The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Japanese: 日本民藝館, Hepburn: Nihon Mingeikan) is a museum in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the hand-crafted art of ordinary people (mingei). Access is from Komaba-Tōdaimae Station of Keio Inokashira Line.
The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director.[1][2] Yanagi and Hamada officially announced their desire to establish a folk crafts museum in 1926.[3] Construction began on the museum in 1935 and was completed in 1936.[3]
The museum covers 1,818 square meters and was constructed with a traditional Japanese architectural style. A 'long' stone-roofed gate-cum-residence (nagaya-mon) was brought from Tochigi Prefecture and reconstructed in front of the building.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Haruhara, Yoko (April 16, 2010). "Finding beauty in the simplest of things". The Japan Times. The Japan Times, Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "About the Mingeikan". Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Soetsu Yanagi (2019). The Beauty of Everyday Things. Penguin Classics. pp. 327f. ISBN 9780241366356.
External links
edit- Official site Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
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