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Once the local priest and bishop had persuaded themselves of the veracity of the apparitions, they faced opposition from local authorities to building a chapel.
ECONOMIST: Christian believers
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Historians, such as the eminent Yukio Hattori, have argued that such apparitions reflected the low status of women in feudal Japan, not to mention the belief that women were thought to be more spiteful and attached to life than men.
ECONOMIST: There is more than you think to the haunting of Japan
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Two veiled, nearly full-length figures are Fayet's wife and daughter, while portraits in black of Fayet, his sons, Camille, and a number of musicians (including Robert Schumann) find their way into the scene as disembodied apparitions.
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