, son of Matsunaga Nagayori, was a Japanese samurai and lord of Yagi Castle in the Civil War period. Earlier called , he was appointed by Nobunaga Oda as the

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of Kameoka, Kyoto Pref., and then in 1573 had the task of guarding the Hanano Gosho, the Palace of the

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Yoshiaki Ashikaga in

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, with his 2,000 soldiers. In 1564, he was baptised into the

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and took the name Joan (from Portuguese João). He was the brother of the famous woman catechist, Naitō Julia. Following the shogunate’s anti-Christian edict of 1614, he was banished to

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, where he died in 1626.

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Samurai Year of birth missing Japanese Roman Catholics 1626 deaths Naitō clan Matsunaga clan Japanese expatriates in the Philippines {{japan-hist-stub