Industrial Exposition - Kangyo Hakurankai

Japanese: 勧業博覧会 - かんぎょうはくらんかい

Domestic Industrial Exposition. An exhibition of domestic products held as part of the Meiji government's policy to encourage industry. Triggered by Japan's participation in the Paris World's Fair in 1867, the Vienna World's Fair in 1873, and the Philadelphia World's Fair in 1876, the plan was based on a proposal by Okubo Toshimichi, and the first exposition was held in Ueno in 1877, with over 80,000 exhibits and over 450,000 visitors. The exhibits were mainly craft items, but the number of machines increased as the exhibitions continued. Along with the Comprehensive Exhibition, it had a major impact on the development and spread of industrial technology. The fifth exposition was held in Osaka in 1902, and since then, many expositions have been sponsored by prefectures or newspapers.

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Japanese:

内国勧業博覧会。明治政府の殖産興業政策の一環として行われた内国物産の博覧会。 1867年パリ万博，73年ウィーン万博，76年フィラデルフィア万博への参加を契機に大久保利通の建議書によって計画，第1回博覧会は出品点数8万余，入場者数 45万人余を集めて 77年上野で開催された。出品物は工芸品を主としていたが，回を重ねるにつれて機械類が増加。共進会とともに産業技術の発展と普及に大きな影響を及ぼした。 1902年大阪で開かれた第5回が最後。以後は府県主催，新聞社主催の博覧会が多い。

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