近代日本的族裔展示與種族階級

Abstract

In the years between 1851 and the outbreak of the Second World War, industrial and universal
expositions provided states with opportunities to showcase the industrial might of national champions and their mastery of their colonies. The role of universal expositions in Western Europe and the United States is well known, but little attention has been paid to their role in Japan, which succeeded in joining the ranks of world powers at the end of nineteenth century. What was the nature of Japanese participation in international expositions, and to what extent did Japan exhibit indigenous people from its colonies? This paper examines the colonial pavilions erected during Japanese industrial expositions following its seizure of Taiwan in 1895. We will analyze the case of the fifth National Industrial Exposition, organised in Osaka in 1903, and explain who were the anthropologists responsible for organising this exhibition, as well as the nature of the resistance such exhibitions encountered. Finally, this paper will attempt to assess more general issues relating to this aspect of colonial history.