Breaking the silence on burakumin | The Japan Times Online
Breaking the silence on burakumin | The Japan Times Online:
"For those who don't know — and you would be forgiven considering the lack of coverage the issue receives — a buraku is the term used to describe an area where some, but not all, of the residents have ancestral ties to the people placed at the bottom of feudal society in the Edo Period. These people were assigned tasks considered 'tainted' according to Buddhist and Shinto beliefs, such as butchery and leather work, where the killing of and use of animal corpses was involved."
"For those who don't know — and you would be forgiven considering the lack of coverage the issue receives — a buraku is the term used to describe an area where some, but not all, of the residents have ancestral ties to the people placed at the bottom of feudal society in the Edo Period. These people were assigned tasks considered 'tainted' according to Buddhist and Shinto beliefs, such as butchery and leather work, where the killing of and use of animal corpses was involved."
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