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Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Burakumin communities and discrimination in Japan (c. 1603–1969)

Burakumin communities and discrimination in Japan (c. 1603–1969)

  1. Tokugawa shogunate begins Edo status order

    Labels: Tokugawa shogunate, Eta, Hinin

  2. Bakuhan system and status distinctions solidify

    Labels: Bakuhan system, Shi-n -k, Outcaste communities

  3. Eighteenth-century sumptuary and visibility restrictions expand

    Labels: Sumptuary laws, Outcaste visibility, Eighteenth century

  4. Emancipation Declaration abolishes eta and hinin status

    Labels: Emancipation Declaration, Meiji government, Shinheimin

  5. Backlash riots target newly “emancipated” communities

    Labels: Backlash riots, Buraku communities, Anti-emancipation violence

  6. 1918 Rice Riots widen mass protest participation

    Labels: Rice Riots, Burakumin participation, Mass protest

  7. Suiheisha founded as national Burakumin rights organization

    Labels: Zenkoku Suiheisha, Kyoto, Burakumin organization

  8. Suiheisha ordered to disband under wartime mobilization

    Labels: Wartime mobilization, Suiheisha disbandment, State control

  9. National Committee for Buraku Liberation established postwar

    Labels: National Committee, Postwar Japan, Constitutional equality

  10. Buraku Liberation League created by renaming the committee

    Labels: Buraku Liberation, BLL, Organizational renaming

  11. Dōwa Policy Advisory Council established after 1961 mobilization

    Labels: D wa, 1961 march, Government inquiry

  12. Council report frames Buraku discrimination as state responsibility

    Labels: Council report, State responsibility, Civil-rights framing

  13. Special Measures Law for Dōwa Projects enacted

    Labels: Special Measures, D wa, Public investment