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Fifth Japanese Domestic Industrial Exposition folio book
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Dai-Gokai Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai. Tokyo: Tokyo Seihansho, [1903]. 24 black and white collotype prints of the 1903 Osaka Exposition. Cover features green and white sakura blossom design with sketch of the exposition’s main entrance, bound with a musubi toji binding in white and purple.
Submitted for adoption by Gabrielle Dean, PhD
The Domestic Industrial Expositions, or National Industrial Expositions, were a series of expos held in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka in emulation of similar events held in Western countries. Overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, the expos showed artworks, crafts, industrial products, and other exhibits displaying Japan’s modernity.
This folio book contains black and white collotype prints of the Fifth Domestic Industrial Exposition, held in Osaka between March and July 1903. It was twice the size of previous ones and the first to be open to foreign exhibitors. The images show the buildings at the exposition, interiors of some of the exhibition halls, and crowd scenes at the bazaars. Much of the pictured architecture is European in style. The images are captioned in English and Japanese.
