LoginAmakusa Shirō
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Birth Name: 天草 四郎
Born: 12 December 1621 Died: 12 April 1638
Country of origin: 
Japan
Relationship Status: Single
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Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His Christian name was Geronimo and was later known as Francisco.
The uprising led by Shirō was defeated, and he was executed at the age of 17. His head was displayed on a pike near Nagasaki as a warning to Christians.
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