For the Marvel comics character, see Bakuto (comics).
Bakuto (博徒) were itinerant gamblers active in Japan from the 18th century to the mid-20th century. They were one of two forerunners (the other being tekiya, or peddlers) to modern Japanese organized crime syndicates called yakuza.[1][2][3]
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^Goodman, Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of Japan Roger; Goodman, Roger; Refsing, Kirsten (2002-09-11). Ideology and Practice in Modern Japan. Routledge. ISBN 9781134927128.
^Fisher, Eliza (2012). "From Outcasts to Overlords: The Legitimation of the Yakuza in Japanese Society". The Undergraduate Journal of Social Studies. 3: 12.
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