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The took place at White City, London in Great Britain from 14 May 1910 to 29 October 1910. It was the largest international exposition that the Empire of Japan had ever participated in and was driven by a desire of Japan to develop a more favorable public image in Great Britain following the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. It was also hoped that the display of manufactured products would lead to increased Japanese trade with Britain. ==Background== A proposal was made in 1908 for an Exhibition to be held in London to celebrate and reinforce the Anglo-Japanese Alliance on a grass-roots level. It was strongly supported by Japanese Foreign Minister Jutaro Komura, who was aware that there still was a general conception in the West of Japan as a backward and undeveloped country, despite the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese Diet voted an enormous sum to sponsor the Exhibition in 1909, despite the fact that the Treasury had been drained from the Russo-Japanese War, and the economy was on the verge of bankruptcy. Baron Ōura Kanetake, who was then Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, was the President of the Japanese committee organizing the exhibition.〔Mochizuki, Kotaro. (1910) ( ''Japan To-day. A Souvenir of the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition held in London, 1910,'' pp. 23-25. )〕 His British counterpart was the Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk.〔Mochizuki, ( p. 23. )〕 The Japanese display covered , three times the space Japan occupied at the previous Paris Exhibition of 1900, not including an additional for two large Japanese gardens. There were some 2,271 Japanese exhibitors. The Imperial Japanese Navy sent the Japanese-built cruiser ''Ikoma'' (which was anchored at Gravesend in Kent) to underscore that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was primarily a naval alliance and to stress that Japan was a formidable military power worthy of partnership with Great Britain. A visit by Queen Alexandra in mid-March, in advance of the opening, added publicity and royal prestige to the Exhibition. The death of King Edward VII caused the opening to be delayed until May 14. By the time the event closed on October 29, over 8 million visitors had attended. The Exhibition was widely known in London as 'the Japanese Exhibition' rather than 'the Japan–British Exhibition', as there was minimal British content. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japan–British Exhibition」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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