The shogunate perceived Christianity to be an extremely destabilizing factor, and so decided to target it. The Shimabara Rebellion of 1637–1638, in which discontented Catholic samurai and peasants rebelled against the bakufu—and Edo called in Dutch ships to bombard the rebel stronghold—marked the end of the Christian movement. During the Shimabara Rebellion an estimated 37,000 people (mostly Christians) were massacred. In 50 years, the Tokugawa shoguns reduced the amount of Christians to near zero in Japan.
the shogunate perceived christianity to be an extremely destabilizing factor and so decided to target it the shimabara rebellion of 1637–1638 in which discontented catholic samurai and peasants rebelled against the bakufu—and edo called in dutch ships to bombard the rebel stronghold—marked the end of the christian movement during the shimabara rebellion an estimated 37000 people (mostly christians) were massacred in 50 years the tokugawa shoguns reduced the amount of christians to near zero in japan