num_pages: 249
description: Shimazaki's 1906 classic of modern Japanese literature portrays a young man born into the Burakumin outcaste class and his struggle against both social discrimination and his own hypocrisy.
language: English
title: The Broken Commandment
titlecomplete: The Broken Commandment
genres: Fiction, Asia, Japan, Japanese Literature, Literature, Classics, Asian Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 384
publisher: University of Tokyo Press