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[[image:Nishisonogi&NagasakiPeninJpLandsat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nishisonogi Peninsula (top) and Nagasaki Peninsula (bottom) (Landsat image)]]
[[image:Nishisonogi and Nagasaki Peninsula Japan SRTM.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nishisonogi Peninsula (top) and Nagasaki Peninsula (bottom) (Landsat image)]]
The '''Nishisonogi Peninusla''' (西彼杵半島 ''Nishi-sonogi hantō'') is a peninsula in northwest [[Kyushu]], [[Japan]]. It is the north-northwesterly fork of a larger peninsula which also includes [[Nagasaki Peninsula]]. To its west is the [[East China Sea]], while to the east it encloses [[Omura Bay]].
The {{Nihongo|'''Nishisonogi Peninsula'''|西彼杵半島|Nishi sonogi hantō}}, also called {{Nihongo|'''Seihi Peninsula'''|西彼半島|Seihi hantō}}, is a peninsula in northwest [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]], [[Japan]]. It is the north-northwesterly fork of a larger peninsula which also includes [[Nagasaki]] and the [[Nomo Peninsula]]. To its west is the [[East China Sea]], while to the east it encloses [[Ōmura Bay]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=Nagasaki {{!}} Japan, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nagasaki-prefecture-Japan |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
In the [[Gusuku Period]], stone cooking pots or {{Nihongo|2=石鍋|3=ishinabe}} were made from talc stone mined on the Nishisonogi Peninsula and distributed widely; the ''ishinabe'' have been found in the [[Kantō region]] and as far as [[Hateruma]] in the [[Ryukyu Islands]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Akamine |first=Mamoru |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlkEEAAAQBAJ |title=The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia |date=2016-12-31 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-5520-8 |pages=13 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Christianity ===
Like many other areas in Nagasaki Prefecture, the now-dissolved municipality of [[Sotome, Nagasaki|Sotome]] in Nishisonogi Peninsula was an area with a number of [[Kakure Kirishitan|Kakure Kirishitans]], Japanese Christians who went into hiding during the Edo Period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mullins |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdJ7DwAAQBAJ |title=Handbook of Christianity in Japan |date=2018-12-24 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-0237-4 |pages=17 |language=en}}</ref> When the prohibition against Christianity was revoked in 1873, the Kakure Kirishitans of Sotome, as well as Hirado, Shimogoto, and Ikitsuki, continued following their unique religious traditions, although these had diverged significantly from mainstream Christianity over time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hur |first=Nam-lin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqTaDwAAQBAJ |title=Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System |date=2020-03-23 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-1-68417-452-2 |pages=462 |language=en}}</ref>[[image:Location NishisonogiPeninJp.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Location in southwest Japan]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
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Nishisonogi Peninsula (top) and Nagasaki Peninsula (bottom) (Landsat image)

The Nishisonogi Peninsula (西彼杵半島, Nishi sonogi hantō), also called Seihi Peninsula (西彼半島, Seihi hantō), is a peninsula in northwest Kyūshū, Japan. It is the north-northwesterly fork of a larger peninsula which also includes Nagasaki and the Nomo Peninsula. To its west is the East China Sea, while to the east it encloses Ōmura Bay.[1]

History

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In the Gusuku Period, stone cooking pots or ishinabe (石鍋) were made from talc stone mined on the Nishisonogi Peninsula and distributed widely; the ishinabe have been found in the Kantō region and as far as Hateruma in the Ryukyu Islands.[2]

Christianity

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Like many other areas in Nagasaki Prefecture, the now-dissolved municipality of Sotome in Nishisonogi Peninsula was an area with a number of Kakure Kirishitans, Japanese Christians who went into hiding during the Edo Period.[3] When the prohibition against Christianity was revoked in 1873, the Kakure Kirishitans of Sotome, as well as Hirado, Shimogoto, and Ikitsuki, continued following their unique religious traditions, although these had diverged significantly from mainstream Christianity over time.[4]

Location in southwest Japan

References

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  1. ^ "Nagasaki | Japan, Map, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. ^ Akamine, Mamoru (2016-12-31). The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8248-5520-8.
  3. ^ Mullins, Mark (2018-12-24). Handbook of Christianity in Japan. BRILL. p. 17. ISBN 978-90-474-0237-4.
  4. ^ Hur, Nam-lin (2020-03-23). Death and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan: Buddhism, Anti-Christianity, and the Danka System. BRILL. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-68417-452-2.
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