TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yanagi,Muneyoshi
AU  - Brase,Michael
ED  - Nihon Mingeikan.
TI  - Soetsu Yanagi: selected essays on Japanese folk crafts 
T2  - Japan library
SN  - 9784916055750
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
KW  - Yanagi, Muneyoshi,
KW  - Art objects
KW  - Collectors and collecting
KW  - Japan
KW  - Decorative arts
KW  - Folk art
N1  - The essays appearing in this book were selected from Yanagi Soetsu korekushon 2: mono (Chikuma Shobo; chapters 2-7, 10-14) and Mingei yonju-nen (Iwanami Shoten; chapters 1,8,9,15,16)--Title page verso; Textiles -- Ceramics -- Wood and lacquer -- Metal -- Sculpture -- Pictorial art -- What is folk craft? -- The beauty of miscellaneous things -- A painted Karatsu as food for thought -- What is pattern? -- Okinawa's Bashofu -- The beauty of Kasuri -- The characteristics of Kogin -- The Japanese perspective -- The story behind the discovery of Mokujiki -- Woodblock prints -- Otsu-e -- Handicrafts and sesshu -- Washi -- Seeing and knowing -- A letter to my Korean friends -- The Japan Folk Crafts Museum
N2  - 'The common utilitarian objects depicted in this book were considered aesthetically insignificant until the appearance of Soetsu Yanagi. It was Yanagi who discovered the beauty that could only be produced by simple, humble craftsmen repeatedly and unselfconsciously working on the same objects day after day. From this quotidian world emerged a distinctive beauty - wholesome, free, and devoid of self-awareness. To bring these crafts to the notice of the world, Yanagi established the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1936, from whose collection the objects illustrated herein have been chosen for inclusion by the publisher. In the essays, Yanagi expounds his philosophy of folk crafts and highlights particular pieces. Altogether, the book constitutes a penetrating insight into the world of Japanese handicrafts'--Publisher's website
ER  -