| The Hinin in a broad sense is a general term for Inujinin (shrine associates), grave keeper, Kawaramono (discriminated position), Homen (ex-convicts), Gomune (vagrants or beggars), itinerant entertainers, Yasedoji (person who carried Emperor on a palanquin) and etc. |
広義の非人とは、神人（いぬじにん）・墓守・河原者・放免（ほうめん）・乞胸（ごうむね）・猿飼・八瀬童子等々の総称である。 |