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This article examines the Japanese Village exhibition held in London in 1885. The exhibition purported to provide visitors a view of a complete Japanese village with buildings, artisans, and performers. However, over 100 Japanese men and women were brought to London against their will to construct and populate the village. While the English press praised the exhibition as exotic and elegant, Japanese responses were outraged at how the exhibition exploited and misrepresented Japanese culture. The village dow

Author

Eva Angelini

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EN