A nineteen year-old Nivkh named Punyon (Okuda Momotaro) from Karafuto (the southern island of Sakhalin) rode around on a reindeer for the prince. Credit: Tokyo jinruigakkai zasshi 29 (Jan. 1913). (Corresponds with Lost Histories, p. 155, footnote 3).
Crown Prince Hirohito's visit to the 1912 Tokyo Colonial Exposition
Ideas of imperialism and what it meant to be part of the Japanese empire had to be taught. When eleven year old Crown Prince Hirohito visited the Tokyo Colonial Exposition, the organizer of the human displays, Tsuboi Shōgorō gave him a special lecture about the the empire's territories and then introduced him to all the individuals in the human displays representing the different colonies. Each person presented the Crown Prince a gift and he gave them money in return. (Corresponds to Lost Histories, p. 156, footnote 6).
The Atayal family at the 1912 exposition included: Patto Chuwasu, his wife, Pisui Yago, and their three children. Personal Collection. (Corresponds with Lost Histories, p. 163, footnote 29).
The Ainu group at Mitsukoshi department store, the destination for all visitors (regardless of colonial status) to experience modern Japanese consumer life. Back row from L: Tsubosawa Rokusuke and Kaizawa Uesanashi. Front from L: Kageyama Chukaranke, Kimura Chikamaha, Tsubosawa Teru, and Kopuanu. Credit: Mitsukoshi no. 12 (1912). (Corresponds with Lost Histories, p. 165 footnote 37).
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“The Social Gathering of the Races”
Held at the exposition’s Tourist Pavilion, the jinshu konshinkai (the social gathering of the races) brought together people from all walks of life including the colonial peoples participating in the human displays as well as Home Minister Hara Takashi and Foreign Minister Uchida Kōsai to actors and famous entertainers, such as kabuki entertainer Ennosuke.
Caption: “The Barbarian performances at the Social Gathering of the Races.” Although there were no Korean individuals in the human displays at the 1912 exposition, you can see on the stage a Korean man, as well as a seated Ainu woman and an Indigenous Taiwanese man on the right. Credit: Takushoku hakurankai kinen shashinchō. (Tokyo: Meiji Kinenkai, 1912). (Corresponds with Lost Histories, p. 166, footnote 45).
Although there were two Han Taiwanese in the human displays, their images were not widely disseminated and they garnered little to no attention from the press. Caption: “Taiwan native.” Credit: Takushoku hakurankai kinen shashinchō. (Tokyo: Meiji Kinenkai, 1912). (Corresponds with Lost Histories, p. 176, footnote, 69).
1913 Osaka Colonial Exposition
The 1913 exposition was a failure in terms of the human displays- by the end of the exposition, all the participants voiced their dissatisfaction over the unfavorable working conditions in Osaka. From left: Kaizawa Utorentoku, Kaizawa Uesanashi, Kaizawa Monupa, Kaizawa Zentarō. Personal Collection. (Corresponds to Lost Histories, p. 178, footnote 74).
Postcard of Atayal family: From left Watan Paihō, Chuwashi Watan, Bira Omarai, Yumin, and Bakanrutsukun. Note the three dots marked under their feet. Personal Collection. (Corresponds to Lost Histories, p. 181, footnote 86).
Uilta and Nivkh at the exposition
From left Ushirai, Uerakka, Aruraika, and Mariya.
Credit: Osaka mainichi, April 16,1913.
(Corresponds to Lost Histories, p. 182, footnote 89 and 90).
All of the individuals in the human displays at the 1913 Osaka Colonial Exposition. From left: Atayal, Uilta, Nivkh, in back Han Taiwanese, center Hokkaido Ainu and right Karafuto Ainu. See Lost Histories for details on the individuals pictured. Personal Collection. (Corresponds to Lost Histories, 185, footnote 102).