Bulletin of Japanese Society for the Science of Design
Online ISSN : 2186-5221
Print ISSN : 0910-8173
ISSN-L : 0910-8173
Changing Development of Wooden Craft Industry and Product Image in Taiwan During the Japanese Colonial Period
Cheng Chuko
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2016 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 2_9-2_18

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Originally when Taiwan was under Qing Dynasty rule, wooden craft products here were based on Han culture. After going through50 years under Japanese rule, they seemed to survive the subsequent disturbance that they were still produced and used by civilians with merely minor changes. However, under the guidance of ideology by many scholars and experts in the past, the recognition of wooden craft product image has gradually come into being among the general public today. A seemingly Han-styled product image has become the focus of discussion and presentation because of support from post-war political correctness. And during the Japanese colonial period, a lot of Japanese people and foreign experts seemed to be similarly influenced and one after another expressed the same idea. This product image, which results from influence by national consciousness, features quite different and entirely contrary comments and evaluation and thus is worthy of new research and re-chewing rather than only watching from one perspective. This view serves as the key objective of this research which indeed devotedly produces results of similar conclusions.
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