Yasukazu
Yasukazu is the Japanese name given to individuals who were conscripted or volunteered to serve in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It refers to the namesakes of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, which was established in 1869 to honor the spirits of the war dead. The shrine has a long history of being associated with the veneration of the Japanese military and its emperors.
To be given the name Yasukazu, an individual typically had to have been killed in action or
The Yasukazu system of identification helped to reinforce the cult of the military and the Emperor in
However, in 1945, the Japanese military and the government officially closed the Shrine's most famous register