Word Meaning 宗門改

しゅうもんあらため shuumonaratame

宗門改 is read as しゅうもんあらため (shuumonaratame) and means Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period).

Meaning

English

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

しゅうもんあらため

Romaji

shuumonaratame

Writing Variants

宗門改め しゅうもんあらため shuumonaratame

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 52206 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

宗門改役

しゅうもんあらためやく

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

宗門

しゅうもん

(religious) denomination

宗教改革

しゅうきょうかいかく

the Reformation

改宗

かいしゅう

religious conversion

反宗教改革

はんしゅうきょうかいかく

Counter-Reformation

改宗者

かいしゅうしゃ

convert (e.g. to Buddhism)

雲門宗

うんもんしゅう

Yunmen School

本門佛立宗

ほんもんぶつりゅうしゅう

Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)

宗家

そうか

head of family

宗教

しゅうきょう

religious activity

宗祖

しゅうそ

sect founder

宗

しゅう

tenets (of a religious sect)