The Commemoration of the War Dead in Modern Japan

This article begins by providing an overview of research trends in the study of the commemoration of the war dead in modern Japan. Studies of the attitudes of the living towards the dead in Japan have mainly focused on ancestor worship performed by family members. The issue of the war dead and their...

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Main Author: Nishimura, Akira 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Numen
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 139-162
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / War victims / Remembrance / Yasukuni-Schrein / Military geography / Religious community / Pilgrimage
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBM Asia
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Commemoration
B Yasukuni Shrine
B war dead in Japan
B battlefield pilgrimage
B Irei and Tsuito
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