Yasukuni Shrine

Author : Akiko Takenaka
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824856939

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Yasukuni Shrine by Akiko Takenaka Pdf

This is the first extensive English-language study of Yasukuni Shrine as a war memorial. It explores the controversial shrine’s role in waging war, promoting peace, honoring the dead, and, in particular, building Japan’s modern national identity. It traces Yasukuni’s history from its conceptualization in the final years of the Tokugawa period and Japan’s wars of imperialism to the present. Author Akiko Takenaka departs from existing scholarship on Yasukuni by considering various themes important to the study of war and its legacies through a chronological and thematic survey of the shrine, emphasizing the spatial practices that took place both at the shrine and at regional sites associated with it over the last 150 years. Rather than treat Yasukuni as a single, unchanging ideological entity, she takes into account the social and political milieu, maps out gradual transformations in both its events and rituals, and explicates the ideas that the shrine symbolizes. Takenaka illuminates the ways the shrine’s spaces were used during wartime, most notably in her reconstructions, based on primary sources, of visits by war-bereaved military families to the shrine during the Asia-Pacific War. She also traces important episodes in Yasukuni’s postwar history, including the filing of lawsuits against the shrine and recent attempts to reinvent it for the twenty-first century. Through a careful analysis of the shrine’s history over one and a half centuries, her work views the making and unmaking of a modern militaristic Japan through the lens of Yasukuni Shrine. Yasukuni Shrine: History, Memory, and Japan’s Unending Postwar is a skilled and innovative examination of modern and contemporary Japan’s engagement with the critical issues of war, empire, and memory. It will be of particular interest to readers of Japanese history and culture as well as those who follow current affairs and foreign relations in East Asia. Its discussion of spatial practices in the life of monuments and the political use of images, media, and museum exhibits will find a welcome audience among those engaged in memory, visual culture, and media studies.

Author : William Daniel Sturgeon
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781581123340

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Japan's Yasukuni Shrine by William Daniel Sturgeon Pdf

"... this research are base upon both an in depth analysis of the available literature as well as extensive interviews with diplomats from China, Korea, and Australia as well as with military officers, governmnent officials, professors of international relations from each of the countries involved, as well as with Shinto Priests, including the Vice-Chief Priest of Yasukuni Shrine" -- p. i

Author : Joshua Safier
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780965856416

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Yasukuni Shrine and the Constraints on the Discourses of Nationalism in Twentieth Century Japan by Joshua Safier Pdf

The Yasukuni Shrine -- Japan's national memorial enshrining the spirits of Japanesesoldiers killed in domestic and foreign wars -- occupies a peculiar chapter in Japanese history. Originally designed as a sanctuary to house the spirits of those who died in overthrowing the Tokugawa Regime, Yasukuni was nurtured by the state and then the military into a powerful religious and iconographic center to promote Japanese ultranationalism. Following the close of World War II, the Shrine became the subject of intense politico-religious debates as the Japanese, with the assistance of the international community, consigned themselves to the task of finding a place for Yasukuni as they worked on their postwar project of reinventing nationalism and cultural identity. This thesis provides a narrative review of Yasukuni's history from its inception to the present, focusing on the critical years of 1985-1986, when Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro sanctioned a commission to settle the Yasukuni problem. This study also represents one path in a quest toward a deeper understanding and definition of postwar Japanese nationalism and identity.

Author : John Breen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Shinto and politics
ISBN : 0231700431

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Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past by John Breen Pdf

Located in the heart of Tokyo, Yasukuni is a controversial shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead. It holds the remains of twelve convicted and two suspected Class A war criminals, and its museum features an account of Japan's involvement in the Second World War that many would describe as revisionist. Visits to Yasukuni by cabinet members often spark protests in Japan and abroad, especially in China, Korea, and Taiwan, and the shrine continues to foster a sense of mistrust between Chinese and Japanese governments. This volume presents authoritative yet divergent views on Yasukuni and its place in postwar Japanese diplomacy, ideology, and history, including critical contributions by leading Yasukuni and anti-Yasukuni Japanese intellectuals, as well as Chinese and Western commentators. For the first time, this collection gives English-speaking readers a full portrait of the shrine's significance and unique position in the highly contested history of Japan.

Author : Mark R. Mullins
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824890162

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Yasukuni Fundamentalism by Mark R. Mullins Pdf

Although religious fundamentalism is often thought to be confined to monotheistic “religions of the book,” this study examines the emergence of a fundamentalism rooted in the Shinto tradition and considers its role in shaping postwar Japanese nationalism and politics. Over the past half-century, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the National Association of Shrines (NAS) have been engaged in collaborative efforts to “recover” or “restore” what was destroyed by the process of imperialist secularization during the Allied Occupation of Japan. Since the disaster years of 1995 and 2011, LDP Diet members and prime ministers have increased their support for a political agenda that aims to revive patriotic education, renationalize Yasukuni Shrine, and revise the constitution. The contested nature of this agenda is evident in the critical responses of religious leaders and public intellectuals, and in their efforts to preserve the postwar gains in democratic institutions and prevent the erosion of individual rights. This timely treatment critically engages the contemporary debates surrounding secularization in light of postwar developments in Japanese religions and sheds new light on the role religion continues to play in the public sphere.

Author : Mong Cheung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317369493

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Political Survival and Yasukuni in Japan's Relations with China by Mong Cheung Pdf

What role does the political survival of prime ministers play in Japan’s relations with China over the Yasukuni issue? Three Japanese prime ministers, including Nakasone Yasuhiro, Hashimoto Ryutaro and Abe Shinzo, complied with China’s demands and stopped visiting the controversial Shrine in 1986, 1997 and 2007, respectively. By contrast, the Yasukuni controversy intensified between 2001 and 2006 when a popular Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro was determined to pay regular homage to the Yasukuni Shrine annually. Prime Minister Abe, who previously demonstrated restraint over the issue in his first term between 2006 and 2007, visited the Yasukuni unexpectedly in 2013 but not in 2014 or 2015. To explain this variation, this book presents an alternative interpretation of Japan’s official responses toward China’s pressure over the Yasukuni issue between 1985 and 2015 by applying a political survival approach that highlights the domestic political legitimacy of the Japanese prime minister or the ruling party. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Sino-Japanese relations, Japan’s foreign policy and international relations.

Author : Akiko Takenaka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Shinto and state
ISBN : 0824871626

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Yasukuni Shrine by Akiko Takenaka Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : 7508507495

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Class-a War Criminals by Anonim Pdf

本书介绍了靖国神社中供奉的14名甲级战犯对中国人民和亚洲许多国家人民犯下的罪行,以使世人明了中国为什么反对日本领导人参拜靖国神社。

Author : Isao Ebihara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 193543456X

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Shinto War Gods of Yasukuni Shrine by Isao Ebihara Pdf

The Yasukuni Shrine or Yasukuni Jinja, with the literal meaning "peaceful nation shrine" is a controversial Shinto monument located in Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the spirits of soldiers and others who died fighting on behalf of the Japanese emperor. The primary focus of this volume is a comparison of Shinto--particularly Pre-World War II Shinto--to today's pop culture.

Author : John Breen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199326584

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Yasukuni the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past by John Breen Pdf

This book is the first authoritative volume in English on Yasukuni, the controversial Shinto shrine in the heart of Tokyo, dedicated to the Japanese war dead. Twelve convicted and two suspected Class A war criminals are enshrined at Yasukuni, while the shrine's museum narrates an account of Japan's actions in the Second World War that is best described as revisionist. Visits to the shrine by cabinet members often set off protests at home and abroad, especially in China, Korea and Taiwan, and Yasukuni remains a source of considerable mistrust between the Chinese and Japanese governments. Despite the controversy, the former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made annual visits from 2001-6. The distinctive feature of this volume is that it sets out neither to commend Yasukuni nor to condemn it; it seeks, rather, to present authoritative yet divergent views, thereby allowing the contributors to render more complex an issue which, in the media at least, has long been portrayed in starkly simplistic terms. It accommodates chapters by leading pro-Yasukuni and anti-Yasukuni Japanese intellectuals; it carries multiple Chinese perspectives; and there are also contributions from Western commmentators who offer their own insights on the shrine and its place in post war Japanese diplomacy, ideology and history.

Author : Hannah K
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781456626358

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Trust and Deception by Hannah K Pdf

The day when Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur met the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was the day when the trust between MacArthur and the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was established and the day when Japan started to recover from the disastrous situation after the Pacific War. Until then, under the name of the Japanese Empire, Japanese people suffered unreasonable orders from the military regime. Thanks to MacArthur's effort, Japan was able to make an outstanding recovery. You would be interested in what MacArthur knew about Japan. This book will tell the readers that Japan had democratic elements dating back to ancient times. In addition to the above story, the readers could know the rough history of transition of the regimes in Japan. The Imperial system actually had the basis of democracy. In spite of a number of Samurai Regimes' rise and fall, the Imperial system, Tenno System, has been maintained. Who built such a long sustainable political system? The key person was a female Emperor Jitoh (690-697), who had an unbelievably practical power of uniting competing tribal clans in Japan and call the country Nihon. You may think Shinto priest would be a peace-loving person. However, Shinobu Origuchi is believed to be a folklore of Shintoist and priest. Actually, this person triggered the Japanese Empire to wage war against the United States. Seemingly, trustful person deceived ignorant people easily. There have been a lot of wars and conflicts, which were caused by evil people. The author sincerely hopes this book could serve as a tip to recover a peaceful world.

Author : Mong Cheung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317369486

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Political Survival and Yasukuni in Japan's Relations with China by Mong Cheung Pdf

What role does the political survival of prime ministers play in Japan’s relations with China over the Yasukuni issue? Three Japanese prime ministers, including Nakasone Yasuhiro, Hashimoto Ryutaro and Abe Shinzo, complied with China’s demands and stopped visiting the controversial Shrine in 1986, 1997 and 2007, respectively. By contrast, the Yasukuni controversy intensified between 2001 and 2006 when a popular Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro was determined to pay regular homage to the Yasukuni Shrine annually. Prime Minister Abe, who previously demonstrated restraint over the issue in his first term between 2006 and 2007, visited the Yasukuni unexpectedly in 2013 but not in 2014 or 2015. To explain this variation, this book presents an alternative interpretation of Japan’s official responses toward China’s pressure over the Yasukuni issue between 1985 and 2015 by applying a political survival approach that highlights the domestic political legitimacy of the Japanese prime minister or the ruling party. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of Sino-Japanese relations, Japan’s foreign policy and international relations.

Author : Friedman S. J.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Prostitution
ISBN : 1782806113

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Silenced No More by Friedman S. J. Pdf

Author : Takayoshi Yamamura,Philip Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781000603644

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War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan by Takayoshi Yamamura,Philip Seaton Pdf

This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and futuristic warfare. It tackles two crucial questions: first, how does war transition from being traumatic to entertaining in the public imagination and works of popular culture; and second, how does visitation to war-related sites transition from being an act of mourning or commemorative pilgrimage into an act of devotion or fan pilgrimage? Representing the collaboration of ten expert researchers of Japanese popular culture and travel, it develops a theoretical framework for understanding war-related contents tourism and demonstrates the framework in practice via numerous short case studies across a millennium of warfare in Japan including: the tales of heroic deities in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters, AD 712), the Edo poetry of Matsuo Basho, and the Pacific war through lens of popular media such as the animated film Grave of the Fireflies. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in tourism studies and cultural studies, as well as more general issues of war and peace in Japan, East Asia and beyond.

Author : Toshio Suzuki
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781450026666

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Soul Federation by Toshio Suzuki Pdf

The basic topic of this book is to advocate the establishment of a world federation and world government and to consider the philosophy on how we can be happy. As for the establishment of a world federation and world government, the benefits of a world federation and world government are introduced. As for the philosophy on how we can be happy, some religious thoughts are introduced. For example, an idea which improves Einsteins theory of relativity is introduced. The Basic philosophy is that we must do good if we want to be happy. Our mission from God is to make a world where all people can live happily. These thoughts lead to the establishment of world federation and world government.