At the unveiling ceremony, in addition to Empress Tadako, Imperial Prince Takehito and Princess, other old people who proposed the statue be built, Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA who had a close relationship to the Prince came and made speeches.
除幕式には、董子妃や威仁親王夫妻、提唱者の元老たちに加え、因縁の深かった徳川慶喜も列席して祝辞を述べている。