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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 777 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMAKUSA , an See also:

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

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