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Publication
Tokyo : University of Tokyo Press, 1977
Description
Shimazaki's 1906 classic of modern Japanese literature portrays a young man born into the Burakumin outcaste class and his struggle against both social discrimination and his own hypocrisy.
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Well-known early novel about the "problem" of the Eta outcastes; the hero is an Eta whjose father has insisted he "pass" for normal Japanese. He has become a popular school teacher, but jealous colleagues "out" him as Eta. Ultimately he accepts his heritage. Besides realistic school intrigue this
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includes some beautiful descrption of Japanese landscape of the isolated Eta village to which he returns for his father's funeral. Show Less
Language
Original language
Japanese