Fifth National Industrial Exhibition
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameFifth National Industrial Exhibition
Area93.5 acres
Visitors4,350,693
Participant(s)
Countries16
Organizations47 prefectures
Location
CountryEmpire of Japan
CityOsaka
VenueTennōji Park
Coordinates34°39′09″N 135°30′31″E / 34.652556°N 135.508496°E / 34.652556; 135.508496
Timeline
Opening1 March 1903
Closure31 July 1903

The Fifth National Industrial Exhibition was held in Osaka, Japan in 1903. It was the first to be open to foreign exhibitors, and twice the size of previous National Industrial Exhibitions.[1] It was the fifth and final of the centrally planned National Industrial Exhibitions though exhibitions such as the one in 1907 in Tokyo followed.

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 visitors; 959,516 additionally visited 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 participated, 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

In the entertainment section, there was a theatre, a tower with a lift, a Mystery Building,[7][4] and a two-storey wooden Human Pavilion. The Human Pavilion exhibited Ainu,[7] Okinawan,[8] and Korean people, in addition to people from Africa, India and the Malay peninsula, who cost 10 sen more to attend.[7]

The Aichi prefecture building was built to look like a castle.[9]

The Formosan pavilion aimed to celebrate Japanese colonial rule, but it wasn't of much interest to Japanese people.[10] Two buildings were moved from the island to provide a shrine of Prince Kitashirakawa and a Bugaku dance stage.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fifth National Industrial Exhibition | Part 1: Expositions Held in and before 1900 | Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Fifth Japanese National Industrial Exhibition, Osaka 1903". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Expo 1970 Osaka: the story of Japan's first World Expo - BIE". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Tennoji Park & Zoo – Osaka Station". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "China 29: 3D China:Pavilion Exhibits - World Fairs". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "China at the World Expo". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 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. JSTOR 43553298. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Yosha Bunko". Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Shuri Castle and Japanese Castles: A Controversial Heritage | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  10. ↑ 河世鳳 (2007). "Taiwan and Its Self-Images: The Case of Osaka Exhibition in 1903 | Semantic Scholar". 臺灣史研究. 14 (2). doi:10.6354/THR.200706.0001. S2CID 129992099.
  11. ↑ "STUDY ON BUILDINGS OF THE TAIWAN PAVILION IN THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN 1903 | Semantic Scholar]". doi:10.3130/AIJA.76.1693. S2CID 112157391. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
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