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*''Japanese'': 招魂社 ''(shoukonsha)''
''Shôkonsha'' are sanctuaries established to enshrine the war dead, particularly those who died in the service of the Imperial nation. The two most prominent such [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in Japan are [[Yasukuni Shrine]] in [[Tokyo]], and [[Ryozen Gokoku Shrine|Ryôzen Gokoku Shrine]] in [[Kyoto]], but around 105 officially-recognized ''shôkonsha'' were established in [[1865]]-[[1870]] alone, and over 150 remain active or at least extant today.
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==References==
*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', University of California Press (1996), 90.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Terminology]]