Abstract
With the Meiji Restoration, Japan experienced educational, military, social, and political reforms. During that period, with the arrival of many missionaries in Japan, Protestant Christianity found its way into the country. Many young Christian leaders, most of whom were from the samurai class, were cultivated from this people group. This chapter presents the foundation of the Kumamoto Band, including the Confucian teachings of Yokoi Shonan, school discipline at the Kumamoto Yogakko by Leroy Lansing Janes, and the birth of the Kumamoto Band. It then presents profiles of the following Christian leaders from the Kumamoto Band: Ebina Danjo and Kozaki Hiromichi, samurai Christians. After exploring the features of the Kumamoto Band and the theological and syncretistic thoughts of its members, missiological implications are also discussed. Keywords:Confucianism; Japan; Kumamoto Band; Meiji Restoration; missiological implications; Protestant Christianity; samurai Christians; syncretistic thoughts; theological thoughts
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