Meiji Memorial Gallery
The Meiji Memorial Gallery ( Japanese 聖 徳 記念 絵 画 館 Seitoku kinen kaiga-kan ) is a picture gallery in Meiji-jingū -gaien Park in the Shinjuku District of Tokyo. It shows paintings that were made in honor of the late Meiji-Tennō . The memory gallery is open to the public.
Overview
The building was built in memory of Meiji-Tennō, who died in 1912, and was completed in October 1926 after almost eight years of construction. It is made of reinforced concrete, outside with granite (Mannari granite from Okayama ), inside with local marble.
The painting exhibition on the upper floor shows a total of 80 paintings, all of which are almost the same size (approx. 3 m high and 2.5–2.7 m wide). 40 paintings are in Nihonga style and 40 in Yōga style , with the Nihonga paintings in the east wing and the Yōga paintings in the west wing. Sponsored by Japanese nobles, companies and ministries, the paintings show chronologically important events during the emperor's life.
Pictures (selection, title and artist)
Nihonga
- Return of the fiefs to the Tennō ( 大 政 奉還 , Taiseihōkan ), Murata Tanryō
- Imperial visit to the Navy in Osaka ( 大阪 行 幸 諸 藩 軍艦 御 覧 , Ōsaka gyōkō shohan gunkan goran ), Okada Saburōsuke
- Lecture on learning from the west ( 侍講 進 講 , Jikō shinkō ), Dōmoto Inshō
- Imperial poem “First Wild Geese” ( 初 雁 の 御 歌 , Hatsukari no outa ), Kaburagi Kiyokata
- Dispatch of the Iwakura mission ( 岩 倉 大使 欧米 派遣 , Iwakura taishi ōbei hook ), Yamaguchi Hōshun
Yoga
- Imperial visit to Prince Iwakura ( 岩 倉 邸 行 幸 , Iwakura-tei gyōkō ), Renzō day care center (1876–1947)
- Visit to a hospital in Hiroshima ( 広 島 予 備 病院 行 啓 , Hiroshima yobi byōin gyōkei ), Ishii Hakutei
- Anglo-Japanese Alliance ( 日 英 同盟 , Nichiei dōmei ), Yamamoto Kanae
- Attended the Jikei Medical School ( 東京 慈 恵 医院 行 啓 , Tōkyō jikei iin gyōkei ), Mitsutani Kunishirō
- Meeting of the Privy Council on the Constitution ( 枢密院 憲法 会議 , Sūmitsu-in kempō kaigi ), Goseda Hōryū II. (1864-1943)
- Proclamation of the Constitution ( 憲法 発 布 式 , Kempō happushiki ), Wada Eisaku
- City of Zhentian ( 振 天府 , Shinten-fu ), Kawamura Kiyoo (1852–1934)
- Occupation of Taiwan ( 台湾 鎮定 , Taiwan chintei ), Ishikawa Toraji
- Triumphant fleet parade ( 凱旋 観 艦 式 , Gaisen kankanshiki ), Tōjō Shōtarō (1869–1929)
- Visit of the Imperial University of Tōkyō ( 東京 帝国 大学 行 幸 , Tōkyō teikoku daigaku gyōkō ), Fujishima Takeji
- Funeral service ( 大 葬 , Taisō ), Wada Sanzō
literature
- Memorial gallery leaflet
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 聖 徳 記念 絵 画 館. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 43.6 ″ N , 139 ° 43 ′ 3.5 ″ E