"Yasukunijinja" Mondo (Shogakukan Bunko Ya 24-1)

[Machine Translation] The Prime Minister's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine has been criticized from outside the country, and within Japan, there are conflicting opinions on whether the Prime Minister should visit the shrine or not. What is the origin of Yasukuni Shrine? What is the god of Yasukuni? Why are the war dead not enshrined, and why are class A war criminals enshrined? The author says that the essence of the problem cannot be understood without knowing the background. The author, who revealed the reality of wartime education in his "Shokumin Series," uses a vast amount of data to unravel what Yasukuni Shrine is, question by question. This book is a must-read for those who want to look at history in the 70th year after the war, when the Diet is shaken by the Security Bill and the people are forced to make a choice about their future.

国外から批判を浴び、国内では賛否が対立する総理大臣の靖国神社参拝。そもそも靖国神社の成り立ちとは?靖国の神とは何か。なぜ戦災死者は祀られず、A級戦犯は合祀されているのか。その背景を知ることなく、問題の本質は理解できないと著者は言う。「少国民シリーズ」で戦時下の教育の実態を明らかにした著者が、膨大な資料から靖国神社とは何かを一問一答形式で紐解く。国会が安保法案に揺れ、国民が未来の選択を迫られる戦後七〇年目に歴史を正視するための必読書。