Monthly Mingei May 1945
Monthly Mingei, May 1945. Cover shows a blue and white rice bowl lid photographed from above, probably from the Bunka-Bunsei era. contents includes articles on handmade textiles, the history of dyeing, van gogh’s sunflower, elementary school education and folk crafts , Ryukyu red ceramics and more.
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: May 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 45+
Condition: Very good. Staples rusted
Stock Number: RB03378-16
Monthly Mingei, May 1945. Cover shows a blue and white rice bowl lid photographed from above, probably from the Bunka-Bunsei era. contents includes articles on handmade textiles, the history of dyeing, van gogh’s sunflower, elementary school education and folk crafts , Ryukyu red ceramics and more.
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: May 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 45+
Condition: Very good. Staples rusted
Stock Number: RB03378-16
Monthly Mingei, May 1945. Cover shows a blue and white rice bowl lid photographed from above, probably from the Bunka-Bunsei era. contents includes articles on handmade textiles, the history of dyeing, van gogh’s sunflower, elementary school education and folk crafts , Ryukyu red ceramics and more.
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: May 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 45+
Condition: Very good. Staples rusted
Stock Number: RB03378-16
