Akiko Takenaka
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824846787
- eISBN:
- 9780824871628
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824846787.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
The introduction proposes the framework of study, namely, to examine Yasukuni Shrine through its three components, Yasukuni the belief, Yasukuni the site, and Yasukuni the issue. It also outlines the ...
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The introduction proposes the framework of study, namely, to examine Yasukuni Shrine through its three components, Yasukuni the belief, Yasukuni the site, and Yasukuni the issue. It also outlines the key concepts that are woven throughout the main text: the relationship between memory and spatial practice, the discourse of victimhood, and the idea of postwar responsibility. The introduction also presents an overview of the book chapters.Less
The introduction proposes the framework of study, namely, to examine Yasukuni Shrine through its three components, Yasukuni the belief, Yasukuni the site, and Yasukuni the issue. It also outlines the key concepts that are woven throughout the main text: the relationship between memory and spatial practice, the discourse of victimhood, and the idea of postwar responsibility. The introduction also presents an overview of the book chapters.
Akiko Takenaka
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824846787
- eISBN:
- 9780824871628
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824846787.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Chapter 5 focuses on postwar attempts to have names of the dead removed from the Yasukuni register. In particular, I examine a recent lawsuit filed by Okinawans at the Naha District Court (Okinawa) ...
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Chapter 5 focuses on postwar attempts to have names of the dead removed from the Yasukuni register. In particular, I examine a recent lawsuit filed by Okinawans at the Naha District Court (Okinawa) in October 2010, seeking the removal of civilian deaths from the register. I also touch upon similar legal suits filed by Korean and Taiwanese families whose members are memorialized at Yasukuni Shrine against their will. The cases focus on Article 20 of the Japanese Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion: does Yasukuni Shrine’s memorialization of the war dead interfere with freedom of religion guaranteed to the family members of those memorialized? Through a close examination of the deliberations, I also consider the concept of mourning (tsuitō) a public death.Less
Chapter 5 focuses on postwar attempts to have names of the dead removed from the Yasukuni register. In particular, I examine a recent lawsuit filed by Okinawans at the Naha District Court (Okinawa) in October 2010, seeking the removal of civilian deaths from the register. I also touch upon similar legal suits filed by Korean and Taiwanese families whose members are memorialized at Yasukuni Shrine against their will. The cases focus on Article 20 of the Japanese Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion: does Yasukuni Shrine’s memorialization of the war dead interfere with freedom of religion guaranteed to the family members of those memorialized? Through a close examination of the deliberations, I also consider the concept of mourning (tsuitō) a public death.
