Grand Kyoto Coronation Exposition, Kyoto, 1928. Second Section entrance. (Colorized)

See also:
The Enthronement of Emperor Hirohito, 1928.
Tokyo Exposition for Domestic Industry Promotion in Commemoration of the Great Coronation, Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1928.
“Gion Kobu Hanamikouji”, Kyoto, c. 1920.
“The interior of the Kyoto Commercial Museum”, Kyoto, c. 1920.

“Under the auspices of the Kyoto Municipality the Kyoto Grand Exposition under the honorary presidency of H.I.H. General Prince Kuni was formally opened on September 20 [1928].

Grand Kyoto Coronation Exposition, Kyoto, 1928. (Colorized)

“Viscount S. Goto, Honorary Vice-President; Baron S. Hirayama, Head Juror; Governor K. Toki of Kyoto, President; and many other officers were present at the ceremony. Over five thousand dignitaries, governmental and private, and those interested in the Exposition were invited to the ceremony held at the Municipal Hall at Okazaki Park.

“… Upon entering the main gate the First Main Pavilion is reached. There are exhibits from Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company (Osaka Shosen Kaisha), Tokyo Prefecture and over ten others. Not far from this First Main Pavilion is the Manchuria and Mongolia Reference Hall where products from those regions are panoramically displayed.

“When we ascend the Heian Bridge with the Kyoto Polytechnic Association and Special Nara Pavilion behind, we look up at the high Banzai Tower, while the verdue of the ancient capital intermingled with red maple leaves, is seen below.

Kyoto Grand Coronation Exposition commemorative series cover, Kyoto, 1928.

“… If one goes along the Heian Bridge to the south there stands the Fine Art and Craft Pavilion, the centre of fine art peculiar to Japan for its beauty. More than six hundred works of artists of both Eastern and Western Japan are exhibited.

“In the Coronation Pavilion neighbouring the Fine Art and Craft Pavilion to the south are displayed varied models and dolls in connection with the Imperial Enthronement together with other articles for reference, which makes us feel as if we were present at the state ceremony.

“The dolls were created by the makers of the so-called ‘Kyoto Dolls’ (Kyo ningyo), which have world-wide repute. They are considered the pride of the exhibition.”

– “A Guide to the Kyoto Grand Exposition”, The Japan Magazine, October 1928

Kyoto Grand Coronation Exposition, Kyoto, 1928.