Yasukuni Shrine
Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan
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Summary
Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of shinto shrine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,168 views/month, #1 of 204).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Japanese Liaison Council of History and Folk Museums[3]
- Religion or worldview: State Shinto[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kudankita[5]
- Country: Japan[6]
- Instance of: chokusaisha[7], war memorial[8], gokoku shrine[9]
- Architect: Itō Heizaemon IX[10]
- Commissioned by: Ōmura Masujirō[11]
- Founder: Emperor Meiji[12]
- Architectural style: Shinmei-zukuri[13]
- Commons category: Yasukuni Shrine[14]
- Has part(s): Chinreisha[15], Yūshūkan[16]
- Officially opened by: Prince Komatsu Akihito[17]
- Inception: August 6, 1869[18]
- Located on street: Waseda-dōri[19], Yasukini Street[20]
- Significant event: 靖国神社・日本大使館放火事件[21]
- Dedicated to: eirei[22], Class A war criminal[23]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: April 22[24]
- Official website: https://www.yasukuni.or.jp/english/[25], https://www.yasukuni.or.jp/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yasukuni Shrine[27]
- Product or material produced: travel stamp[28]
- Official name: 靖國神社[29]
- Legal form: non-denominational[30]
- Has effect: controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine[31]
- Native label: 靖国神社[32], 東亰招魂社[33]
- Name in kana: やすくにじんじゃ[34]
Why It Matters
Yasukuni Shrine has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]