The Yushima Seidō Exposition was held at
Taiseiden Hall, previously a Shinto shrine. It opened on 10 March 1872, closed 20 days later and displayed more than 600 items.
Context
The exhibition took place a year before Vienna's
world's fair
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
, and was used as an opportunity to collate items for both events.
Contents
There were over 600 exhibits: cultural artefacts and natural exhibits.
One of the ''sashi'' from
Nagoya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan.
Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...
was shown, and very popular.
Visitors
The
Emperor
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
visited on 13 March and the
Empress
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
on 30 March.
192 878 visited in total.
Legacy
After the event much of the collection was opened as a permanent museum, which lead
Tokyo National Museum's establishment.
Gallery
Staff of the Yushima Seido Exposition in Meiji 5.jpg, alt=, Staff of the Yushima Seido Exposition
Nagoya Castle Feb 2011 66.jpg, alt=, Sashi from Nagoya castle
Yushima-Seido Exhibition-1872-by-Ikkei-Shosai.png, alt=, Yushima Seido Exhibition by Ikkei Shosai
References
{{List of world's fairs of East Asia
1872 in Japan
19th century in Tokyo
World's fairs in Tokyo