夙しゅく

noun

outcast group in Kyoto region (Kamakura to Edo period)

Historical term for a specific group of outcasts living in the Kyoto area from the Kamakura through Edo periods. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 夙しゅくは、中ちゅう世せいから近きん世せいにかけて京きょう都と周しゅう辺へんに存そん在ざいした被ひ差さ別べつ民みんの一いっ種しゅである。

  Shuku were a type of discriminated people who existed around Kyoto from the medieval to early modern periods.