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*''Japanese'': 招魂社 ''(shoukonsha)''

*''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.

''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 they proliferated all the more so after the [[Sino-Japanese War]] ([[1894]]-[[1895]]), and again after the [[Russo-Japanese War]] ([[1904]]-[[1905]]). Over 150 remain active or at least extant today.

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==References==

==References==

*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', University of California Press (1996), 90.

*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', University of California Press (1996), 90, 210.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Shrines]]

[[Category:Shrines]]

[[Category:Terminology]]

[[Category:Terminology]]