Yasukuni Shrine Part One: History

enNovember 23, 2021

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About this Episode

Today we explore the origin and early history of the Yasukuni Shrine.

What is Yasukuni? Simply put it is a shrine dedicated to peace and the soldiers of Japan. It’s name translates to Peaceful Land Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja) and despite the name it is the most controversial Shinto Shrine there is. This is because is has continuously been at the center of post war / post Japanese colonization politics. How did it come about? Was it always the center of Japanese militant nationalism? Lets find out!

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Kyoto Memorial Shrine

Further Reading:

Yasukuni Shrine (Book)

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

Music Credits:

New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php Tsuzdumi Japan 3

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Yasukuni Part 3: Faith, Rituals and Traditions

Last two times we explored the history of Yasukuni shrine from its establishment to the modern day. Today we are going to take a peek at the belief system that was cultivated by the Yasukuni Shrine establishment, the Japanese Army and the The National/Imperial Government.

Outline:

State Use of Death Rituals
Basic Shinto Cosmology
Buddhism and SHinto relations
Buddhism and Shinto Separate
1. The Two people who separated them
2. Legal Problems for having Shinto Funerals
3. The legal privileges of War time Shinto
Rituals as Buddhist
How Shinto Adopted these rituals
Funeral Rites
Types of Ghosts / Spirits
Early Public Funerals
Later Public Funerals
Changing of public opinion
1. Schools
2. Propaganda - Forced compliance

To Dream of Dreams (Book) David M. O'Brien and Yasuo Ōgoshi

Yasukuni Shrine (Book) Dr. Akiko Takenaka

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine

https://escholarship.org/content/qt7zb9f29b/qt7zb9f29b.pdf?t=n4oxsc

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New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php Tsuzdumi Japan 3

Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

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Yasukuni Part Two: Religion and the State

The post war period is the first time that the Japanese government was forced to separate from religion, not for selfless reasons but according to its own laws and to preserve the existence of the Japanese State. Today we are going to explore how Yasukuni and its branches navigated the post war separation of State and Religion. We are going to look at some of the Legal cases that set precedent and how the vast majority of the government has tried to ignore those rulings.

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