he witnessed an impressive set of historic moments ranging from the start of the Taisho era with the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

The shrine was completed and dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in 1920, eight years after the emperor’s death and six years after the empress’s death. The shrine was destroyed ...

Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western principles into Japanese society, including adopting a cabinet system into government. After the emperor's death in ...

Initially, there were no specific plans to compile them in book form, but Meiji Shrine decided to release the collections as early as 2022, the 110th anniversary of the emperor’s death.

with his death, Hirohito's reign took the name Showa). Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow of his grandfather, the great Emperor Meiji , who ...

the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official visit to the shrine, dedicated to Shoken (1849-1914) and her husband, Emperor Meiji (1852-1912 ...