This image shows: “Great Martyrdom of 52 Christians on September 10, 1622 in Nagasaki [Japan]. Painted on Japanese paper. The original is in the possession of the Church of the Gesu in Rome.” It became known as the Great Genna Martyrdom. The victims included Europeans, Japanese, and Koreans.

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