Three Blessed Martyrs of the Society of Jesus

Drey Seelige Martyrer der Societet Jesu IMG

This Augsburg broadsheet from 1628 shows the crucifixion of three Christian martyrs on February 5, 1597. The execution was the result of an order by the Japanese general Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), who in the same year issued an edict expelling Christian missionaries.

Drey Seelige Martyrer der Societet Jesu, copperplate engraving, 1628; source: Wolfgang Kilian, Drey Seelige Martyrer der Societet Jesu, Welche in Japon neben andern 23. den Namen Christi mit jhrem blut bezeugt, und deßhalben am Creutz jhr Leben standthafftig geendet haben, im Jahr 1597. den 5. Febr., Augsburg 1628, Bayrische Staatsbibliothek, Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum, https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/bsb00064463/image_1, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en.