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Intersecting modern pilgrimage and migration : a Buddhist memorial for Japanese sex work-migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-san)

Paride Stortini (UGent)
(2025) Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground.
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The lecture analyzes a series of photographs of Japanese migrant sex workers to Southeast Asia (karayuki-san) in the context of the Buddhist temple in Shimabara, Kyūshū, where they are preserved. It suggests how the religious memorialization of the dead may offer these women an opportunity to shape their image in Japan. The lecture also emphasizes the role of the karayuki-san as part of an international network that supported Japanese travel in South Asia, including Buddhist pilgrimage. The analysis of the photographs highlights the often discordant scholarly interpretations of these women’s agency and invites reflection on the entanglement between historiography and memorialization.

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MLA
Stortini, Paride. “Intersecting Modern Pilgrimage and Migration : A Buddhist Memorial for Japanese Sex Work-Migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-San).” Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground, University of British Columbia, 2025.
APA
Stortini, P. (2025). Intersecting modern pilgrimage and migration : a Buddhist memorial for Japanese sex work-migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-san). University of British Columbia.
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Stortini, Paride. 2025. “Intersecting Modern Pilgrimage and Migration : A Buddhist Memorial for Japanese Sex Work-Migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-San).” Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground. University of British Columbia.
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Stortini, Paride. 2025. “Intersecting Modern Pilgrimage and Migration : A Buddhist Memorial for Japanese Sex Work-Migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-San).” Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground. University of British Columbia.
Vancouver
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Stortini P. Intersecting modern pilgrimage and migration : a Buddhist memorial for Japanese sex work-migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-san). Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground. University of British Columbia; 2025.
IEEE
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P. Stortini, “Intersecting modern pilgrimage and migration : a Buddhist memorial for Japanese sex work-migrants to Southeast Asia (Karayuki-san),” Sex and Migration in the Transpacific Underground. University of British Columbia, 2025.
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