Our dead and Yasukuni shrine

This thesis reviews Yasukuni’s symbolic power and transformation from its foundation in 1869 to contemporary times in order to analyze the potent and variant meanings of the Yasukuni symbol. The paramount importance of the site is to ritualize the war dead, whether for national, personal, or religio...

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Main Author: Karchaske, Amanda Rae
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/21987