SuiheishaThe Zenkoku Suiheisha (Japanese: 全国水平社, lit. "National Levelers' Association") was a Japanese human rights organization founded on 3 March 1922 to advocate for the liberation of the Burakumin, an outcast group subjected to discrimination. Launched in Kyoto in the liberal atmosphere of the Taishō era, the Suiheisha was the first national organization formed by the Burakumin to protest discrimination.
Buraku Liberation LeagueThe Buraku Liberation League (BLL; Japanese: 部落解放同盟, romanized: Buraku Kaihō Dōmei) is one of Japan's largest human rights advocacy groups, dedicated to the liberation of the Burakumin, an outcast group historically subject to discrimination. The BLL's origins trace back to the pre-war Suiheisha (Levellers' Association), and it was officially formed in 1955 after its predecessor, the National Buraku Liberation Committee, changed its name at its tenth conference.
UntouchabilityUntouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. Untouchability also refers to the condition of belonging to such groups, members of whom are historically called untouchables, outcastes, or archaicallypariahs.
KyotoKyoto ( or ; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi; [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city.
CasteA caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system.
SlaughterhouseIn livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility. Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is not intended for human consumption are sometimes referred to as knacker's yards or knackeries.
Japanese peopleLanguagesJapaneseReligionPrimarily, in a traditional/cultural context, a mix of Shinto and Buddhism; minorities ascribe to Christianity and other religionsRelated ethnic groupsAinu·Ryukyuan^ Note: For this country, only the number of residents with Japanese nationality is shown, since the number of naturalized Japanese people and their descendants is unknown.Japanese people (Japanese: , Hepburn: Nihonjin; IPA:) are people or ethnic groups identified with the Japanese archipelago.
JapanCountry in East AsiaJapan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside over 14,000 smaller islands.
ExecutionerAn executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. Scope and jobThe executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to execute the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of murder.
Japanese languageJapanese (日本語, Nihongo; ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language.
ButcherA butcher is a tradesperson who specializes in meatcutting, breaking down animal carcasses into primal cuts, preparation and retailing of meat, and sometimes slaughtering animals, or participates within any combination of these tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. A butcher may be employed by supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish markets, slaughterhouses, or may be self-employed.
Hamlet (place)A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes, a hamlet is defined for official or administrative purposes. The word and concept of a hamlet can be traced back to Norman England, where the Old French hamelet came to apply to small human settlements.
Tanning (leather)Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. Historically, vegetable based tanning used tannin, an acidicchemical compound derived from the bark of certain trees, in the production of leather. An alternative method, developed in the 1800s, is chrome tanning, where chromium salts are used instead of natural tannins.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.