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Amakusa Shiro Tokisada was a leader of the Shimabara Rebellion. The son of a former Konishi clan retainer, Shiro was touted by the leaders of the Shimabara Uprising as the "Fourth Son of Heaven," foretold by Saint Francis Xavier to be destined to lead the Christianization of Japan. Shiro led the defence of Hara Castle and died when it fell. His head was displayed on a pike in Nagasaki for a very long time afterward as a warning to any other potential Christian rebels.sorry XD...WIKIPOWER!.
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la unica vez que el dios cristiano y los shinto kami tuvieron un encontronazo termino muy mal para el primero por lo que he leido Β
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I am deeply impressed and grateful for your beautiful and respectful depiction of this Christian martyr
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Nice art. Why not Amakusa Shiro Tokisada in Samurai Shodown/Spirits fanart, with Gadamer Gem fanart someday.Β Β
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yeah I remember him one of supreme villains in SS
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Sabia de la rebeliΓ³n cristiana y san Francisco javier pero no de Shiro... GRacias
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LAMO shoulda used him for my christian art assignment =U=;;
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amo este dibujo, lejos mi carta favorita de todos los tiempos
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Beautiful... And very fascinating, considering that this might be a Japanese Christan saint! You make him look really cool too! Well done!
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Amakusa Shiro Tokisada - he is my first known Christian samurai on Japanese history.
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Awesome~!
Great to see a Kakure Kirishitan (hidden christian) samurai~!
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Excellent work! I remember reading about him when I was a kid. In myth (mostly anime/video games lol), before he dies he curses the Christian god, and he then becomes a demon. There were rumors (real life), that his body was never found. He did a pretty impressive thing for a 15 year old lol.
I did my version of him for a graphic novel I've been working on, though he is in modern era. Its martial arts themed big time, and has a lot of biblical references. Because of some of the weird rumors of Amakusa, I decided to make him a Nephilim
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I think Amakusa gets that treatment in anime is because most Japanese aren't Christian, and samurai-themed anime (at least those I've seen) tend to be negative about "Western invaders." Also, a lot of Japanese view the Cross as a creepy symbol, due to the fact that to them, it's the execution device for some guy who died and supposedly came back to life. Using crosses in an ominous manner is a trope in anime.
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He looks like a character from my story! 
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soooo cool
man try digital art is so hard to do
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segun veo es el Amakusa historico (no el ficticio de lo juegos de SNK),te quedo muy padre sin duda
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There were actually quite of few of them for awhile.
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really ??? i had no idea, that is so cool XD!!
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Yeah, they were on the rise for a time, but when Japan began to unite in the late-16th to early-17th centuries, Hideyoshi and then Tokugawa both decided that Christianity (and eventually, non-Japanese things in general) was a destablizing influence on the nation, and kicked out or killed just about all the Japanese Christians. Christianity's only just now beginning to return to being a significant religious minority in Japan, though a substantial majority of the population has left organized religion altogether, so that's really not saying much.
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awww....well atleast they had a chance^^
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This one, like the oniwabanshu, was also in Rurouni Kenshin.
Your rendition is amazing!
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este supera al de samurai spirits ademas no es afeminado
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This guy is my hero, second or third to JESUS! 
Thank you for doing Shiro-sama justice~ <3
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If he's third, I dunno who the second one is.. Possibly Vic Mignogna. Lolol
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Awe-Some! Totally cool!
The over-arching ponytail is especially well done.
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"Bajo las aguas descansas sin paz, se van estas esperanzas"
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Woowww!! I LOVE SAMURAIS!1 They r so hot! juar
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Wow. This one really calls to me. It's almost deceptively simple. Strong, clean lines for him, muted background, the ideal trading card. I love the color change from top to bottom and the effect of the proportioning: I'm drawn to his stern, sharp face, lit by the moon, and then gradually move onto the tough, muscled arm and sword and then the sweeping leg stance with dust billowing. He really means business!
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