Gokoku Shrines
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Gokoko shrines are Japanese shinto shrines made to for people who died in wars. They are considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They used to be called Shokonsha but the name was changed in 1939.[1]
List of Gokoku Shrines
Gokoku Shrines Media
Yasukuni shrine the historical head shrine of the Gokoku shrines
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine, the most famous Gokoku shrine in its own right
Horse racing at Tokyo Shokonsha in 1871
References
- ↑ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.