Yasukuni Shrine history, memory, and Japan's unending postwar

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, honouring the dead, and, in particular, building Japan's modern national identity. It traces Yasukuni's history from its concept...

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Main Author: Takenaka, Akiko 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2015
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Call Number :BL 2225.T62 T35 2015

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