TY  - BOOK
T1  - Soetsu Yanagi selected essays on Japanese folk crafts
T2  - Japan library.
A1  - Yanagi, Muneyoshi 1889-1961
A2  - Brase, Michael
LA  - English
LA  - Japanese
PP  - Tokyo
PB  - Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
YR  - 2017
ED  - First edition.
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-8027390931312502982
AB  - "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.
OP  - 245
NO  - 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.
CN  - NK1071 .Y15 2017
SN  - 9784916055750
KW  - Yanagi, Muneyoshi : 1889-1961 : Aesthetics.
KW  - Yanagi, Muneyoshi : (1889-1961)
KW  - Art objects : Collectors and collecting : Japan.
KW  - Decorative arts : Japan.
KW  - Folk art : Japan.
ER  -