Soetsu Yanagi selected essays on Japanese folk crafts

"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 d...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Yanagi, Muneyoshi 1889-1961 (Author)
Corporate Author:	Nihon Mingeikan
Other Authors:	Brase, Michael (Translator)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English Japanese
Published:	Tokyo Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Subjects:	Yanagi, Muneyoshi > 1889-1961 > Aesthetics. Decorative arts > Japan. Folk art > Japan. Art objects > Collectors and collecting > Japan.