靖國神社境内遊就館
The Yushukan in the Grounds of Yasukuni Shrine
Against a cloudy sky, the upturned curve of a large roof stands out sharply. The Yushukan takes its name from two characters chosen from a passage in the Xunzi, a Chinese classic.
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A large roof with upturned eaves juts out into the sky from the right. The walls and pillars beneath it are sunk in darkness, and at the back on the left, several low-roofed buildings follow one behind another. A whitish band crosses in front of the buildings, and at the far left stands a single tall conifer. Dark ground spreads out in the foreground, and clouds float in the sky.
The Yushukan is a facility in the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine. Its name comes from a line in the "Exhortation to Learning" chapter of the Xunzi, a Chinese classic: "When a gentleman settles, he always chooses his neighborhood with care; when he travels, he always seeks out men of learning." The two characters yu ("travel") and shu ("seek out") were taken from this line.
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- Source title
- 『大東京写真帖』（昭和15年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- 86+ years ago
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