Comprehensive research concerning the change in urban Buraku districts in postwar-Osaka

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Using sources related to twelve Dowa Districts within Osaka city, we analyze the transition in scope and structure of urban Buraku,as well as the status of the Liberation Movement and policy change in the 1950s. Further, we examine the conditions of construction and demand for housing at this time.To evaluate the change in social structure of Dowa Districts in urban Osaka we utilize town and district aggregate data from the national censuses from 1990 to 2010; we clarify the socio-economic class of Dowa Districts in the year 2000 by estimating household income at the district level.Moreover, we investigate the lifestyle--both past and present--of female activists in the postwar Liberation Movement through personal interviews and various literary sources; we illuminate their connection to the Feminist Movement and experiences with wedding discrimination.