Odor Pipe

About

Yushukan, within the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo, opened on February 25, 1882 (Meiji 15). Construction began in 1878 using part of the donations nobility had made during the Satsuma Rebellion, and the building, designed in an Italian castle style by the Italian-born instructor Capelletti, was completed in 1881. Its name draws two characters, "yu" and "shu," from a line in the "Encouraging Learning" chapter of the Chinese classic Xunzi: "A gentleman must choose his community with care, and when he travels, he must associate with men of virtue." The museum's functions ceased after Japan's defeat in the Pacific War. It was provisionally reopened in 1961 as the Treasures and Relics Hall, using part of the adjacent Yasukuni Kaikan, before renovations allowed it to formally reopen under its current name, Yushukan, on July 13, 1986.