Mingei: Masterpieces of Japanese Folkcraft

by Soetsu Yanagi, Yutaka Seki (Photographer)

Mingei means "peoples art". This book was produced to accompany the largest exhibition of Mingei ever in the west and provides art lovers with their first definitive look at the treasury of the Japan Folk Art Museum. This a deluxe volume with numerous enlargements and a large format.

Genres: Art, Japan

199 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Yanagi Sōetsu (柳 宗悦, March 21, 1889 - May 3, 1961), also known as Yanagi Muneyoshi, was a Japanese philosopher and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s.