Statue of Christ confiscated during Japan's persecution back in Nagasaki

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2015, at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, shows a statue of Jesus Christ that was confiscated from Christians of Urakami village, Nagasaki Prefecture, during Japan's persecution of Christians in the 1600s to 1800s and now in the possession of the Tokyo National Museum. The Tokyo museum has agreed to loan some 200 items to the Nagasaki museum for exhibition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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