Monthly Mingei, February 1941
With 11 woodblock prints on handmade paper by Shikō Munakata illustrating the story “The Carp that Came to My Dream” by the 18th-century Japanese author and poet, Ueda Akinari. Plus 2 photographs of Shikō Munakata at work in his studio. Other articles: Lifestyle of the Japanese military, crafts movement in combat areas, issues with national uniforms, handicrafts and mechanical crafts, local culture and central culture, issues of a new lifestyle, Japanese spirit and Japanese life, “Welfare Crafts” by Shoya Yoshida, characteristics of Hokushi folk crafts.
The Mingei movement was founded in mid-1920s Japan. Spearheaded by writer, educator, and aesthete Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961), the Mingei movement worked to recognise and preserve Japanese folk craft objects and the traditional skills used in making them. Mingei Monthly was published by the Mingei Association between 1939 and 1946 before being renamed simply, The Mingei. Co-edited by Yanagi Sōetsu it followed the earlier related publications, Shirakaba and Kōgei, also associated with Yanagi.
“Art Without Heroes: Mingei”, the largest ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to Mingei, opens at the William Morris Gallery, London, on 23 March, 2024.
Title: Monthly Mingei
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: February 1941
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 97+
Condition: Very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-17
With 11 woodblock prints on handmade paper by Shikō Munakata illustrating the story “The Carp that Came to My Dream” by the 18th-century Japanese author and poet, Ueda Akinari. Plus 2 photographs of Shikō Munakata at work in his studio. Other articles: Lifestyle of the Japanese military, crafts movement in combat areas, issues with national uniforms, handicrafts and mechanical crafts, local culture and central culture, issues of a new lifestyle, Japanese spirit and Japanese life, “Welfare Crafts” by Shoya Yoshida, characteristics of Hokushi folk crafts.
The Mingei movement was founded in mid-1920s Japan. Spearheaded by writer, educator, and aesthete Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961), the Mingei movement worked to recognise and preserve Japanese folk craft objects and the traditional skills used in making them. Mingei Monthly was published by the Mingei Association between 1939 and 1946 before being renamed simply, The Mingei. Co-edited by Yanagi Sōetsu it followed the earlier related publications, Shirakaba and Kōgei, also associated with Yanagi.
“Art Without Heroes: Mingei”, the largest ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to Mingei, opens at the William Morris Gallery, London, on 23 March, 2024.
Title: Monthly Mingei
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: February 1941
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 97+
Condition: Very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-17
With 11 woodblock prints on handmade paper by Shikō Munakata illustrating the story “The Carp that Came to My Dream” by the 18th-century Japanese author and poet, Ueda Akinari. Plus 2 photographs of Shikō Munakata at work in his studio. Other articles: Lifestyle of the Japanese military, crafts movement in combat areas, issues with national uniforms, handicrafts and mechanical crafts, local culture and central culture, issues of a new lifestyle, Japanese spirit and Japanese life, “Welfare Crafts” by Shoya Yoshida, characteristics of Hokushi folk crafts.
The Mingei movement was founded in mid-1920s Japan. Spearheaded by writer, educator, and aesthete Yanagi Sōetsu (1889-1961), the Mingei movement worked to recognise and preserve Japanese folk craft objects and the traditional skills used in making them. Mingei Monthly was published by the Mingei Association between 1939 and 1946 before being renamed simply, The Mingei. Co-edited by Yanagi Sōetsu it followed the earlier related publications, Shirakaba and Kōgei, also associated with Yanagi.
“Art Without Heroes: Mingei”, the largest ever exhibition in the UK dedicated to Mingei, opens at the William Morris Gallery, London, on 23 March, 2024.
Title: Monthly Mingei
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: February 1941
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 97+
Condition: Very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-17
