Japanese Crafts and Cultural Exchange with the USA in the 195OS: Soft Power and John D. Rockefeller III during the Cold War

This article aims to describe the role played by crafts in the cultural exchange between Japan and the USA in the 1950s, after the Second World War, and to identify the effect of American power on the establishment of 'traditional crafts' in post-war Japan. In this article, I shall focus o...

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Published in:Journal of design history 2012-01, Vol.25 (4), p.379-399
Main Author: Kida, Takuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art exhibitions
Art museums
Crafts
Cultural institutions
Exhibitions
Exports
Japanese art
Japanese culture
Modern art
Museum exhibits
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Summary:This article aims to describe the role played by crafts in the cultural exchange between Japan and the USA in the 1950s, after the Second World War, and to identify the effect of American power on the establishment of 'traditional crafts' in post-war Japan. In this article, I shall focus on the role played by crafts in the Japanese-USA cultural exchange project of the 1950s, as part of the Cold War use of 'soft power', and on American power, which had a considerable impact on the establishment of 'traditional crafts'.
ISSN:0952-4649
1741-7279