Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Brase, Michael
2. 日本民芸館.
3. Nihon Mingeikan.

Description

1. 245 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

1. "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.

Series statement

1. Japan library

Uniform title

1. Essays. Selections. English
2. Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Alternative title

1. Essays.
2. Selected essays on Japanese folk crafts
3. Japanese folk crafts
4. 柳宗悦コレクション2もの他所収
5. "Yanagi Sōetsu korekushon 2 mono" hoka shoshū

Subject

1. Decorative arts
2. Art objects > Collectors and collecting
3. Aesthetics
4. Volkskultur
5. Japan
6. Decorative arts > Japan
7. Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961
8. Yanagi, Muneyoshi, (1889-1961)
9. Folk art > Japan
10. Volkskunst
11. Art objects > Collectors and collecting > Japan
12. Handwerk

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JQD 17-401

Note

1. 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.

Source (note)

1. Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture;

Language (note)

1. Translated from the original Japanese into English.

Author

1. Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961, author.

Alternate script for author

1. 柳宗悦, 1889-1961, author.

Title

1. Soetsu Yanagi : selected essays on Japanese folk crafts / Soetsu Yanagi ; with the cooperation of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum ; translated by Michael Brase = "Yanagi Sōetsu korekushon 2 mono" hoka shoshū / chosha Yanagi Muneyoshi ; yakusha Maikeru Burēzu.

Alternate script for title

1. Soetsu Yanagi : selected essays on Japanese folk crafts / Soetsu Yanagi ; with the cooperation of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum ; translated by Michael Brase = 柳宗悦コレクション2もの他所収 / 著者柳宗悦 ; 訳者マイケル・ブレーズ.

Publisher

1. Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017.

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Japan library
2. Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Language

1. Translated from the original Japanese into English.

Source

1. Gift; Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture; 2017.

Alternate script for subject

1. 柳宗悦, 1889-1961 Aesthetics.

Alternate script for subject

1. 柳宗悦, 1889-1961 Aesthetics.

Added author

1. Brase, Michael, translator.
2. Nihon Mingeikan.

Alternate script for added author

1. 日本民芸館.

Alternate script for note

1. Colophon title: 柳宗悦コレクション2もの他所収

LCCN

1. 2017395630

ISBN

1. 9784916055750 (hbk.)
2. 4916055756 (hbk.)

Research call number

1. JQD 17-401