History of Buraku Discrimination in Gunma Prefecture - Documents of the Saburoemon Ko-gashira Family - Iwata Shoten Historical Materials Series ② Edited by the East Japan Buraku Liberation Research Institute This was purchased around 2019. It was used for about 3 months for graduation research. There was a lot of writing in pencil, so I erased what I noticed. There may be oversights. I believe it is in relatively clean condition, but please understand that it is personally stored. It compiles historical materials from the early modern to modern periods. As this is a book about buraku, I would like to offer it to those who will use it for research or wish to study. If you wish to purchase this item together with the next item I will list, please contact me in the comments. I will offer a discount. The following is quoted from the Iwata Shoten website. The "Documents of the Saburoemon Ko-gashira Family" are documents from within a discriminated buraku, passed down in the Saburoemon Ko-gashira family, who were subordinates of Danzaemon and oversaw workplaces in 13 villages in Gunma District, centered around Ueno Province (Gunma Prefecture) in Ueno Village (present-day Maebashi City). These documents have been passed down through generations to the current Hirai family, who use the name Saburoemon, and have been carefully preserved without being touched for a long time. However, some of them were lost or leaked after the war due to various circumstances. Approximately 500 early modern documents still exist, and it has now been discovered that an additional 400 modern and contemporary historical materials are preserved. The oldest document confirmed in this collection dates back to Kyōhō 3 (1718). While there are documents such as the "Konpon Yurai" dated Kan'ei 16 (1639), and "Yūshosho" and "Minowa Castle Lord Nagano Narimasa's Military Exploits in the Tenbun and Eiroku Eras" with no specific date, these are believed to be from later periods. This publication includes most of the early modern documents, excluding some fragments and Japanese books, and for the modern period, it includes almost all documents from the Meiji era, and from the Taishō era onwards, it includes some on livelihoods, politics/society, faith, and environmental improvement. *For early modern documents, this publication is an expanded version of those included in "Tokyo Buraku Liberation Research" Vol. 63/65 and 66/68.