Culture, commerce and crowdfunding: Artists’ experiences of crowdfunding and lessons from Japan

Takao Terui (2025): Media, Culture and Society, 47(2), pp. 287-301 Abstract. Recently, cultural crowdfunding has emerged as a prominent funding mechanism, enabling the efficient collection of micro-donations from supporters. Despite its growing significance, research on cultural crowdfunding remains limited. This paper seeks to make an original contribution by examining the impacts of cultural crowdfunding in Japan, focussing on the perspectives of performing artists and representatives of c...