The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan: The Career of Matsumoto Jiichiro

by Ian Neary

Book Overview

Written by an internationally recognized specialist on Buraku studies, this book casts new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation. Ian Neary focuses on the Burakumin activist, left-wing politician, family company manager and arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century: Matsumoto Jiichiro.

Based on primary material reflecting recent research, each chapter locates Matsumoto Jiichiro's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138858056
• ISBN13: 9781138858053
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"