Monthly Mingei August 1945
Including a text about a standing salt pot from the pottery kilns of Tachikui, fishing nets, Kanjiro Kawai tableware, and more.
The opening text about a standing salt pot by Kichinosuke Tonomura (1898-1993) begins: “From Osaka, take the Fukuchiyama Line train, passing Itami, Takarazuka, and Mita, where it branches off to Arima, and go two more stops to reach Aino Station. Get off here and walk about two miles north along a hilly road to enter a village called Tachikui. To the east stands a mysterious mountain called Kokuzo-san, and at the foot of the mountain, flanked by villages and rice fields, you can see several smoking pottery kilns.”
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: Mingei Monthly
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: August 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 55+
Condition: Good. abrasions and water damage to front cover, small hole. Otherwise good throughout with slight water damage to the top edge.
Stock Number: RB03378-10
Including a text about a standing salt pot from the pottery kilns of Tachikui, fishing nets, Kanjiro Kawai tableware, and more.
The opening text about a standing salt pot by Kichinosuke Tonomura (1898-1993) begins: “From Osaka, take the Fukuchiyama Line train, passing Itami, Takarazuka, and Mita, where it branches off to Arima, and go two more stops to reach Aino Station. Get off here and walk about two miles north along a hilly road to enter a village called Tachikui. To the east stands a mysterious mountain called Kokuzo-san, and at the foot of the mountain, flanked by villages and rice fields, you can see several smoking pottery kilns.”
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: Mingei Monthly
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: August 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 55+
Condition: Good. abrasions and water damage to front cover, small hole. Otherwise good throughout with slight water damage to the top edge.
Stock Number: RB03378-10
Including a text about a standing salt pot from the pottery kilns of Tachikui, fishing nets, Kanjiro Kawai tableware, and more.
The opening text about a standing salt pot by Kichinosuke Tonomura (1898-1993) begins: “From Osaka, take the Fukuchiyama Line train, passing Itami, Takarazuka, and Mita, where it branches off to Arima, and go two more stops to reach Aino Station. Get off here and walk about two miles north along a hilly road to enter a village called Tachikui. To the east stands a mysterious mountain called Kokuzo-san, and at the foot of the mountain, flanked by villages and rice fields, you can see several smoking pottery kilns.”
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: Mingei Monthly
Author: Yanagi Sōetsu (co-ed.)
Publication date: August 1945
Publisher: Mingei Association of Japan
Format: softcover
Pages: 55+
Condition: Good. abrasions and water damage to front cover, small hole. Otherwise good throughout with slight water damage to the top edge.
Stock Number: RB03378-10
