The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910

The rapid development of Japan, an Asian nation, at the turn of the century, including the defeat of Russia in 1904-5, intrigued the Western Imerial powers, but also aroused reactions of contempt and suspicion. This is a study of the exhibition held by the Meiji Government in London at that time.
The rapid development of Japan, an Asian nation, at the turn of the century, including the defeat of Russia in 1904-5, intrigued the western Imperial powers, but also aroused reactions of contempt and suspicion. Britain was the most important of the powers upon which Japan earnestly wished to impress herself to mitigate the rising tide of anti-Japanese sentiment. An exhibition in London, therefore, was seen as a timely event by the Meiji Government to advance Japanese agendas in political, economic and educational terms. This is the first major study of this remarkable venture, fully reviewed and documented, and concerned principally with the Japanese side of the story.