Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
Fifth National Industrial Exhibition | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | Fifth National Industrial Exhibition |
Area | 93.5 acres |
Visitors | 4,350,693 |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 16 |
Organizations | 47 prefectures |
Location | |
Country | Empire of Japan |
City | Osaka |
Venue | Tennōji Park |
Coordinates | 34°39′09″N 135°30′31″E / 34.652556°N 135.508496°E |
Timeline | |
Opening | 1 March 1903 |
Closure | 31 July 1903 |
The Fifth National Industrial Exhibition was held in Osaka in 1903, was the first to be open to foreign exhibitors and twice the size of previous National Industrial Exhibitions.[1]
Summary[]
The fair ran from 1 March 1903 until 31 July,[1] with formal opening by the emperor on 20 April.[2] It was held in the location now occupied by Tennōji Zoo, Tennōji Park.[2] There were 4,350,693 (959,516 to the aquarium which cost extra.[2] This was the largest event held in Japan to date.[3]
The buildings were destroyed after the fair, and the Tennōji Park established there.[4]
Participants[]
The 47 Japanese prefectures all exhibited, as did 16 counties and colonies.[2] Countries included Belgium,[5] China,[5][6] France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[3]
Pavilions[]
There was a theatre, a tower with a lift, [4] and a two storey wooden Human Pavilion in the entertainment section with Ainu[7] and Okinawan[8] and people, and people from Africa, India and the Malay peninsula that cost 10 sen more to attend.[7] This was next to the Mystery Building.[7]
The Aichi prefecture building was built to look like a castle.[9]
The Taiwanese pavilion aimed to celebrate Japanese colonial rule, but it wasn't of much interest to Japanese people.[10] Two buildings were moved from Taiwan to provide a shrine of Prince Kitashirakawa and a Bugaku dance stage.[11]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Fifth National Industrial Exhibition | Part 1: Expositions Held in and before 1900 | Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited".
- ^ a b c d "Fifth Japanese National Industrial Exhibition, Osaka 1903". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Expo 1970 Osaka: the story of Japan's first World Expo - BIE". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Tennoji Park & Zoo – Osaka Station". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b "China 29: 3D China:Pavilion Exhibits - World Fairs". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "China at the World Expo". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Ziomek, Kirsten L (2014). "The 1903 Human Pavilion: Colonial Realities and Subaltern Subjectivities in Twentieth-Century Japan". The Journal of Asian Studies. 73 (2): 493–516. JSTOR. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Yosha Bunko". Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Shuri Castle and Japanese Castles: A Controversial Heritage | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Taiwan and Its Self-Images: The Case of Osaka Exhibition in 1903 | Semantic Scholar". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "STUDY ON BUILDINGS OF THE TAIWAN PAVILION IN THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN 1903 | Semantic Scholar]". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- World's fairs in Osaka
- 1903 in Japan
- Events in Osaka