The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

Infobox Book |
name = The Broken Commandment
title_orig = Hakai
translator = Kenneth Strong


image_caption =
author = Shimazaki Toson
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = Japan
language = Japanese
series =
subject =
genre = Novel
publisher = University of Tokyo Press
release_date = 1906
english_release_date =1974
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 249
isbn = 0-86008-191-5
preceded_by =
followed_by =

A Japanese novel written by Shimazaki Toson published in 1906 under the title Hakai (破戒, Hakai) "The Broken Commandment" deals with the burakumin, formerly known as eta. This book enjoyed great popularity and influence in Japan.

The basic plot concerns a school teacher named Ushimatsu Segawa (family name written last) who struggles with a commandment given to him by his father. He is never to reveal his "eta" background, which his father had tried so hard to conceal as well.


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