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Encyclopedia Britannica



AMAKUSA

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 777 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ALM-ANC
AMAKUSA , an
island
  belonging to Japan, 262 m.
long
  and 132 in extreme width, situated about 32 20' N., and 130 E.
long
 ., on the west of the province of Higo (
island
  of Kiushiu), from which it is separated by the Yatsushiro-kai. It has no high mountains, but its surface being very hillyfour of the peaks rise to a height over 1500 ft.the natives resort to the
terrace
 
system
  of cultivation with remarkable success. A number of the heads of the Christians executed in connexion with the Shimabara rebellion in the first
half
  of the 17th
century
  were buried in this island. Amakusa produces a little
coal
  and fine
kaolin
 , which was largely used in former times by the potters of
Hirado
  and Satsuma.


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