Podcasts History History of Japan Episode 87 - The Way of the Gods, Part 3

Episode 87 - The Way of the Gods, Part 3

Published: Jan. 31, 2015, noon

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For our final episode on Shinto and the Japanese state, we'll focus on the postwar controversies of Shinto: what was the role of the emperor going to be? How would Shinto fit in the new political order? And what on earth are we going to do with Yasukuni? The answers to these questions are what give shape to much of the controversy surrounding Shinto in modern Japan.

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