Entrance Hall (First [Ground] floor)

Opening time:
Closed on:

10:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30)

Every Monday / the 4th Friday of every month (Openwhen the day is holiday and closed on the next day)Video Section

Oﬃce

New Year period / Temporary closure periods

Curatorsʼ Room

* Details can be confirmed on our website.
Admission fees

Map of the Homelandof Human Rights
Reception Desk
Ticket-Vending
MachineElevator
Washroom

Washroom
for women

Storage Room

Washroom
for men

Secondary students¥300¥150 per person

Adults¥500¥400 per person

through moving picturesand maps on Kashihara, thehomeland of the Suiheisha,and how the Suiheisha wascreated.

You can also watch thefloor guide of the Museum.

Invitation to Fieldwork

Video Section
Six activists of the Zenkoku Suiheisha are introduced

through moving pictures.
ASADA Zennosuke

IZUNO Rikizo

IMOTO Rinshi

KITAHARA Taisaku

MATSUDA Kiichi

MATSUMOTO Jiichiro

If you need any help, feel free to ask at thereception desk where you can receive different
kinds of information or purchase goods for sale.

Wheelchairs and baby carriages are available foruse in the Museum.
《Pictograms》

Elevator

No Food & Drink

Suiheisha History Museum

Access[Railway] 1.2km on foot from JR Wakigami station[Bus]
Bound for Gose from Kintetsu Kashiwarajingu-Mae station(15 minutes)
Bound for Yagi from Kintetsu Gose station (viaGunkaibashi, 10 minutes)
0.5km from the Gunkaibashi bus stop

Information is provided

Non Smoking¥200

Individual

Homeland of Human Rights★Free of charge for persons with disabilities

Map of the Homeland of Human Rights

Washroom

Primary pupilGroup(over 20 persons)¥100 per person

Fire Exit

Fire Exit

No Pets AllowedThe Suiheisha History Museum
is surrounded by some historicallandmarks in connection withthe Suiheisha.
Why don’t you look around withthe map of the surrounding area
given to you when you visit the Museum?
At the Homeland of Human
Rights Park in front of theMuseum, you can enjoy thebeauty of the four seasons,
including cherry blossoms andscarlet maple leaves, as well as
historical landmarks.
235-2 Kashihara, Gose City,
Nara 639-2244 JapanTEL 0745-62-5588
FAX 0745-64-2288
E-mail: suihei@mahoroba.ne.jp
URL: http://www1.mahoroba.ne.jp/~suihei“Let there be warmth in human society,let there be light in all human beings”
The Founding Declaration of the Zenkoku Suiheisha,
which was proclaimed at the Founding Congress ofthe organization on 3 March 1922, has received highacclaim as the first declaration of human rights inJapan as well as the first declaration of human rights
issued by minority people who had been subject todiscrimination.
The creation of the Zenkoku Suiheisha was initiated by
the young men in Kashihara, Gose City, Nara Prefecture.
Regarding the place, Kashihara, as “the homeland ofhuman rights” in Japan, the Suiheisha History Museum
has communicated the history of the Suiheisha
movement and the spirits of the predecessors who
have challenged discrimination since its establishment
in 1998.
In 2015, the Suiheisha History Museum became the first
institution in Japan that joined the FIHRM (Federationof International Human Rights Museums). Aspiring for asociety free from discrimination, we will keep sendingout various information on human rights to the world.

Exhibition Room (Second floor)
The history of the Suiheisha, which was born inKashihara, is introduced along with the profiles of thepredecessors who had fought for “a Good Day” freefrom discrimination.

What is Buraku discrimination?

A form of discrimination on the basis of having beenborn in stigmatized Buraku (districts), leading todifferent forms of inequalities in marriage, employment,etc. It continues to hinder the full enjoyment of therights to freedom and equality by those from Buraku
districts, remaining to be a major challenge forJapanese society to face.

🅐🅒Creation of the Yamato Doshi Kai

The young men in Kashihara initiated a movement for “acreation of the Suiheisha

discrimination, which

discrimination before theare introduced, along withthe glue and paulownia
wood industries that
supported the struggles
and enabled the creation of
the Suiheisha.
The activities of the Yamato Doshi Kai (Japan Associationof Kindred Spirits), which was created in 1912 for theelimination of Buraku discrimination, are also introduced.

Good Day” free frombecame connectedwith other Buraku
districts and led
to the creation of
the Suiheisha thatsought for humandignity and equality.

🅕Development  of  the  Zenkoku  Suiheisha

The Suiheisha worked for the liberation of Buraku people
while being influenced by the changing times.

Entrance
Exit
Video Section

Have fun and brush up your awareness ofhuman rights.
{Yourself in the Images}“I have a Dream!”
You may find yourself in the audience
who are listening to Martin Luther King Jr.,
who had called for the elimination of racial discrimination.

🅗　“Suiheisha and Hyeongpyengsa– the records of cross-border solidarity between theminorities who had been discriminated against”

Special Exhibition
RoomTerrace

Epilogue🅔 Creation and expansion of the Zenkoku SuiheishaTime travel to the Pubic Hall in Kyoto, where the Founding
Congress of the Zenkoku Suiheisha was held on 3 March1922.

f thery oemoldWor🅖

Supporters  of  the  Zenkoku  Suiheisha

The activists of the Zenkoku Suiheisha are introduced ona regional basis.
The Suiheisha movement was supported by different
individuals within and outside Buraku districts, too.
[Crown of Thorns Flag]
The Crown of Thorns was put onJesus Christ when he was crucified.
The Flag compared those who
struggled against discrimination forliberation to “martyrs”.

Video Section
Let’s listen to the narrativesof the founders.

The historical records of the exchanges between the twoorganizations were inscribed to the UNESCO “Memory ofthe World Regional Register for Asia/Pacific in 2016.

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🅓 Eve of the creation of the Zenkoku Suiheisha

The struggles against

Prologue

Why are we alone disliked and abused?
A sense of unreasonableness and anger
against discrimination – here are thespiritual roots that gave birth to theSuiheisha and supported its movement.

🅘🅑 Seeking for equality★P r e - h i s t o r y o f t h eSuiheisha（Fantaview Theater）

Why don’t you take part in the Congress, which was fullof enthusiasm and made deep impression on the wholeaudience?

★Creation of the Suiheisha

The outside wall of thetheater features thehorizons (suihei-sen) in the
different parts of the world.