In the Ainu Home, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910 - Valentine's Postcard

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A Street Scene in Fair Japan, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910 - Valentine's Postcard

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The Gardens, Fair Japan, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910 - Valentine's Postcard

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In 1910, the Japanese government staged the #JapanBritishExhibition in #London. Two #JapaneseGardens were part of the fair. A statement from the Jap. organizers is interesting: "The gardens are not purely Japanese. They manifest the good feeling existing between the horticulturalists of England and Japan; equally they symbolize the alliance between our two countries…"

However, visitors, without a doubt, assumed that these gardens were fully authentic and not just a tool of #CulturalDiplomacy.