page_title: Yasukuni Shrine
section_title: Chronology
hierarchical_section_title: Yasukuni Shrine / History / Chronology
caption_attribution_description: English: Charles Lindbergh and his wife visit to the Yasukuni Shrine日本語: リンドバーグ夫妻の靖国神社訪問
context_page_description: Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan from the Boshin War of 1868–1869 through the First Indochina War of 1946–1954. The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the entire Meiji and Taishō periods, and the lesser part of the Shōwa period.
  The shrine lists the names, origins, birthdates, and places of death of 2,466,532 men, women and children, including various pet animals. Among those are 1,068 convicted war criminals, 14 of whom are A-Class. This has led to many controversies surrounding the shrine. Another memorial at the Honden building commemorates anyone who died on behalf of Japan, but includes Koreans and Taiwanese who served Japan at the time. In addition, the Chinreisha building is a shrine built to inter the souls of all the people who died during WWII, regardless of their nationality. It is located directly south of the Yasukuni Honden.
context_section_description: See details on related controversy in Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine.
  1862
  December —  (Tenporeki (Tenpō calendar)): The Shinsōsai (神葬祭) (Shōkonsai (招魂祭)) for the Junnan shishi (殉難志士) was held for the first time at the Shindō Sōsaijō Reimeisha (神道葬祭場霊明社) (current Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine) at Higashiyama in Kyoto. The Saijin (deities) entombed in the Shindō Sōsaijō Reimeisha are three kami including Kukurihime no Kami (菊理媛神).
  1868
  January —  (Tenpō calendar): The Boshin War started and continued until May, 1869 (Tenpō calendar)
  April 20 — (Tenpō calendar): The tasshi (proclamation) by the Tōkaidō Senpō Sōtokufu (東海道先鋒総督府) (Tōkaidō spearhead governor) ordered the creation of a list of the war dead.
  April 28 (Tenpō calendar): The tasshi by the Tōkaidō Senpō Sōtokufu decided to hold Shōkonsai (招魂祭)
  May 10 (Tenpō calendar): The Dajokan Fukoku (Proclamation or Decree by the Grand Council of State) ordered the entombment of the war dead at Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto (Current Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine).
  May 28 (Tenpō calendar): The tasshi by the Gyōseikan (行政官) (Administrative officers) ordered submission of the list of the war dead to Jingikan (神祇官) (Bureau of Rites)
  June 2 (Tenpō calendar): The Shōkonsai was held at Nishi-no-maru ōhiroma of Edo Castle
  July 8 (Tenpō calendar): The tasshi by the Jingikan (神祇官) (Bureau of Rites) ordered the holding of the Shōkonsai.
  July 10–11 (Tenpō calendar): The Shōkonsai was held at the Katō Sōrenjo (河東操錬場) in Kyoto.
  1869
  July 12 (Tenpō calendar): The tasshi by the Gunmukan ordered the establishment of Tōkyō Shōkonsha
  July 29: The establishment of Tōkyō Shōkonsha: Meiji Emperor gave Tōkyō Shōkonsha an estate worth 5000 koku (nominally 10,000 koku) as eitai saishiryō (永代祭粢料).
  July: The 1st Gōshisai (合祀祭) (a festival held for entombing the war dead together) (Number of newly entombed: 3,588)
  1870: The Shōkonsha horse trackrace was established as the first Japanese racetrack in the country along the outside of the shrine approach
  1872 May 10 (Tenpo calendar): The establishment of the honden
  1874
  February: The Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
  Emperor Meiji paid respect at the Yasukuni shrine. Since then, royal visit had been paid intermittently until 1975
  August: The 2nd Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 192)
  November: The 3rd Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 16)
  1875
  February 22: Rinjisai (臨時祭, Special festival)
  February: The 4th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 12)
  July: 5th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 1)
  1876 January: The 6th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 1)
  1877
  January: The 7th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 131)
  February: Seinan War
  November 14: Rinjisai
  November: The 8th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 6,505)
  1878
  July: The 9th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 160)
  November: The 10th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 4)
  1879
  June 4: The shrine was registered to Bekkaku-kanpeisya and renamed Yasukuni shrine by Dajōan.
  June: The 11th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 266)
  1882
  February: The inauguration of Yūshūkan (the oldest military museum in the world)
  November: The 12th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 12)
  1883 May: The 13th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 80)
  1884 November: The 14th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 47)
  1885 May: The 15th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 6)
  1888
  May: The 16th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 607)
  November: The 17th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 18)
  1889
  May: The 18th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 1,460)
  November: The 19th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 61)
  1891 November: The 20th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 1,272)
  1893 November: The 21st Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 80)
  1894 August: The First Sino-Japanese War started and continued until April 1895.
  1895
  November 17: Rinjitaisai (臨時大祭, Special grand festival)
  November: The 22nd Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 1,496)
  1896
  May 6: Rinjitaisai
  May: The 23rd Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 143)
  November: The 24th Gōshisai (Number of newly entombed: 97)
  1898
  November 5: Rinjitaisai
  November: The 25th Gōshi
caption: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh visiting Yasukuni Shrine (October 1931)
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