Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
An advertisement poster for the exhibition
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	Chōsen Industrial Exhibition
Building(s)	Ilhogwan and Gyeongbokgung
Visitors	1 million
Participant(s)
Countries	3
Location
Country	Korea, Empire of Japan
City	Gyeongseong (Seoul)
Venue	Gyeongbokgung
Coordinates	37°34′43″N 126°58′38″E / 37.57861°N 126.97722°E / 37.57861; 126.97722
Timeline
Opening	11 September 1915
Closure	31 October 1915

The Chōsen Industrial Exhibition (朝鮮物産共進会) was a colonial fair held in 1915 to mark the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese Korea, and was the first official event of the new government.^{[1][page needed]} It was held in Keijō (Seoul)^{[2][page needed]} at Gyeongbokgung.

The exhibition was held in the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung palace^{[3][page needed]} and took place in both existing buildings, and newly constructed ones.^{[3][page needed]} The layout was designed to contrast historic Korean architecture with modern Japanese architecture and visitors entered through the existing Gwanghwamun gate, before the new Illhogwan (First Exhibition Hall), which stood in front of the Geunjeongjeon throne room.^{[3][page needed]}

There were over 40,000 exhibits, mainly Japanese and Korean, with some Taiwanese exhibits. There were agricultural objects in Illhogwan, and further objects in the Kigyegwan (Machinery) and the Ch'amgogwan (Reference) halls.^{[3][page needed]}

Over 1 million people attended the exhibition before it closed on 31 October 1915.^{[1][page needed][2][page needed]}

• Japan–British Exhibition (1910)

• Park, Young-Sin. 2019. The Chosŏn Industrial Exposition of 1915. PhD thesis: State University of New York.

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