Soetsu Yanagi : selected essays on Japanese folk crafts / Soetsu Yanagi ; with the cooperation of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum ; translated by Michael Brase.
Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961, author.; Brase, Michael, translator.; Nihon Mingeikan.
2017
NK1071 .Y363 2017 (Mapit)
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Title Soetsu Yanagi : selected essays on Japanese folk crafts / Soetsu Yanagi ; with the cooperation of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum ; translated by Michael Brase.
Author Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961, author.
Uniform Title Works. Selections. English
Variant Title Colophon title: (Eibunban) Yanagi Sōetsu korekushon 2 mono hoka shoshu
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9784916055750 (hardcover)
4916055756 (hardcover)
Published Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.
Language English
Language Note Translated from the original Japanese into English.
Description 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Call Number NK1071 .Y363 2017
Summary "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.
Note 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)--verso of the title page.
Added Author Brase, Michael, translator.
Added Corporate Author Nihon Mingeikan.
Series Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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