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You are here: Welcome to the Japan Cultural Profile > Culture in Japan > Visual arts > OVERVIEW > Traditional crafts
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The Japan Cultural Profile was created with financial assistance from the Japan Foundation, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and the Toshiba International Foundation
Date updated: 1 March 2008
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Japan has long been known throughout the world as a nation of craft. Yet the definition of craft up to the early 20th century in Japan is not as clear-cut as one would assume, due to the fact that art and visual culture developed independently from the post-Renaissance European model. Japanese art (fine art) and craft have often been synonymous, and in fact have overlapped, in pre-modern times and even more so in the contemporary period.The website is powered by a Content Management System developed by Visiting Arts and UK software company Librios Ltd