After a sweeping edict expelling Christians was issued in 1614, and the printing machine was moved to Macau, "Nihon Sho Bunten" (The Small Grammar Book of Japanese Language [Arte Breve da Lingua Japoa]) (1620) and others were printed and published, but only a small number of books were printed. 慶長19年(1614年)にキリシタンに対する大々的な追放令が出され、印刷機がマカオに移されたのちも『日本小文典』(1620年)などが印行されはしたものの数点にとどまった。 |