The shrine is a type of Shokon-sha Shrine that is sacred to the deceased who meet a certain condition, and has the same base of belief as the Yasukuni-jinja Shrine.
この神社は特定の条件にあう死者を神社にあわせて祀るという招魂社の一種で、靖国神社と同様の信仰基盤をもつ。