Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
{{Short description|1915 exhibition in colonial Korea}}
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| year = 1915
| name = Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
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| building = Ilhogwan and Gyeongbokgung
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| visitors = 1 million
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| country = Korea, Empire of Japan
| city = Gyeongseong (Seoul)
| venue = Gyeongbokgung
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| open = 11 September 1915
| close = 31 October 1915
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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 조선물산공진회
| hanja = 朝鮮物産共進會
| rr = Joseon mulsan gongjinhoe
| mr = Chosŏn mulsan kongjinhoe
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The {{Nihongo|Chōsen Industrial Exhibition|朝鮮物産共進会}} was a colonial fair held in 1915 to mark the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese Korea, and was the first official event of the new government.{{cite book|title=Chora 7: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture|first1=Alberto|last1=Pérez-Gómez|first2=Stephen|last2= Parcell|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tE11CwAAQBAJ&dq=1915+seoul+exhibition&pg=PA142|accessdate=12 December 2017|isbn=9780773598799|date=February 2016}}{{Page needed|date=March 2024}} It was held in Keijō (Seoul){{cite thesis|title=Inventing the identity of modern Korean architecture, 1904-1929|first1=Yoonchun|last1=Jung|publisher=McGill University, Montreal, Canada|date=November 2014}}{{Page needed|date=March 2024}} at Gyeongbokgung.
Background
A major purpose of the exhibition was to portray Japan as a modern, positive force in Korea. The Government-General of Chōsen wrote the following about the exhibition:
{{Quote|text=The purpose of the exhibition is [...] firstly to invest in the development of Korean industry, and second to set goals for improvement. As a result, Koreans will be made to reflect deeply on themselves and realize the truth that they should correct their bad habits of sloth, extravagence, and laziness and instead adopt good habits of diligence and progress. It will make them realize that they should seek improvement and develop industry and increase national wealth gradually through hard work and effort.{{sfn|이강근|2007|p=71}}}}
Location and buildings
The exhibition was held in the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung palace{{cite book|title=Aesthetic Constructions of Korean Nationalism: Spectacle, Politics and History|first1=Hong|last1=Kal|isbn=9780415602563|year=2011}}{{Page needed|date=March 2024}} and took place in both existing buildings, and newly constructed ones.{{Page needed|date=March 2024}} The layout was designed to contrast historic Korean architecture with modern Japanese architecture and visitors entered through the existing Gwanghwamun gate, before the new Illhogwan (First Exhibition Hall), which stood in front of the Geunjeongjeon throne room.{{Page needed|date=March 2024}}
Contents
Visitors
See also
- Japan–British Exhibition (1910)
References
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= Sources =
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.cha.go.kr/cop/bbs/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=1539&bbsId=BBSMSTR_1021&pageIndex=6&pageUnit=10&searchCnd=tc&searchWrd=%ea%b2%bd%eb%b3%b5%ea%b6%81&ctgryLrcls=&ctgryMdcls=&ctgrySmcls=&ntcStartDt=&ntcEndDt=&searchUseYn=Y&mn=NS_03_08_01 |title=경복궁 변천사 (上) |date=August 2007 |publisher=Cultural Heritage Administration |language=ko |ref={{SfnRef|Cultural Heritage Administration|2007}}}}
- {{harvc|author=이강근|year=2007|c=경복궁의 변천과정|in=Cultural Heritage Administration}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Chōsen Industrial Exhibition}}
{{List of world's fairs of East Asia}}