工芸品(こうげいひん)

こうげいひん
noun
handicraft; craft product
1. handicraft; craft product; artisanal work
An object made by skilled manual work, often combining artistic beauty with practical function. Includes pottery, lacquerware, textiles, metalwork, and other traditional or modern crafts.
伝統的(でんとうてき)工芸品(こうげいひん)を買(か)った。
I bought a traditional craft product.
この地域(ちいき)は漆器(しっき)の工芸品(こうげいひん)で有名(ゆうめい)だ。
This area is famous for its lacquerware crafts.
職人(しょくにん)が一(ひと)つひとつ手作(てづく)りした工芸品(こうげいひん)は、大量(たいりょう)生産品(せいさんひん)にはない温(あたた)かみがある。
Handicrafts made one by one by artisans have a warmth that mass-produced goods lack.

Usage: Japan has a national designation system for 伝統的(でんとうてき)工芸品(こうげいひん) (Traditional Craft Products), which currently recognizes over 200 types across the country. Common examples include 有田焼(ありたやき) (Arita porcelain), 輪島塗(わじまぬり) (Wajima lacquerware), and 西陣織(にしじんおり) (Nishijin textiles).

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Related: 民芸品(みんげいひん) (folk craft)
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