"Shokon" means to invoke or invite the spirits of the dead, specifically the war dead. A shokonsha is a type of shrine dedicated since the Meiji period to past military heroes and the spirits of the war dead. In Meiji-era Tokyo 'the Shokonsha' referred to the Yasukuni jinja Initially there were twenty-seven "special" shokonsha shrines enshrining well-known loyal servants of the emperors and unifiers of the country. By 1901 there were 138 shrines classified as shokonsha

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