Overview

Applying universal themes, this book analyses the discrimination faced by and the (re)construction of the Buraku people during Japan’s modernization. State and capital have created the ongoing plight of the Buraku. This book demonstrates that Buraku discrimination has been a springboard for domination, both during and after Japan’s colonial rule in Asia and has been an important function of governance in Japan. Buraku discrimination is reproduced in both cities and towns, forcing many Buraku people to suffer silently. To combat this situation, there are Buraku resistance movements, studied in depth here.

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Author:   Akira Kobayakawa
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   338
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.716kg
ISBN:  

9789004744240

ISBN 10:   900474424
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   30 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Illustrations and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Prologue  Akira Kobayakawa 1 Burakumin as a Strategic Minority: Buraku Discrimination and Nation-Building in Modern Japan  Hideo Aoki 2 Constructing and Reconstructing Buraku in Military Cities: State, Capital, Violence, and Subjectification of Power  Akira Kobayakawa 3 Buraku Liberation Movements and Denunciation  Eiji Okada 4 The Imperial System and the Buraku Issue as Mental Structure  Midori Kurokawa 5 Buraku Discrimination in Postwar Japan Reorganized by Administrative Power, and Dowa Policy in Postwar Japan Constructed through Exclusion  Risa Kumamoto 6 Buraku Liberation and Literacy Movement: Memoir against Discrimination  Shinji Sakamoto 7 The Entrenchment of Disparities in Buraku Areas and De-problematization  Shingo Tsumaki 8 Stagnation and Silence in Small Buraku: Elimination of Existence and Violence  Akira Kobayakawa Epilogue  Akira Kobayakawa Appendix: a Photographic Story of Japan’s Buraku Index

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Akira Kobayakawa (Ph.D.) is the Director of the Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics, and the Director of the Hiroshima Buraku Liberation Institute. He researches modern and contemporary Buraku issues. He lives in a Buraku and is a Buraku Liberation Movement activist.

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