Japanese lesson to start the day! Learned about the fear of the northeast. Didn't know sumos were in Ryogoku to protect the city from demonspic.twitter.com/V53gQ5Z5Ib
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Probably also related to why Senju was the execution grounds https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 千住宿
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May also be related to the location of the Yoshiwara district, but the whole area from Asakusa to Mukojima was dotted with brothels.
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Jokan-ji (Nagekomi-dera) is also worth researching. Hell of a history. "生まれては苦界、死しては浄閑寺"
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wow we need to make a pilgrimage Shilky
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There's a 東京都人権プラザ near the river in Imado where you can learn all about Dowa history and discrimination http://www.tokyo-dowa.gr.jp/jinkenplaza.html …
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i'm translating a social studies textbook for work and boy do they go out of the way to avoid the word burakumin
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Why tackle discrimination when you can just euphemise?
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look: some specific unnamed group experienced discrimination at that time which was probably cleared up as far as we know
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Yeah, you don't hear about the burakumin problem anymore. What about the dowa is... Next question!
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there was a big flap when google maps used historical maps. it showed historical burakumin areas and people got racist about it & it stopped
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