Men of uncertainty: the social organization of day laborers in contemporary Japan
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgments xv
Note on the Text xvii
1 Introduction 1
First Encounter, 1
Day Laborers in the Political Economy of Japan, 2
Fieldwork, 7
Outline of the Present Study, 9
Sakae, 10
2 General Historical Background 13
Overview, 13
Mushuku and Hinin, 14
Hiyatoi : Burakumin :: Hinin : Eta? 15
The Preindustrial Proletariat, 18
License, Welfare, Control, 19
The Ninsoku Yoseba of 1790, 20
The Industrial Revolution, 22
The Interwar Years, 27
The Postwar Yoseba, 30
The Modern Construction Industry, 32
Tadao, 34
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vi Contents
3 Ethnography of Kotobuki 37
Location, 37
Landscape/Atmosphere, 40
Population, 45
History, 47
Employment, 50
Residence, 63
Play and Other Nonwork Activities, 66
Bureaucratic Systems, 71
Health, 74
The Union, 75
Kohei, 78
4 Ethnography of Other Doya Gai and Yoseba 81
San ya (Tokyo), 81
Kamagasaki (Osaka), 91
Sasashima (Nagoya), 100
Day Laboring in Fukuoka Prefecture, 103
Other Yoseba, 108
Noriyuki, 111
5 Who Are These Men? 113
Geographical Background, 113
Occupational Background, 114
Age, 114
Marital Status, 115
Sibling Group Size and Sibling Birth Order, 115
The War and the Big Move, 121
Ron chan, 122
6 The Meaning of Home 125
Why Mr. Shinohara Sleeps in the Street, 125
Homelessness: Narrow and Broad Definitions, 126
Symbolic Representations of Home, 133
Kuriyama, 144
Contents vii
7 Marginal Identity in the Yoseba 147
Marginality, 147
Freedom, 153
Fate, 163
Kimitsu, 168
8 The Role of the Yoseba in Contemporary Japanese Society 171
Zoned Tolerance, 171
Marginal Geography, 172
The View from the Mainstream, 175
The View from Inside, 178
Yoseba versus Skid Row, 180
Containment versus Dispersal, 185
Shigehiro, 188
9 Epilogue: The Rise of Uncertainty, the Fall of Solidarity 191
Appendix: Statistical Tables 199
Notes 219
Glossary of Yoseba Terms 237
Bibliography 243
Index 255
Illustrations
Maps
3.1 Map of the Kotobuki District 38
3.2 Location of the Kotobuki District within Yokohama 39
Photos
Kotobuki: The Labor Welfare Center xviii
2.1 Day Laborer with White Handbook 31
3.1 The Rush for a Job As the Shutters Go Up 51
3.2 Kotobuki: A Doya Building 63
4.1 San ya: The Suzumoto Inn and Its Proprietors 86
4.2 San ya: A Yoseba Street Demonstration 88
4.3 Kamagasaki: The Airin Labor Exchange 96
4.4 Kamagasaki Day Laborer Prepares for Work 98
6.1 Some Participants in the 1999 Kotobuki Summer Festival 135
6.2 Children s Sumo Wrestling at the 1999 Kotobuki
Summer Festival 136
6.3 Yankara around the Bonfire at the Kotobuki Labor Center 143
7.1 The Marginal Condition: Isolation 151
7.2 The Marginal Condition: Freedom 162
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x Illustrations
8.1 Portrait of Sudo Taizo 179
8.2 Skid row ization? Queuing for a Food Handout in
Triangle Park 186
Cartoons
3.1 Day Laboring in Good Times and Bad 77
7.1 The Fate of Day Laborers and Salarymen 160
9.1 The Spread of Insecure Labor 194
Tables
Note: All tables are to be found in the Appendix.
1 Registered Day Laborers and Monthly Employment/
Unemployment Averages, 1970 1998 199
2 Average Days per Month Spent Working or Claiming
Unemployment Benefit by Registered Day Laborers,
1970 1998 200
3 Day Laborers (Broad Definition) by Gender, in Millions,
1953 1998 200
4 Number of Day Laborers (Broad Definition) and Other
Nonregular Workers in the Japanese Working Population,
in Millions of People 201
5 Population of the Kotobuki Doya, 1984 1998 201
6 Household Composition of Kotobuki Doya Population,
1990 1998 202
7 Population of Kotobuki by Class (1994) and Ethnicity
(1994, 1995, 1998) 203
8 Age Range of Workers Registered at Kotobuki Labor Center,
1975 1998 204
9 Age Range of Welfare Recipients in the Kotobuki District,
as of 1 April 1996 204
10 Age of My Informants in Kotobuki as of 1 January 1995,
as Told to Me 204
11 Population Trends in the Three Precincts Containing Parts
of the Kotobuki District, 1950 1999 205
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xii Tables
12 Household Composition in the Three Precincts Containing
Parts of the Kotobuki District, 1980 1999 205
13 Person Days of Employment Transacted at the Kotobuki
Labor Center, 1975 1999 206
14 Day Labor Contracts and Unemployment Payments at the
Kotobuki Labor Office, 1992 1998 207
15 Where Do Kotobuki Day Laborers Go When They Need
a Job? 207
16 Average Kotobuki Day Wage Levels, 1985 1998 (One Day
Contracts) 208
17 Companies Registered at the Kotobuki Labor Center,
by Industrial Sector, 1985 1998 208
18 Job Descriptions Used in Help Wanted Ads at Kotobuki
Labor Center, 1990 1998 209
19 Do Employers Think the Day Laborers of Kotobuki Do a
Good Job? 209
20 How Often Does It Happen That You Hire a Worker on a
Period Contract but He Quits before Completing the
Contract? 210
21 When You Hire a Worker on a Single Day Contract,
How Often Does It Happen That He Works for You
the Next Day as Well? 210
22 How Do Day Laborers Pay for Medical Treatment When
They Get 111 or Injured? 211
23 Distribution of Lodging House Vouchers (Doya ken) and
Food Vouchers (Pan ken) by the Yokohama City Welfare
Office to People Living in the Kotobuki District, 1990 1999 211
24 Symptoms Most Commonly Reported by Visitors to the
Kotobuki Clinic, FY1992, FY1997 211
25 Payment for Treatment at the Kotobuki Clinic, 1993 1999 212
26 Day Laborer Placement by Prefecture: The Top 10 in
FY1990 and 1996 212
27 Geographical Origin of Workers in Kotobuki, by
Prefecture/Region 213
28 Occupational Background Reported by My Informants
before Arriving in Kotobuki 214
29 Apparent Marital Status of My Kotobuki Informants 214
30 Sibling Order of Day Laborers in Kotobuki and Other
Yoseba 215
Tables xiii
31 Simplified Sibling Order Figures 215
32 Degree of Success in Day Laboring by Simplified
Birth Order Class 215
33 Average Number of Homeless People Found by Volunteer
Patrols in Kanagawa Prefecture, 1991 2000 216
34 Food Handouts (Takidashi) by Volunteers in the Kotobuki
District, 1994 1999 217
35 Homelessness and Hunger in Central Yokohama during
the Winter Survival Campaign (Etto) 217
36 Donations to 1994 Kotobuki Summer Festival 218
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