Yasukuni Part 3: Faith, Rituals and Traditions

Last two times we explored the history of Yasukuni shrine from its establishment to the modern day. Today we are going to take a peek at the belief system that was cultivated by the Yasukuni Shrine establishment, the Japanese Army and the The National/Imperial Government.

Outline: 

1. State Use of Death Rituals
2. Basic Shinto Cosmology
3. Buddhism and SHinto relations 
4. Buddhism and Shinto Separate
   1. The Two people who separated them
   2. Legal Problems for having Shinto Funerals
   3. The legal privileges of War time Shinto
5. Rituals as Buddhist 
6. How Shinto Adopted these rituals
7. Funeral Rites
8. Types of Ghosts / Spirits
9. Early Public Funerals 
10. Later Public Funerals 
11. Changing of public opinion
    1. Schools
    2. Propaganda - Forced compliance 

 

 

To Dream of Dreams (Book) David M. O'Brien and Yasuo Ōgoshi

Yasukuni Shrine (Book) Dr. Akiko Takenaka 

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine 

https://escholarship.org/content/qt7zb9f29b/qt7zb9f29b.pdf?t=n4oxsc

In Credible Discourse Website

 

Music Credits: 

New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php Tsuzdumi Japan 3 

Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku