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At a cost of $55,425, the 308'x160' Oriental Exhibits Palace was one of the first Exposition buildings to be completed.
Although 20 nations from east Asia and the middle east shared the building, over half the floorspace was dedicated to Japanese exhibit. Costing over $1million dollars, the Japanese Emperor was not content with a perceived poor showing at the Louisiana Purchase Expo in St. Louis the previous year, and spared to expense to tout the rise of Japan at the 1905 edition (Japan had, after all, just decisively destroyed the Russian fleet at Tsushima that March).
At a cost of $55,425, the 308'x160' Oriental Exhibits Palace was one of the first Exposition buildings to be completed.
Although 20 nations from east Asia and the middle east shared the building, over half the floorspace was dedicated to Japanese exhibit. Costing over $1million dollars, the Japanese Emperor was not content with a perceived poor showing at the Louisiana Purchase Expo in St. Louis the previous year, and spared to expense to tout the rise of Japan at the 1905 edition (Japan had, after all, just decisively destroyed the Russian fleet at Tsushima that March).
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pdx , portland , japan , historic portland , 1905 lewis clark centennial exposition , worlds fairs , tsushima
pdx , portland , japan , historic portland , 1905 lewis clark centennial exposition , worlds fairs , tsushima
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