SPACES FOR MEMORIALS, REMEMBRANCES, AND HONORS IN POSTWAR TOKYO (PART 2) : VENUE PLANNING FOR THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR THE WAR DEAD FROM 1950s TO MID 1960s

The National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead is now customarily held annually at the Nippon Budokan. In this paper (Part 2), the venue plannings from the 1950s to mid-1960s are analyzed the following changes are identified: (1) basic composition of the venue planning and its diversity, (2) changes in ceremonial platform, (3) introduction of Gozasho, seats for the emperor and empress. Based on this, it is pointed out that the absence of permanent monuments and the disconnection with the surrounding urban space were the characteristics of the ceremonial space of the emperor facing the war dead in post-war Japan.