Mingling Design and Craft in Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea in the first half of the 20th century

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350033
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Kida Takuya 独立行政法人国立美術館東京国立近代美術館, その他部局等, 主任研究員 (40300694)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: デザイン史 / 工芸史 / 東アジア / 植民地 / 博覧会 / 発掘 / 収集

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research groped for the possibility of building East-Asian design history through tracking footsteps of mingling design and craft in Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea in the first half of the 20th century.
We traced back people and material exchange within Eastern Asia through focusing on academic research, excavation, exposition, educational institutions (research and collection of ancient oriental ceramics, Central Research Laboratory of the South Manchuria Railway Company, excavation of Le-lang, Choseon Exposition, Taiwan Exposition, Choseon Art Exhibition, Jiyu Gakuen Beijing School…).

Free Research Field

工芸史、デザイン史