Etamura

Etamura

Burakumin (部落民?, "hamlet people"/"village people") were originally members of outcast communities in the Japanese feudal era, composed of those with occupations considered impure or tainted by death (such as executioners, undertakers, workers in slaughterhouses, butchers or tanners), which have severe social stigmas of kegare (穢れ or "defilement") attached to them. Traditionally, the Burakumin lived in their own hamlets or ghettos.

As a social minority the Burakumin have been discriminated against.

Read more about Etamura:  Terminology, Historical Origins, End of Feudal Era, Post-war Situation, Burakumin Rights Movement, Religious Discrimination, Depiction in Film and Literature