人間みな兄弟 Ningen Mina Kyōdai (All Men are Brothers)
Kyoto: 汐文社 Chōbunsha, 1965. Hardcover. 219 pg. hardcover in dust jacket and slip case, 7.5" x 10.25". Slip case stained, dust jacket is heavily cracked and worn, front free end page and inside pages stained, otherwise good. Illustrated with b&w photographs, charts, and a foldout map. 図説部落問題 1 Zusetsu Buraku Mondai 1 (Illustration of Buraku Problem 1).
The Burakumin are a class of people in Japan considered to be untouchables, traditionally associated with jobs such as butchery, tannery, performing executions, and other forms of work considered to be "unclean." While this caste status was abolished after the Meiji Restoration, there continues to be discrimination against their descendants.
Cat.No: 276461
Price: $18.00