(1979). Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879. (Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher) Japanese Naramoto Tatsuya (1994). Nihon no kassen: monoshiri jiten. (Tokyo: Shufu to Seikatsusha). Naramoto Tatsuya (2001). Nihon meijōshū. (Tokyo: Gakken). Further reading Clements, Jonathan (2016). Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion. (London: Robinson). Morris, Ivan (1975). The nobility of failure: tragic heroes in the history of Japan. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston). Sukeno Kentarō (1967). Shimabara no Ran. (Tokyo: Azuma Shuppan). Toda Toshio (1988). Amakusa, Shimabara no ran: Hosokawa-han shiryō ni yoru. (Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha). External links The Christian Century in Japan, by Charles Boxer Duarte Correa Manuscripts Conflicts in 1637 Conflicts in 1638 1637 in Christianity 1638 in Christianity 17th-century rebellions Rebellions in Japan History of Christianity in Japan 1638 in Japan 1637 in Japan Battles involving Japan Sieges involving Japan Last stands Catholic rebellions Ikki 17th-century military history of Japan