Monthly Mingei October 1947
Includign articles on dyeing methods, Miyagi prefecture, folk tools, East Indian life and folk crafts, 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 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: October 1947
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 70+
Condition: Moderate soiling to covers. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-8
Includign articles on dyeing methods, Miyagi prefecture, folk tools, East Indian life and folk crafts, 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 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: October 1947
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 70+
Condition: Moderate soiling to covers. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-8
Includign articles on dyeing methods, Miyagi prefecture, folk tools, East Indian life and folk crafts, 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 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: October 1947
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 70+
Condition: Moderate soiling to covers. Otherwise very good.
Stock Number: RB03378-8
