Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery

Completed in 1926 (Taisho 15), the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery houses 80 murals depicting the achievements of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. All of them were created by prominent painters. While there may be some artistic license in the compositions, they are all valuable as historical documents, including the fact that they capture how those events were perceived as images. Some of the paintings (such as "Restoration of Imperial Rule" and "Negotiations for the Surrender of Edo Castle") are familiar from textbooks, but there are many paintings that are left out of textbooks—that is, paintings seen here for the first time—that often teach us history anew.
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
The gallery building is 112 meters long from east to west, and the central dome is said to be 32 meters high from the ground, which is surprisingly large. The diameter of the central dome is 15 meters. The design, which allows natural light into the gallery rooms in both wings, is modern. I believe the gallery building was requisitioned by the occupation forces after World War II, and I wonder how these murals appeared to the eyes of the occupation forces at that time. The gallery building was designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2011 (Heisei 23).
Tokyo Architectural Heritage: Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
It is a short walk from JR Shinanomachi Station toward the Gaien area. It is currently closed on Wednesdays.
Also, once you are here, the Japan National Stadium is nearby.