Burakumin (部落民, 'hamlet/village people') is a term for ethnic Japanese people who are believed to be descended from members of the pre-Meiji feudal class...

peasant, craftsmen, and merchant classes, and various "untouchable" or Burakumin groups. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled by dividing the people into four...

Japanese-born Koreans, and only 10 percent are from non-burakumin Japanese and Chinese ethnic groups. The burakumin is a group that Japanese society socially discriminates...

representing the contributions of burakumin, is found in Naniwa Ward in Osaka, home to a large proportion of burakumin. Among other features, the road contains...

continued treating them as burakumin. Today, fewer people are discriminate towards burakumin, however, the term burakumin is still recognized as a discriminating...

mostly of Japanese descent are also among Japan's small minority groups. Burakumin make up a social minority group. Japan's constitution guarantees full...

can also be understood as a euphemism for the buraku ghettos, where burakumin people used to live. Garden portal Tea garden Moss garden Tsubo-niwa Nonaka...

jurisdiction within the eta and hinin. In the 19th century the umbrella term burakumin was coined to name the eta and hinin because both classes were forced...

The term has also been used to refer to other groups, including the Burakumin of Japan, the Baekjeong of Korea, and the Ragyabpa of Tibet, as well as...

businessman, and leader of the Burakumin liberation movement. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Matsumoto led the Burakumin liberation movement during its activity...