prejudice-line

Updated: July 11, 2026

Even to-day, no Japanese habitant of Mionoseki would think of walking through that settlement, though its streets are continuations of the other streets: children never pass the unmarked boundary; and the very dogs will not cross the prejudice-line. For all that the settlement is clean, well built, with gardens, baths, and temples of its own. It looks like any well-kept Japanese village.

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation