00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-8027390931316278761 Buklod 20260210144217.0 a r |||| u| ta 170407s2017 xx m r a000 0|eng d 9784916055750 4916055756 (iLib)UPMIN-00009427631 AUM eng rda AUM GZN KSU ZWZ BNG UIU CRU KSU eng jpn NK1071 Y363 2017 Yanagi, Muneyoshi 1889-1961 author. Selections. English. Soetsu Yanagi selected essays on Japanese folk crafts Soetsu Yanagi ; with the cooperation of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum ; translated by Michael Brase. Selected essays on Japanese folk crafts. (Eibunban) Yanagi Soetsu korekushon 2 mono hoka shoshu. First edition. 245 pages illustrations 22 cm. Japan library. 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. 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. "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. Japan Foundation Gift & Donation May 3, 2017 SC-JF-gd3799 Main Library Translated from the original Japanese into English. Yanagi, Muneyoshi 1889-1961 Translations into English. Folk art Japan. Decorative arts Japan. Brase, Michael translator. Nihon Mingeikan. Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyo Shinko Zaidan) FO UPMIN UPMIN-MAIN NK1071 .Y363 2017 Book