◆In 1959, the Yushukan’s collection was shown to the public as part of a “Yasukuni Jinja Exhibition” held at the Nihombashi Mitsukoshi department store to celebrate the shrine’s ninetieth anniversary. The Yushukan building was later used as a head office by the Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company, whose former offices had been taken over by the Occupation authorities. In addition, after Japan’s defeat, the Emperor Meiji’s order calling for the preservation of military artifacts was repealed on September 11, 1945, thus ending the Yushukan’s sixty-four years as a museum. ◆During the Second World War, the exhibit rooms near the main hall were damaged, the annex burned down, and books and valuable paintings dating as far back as the end of the Tokugawa shogunate were lost as a result of air raids in May of 1945. (The reconstructed Yushukan) Commemorative stamp An attached building was constructed in 1934 to promote military knowledge among the public, which would later become the Yasukuni Kaikan. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1930, construction of the building was finished in 1931, and the restoration of the Yushukan reached completion with an opening commemoration ceremony held on April 26, 1932. Professor Ito Chuta of Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) served as the architectural advisor. Preparations begin to reconstruct the main building in a “modern Eastern” architectural style, known as the “Imperial crown” style. However, the pace of restoration picked up after the enthronement of the Emperor Showa, with a Restoration Construction Committee meeting in February of 1928.
However, the brick structures were severely damaged in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, and had to be demolished.Ī temporary facility was constructed in 1924, and the museum was able to reopen on a smaller scale. ◆Later, following conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the First World War, the museum was upgraded through remodeling, expansion, and the addition of new buildings.
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