Monthly Mingei June 1945
Cover shows a Shonai, a cloth worn around the heel when wearing straw sandals made with cotton thread on cotton fabric and embroiled for durability. Inside first page shows a farmer’s hat made from cotton wool worn by men and women in the Murayama and Okitama regions in Yamagata prefecture.
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 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: June 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 40+
Condition: Very good. minimal wear
Stock Number: RB03378-9
Cover shows a Shonai, a cloth worn around the heel when wearing straw sandals made with cotton thread on cotton fabric and embroiled for durability. Inside first page shows a farmer’s hat made from cotton wool worn by men and women in the Murayama and Okitama regions in Yamagata prefecture.
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 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: June 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 40+
Condition: Very good. minimal wear
Stock Number: RB03378-9
Cover shows a Shonai, a cloth worn around the heel when wearing straw sandals made with cotton thread on cotton fabric and embroiled for durability. Inside first page shows a farmer’s hat made from cotton wool worn by men and women in the Murayama and Okitama regions in Yamagata prefecture.
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 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: June 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 40+
Condition: Very good. minimal wear
Stock Number: RB03378-9
