True View of the Courtyard of Yasukuni Shrine at the Top of Kudanzaka

Inoue Yasuji Japanese

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The imperial family and others visit the springtime garden of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, established in 1869 by the Meiji emperor to commemorate military deaths of the Boshin War, fought between the restored imperial government and the deposed Tokugawa shogun. Today, some 2.5 million casualties of Japan’s modern wars are remembered there—including, controversially, those convicted of war crimes after World War II.

True View of the Courtyard of Yasukuni Shrine at the Top of Kudanzaka, Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889), Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan

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