Great Martyrdom of Kyoto memorial (Rokujō–Kamogawa)

History

On 6 October 1619, 52 Christians, 11 of them children, were burned at Rokujō-gawara on the Kamo River (near today's Shōmen Bridge) on the orders of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada. Beatified in 2008 among the 188 Martyrs. A stone marker stands on the west side of Kawabata-dōri.

Getting there

Near Shichijō Station (Keihan); marker on Kawabata-dōri north of Shōmen-dōri.

Sources

• https://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/catholic/saintbeato/kibe187/kyoto/
• http://catholickawaramachi.kyoto/en/06.shtml
• https://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/somu/rekishi/fm/ishibumi/html/hi055.html

Coordinates 34.99194, 135.76764