nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: After Emperor Gonijo suddenly died in 1308, the bakufu approved the Imperial Prince to become Emperor from the Daikakuji Imperial line temporarily until Imperial Prince Kuniyoshi was old enough to succeed to the throne, it was Emperor Godaigo who was appointed by the Retired Emperor Gouda while he was ruling his cloistered government, not Kuniyoshi, this made it clear that there was no possibility for Imperial Prince Tsuneaki to succeed to the throne.
Japanese: 徳治3年（1308年）、後二条天皇が急死すると幕府は邦良親王の成長までの中継ぎの天皇になるべき親王を大覚寺統から選ぶ事を認めたが、それは恒明ではなく当時の院政執行者であった後宇多上皇が推した後醍醐天皇であり、この時点で恒明親王の皇位継承の可能性は絶たれた。
English: Due to above, Kinhira SAIONJI who fell into the opposed position against the Retired Emperor Gouda, was ordered not to come and work in the Imperial Palace by the retired Emperor.
Japanese: この件で後宇多上皇と完全に対立関係に陥った西園寺公衡は上皇から出仕停止の扱いを受けてしまった。
English: At the same time, his political position was questioned by the Daikakuji Imperial line, the Saionji family, who had the position of 'Kanto Moshitsugi' and had strong political power in the Imperial Palace, ended up dramatically losing their unifying political force.
Japanese: 同時に大覚寺統側からその政治的立場に疑いを持たれるに至り、「関東申次」職を背景に朝廷内で隠然たる力を振るっていた西園寺家はその政治的求心力を大きく損なう事になった。
English: After that, the Imperial Prince successively held the position of Nakatsukasa sho (department) and Shikibu sho (an official position in charge of personnel under the government based on the ritsuryo legal codes) as Emperor Godaigo's (former Imperial Prince Takaharu) close aides during the Kenmu restoration, he also had a close relationship with the Imperial Family of the Jimyoin Imperial line.
Japanese: その後、親王は後醍醐天皇（かつての尊治親王）の側近として建武の新政でも中務省・式部省を歴任する一方で持明院統の皇族とも親密な関係を保った。
English: After Emperor Godaigo moved to Yoshino, the Imperial Prince was persuaded by the Jimyoin Imperial line and stayed in Kyoto until he passed away.
Japanese: 後醍醐天皇が吉野に移った後も、持明院統側の説得をうけてそのまま京都に留まって亡くなっている。
English: Under the emperor-centered historiography based on state Shinto before the War, there was criticism towards the Kamakura bakufu's disloyalty since they ignored the Cloistered Emperor Kameyama's will to allow Imperial Prince Tsuneaki succeed to the throne, but the bakufu only obeyed the Retired Emperor Gouda's intention, who was the eldest son of the Cloistered Emperor Kameyama and the Chiten no kimi (person in power) at that time.
Japanese: なお、戦前の皇国史観においては、鎌倉幕府が亀山法皇の遺詔を無視して恒明親王を立てなかったことを「不忠」であると非難する主張がなされる事があったが、幕府はあくまでも亀山法皇の嫡男でありかつ当時の治天の君であった後宇多上皇の意向に従っただけに過ぎない。
English: Imperial Prince Morisada (April 6, 1179 - June 14, 1223) was the second Prince of Emperor Takakura, and his mother was Nobutaka BOMON's daughter, Shokushi BOMON. (Shichijoin)
Japanese: 守貞親王（もりさだしんのう、治承3年2月28日（1179年4月6日）-貞応2年5月14日（1223年6月14日））は高倉天皇の第二皇子で母は坊門信隆の娘・坊門殖子（七条院）。
English: He entered into priesthood and was named Monk-Imperial Prince Gyojo, however after his son, Emperor Gohorikawa succeeded to the throne, he was exceptionally given the title of dajo tenno (a retired emperor) and started the cloistered government.
Japanese: 出家して行助入道親王と名乗ったが、子である後堀河天皇の即位後、異例の太上天皇号を贈られ院政を行うことになった。
English: Since he was brought up by TAIRA no Tomomori when he was small, he was an imitation Crown Prince and was taken to the western part of Japan (Chugoku, Shikoku, Kinki area) after the Taira clan escaped from the city.
Japanese: 幼い頃、平知盛に育てられていた関係で、平家が都落ちをした際に皇太子に擬されて、西国に連行される。
English: He was saved and went back to Kyoto when the Taira clan died out, however Emperor Gotoba had already succeeded to the throne in Kyoto. (in "Masukagami" (The Clear Mirror) it is said Imperial Prince Morisada and Imperial Prince Takahira (Emperor Gotoba) were called in by the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, and Takahira, who took to the Emperor before Morisada, was appointed to succeed to the throne, however there was another theory that it was Morisada's half younger brother, Imperial Prince Koreaki (Emperor Takakura's third Prince) who was called with Takahira, but there were two different theories of the author of 'Masukagami,' one was 'the direction theory' and another one was 'the misunderstanding theory.'
Japanese: 平家滅亡時に救出されて帰京するが、都では既に後鳥羽天皇が即位していた（ちなみに『増鏡』では、守貞親王と尊成親王（後鳥羽天皇）が後白河法皇の前に呼ばれて、すぐに法皇に懐いた尊成が皇位に立てられたとする記述があるが、実際に尊成とともに呼ばれたのは守貞親王の異母弟惟明親王（高倉天皇第三皇子）といわれており、これについては『増鏡』作者による「演出説」と「勘違い説」に分かれている）。
English: Later on, Prince Morisada had Motoie JIMYOIN's daughter, Chinshi (also pronounced Nobuko) JIMYOIN (later called Kitashirakawain) as his Empress and he lived in the Jimyoin Imperial Palace which was related to the Jimyoin family, however he deplored his misfortune and entered into the priesthood in April and May 1213.
Japanese: 後に持明院基家の娘持明院陳子（後の北白河院）を妃にして持明院家ゆかりの持明院を御所としていたが、自らの不遇を嘆いて建暦2年（1213年）3月に出家してしまう。
English: However eight years later, in 1221, there was no one to rule the government as Chiten no kimi after the Retired Emperor Gotoba lost the battle of the Jokyu Disturbance and he was banished.
Japanese: ところが、8年後の承久3年（1221年）、承久の乱の敗北による後鳥羽上皇らの流罪によって治天の君が不在となる。
English: The Kamakura bakufu let Emperor Chukyo abdicate the throne and decided to institute a new policy 'Not to allow Retired Emperor Gotoba's descendants succeed to the throne,' and they tried to set up an Imperial Family member to succeed, who was not a member of Emperor Gotoba's Imperial Family.
Japanese: 鎌倉幕府は仲恭天皇を廃位し、「後鳥羽上皇の子孫の皇位継承は認めない」とする方針を決定、非後鳥羽系皇族の擁立を図った。
English: At that time, it was found out that there was only Imperial Prince Morisada's third son, Imperial Prince Yutahito available who did not enter into the priesthood, so, it was decided to let Imperial Prince Yutahito succeed to the throne (Emperor Gohorikawa) and especially appointed monk-Imperial Prince Gyojo as Chiten no kimi to rule the cloistered government.
Japanese: このとき、親王の3男・茂仁王以外に出家していない皇族がいないことが判明したため、茂仁王を即位（後堀河天皇）させ、行助入道親王を特別に治天の君として、院政を行わせる事になった。
English: The Imperial Prince who became Chiten, worked on calming the confusion inside the Imperial Palace after the Jokyu Disturbance, and to restore the relationship with the bakufu, but he died two years later, and was given the ingo (a posthumous title given to an emperor) (Gotakakurain).
Japanese: 治天となった親王は承久の乱直後の朝廷内の混乱を鎮めて幕府との関係を再構築するなどの実績を残したものの、その翌々年には病死し、院号（後高倉院）を贈られた。
English: Jimyoin Imperial line (FUJIWARA no) Chinshi, also pronounced Nobuko (Kitashirakawain) (1173 - 1238) - Chunagon (equivalent rank to Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank)), Motoie JIMYOIN's daughter
Japanese: 持明院（藤原）陳子（北白河院）（1173-1238）-中納言持明院基家女
English: The first Princess: Imperial Princess Rishi (Shikikenmonin) (1197 - 1251) - Saigu (an unmarried princess who, in former times, was sent by the emperor to serve at Ise Shrine), Emperor Shijo's Junbo (equivalent rank to Emperor's birth mother)
Japanese: 第一皇女：利子内親王（式乾門院）（1197-1251）-斎宮、四条天皇准母
English: The fourth Princess: Imperial Princess Hoshi, also pronounced Kuniko (Ankamonin) (1209 - 1283) - Emperor Gohorikawa's Junbo
Japanese: 第四皇女：邦子内親王（安嘉門院）（1209-1283）-後堀河天皇准母
English: Imperial Prince Abo (792 - December 1, 842) was a member of the Imperial Family during the Heian period.
Japanese: 阿保親王（あぼしんのう、延暦11年（792年）-承和9年10月22日（842年12月1日）は、平安時代の皇族。
English: After the Retired Emperor Heizei died in 824, he was allowed to enter the city by Emperor Saga.
Japanese: 弘仁15年（824年）に平城上皇が亡くなった後、嵯峨天皇によってようやく入京を許される。
English: In 826 he gave his children, Yukihira and Narihira and the others the surname of Ariwara and allowed them to be demoted from nobility to subject.
Japanese: また天長3年（826年）には、行平、業平ほか子供等に在原姓を賜わり臣籍降下させた。
English: Despite such a consideration, or because of Imperial Prince Abo's talent who was Emperor Kanmu's grandchild, he was the center of attention from others although he was not in the direct line of descendants, while Emperor Saga gradually establish his political base inside the Imperial Palace.
Japanese: だがこうした配慮にもかかわらず、あるいはその有能さゆえか、嵯峨天皇が宮廷内の権力を固めてゆく中で嫡流の地位を失ったとは言え、桓武天皇の嫡系の孫である阿保親王の動向は注目の対象であったらしい。
English: He was approached by TACHIBANA no Hayaari about the Crown Prince, Imperial Prince Tsunesada, however, Imperial Prince Abo did not take it seriously, and sent a secret document about this to Hayanari's cousin, the Empress Dowager TACHIBANA no Kachiko for her to make a decision. (the Showa Incident)
Japanese: ついに橘逸勢らから東宮恒貞親王の身上について策謀をもちかけられるが、阿保親王は与せずに、これを逸勢の従姉妹でもあった皇太后橘嘉智子に密書にて報告、判断を委ねた（承和の変）。
English: Emperor Meiji (November 3, 1852 - July 30, 1912) was the hundred and twenty second Emperor. (his reign was 1867 - 1912)
Japanese: 明治天皇（めいじてんのう、嘉永5年9月22日（1852年11月3日）-明治45年（1912年）7月30日）は、第122代天皇（在位慶応3年（1867年）-明治45年（1912年））。
English: Due to his successful achievements, he was also called Meiji Taitei (Meiji the Great), Holy Emperor Meiji, Mutsuhito the Great before the War.
Japanese: その功績から戦前には、明治大帝、明治聖帝、睦仁大帝（MutsuhitotheGreat）とも呼ばれたこともあった。
English: He was born on November 3, 1852 in the Tadayasu NAKAYAMA's residence in Kyoto, and was named Sachinomiya.
Japanese: 嘉永5年9月22日（1852年11月3日）に、京都・中山忠能邸で生まれ、祐宮（さちのみや）と命名された。
English: On November 10, he received the title Imperial Prince from his father, Emperor Komei, and became Imperial Prince Mutsuhito.
Japanese: 9月28日、（父・孝明天皇から）親王宣下を受け、「睦仁」の名を賜る（＝睦仁親王となる）。
English: His father, Emperor Komei suddenly died on January 30, 1867.
Japanese: 慶応2年12月25日（1867年1月30日）、父・孝明天皇が俄かに崩御。
English: On November 10, 1867, Emperor Meiji accepted the Imperial sanction of Taisei Hokan (the return of political power to the Emperor by the Tokugawa Shogunate) from Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians), Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, after this political power was returned to the Imperial Palace.
Japanese: 慶応3年10月15日（1867年11月10日）に、明治天皇は、征夷大将軍・徳川慶喜からの大政奉還の上表を勅許し、政権を朝廷に戻した。
English: Furthermore, on January 3, 1868, (it was supported by the opposition force who tried to overthrow the Shogunate) the Restoration of Imperial Rule was issued, and 'the establishment of the new government' was announced.
Japanese: さらに慶応3年12月9日（1868年1月3日）には（討幕派の主導において）王政復古を発し、「新政府樹立」を宣言。
English: He issued an order to conquer the eastern part of Japan and won the battle against the former bakufu forces which occurred between 1868 and 1869 (the Boshin War).
Japanese: 東征を命じ、旧幕府軍と　明治元年（1868年）から明治2年（1869年）にかけて戦い勝利した（戊辰戦争）。
English: During this time the new policy of the new government was announced when the Imperial Covenant Consisting of Five Articles was issued on April 6, 1868, the new political system was introduced with the Constitution of 1868, on June 11.
Japanese: この間、明治元年3月14日（1868年4月6日）には五箇条の御誓文を発布して新政府の基本方針を表明し、4月21日（6月11日）には政体書によって新しい政治制度を採用。
English: Also the era was changed to Meiji and the regulation of Issei Ichigen (practice of assigning one era name to the reign of each emperor - an Imperial rescript of a change in era name) on October 23, 1868.
Japanese: また、明治と改元して一世一元の制を定めた（改元の詔書が発せられたのは、慶応4年9月8日（1868年10月23日）。
English: However the change in era name was decided to date back to January 25, 1868.
Japanese: しかし改元は、慶応4年1月1日（1868年1月25日）に遡って適用されるとした）。
English: In 1869 the Imperial Palace was moved to Tokyo and it was renamed Tokyo-jo Castle (the former Edo-jo Castle), the Emperor permitted the Imperial sanction of the documents of the return of the han (domain) register to the Meiji Emperor on July 25.
Japanese: 明治2年（1869年）、東京に遷って東京城（旧・江戸城）を皇居と改称し、6月17日（7月25日）には版籍奉還の上表を勅許した。
English: In the beginning the court nobles and the former feudal lords had the power in the new government, gradually a group of people such as Sanetomi SANJO, Tomomi IWAKURA, Takayoshi KIDO, Toshimichi OKUBO started having a voice in politics, and one of the reason for this was the moving of the Imperial Palace to Tokyo.
Japanese: 当初、新政府内では公家や旧大名が中心を占めていたが、東京へ遷ったことも一つのきっかけとして、次第に三条実美、岩倉具視、木戸孝允、大久保利通らの発言権が大きくなっていった。
English: On August 29, 1871, the government absolved the han system (feudal domains) and the establishment of prefectures to establish the system of one consolidated political power into the center of the government.
Japanese: 明治4年7月14日（1871年8月29日）には廃藩置県を断行し、中央集権体制を確立した。
English: On the other hand, the Imperial Edict (of 1870) for Establishment of Shinto was issued on February 3, 1870 to make Shintoism the nation's religion and to set up the political system for the Emperor to have absolute power.
Japanese: 他方、明治3年1月3日（1870年2月3日）には、宣教使ヲ置クノ詔（大教宣布の詔）を発して、神道の国教化（国家神道）と天皇の絶対化を推し進めた。
English: Iwakura and Okubo put effort into abolishing the old system of the Imperial Palace and to establish a new system for the Emperor to rule the government directly, and to educate the Emperor to become the sovereign of the modern nation.
Japanese: 岩倉、大久保らは、天皇を近代国家の主体的君主として育成するため、宮廷改革を行なって旧習を廃し、天皇親政体制への切り替えと君徳の培養に尽くした。
English: *In 1872 the solar calendar was introduced, and the day following December 31, 1872, (January 1, 1873) was decided as January 1, Meiji 6. (The No. 337 proclamation of the Grand Council of State in Meiji 5)
Japanese: ※注：1872年（明治5年）に太陽暦を導入し、明治5年12月2日（1872年12月31日）の次の日（1873年1月1日）を「明治6年1月1日」と定めた（明治5年太政官布告第337号）。
English: In 1873 when politics became complicated with the issue of the drastic theory against Korea, and political change occurring in Meiji 6, the Emperor worked as a mediator to stop the conflict within the government, by stopping Takamori SAIGO's armed force from going to Korea by issuing the Emperor's official order, and he proceeded to issue an Imperial rescript to establish a gradual constitutional government while there was a Freedom and People's Rights Movement between 1874 and 1875.
Japanese: 明治6年（1873年）に征韓論を巡って政府部内が紛糾した明治六年政変では、勅旨をもって西郷隆盛の朝鮮派遣を中止させてこれを収め、明治7年（1874年）から明治8年（1875年）にかけて続いた自由民権運動では、立憲政体の詔（漸次立憲政体樹立の詔）を発して政体改革を進めるなど、天皇は政府内部の政治的対立を調停する役割を果たした。
English: To keep up with the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, the Emperor issued an Imperial mandate in 1881 to establish the Diet and expressed the time of the establishment of the Diet to suppress the movement.
Japanese: この自由民権運動への対応として、明治14年（1881年）には、国会開設の勅諭を発して議会創設の時期を明示し、運動の沈静化を図った。
English: In 1882, the Emperor issued an the Imperial Rescript to Samurai and Sailors to declare the army as the 'Emperor's army,' he commanded the army as commander in chief to strengthen military power.
Japanese: 明治15年（1882年）、軍隊を「天皇の軍隊」と規定した軍人勅諭を発し、大元帥として軍隊の統率にあたり、軍備の増強に努めた。
English: After 1884, the Emperor established various regulations for the constitution to prepare for the establishment of the Diet, which was drawing near.
Japanese: 明治17年（1884年）以降は、間近に控えた議会創設に備えて、立憲制に対応する諸制度を創設した。
English: The Emperor also set up the huge Imperial property along with all sorts of maintenance of bureaucratic control systems such as establishing the Cabinet system, municipality system, Prefectural system, and the district system.
Japanese: 内閣制度、市町村制、府県制、郡制の制定など、津々浦々に至る官僚制支配体系の整備と並行して、莫大な皇室財産の設定を行なった。
English: This constitution clearly stated the Emperor's prerogative rights (Tenno Taiken) for the first time in history, this became the basis to establish the modern Emperor System of Japan.
Japanese: この憲法は、日本史上初めて天皇の権限（天皇大権）を明記しており、近代天皇制国家確立の基礎となった。
English: In the following year, 1890, the Imperial Rescript of Education was issued, the Emperor put his efforts into cultivating the morality of the nation who supported the modern Emperor System.
Japanese: 翌・明治23年（1890年）には教育勅語を発し、近代天皇制国家を支える臣民（国民）道徳の涵養に努めた。
English: In the beginning of the opening of the Imperial Diet, there was often conflict between the Han-dominated government who support the detached policy, and the government force who was based on the House of Representatives, the Emperor sometimes issued an order and worked as an arbitrator.
Japanese: 帝国議会開設当初は、超然主義を唱える藩閥政府と衆議院に依拠する政党勢力が鋭く対立衝突したが、天皇はしばしば詔勅を発し、調停者的機能を発揮した。
English: The Emperor also worked to suppress political or emotional conflicts between the elder statesmen of the han-dominated government.
Japanese: また、藩閥政府内の元勲間にあった政策や感情の上での対立においても、天皇は宥和に努めた。
English: In the first War Japan was involved in, the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, the Emperor directly trained the soldiers at the Imperial headquarters.
Japanese: 日本が初めて直面した近代戦争である日清戦争と日露戦争では、天皇は大本営で直接戦争指導に当たった。
English: The Emperor concluded an Anglo-Japanese Alliance in diplomatic relations and tried to strengthen the military and the financial power as the member of the Great Powers.
Japanese: また、外交上は日英同盟を締結し、列強の一員たるべく、軍事的・経済的な国力の増強を図った。
English: After the Russo-Japanese War, the Emperor proceeded with the policy of annexing of Korea and ruling Manchuria to expand Japan's Colonial empire.
Japanese: 日露戦争後は、韓国併合や満州経営を進め、日本を植民帝国へと膨張させる政策を採用した。
English: In 1911 he completed the revision of a treaty which had been a big headache since Japan opened a country to foreign trade and diplomatic relations, as a result, Japan became a member of the Great Powers.
Japanese: 明治44年（1911年）には、開国以来の懸案であった条約改正を完了させ、名実共に日本は列強の一員となった。
English: On July 30, 1912, he became sick with a chronic illness, diabetes, which then led to uremia and he died.
Japanese: 明治45年（1912年）7月30日、持病の糖尿病が悪化し、尿毒症を併発して崩御した。
English: The actual time and date of his death was said to be 'on July 29, around 10 o'clock forty three minutes in the afternoon,' however the officially announced date and time by the Department of the Imperial Household was 'on July 30, twelve o'clock forty three minutes in the morning.'
Japanese: なお、実際の崩御は「7月29日午後10時43分頃」と言われているが、宮内省告示に拠る崩御日時は「7月30日午前0時43分」となっている。
English: This was presumed to be because they had to consider they were supposed to hold a series of Imperial events (Crown Prince, Imperial Prince Yoshihito to succeed to the throne and become the new Emperor) on the day when the Emperor died.
Japanese: これは建前上、崩御当日に（皇太子嘉仁親王が践祚して新帝となる）一連の宮中儀式を執り行なったということにせねばならなかったからだと思われる。
English: On September 13 in the same year, the Rites of an Imperial Funeral were held at Rikugun (the Army) Enshu in Aoyama, Tokyo (current Jingu Gaien (the Outer Gardens of the Meiji Shrine)).
Japanese: 同年（大正元年）9月13日、東京・青山の陸軍演習（現在の神宮外苑）に於いて大喪の礼が執り行なわれた。
English: After the Emperor's funeral, Emperor Meiji's coffin was put on a hearse and it was carried to the Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum in the southern suburb of Kyoto via the Tokaido Main Line and buried on September 14.
Japanese: 大葬終了後、明治天皇の柩は霊柩車に乗せられ、東海道本線経由で京都南郊の伏見桃山陵に運ばれ、9月14日に埋葬された。
English: There was a "Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan" (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery) built in the place that was prepared for Emperor Meiji's Imperial funeral.
Japanese: なお、明治天皇大喪の為にしつらえた葬儀の跡地には『聖徳記念絵画館』が建てられた。
English: He succeeded to the throne when he was young, then he experienced Taiseihokan (the return of political power to the Emperor by the Tokugawa Shogunate), Oseifukko (the restoration of Imperial rule), the Boshin War, the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, difficult times from the last days of the bakufu era through to the Meiji period, and he was respected by the nation as the leader of the modern Japanese nation and a symbol, as a sovereign.
Japanese: 若年で即位して以来、大政奉還、王政復古と戊辰戦争、明治維新、日清戦争、日露戦争など、激動の幕末から明治時代を経験し、明治新政府、近代国家日本の指導者、象徴として、絶対君主として国民から畏敬された。
English: His policy of his everyday life was to live frugal and disciplined himself strictly, he tried to keep his authority as an emperor.
Japanese: 日常生活は質素を旨とし、自己を律すること峻厳にして、天皇としての威厳の保持に努めた。
English: But he had another aspect of being playful, he called his Empress or court ladies by nicknames that he thought of.
Japanese: しかし、普段は茶目っ気のある性格で、皇后や女官達は自分が考えたあだ名で呼んでいたという。
English: During his younger days (especially between 1876 to 1885), he was greatly influenced by Nagazane MOTODA and Takayuki SASAKI, scholars of the Chinese classics who acted as his jiho (aides) and were supporters of direct imperial rule, and there was a period when he was skeptical about western literature and tried to actively gain control of the government.
Japanese: 若い頃（とりわけ明治10年代）には、侍補で親政論者である漢学者元田永孚や佐々木高行の影響を強く受けて、西洋の文物に対しては懐疑的であり、また自身が政局の主導権を掌握しようと積極的であった時期がある。
English: According to Nagazane MOTODA's memorandum, ('Koki no ki'), the Emperor mentioned Hirobumi ITO's weak point as 'a man who affects a European manner.'
Japanese: 元田永孚の覚書（「古稀之記」）によると、天皇は伊藤博文の欠点を「西洋好き」と評していた。
English: Especially when it came to education, he duly understood Motoda's philosophy based on Confucianism, he was frustrated when Fujimaro TANAKA and Arinori MORI who were both educational debaters preferred the western way of thinking, were appointed as educational administrators.
Japanese: 特に教育に関しては儒学を基本にすべしとする元田の最大の理解者でもあり、教育行政のトップに田中不二麿や森有礼のような西洋的な教育論者が任命された事には不快感を抱いていた。
English: Especially there was one occasion when the Emperor knew Mori was appointed as a general affairs official of the Imperial Household, an advisor to the Ministry of Education in the late April, 1884, he refused to see any high officials of the government such as Ito (he also worked as kunai Kyo (the director of the Imperial House hold)) using the excuse of being sick, he did not appear in public and cancelled his government affairs for more than two months until 25 June, since he did not wish to approve Ito's appointment.
Japanese: 特に明治17年（1884年）4月下旬に森が文部省の顧問である御用掛に任命される事を知ると、「病気」を口実に伊藤（宮内卿兼務）ら政府高官との面会を一切拒絶し、6月25日まで2ヶ月近くも公務を放棄して引籠もって承認を遅らせている。
English: Concerned about this, Ito told the Cabinet (Japan) of the emperor's intention once he had been appointed to serve as the first Prime Minister while also serving as the Minister of the Imperial Household at the same time in order to quell the emperor's distrust of the Cabinet and gain his acceptance for the constitutional government Ito sought to implement.
Japanese: こうした事態を憂慮した伊藤は初代内閣総理大臣就任とともに引き続き初代宮内大臣を兼ねて天皇の意向を内閣_(日本)に伝えることで天皇の内閣への不信感を和らげ、伊藤の目指す立憲国家建設への理解を求めた。
English: As a result, women in the Imperial Palace who ranked lower than the Empress were allowed to wear western clothes on June 23, 1886, and the Emperor agreed to the contract of 'Kimu Rokujo' on September 7, by promising not to attend the Cabinet meeting unless asked to join in by the Cabinet (Meiji Tenno ki), the Emperor had to give up the possibility to rule the government directly.
Japanese: その結果、明治19年（1886年）6月23日に宮中で皇后以下の婦人が洋装することを許可し、9月7日には天皇と内閣の間で「機務六条」という契約を交わされて天皇は内閣の要請がない限り閣議に出席しないことなどを約束（「明治天皇紀」）して天皇自らが親政の可能性を放棄したのである。
English: The most famous Emperor's portrait at present by Edoardo Chiossone, was painted as the result of a lot of hard work with an Emperor who did not liked to pose for a painting or be photographed, even though the Emperor's portrait in his prime was badly needed.
Japanese: 現在最も有名なエドアルド・キヨッソーネによる肖像画は写真嫌いの明治天皇の壮年時の「御真影」がどうしても必要となり、苦心の末に作成されたものである。
English: When it was his last year in 1911, the Emperor's photograph was secretly taken from a distance while he was reviewing troops on the military exercise, this was said to be the last photograph taken before he died.
Japanese: ただ、最晩年の明治44年（1911年）に軍事演習閲兵中の姿を遠くから隠し撮りした写真が残っており、これが明治天皇が最後に撮影された姿と言われている。
English: It was recognized that 'Emperor Meiji represented the Meiji nation itself and the Emperor's death was the end of the Meiji nation.'
Japanese: 「明治天皇は明治国家そのものであり、明治天皇の死は明治国家の終焉」と認識されていた。
English: The Meiji nation established having Emperor Meiji as the central figure, was going to change after this period.
Japanese: 明治天皇を中軸として作り上げられた明治国家は、この後、変容していくこととなる。
English: Since Emperor Meiji was respected as a sovereign, as for non western countries, he was highly regarded overseas, more than he was in Japan, by the people such as Haile SelassieⅠin Ethiopia, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, Saddam Husain in Iraq.
Japanese: 非西欧諸国の中で近代化に成功した日本の君主ということで、海外での評価は日本国内以上に高く、エチオピアのハイレ・セラシエ1世やパラグアイのアルフレド・ストロエスネル、イラクのサダム・フセインなど、明治天皇を尊敬する人は多い。
English: When I think about leaving Japan for overseas just by taking the good things and leaving the bad things behind, I wish for Japan to become a good country like those overseas.
Japanese: よきをとり　あしきをすてて外国（とつくに）に　おとらぬ国となすよしもがな
English: His wet nurse was initially 'Mino FUSEYA' but as she was not able to breast feed the Emperor with good quality milk, within one year the nurse was changed to 'Rai KIMURA' while the Emperor was a baby.
Japanese: 乳母は当初「伏屋みの」だったが「乳の質が良くない」として1年余りで「木村らい」に変わり乳児期を過ごす。
English: Since the era of Emperor Meiji, the Issei Ichigen system was introduced, which the one era name remain the same for each emperor and the name of the era was given to the Emperor as Tsuigo, since then there were no emperors who had a posthumous name.
Japanese: 明治天皇の代から、一人の天皇在位中に元号を変えず、またその元号を追号とする一世一元の制を採用したので、以後、諡（おくりな）を持つ天皇はいない。
English: The Emperor was entombed in Fushimi momoyamano misasagi in a tomb with a dome-shaped mound on a square base at Momoyama-cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 京都府京都市伏見区桃山町にある上円下方墳の伏見桃山陵（ふしみのももやまのみささぎ）に葬られた。