Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One. Mobilizing Death: Developing the Myth of Yasukuni Two. Institutionalizing Joy: Turning War into Spectacle at Yasukuni Shrine Threee. Networks of Grief and Pride: Yasukuni Shrine in Regional Japan Four. Institutionalizing Grief: Yasukuni Shrine and Total War Five. Who Has the Right to Mourn? Politics of Enshrinement at Yasukuni Shrine Six. Mobilizing Memories: Postmemorial Conservatism at Yasukuni Today Epilogue Contesting Memories: Yasukuni Shrine as a Countermonument Notes Bibliography Index