Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
| Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery | |
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| 聖徳記念絵画館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 1-1 Kasumigaoka-machi |
| Town or city | Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°40′44″N 139°43′04″E / 35.678778°N 139.717639°ECoordinates: 35°40′44″N 139°43′04″E / 35.678778°N 139.717639°E |
| Opened | 1926 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (聖徳記念絵画館 Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan) opened in Tokyo, Japan, in 1926. The Gallery has been designated an Important Cultural Property. Inside are eighty paintings depicting events from the life of Emperor Meiji, by forty leading nihonga and forty leading yōga artists.[1][2][3]
| Painting | Date of event | Painter | Date of painting | Comments | Image | Dedicator | |
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| 1 | The Birth of Emperor Meiji 御降誕 Go-kōtan | 3 November 1852 | Takahashi Shūka (高橋秋華) (1877–1953) | July 1930 | depicted is the Lying-in Chamber (御産室) erected by Nakayama Tadayasu in the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace | .jpg) | Marquis Nakayama Sukechika (中山輔親) |
| 2 | The Rites of Growth 御深曾木 On-fukasogi | 6 May 1860 | Kitano Tsunetomi (北野恒富) (1880–1947) | November 1934 | ceremonial trimming of the hair, performed by Ichijō Tadaka (一条忠香) in the Omima | Baron Kōnoike Zenemon (鴻池善右衛門) | |
| 3 | Investiture of the Crown Prince 立親王宣下 Ritsu shinnō senge | 10 November 1860 | Hashimoto Eihō (橋本永邦) (1886–1944) | June 1931 | Nijō Nariyuki presents the imperial proclamation at the Palace | Mitsubishi Partnership (三菱合資会社) | |
| 4 | Accession to the Throne 践祚 Senso | 13 February 1867 | Kawasaki Shōko (川崎小虎) (1886–1977) | August 1930 | the Emperor, aged fifteen, appoints Nijō Nariyuki as regent in the Seiryōden | Marquis Ikeda Nobumasa (池田宣政) | |
| 5 | Resignation of the Last Shōgun 大政奉還 Taisei hōkan | 7 November 1867 | Murata Tanryō (邨田丹陵) (1872–1940) | October 1935 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu informs officials of his decision at Nijō-jō |  | Prince Tokugawa Yoshimitsu (徳川慶光) |
| 73 | The Triumphal Grand Naval Review 凱旋観艦式 Gaisen kankan shiki | 23 October 1905 | Tōjō Shōtarō (東城鉦太郎) (1865–1929) | May 1929 | the Emperor aboard the Asama reviews the fleet in Yokohama Bay, with Admiral Tōgō in attendance | Ministry of the Navy | |
| 74 | The Triumphal Grand Army Review 凱旋観兵式 Gaisen kanbei shiki | 30 April 1906 | Kobayashi Mango (小林万吾) (1870–1947) | December 1931 | the Emperor reviews the troops at the Aoyama Parade Grounds (東京青山練兵場), with Ōyama Iwao riding behind | .jpg) | Ministry of the Army |
| 75 | Demarcation of the Sakhalin Frontier 樺太国境画定 Karafuto kokkyō kakutei | 1906–7 | Yasuda Minoru (安田稔) | December 1932 | Japanese and Russian representatives designate a boundary marker | Nippon Oil (日本石油株式会社) | |
| 76 | The Chrysanthemum Garden Party 観菊会 Kangikukai | 19 November 1909 | Nakazawa Hiromitsu (中沢弘光) (1874–1964) | May 1931 | the Emperor and Empress attend for the first time | Marquis Tokugawa Yorisada (徳川頼貞) | |
| 77 | The Union of Korea and Japan 日韓合邦 Nikkan gappō | 22 August 1910 | Tsuji Hisashi (辻永) (1884–1974) | October 1927 | depicted is the Namdaemun at the time of annexation | The Provinces of Korea (朝鮮各道) | |
| 78 | The Emperor at Tokyo Imperial University 東京帝国大学行幸 Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku gyōkō | 10 July 1912 | Fujishima Takeji (1867–1943) | April 1936 | the arrival of the Emperor for the graduation ceremonies | .jpg){kind=spacer} | Marquis Maeda Toshinari |
| 79 | The Emperor's Final Illness 不豫 Fuyo | July 1912 | Tanabe Itaru (田辺至) (1886–1968) | March 1927 | as the Emperor's condition worsened, people gather outside the Tokyo Imperial Palace to pray for his recovery | Tokyo Prefecture | |
| 80 | The Imperial Funeral 大葬 Taisō | 14 September 1912 | Wada Sanzō (1883–1967) | July 1933 | after a ceremony at the Aoyama Funeral Pavilion (青山葬場殿) in Tokyo on 13 September, the Emperor's coffin was taken by train to Kyoto, before being conveyed to Fushimi Momoyama no Misasagi (伏見桃山陵) | Meiji Jingū Commemorative Association (明治神宮奉賛会) | |
See also
- Meiji Restoration
- List of museums in Tokyo
- Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park
- Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Park
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery. |
- ↑ "Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery". Meiji Jingu Gaien. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ 聖徳記念絵画館 [Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ Meiji Jingū Gaien, ed. (2001). 聖徳記念絵画館壁画 [Explanatory Notes on pictures in Memorial Picture Gallery, Meiji Jingū] (in Japanese).
External links
- (English) Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
- (Japanese) The Paintings
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