Staged in Ueno Park in Tokyo from 21 August to 30 November 1877, the first National Industrial Exhibition ran for 102 days and drew 454,168 visitors, an average of 4,453 visitors per day. Sponsored by Ōkubo Toshimichi, first head of the Home Ministry, it was inspired by Japan's participation in the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. The venue included a Fine Art Building, Japan's first so-called "bijutsukan" or art gallery, a term coined in relation to the National Industrial Exhibitions, and later repurposed for more permanent art museums. There was also an Agricultural Production Building, Machinery Building, Horticultural Building, and Animal Building. Exhibits were judged based on their "materials, manufacturing methods, quality, adjustment, effectiveness, value and price".