at Nagasaki, and making persecution a means of extorting money.

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation