https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5 en-us 2022-11-21 20:57:21 UTC 2022-11-22 03:29:50 UTC hello@padlet.com jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178034 2022-11-21 21:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178034 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178594 - Flags hanging from the ceiling
- Women in western outfits, men in western uniform
- Emperor Meiji????
- Items on display from around the world
- The exhibition is inside western style building]]> 2022-11-21 21:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178594 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178699 - women in European style dresses and men in military uniform
- Emperor Meiji
- technology and goods on display
- flags attached to the ceiling
- background (European style structure the exposition is taking place in)]]> 2022-11-21 21:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178699 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178785 Third National Industrial Exposition. The caption is referring to the event occurring in the picture, which is similar to London's Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition.]]> 2022-11-21 21:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178785 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178844 If you look at the top, we see a row of different flags. In particular, the Japanese flag we know today, a white flag with a red dot only become the official Japanese flag in 1870, which is also the year that Japan industrialized. The flag can be see throughout the entire print, and is a key representation of industrialization.]]> 2022-11-21 21:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393178844 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393180666 This exhibit was set up to demonstrate the wealth and strength of Japan, most likely influenced by Britain's Crystal Palace Exhibition. Therefore, for those who couldn't attend the exposition, this print proves Japan's modernization through the influence of western culture.]]> 2022-11-21 21:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393180666 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393181299 Significance of some of the flags? Don't appear to be the flags of any countries or colonies?
There's a lot of women in this drawing, do women have more rights in Japan than in European countries?]]> 2022-11-21 21:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393181299 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393181919 I think the image was produced and shared for 2 main groups of people; Firstly, for Japanese people to boost nationalism, pride, and display their development. Then, for Western nations to prove Japan's power and modernity so that they wouldn't be treated as an easily dominatable country.

]]> 2022-11-21 21:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393181919 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393182032 This print was made to demonstrate the newfound wealth and strength of Japan, which is able to match the European countries. Japan desperately wanted a seat among the military powers of the world, but as a small Asian country, they were looked down upon until they defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.]]> 2022-11-21 21:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393182032 jshao25 https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393292132 The army uniform worn by Emperor Meiji is identical to the one worn in the picture, solidifying my hypothesis that the one in the picture is indeed Emperor Meiji.]]> 2022-11-22 00:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jshao25/qwytgewx607ujtv5/wish/2393292132