In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, which Yanagi helped establish, the museum is holding the exhibit "Soetsu Yanagi and the Folk Paintings of Korea," showcasing ...

In 1936, Yanagi founded the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, or Mingeikan, in Tokyo. He exhibited entire rooms finished with folk arts to show a harmony among the things people use and the spaces they ...

In 1956, at the age of 57, Motohiko Katano (1899-1975), under the advice of the founder of the mingei (folk arts) movement Soetsu Yanagi, decided to abandon all other artistic expressions to focus ...

His spine curves along the same arc as the rim. At the Nihon Mingeikan (Japan Folk Crafts Museum) in Tokyo, visitors find little by way of description or context alongside this artefact or the ...

Yanagi was a founder and the first director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, which opened in Tokyo in 1936. Forty-two years later, his philosophy inspired the creation of the Mingei International ...

Daikoku-shaped jizaikake (fixture for adjustable pothook), Edo period, 19th century, Hokuriku region, The Japan Folk Crafts Museum. =Click/tap photo for more images. Mainichi: What is the ...

The artifacts are on loan from the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in Tokyo. The highlight of the exhibition is the collection of Joseon-era craftworks, including ceramics, wooden tables, and boxes that ...

Jar with clouds and bamboo decorations, 17th century, iron-painted porcelain (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum/The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea) A collection of Korean folk ...