(Photo: Logo)	(Painting: Meiji Jingu)	(Mural: Educational Rescript)	(Mural: Empress Shoken, Red Cross)

■2010
● 90 years Meiji Jingu
The creation of Meiji Jingu took several years. When the shrine forest was planted and the shrine buildings were completed, the souls of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken were enshrined in a solemn enshrinement ceremony on the 1st of November 1920.
This year, we are celebrating the 90th anniversary of this enshrinement (and thus of the foundation of Meiji Jingu).

Exhibition related to this anniversary

● 120 years Imperial Rescript on Education
Emperor Meiji’s deep concern about education and morality led to the issuing of the Imperial Rescript on Education on the 30th of October 1890.

Details about the Imperial Rescript on Education

● 160th anniversary of Empress Shoken's birthday
Empress Shoken was born in Kyoto on the 17th of April 1850 (the 28th of May on the solar calendar). To celebrate this anniversary, the Sukeikai is encouraging donations to the Empress Shoken Fund, a fund established in May 1912 on the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross, held in Washington, after Empress Shoken had presented a large sum of money to the Red Cross to promote relief work during non-war times.

The Sukeikai

(Photo: Horse carriage)	(Mural: The promulgation)	(Mural: To the parade)

■2009
The 11th of February 2009 marks the 120th anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan. On this day, Emperor Meiji reported to all deities at the palace sanctuaries that the Imperial Constitution was to be enacted. The constitution was publicly pronounced at a ceremony held later that morning. Emperor Meiji selected this day for the promulgation because February 11th is the anniversary of the founding of Japan through Emperor Jinmu's accession to the throne as the first emperor at Kashihara-no-Miya more than two thousand years ago. The horse carriage used by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken on their way to the grand military parade held in celebration of the promulgation of the constitution is exhibited at Homotsuden (the Treasure Museum).

Murals depicting the drafting of the constitution, the proclamation, and the horse carriage on its way to the parade can be seen at Kaigakan inside Gaien.

The original room that is shown in the mural depicting the drafting of the constitution is one of the halls at Kinenkan. The decoration on the walls is still the same as shown in the mural.