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An ornamental lamp from the stone bridge at the front gate of the lmperial Palace
 

Was this lamp actually used at the Imperial Palace?

  
 

Yes. The lamp had lit the Imperial Palace Seimon-tetsu-bashi Bridge, so-called Nijubashi Bridge for more than 90 years since it was first lit in 1893.
Wow! It must be very valuable, isn’t it?  
  Yes, it is. This lamp is one of only six in existence today.
The design is a kind of retro and new at the same time.  
You are right. We can take commemorative pictures in front of this lamp and there is a commemorative seal.
The exhibit is one of the six ornamental lamps installed on the stone bridge, known as the Double Bridge, at the front gate of the Imperial Palace. Although the ornamental lamps were installed in 1888, they were not actually lit because of concern about the safety of electric lamps, and it is thought they were not formally turned on until 1893. Electricity was supplied by Tokyo Electric Light Co.'s First Electric Light Station in Kojimachi, and the lamps threw light over the Double Bridge for over 90 years. In 1986, when the lighting equipment was replaced, the Imperial Household Agency donated one of the ornamental lamps to Tokyo Elecric Power Company.
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