Expositions. Where the modern technology of the times was exhibited
The National Diet Library has collected many materials related to international expositions with deep connection to the Japanese people. Based on such collections, this digital exhibition focuses on industry and technology. More than 150 years have passed since the first international exposition, accompanied by the substantial development of science and technology. Of these 150 years, the first 50 years witnessed changes to industry through the use of steam engines and electricity. It was a period prior to the discovery of quantum mechanics, as well as the invention of wireless communication and electronics technologies, airplanes and atomic energy. These Western technologies were actively absorbed by Japan during the period spanning from the late Edo period, the early Meiji period, and the Meiji Restoration to the Russo-Japanese War.