ryo answers “why is it called Pachinko?”

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why is it called Pachinko?

ryo To elaborate on comments on the 'chance' aspect of pachinko, the 'contingency' of the Korean experience in Imperial Japan as explored in The Proletari…moreTo elaborate on comments on the 'chance' aspect of pachinko, the 'contingency' of the Korean experience in Imperial Japan as explored in The Proletarian Gamble by Ken Kawashima may be apt. Kawashima illustrates Korean experiences of work, housing, and legal rights in Japan, and how it was tenuous and contingent (as in almost all basic life necessities heavily depended on a unreliable foundation of the changing interests of a rigged system or on the caprice of those who had power).

Its not a novel, but an excellent book to provide more insight on the experiences of Koreans living and working in Imperial-Colonial Japan.(less)

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